Investments in Unconsolidated Entities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2021

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

The investments in the Company's Homebuilding unconsolidated entities were as follows:



(In thousands)	August 31, 2021		November 30, 2020
Investments in unconsolidated entities (1) (2)	$	983,429	953,177
Underlying equity in unconsolidated entities' net assets (1)	1,291,535		1,269,701

(1)The basis difference was primarily as a result of the Company contributing its investment in three strategic joint ventures with a higher fair value than book value for an investment in the FivePoint entity and deferring equity in earnings on land sales to the Company.

(2)Included in the Company's recorded investments in Homebuilding unconsolidated entities is the Company's 40% ownership of FivePoint. As of August 31, 2021 and November 30, 2020, the carrying amount of the Company's investment was $389.8 million and $392.1 million, respectively.

In many instances, the Multifamily segment is appointed as the construction, development and property manager for its Multifamily unconsolidated entities and receives fees for performing this function. The Multifamily segment also provides general contractor services for construction of some of the rental properties owned by unconsolidated entities in which the Company has investments. The details of the activity was as follows:


	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	August 31,			August 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020	2021	2020

General contractor services, net of deferrals	$	138,038	101,103	402,328	299,468
General contractor costs	137,860		97,181	391,096	287,646
Management fee income	13,822		14,067	42,881	42,464

The Multifamily segment includes Multifamily Venture Fund I ("LMV I") and Multifamily Venture Fund II LP ("LMV II"), which are long-term multifamily development investment vehicles involved in the development, construction and property management of class-A multifamily assets. Details of each as of and during the nine months ended August 31, 2021 are included below:


	August 31, 2021
(In thousands)	LMV I		LMV II
Lennar's carrying value of investments	$	274,093	333,778
Equity commitments	2,204,016		1,257,700
Equity commitments called	2,148,090		1,196,418
Lennar's equity commitments	504,016		381,000
Lennar's equity commitments called	498,730		361,381
Lennar's remaining commitments	5,286		19,619
Distributions to Lennar during the nine months ended August 31, 2021	54,393		1,307