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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2024
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities | Investments in Unconsolidated Entities Homebuilding Unconsolidated Entities The investments in the Company's Homebuilding unconsolidated entities were as follows:
(In thousands) |  | August 31, 2024 |  | November 30, 2023
Investments in unconsolidated entities (1) (2) |  | $ | 1,309,622 |  |  | 1,143,909 |
Underlying equity in unconsolidated entities' net assets (1) |  | 1,604,403 |  |  | 1,436,239 |
(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 FivePoint. (2)Included in the Company's recorded investments in Homebuilding unconsolidated entities is the Company's 40% ownership of FivePoint. As of August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the carrying amount of the Company's investment was $466.1 million and $422.2 million, respectively. As of August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the Homebuilding segment's unconsolidated entities had non-recourse debt with completion guarantees of $292.3 million and $316.5 million, respectively. The Company has an immaterial amount of recourse exposure to debt of the Homebuilding unconsolidated entities in which it has investments. While the Company sometimes guarantees debt of unconsolidated entities, in most instances the Company’s partners have also guaranteed that debt and are required to contribute their shares of any payments. In most instances, the amount of guaranteed debt of an unconsolidated entity is less than the value of the collateral securing it. As of both August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the fair values of the repayment guarantees, maintenance guarantees, and completion guarantees were not material. The Company believes that as of August 31, 2024, in the event it becomes legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of the obligation of a Homebuilding unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event under a guarantee, the collateral would be sufficient to repay at least a significant portion of the obligation or the Company and its partners would contribute additional capital into the venture. In certain instances, the Company has placed performance letters of credit and surety bonds with municipalities with regard to obligations of its joint ventures (see Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). The details related to these are unchanged from the disclosure in the Company's Notes to the Financial Statements section in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2023. In 2021, the Company formed the Upward America Venture LP (“Upward America”), and is managing and participating in Upward America. Upward America is an investment fund that acquires new single-family homes in high growth markets across the United States and rents them to the people who will live in them. Upward America could raise equity commitments totaling $1.0 billion. The commitments are primarily from institutional investors, including $78.1 million committed by Lennar. As of August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the carrying amount of the Company's investment in Upward America was $20.5 million and $14.8 million, respectively. Multifamily Unconsolidated Entities The unconsolidated joint ventures in which the Multifamily segment has investments usually finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In connection with many of the bank loans to the Multifamily unconsolidated joint ventures, the Company (or entities related to them) have been required to give guarantees of completion and cost over-runs to the lenders and partners. The details related to these are unchanged from the disclosure in the Company's Notes to the Financial Statements section in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2023. As of both August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the fair value of the completion guarantees was immaterial. As of August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the Multifamily segment's unconsolidated entities had non-recourse debt with completion guarantees of $904.2 million and $1.4 billion, 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. Each Multifamily real estate investment trust, JV and fund has unilateral decision-making rights related to development and other sales activity through its executive committee or asset management committee. 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. In some situations, the Multifamily segment sells land to various joint ventures and funds. The details of the activity were as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
(In thousands) | August 31, 2024 |  | August 31, 2023 |  | August 31, 2024 |  | August 31, 2023
General contractor services, net of deferrals | $ | 67,190 |  |  | 120,510 |  |  | 253,260 |  |  | 374,283 |
General contractor costs | 63,774 |  |  | 114,371 |  |  | 239,458 |  |  | 357,168 |
Management fee income, net of deferrals | 10,917 |  |  | 16,884 |  |  | 40,627 |  |  | 52,499 |
The Multifamily segment includes managing and investing in Multifamily Venture Fund I (“LMV I”), Multifamily Venture Fund II LP (“LMV II”) and Canada Pension Plan Investments Fund (the “CPPIB Fund”), which are long-term multifamily development investment vehicles involved in the development, construction and property management of class-A multifamily assets. The Multifamily segment completed the closing of the CPPIB Fund. The Multifamily segment expects the CPPIB Fund to have almost $1.0 billion in equity and Lennar's ownership percentage in the CPPIB Fund is 4%. As of August 31, 2024, the Company had a $25.7 million investment in the CPPIB Fund. Additional dollars will be committed as opportunities are identified by the CPPIB Fund. Details of LMV I and LMV II as of and during the nine months ended August 31, 2024 are included below:
| August 31, 2024
(In thousands) | LMV I |  | LMV II
Lennar's carrying value of investments | $ | 160,339 |  |  | 239,166 |
Equity commitments | 2,204,016 |  |  | 1,257,700 |
Equity commitments called | 2,154,328 |  |  | 1,218,619 |
Lennar's equity commitments | 504,016 |  |  | 381,000 |
Lennar's equity commitments called | 500,381 |  |  | 368,170 |
Lennar's remaining commitments (1) | 3,635 |  |  | 12,830 |
Distributions to Lennar | 147,305 |  |  | 11,206 |
(1)While there are remaining commitments with LMV I and LMV II, there are no plans for additional capital calls. As of November 30, 2023, there were 38 rental operation projects in LMV I. During the second half of fiscal 2024, the LMV I partners decided to liquidate and sell all of the individual rental operation projects of LMV I as the fund has come to the end of its contractual life. During the three months ended August 31, 2024, 27 LMV I rental operation projects were sold to various third-party buyers. The Company recognized a net gain of $179.0 million on the sale of these rental operation projects which was recorded as equity in earnings (losses) in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. As a result, the Company received net cash distributions of $147.3 million during the three months ended August 31, 2024. Other Unconsolidated Entities Lennar Other's unconsolidated entities include fund investments the Company retained when it sold the Rialto assets and investment management platform in 2018, as well as strategic investments in technology companies and investment funds. The Company's investment in the Rialto funds totaled $145.7 million and $148.7 million as of August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, respectively. In addition, the Company is entitled to a portion of the carried interest distributions by those funds. The Company also had strategic technology investments in unconsolidated entities and investment funds with a carrying value of $205.5 million and $127.5 million, as of August 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, respectively. In addition, during the nine months ended August 31, 2024, there was a $46.5 million one-time realized gain in Lennar Other on the sale of a technology investment that was included in other income (expense), net and other gains (losses) on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a)(3) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481687/323-10-50-3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (d) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481687/323-10-50-3 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/recommendedDisclosureRef -Topic 323 -SubTopic 740 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481543/323-740-50-2 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//323/tableOfContent + Details
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