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Note 15 - Fair Value Disclosure of Financial Instruments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block] |
15. | Fair Value Disclosure of Financial Instruments :
All financial instruments of the Company are reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at amounts which, in management’s estimation, based upon an interpretation of available market information and valuation methodologies, reasonably approximate their fair values except those listed below, for which fair values are disclosed. The valuation method used to estimate fair value for fixed-rate and variable-rate debt is based on discounted cash flow analyses, with assumptions that include credit spreads, market yield curves, trading activity, loan amounts and debt maturities. The fair values for marketable securities are based on published values, securities dealers’ estimated market values or comparable market sales. Such fair value estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized upon disposition. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, the FASB ’s Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy). The following are financial instruments for which the Company ’s estimate of fair value differs from the carrying amounts (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 201 7 |  |  | 201 6 |
|  | Carrying Amounts |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |  |  | Carrying Amounts |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Notes payable (1) |  | $ | 4,596,140 |  |  | $ | 4,601,479 |  |  | $ | 3,927,251 |  |  | $ | 3,890,797 |
Mortgages payable (2) |  | $ | 882,787 |  |  | $ | 881,427 |  |  | $ | 1,139,117 |  |  | $ | 1,141,047 |
| ( 1 ) | The Company determined that the valuation of its Senior Unsecured Notes and MTN notes were classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and its Term Loan and Credit Facility were classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The estimated fair value amounts classified as Level 2 as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, were $4.6 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively. The estimated fair value amounts classified as Level 3 as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, were $1.9 million and $272.5 million, respectively.
| ( 2 ) | The Company determined that its valuation of these Mortgages payable was classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
The Company has certain financial instruments that must be measured under the FASB ’s Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures guidance, including available for sale securities. The Company currently does not have non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company ’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The Company from time to time has used interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate risk. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash receipts (or payments) and the discounted expected variable cash payments (or receipts). The variable cash payments (or receipts) are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. Based on these inputs, the Company has determined that interest rate swap valuations are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The tables below present the Company ’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (in thousands):
|  | Balance at December 31, 201 7 |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable equity securities |  | $ | 11,936 |  |  | $ | 11,936 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps |  | $ | 344 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 344 |  |  | $ | - |
|  | Balance at December 31, 201 6 |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable equity securities |  | $ | 6,502 |  |  | $ | 6,502 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps |  | $ | 975 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 975 |  |  | $ | - |
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Balance at December 31, 201 7 |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
Real estate |  | $ | 108,313 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 108,313 |
|  | Balance at December 31, 201 6 |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
Real estate |  | $ | 117,930 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 117,930 |
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recognized impairment charges related to adjustments to property carrying values of $67.3 million. The Company’s estimated fair values of these properties were primarily based upon estimated sales prices from (i) signed contracts or letters of intent from third party offers or (ii) discounted cash flow models. The Company does not have access to the unobservable inputs used to determine the estimated fair values of third party offers. For the discounted cash flow models, the capitalization rates primarily range from 8.50% to 9.50% and discount rates primarily range from 9.00% to 10.50% which were utilized in the models based upon unobservable rates that the Company believes to be within a reasonable range of current market rates for each respective investment. Based on these inputs, the Company determined that its valuation of these investments was classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recognized impairment charges related to adjustments to property carrying values of $93.3 million. The Company’s estimated fair values were primarily based upon estimated sales prices from third party offers that were based on signed contracts, appraisals or letters of intent for which the Company does not have access to the unobservable inputs used to determine these estimated fair values. For the appraisals, the capitalization rates primarily range from 7.75% to 9.00% and discount rates primarily range from 9.25% to 12.17% which were utilized in the models based upon unobservable rates that the Company believes to be within a reasonable range of current market rates for each respective investment. Based on these inputs, the Company determined that its valuation of these investments was classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The property carrying value impairment charges resulted from the Company ’s efforts to market certain assets and management’s assessment as to the likelihood and timing of such potential transactions.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155941 + Details
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