Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

The Company owns interests in the following entities that are accounted for under the equity method, excluding investments classified as discontinued operations (dollars in thousands):


				Carrying Amount
				December 31,
Entity(1)(2)	Segment	Property Count(3)	Ownership %(3)	2020		2019
SWF SH JV(4)	Other	19	54	$	357,581	$	428,258
Life Science JV(5)	LS	1	49	24,879		—
Medical Office JVs(6)	MOB	3	20 - 67	9,673		9,845
Other JVs(7)	Other	—	41 - 47	9,157		10,372
CCRC JV(8)	CCRC	2	49	1,581		325,830
Advances to unconsolidated joint ventures, net				—		76
				$	402,871	$	774,381

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(1)These entities are not consolidated because the Company does not control, through voting rights or other means, the joint ventures.

(2)The property count, ownership percentage, and carrying amount at December 31, 2020 excludes the Otay Ranch JV, which is classified as discontinued operations and has an aggregate carrying value of $6 million at December 31, 2020. The carrying amount at December 31, 2019 excludes the Otay Ranch JV, Waldwick JV, MBK JV, and MBK Development JV, which are classified as discontinued operations and had an aggregate carrying value of $51 million at December 31, 2019. The Otay Ranch JV (90% ownership percentage) is the only one of these joint ventures that remains outstanding at December 31, 2020.

(3)Property count and ownership percentage are as of December 31, 2020.

(4)In December 2019, the Company formed the SWF SH JV with a sovereign wealth fund (see Note 4).

(5)In December 2020, the Company acquired a joint venture interest in a life science facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts (see Note 4).

(6)Includes three unconsolidated medical office joint ventures (and the Company’s ownership percentage): (i) Ventures IV (20%); (ii) Ventures III (30%); and (iii) Suburban Properties, LLC (67%).

(7)Unconsolidated other joint ventures (and the Company’s ownership percentage) include: (i) Discovery Naples JV (41%) and (ii) Discovery Sarasota JV (47%). The Discovery Naples JV and Discovery Sarasota JV are joint ventures that are developing senior housing facilities and the Company’s investments in those joint ventures are preferred equity investments earning a 10% per annum fixed-rate return. In January 2020, the Company sold its interest in the remaining K&Y joint venture for $12 million. At December 31, 2019, the K&Y joint venture includes an ownership percentage of 80% and one unconsolidated joint venture. In October 2019, the Company sold its interest in one of the K&Y joint ventures for $4 million.

(8)See Note 3 for a discussion of the 2019 MTCA with Brookdale, including the acquisition of Brookdale’s interest in 13 of the 15 communities in the CCRC JV in January 2020.

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the aggregate unamortized basis difference of the Company's investments in unconsolidated joint ventures of $33 million and $(63) million, respectively, is primarily attributable to the difference between the amount for which the Company purchased its interest in the entity and the historical carrying value of the net assets of the entity. The difference is being amortized over the remaining useful life of the related assets and is included in equity income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures.

CCRC JV. In January 2020, the Company, which owned a 49% interest in the CCRC JV, purchased Brookdale’s 51% interest in and began consolidating 13 of the 15 communities in the CCRC JV. Refer to Note 3 for a detailed discussion of the 2019 MTCA with Brookdale. During 2019, the CCRC JV recognized an impairment charge of $12 million. Accordingly, the Company recognized its 49% share of the impairment charge ($6 million) through equity income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures during the year ended December 31, 2019.

U.K. JV. In December 2019, the Company sold its remaining 49% interest in the U.K. JV for proceeds of £70 million ($91 million) and recognized a loss on sale of $7 million (based on exchange rates at the time the transaction was completed), including $1 million of loss in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) that was reclassified to gain (loss) on sales of real estate. As of December 31, 2019, the Company no longer owned real estate in the U.K.