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INVESTMENT ACTIVITY (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY  
Schedule of relevant components contemplated in the acquisition of LAACO

Amount

(in thousands)

Costs contemplated:

Capitalized costs:

LAACO partnership units (1)

$

1,648,426

Long-term debt assumed and repaid at closing

40,880

Payments to LAACO management (capitalized) (2)

16,807

Other transaction costs (3)

13,407

Total capitalized costs

$

1,719,520

Payments and anticipated payments to LAACO management (expensed) (2)

25,144

Total costs contemplated

$

1,744,664

Estimated fair value of Club Operations (included in total costs contemplated above)

$

46,800

(1)Represents the acquisition of all 167,557 outstanding partnership units for $9,838 per unit.

(2)Upon the acquisition of LAACO, the Company assumed severance obligations payable to certain employees pursuant to pre-existing agreements. Based on the specific details of the arrangements, $16.8 million in costs were capitalized to the basis of the acquired properties while $25.1 million were considered post-combination compensation expenses. Of this $25.1 million, $14.8 million was included in the component of other income (expense) designated as other for the year ended December 31, 2021, with the remainder expected to be expensed during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

(3)Includes consulting fees, legal fees, and other costs.
Schedule of accounting for the LAACO acquisition

Amount

(in thousands)

Storage properties

$

1,517,243

Cash and cash equivalents

18,291

Investment in real estate ventures, at equity

35,737

Assets held for sale

50,435

Other assets, net

143,599

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

(38,350)

Deferred revenue

(3,764)

Security deposits

(36)

Liabilities held for sale

(3,635)

Total

$

1,719,520

Schedule of capitalized costs for investments in storage properties

CubeSmart

Number of

Ownership

Total

Store Location

    

Stores

    

Date Opened

Interest

Construction Costs

(in thousands)

Newton, MA (1)

1

Q4 2021

100%

$

20,800

East Meadow, NY (2)

1

Q2 2021

100%

25,900

King of Prussia, PA

1

Q2 2021

70%

22,800

Arlington, VA (3)

1

Q1 2021

90%

26,400

Brooklyn, NY (2)

1

Q2 2020

100%

45,900

Waltham, MA (1)

1

Q3 2019

100%

18,000

Queens, NY (2)

1

Q2 2019

100%

47,500

Bayonne, NJ (2) (4)

1

Q2 2019

100%

25,100

8

$

232,400

(1)During the third quarter of 2019 and fourth quarter of 2021, the Company, through two separate joint ventures in which it owned a 90% interest in each and that were previously consolidated, completed the construction of and opened for operation a store located in Waltham, MA and a store located in Newton, MA, respectively. On September 6, 2019, the Company acquired the 10% interest of the noncontrolling member in the venture that owned the Waltham, MA store for $2.6 million. On December 14, 2021, the Company acquired the 10% interest of the noncontrolling member in the venture that owned the Newton, MA store for $3.4 million. Prior to these transactions, the noncontrolling member’s interest in each venture was reported in Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries on the consolidated balance sheets. Since the Company retained its controlling interest in each venture and the stores are now wholly owned, these transactions were accounted for as equity transactions. In each case, the carrying amount of the noncontrolling interest was reduced to zero to reflect the purchase and the difference between the purchase price paid by the Company and the carrying amount of the noncontrolling interest was recorded as an adjustment to equity attributable to the Company, with no gain or loss recorded. This adjustment was $2.0 million for the Waltham, MA store and $2.7 million for the Newton, MA store. The $10.5 million related party loan extended by the Company to the venture that owned the Waltham, MA store and the $13.2 million related party loan extended by the Company to the venture that owned the Newton, MA store were repaid in conjunction with the Company’s acquisitions of the noncontrolling member’s ownership interests.

(2)These stores were previously owned by four separate consolidated joint ventures, of which the Company held a 51% ownership interest in each. On June 25, 2019, the noncontrolling member in the venture that owned the Bayonne, NJ store put its 49% interest in the venture to the Company for $11.5 million. On September 17, 2019, the noncontrolling member in the venture that owned the Queens, NY store put its 49% interest in the venture to the Company for $15.2 million. On September 29, 2020, the noncontrolling member in the venture that owned the Brooklyn, NY store put its 49% interest in the venture to the Company for $10.0 million, of which $1.0 million was paid in cash. The Company issued 276,497 OP Units that were valued at approximately $9.0 million as consideration for the remainder of the purchase price (see note 12). On June 29, 2021, the noncontrolling member in the venture that owned the East Meadow, NY store put its 49% interest in the venture to the Company for $6.6 million. The cash payments related to these transactions are included in Development costs in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

(3)This store is located adjacent to an existing consolidated joint venture store. Given their proximity to each other, the stores have been combined in our store count, as well as for operational and reporting purposes (see note 12).

(4)This store is subject to a ground lease.