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Revenue Recognition
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue Recognition Revenue RecognitionThe Company engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, disposition and redevelopment of retail shopping centers. Revenue is primarily generated through lease agreements and classified as Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. These agreements include retail shopping center unit leases; ground leases; ancillary leases or agreements, such as agreements with tenants for cellular towers, ATMs, and short-term or seasonal retail (e.g. Halloween or Christmas-related retail); and reciprocal easement agreements. The agreements range in term from less than one year to 25 or more years, with certain agreements containing renewal options. These renewal options range from as little as one month to five or more years. The Company’s retail shopping center leases generally require tenants to pay their proportionate share of property operating expenses such as common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, and certain capital expenditures related to the maintenance of the Company’s properties.
Additionally, variable lease payments associated with percentage rents are recognized once the required sales data is made available. The Company recognized $1.5 million and $1.1 million of income based on percentage rents for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company recognized $3.8 million and $3.0 million of income based on percentage rents for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These amounts are included in Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

COVID-19
The global outbreak of COVID-19 and the public health measures that have been undertaken in response have had a significant adverse impact on the Company’s business, the Company’s tenants, the real estate market, the financial markets and the global economy. The effects of COVID-19, including related government restrictions, border closings, quarantines, “shelter-in-place” orders and “social distancing” guidelines, forced many of the Company’s tenants to temporarily close stores, reduce hours or significantly limit service, and resulted in a dramatic increase in national unemployment and a significant economic contraction in 2020. Certain tenants experiencing economic difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic have sought rent relief, which has been provided on a case-by-case basis primarily in the form of rent deferrals and, in more limited cases, in the form of rent abatements.

Under ASC 842, changes to the amount or timing of lease payments subsequent to the original lease execution are generally accounted for as lease modifications. Due to the number of lease contracts that would require analysis to determine, on a lease by lease basis, whether such a concession is required to be accounted for as a lease modification, the FASB issued a Staff Q&A on accounting for leases during the COVID-19 pandemic, focused on the application of lease guidance in ASC 842. The Q&A states that it would be acceptable to make a policy election regarding rent concessions resulting from COVID-19, which would not require entities to account for the rent concessions as lease modifications or to determine whether rent concessions were contractually obligated in each original lease. Rent abatements would be recognized as reductions to revenue during the period in which they were granted. Rent deferrals would result in an increase to “Receivables, net” during the deferral period with no impact on rental revenue recognition. Any rent concession that is either unrelated to COVID-19 or substantially increases the total consideration due under the lease does not qualify for consideration under the Q&A. The Company has evaluated the impact of the Q&A and has made the following policy elections:

The Company accounts for COVID-19 rent deferrals and abatements that significantly increase the consideration due under the lease as lease modifications in accordance with ASC 842. As a result, rental revenue recognition is reduced by the amount of the deferral or abatement in the period it was granted and straight-line rental income recognition is updated over the remaining lease term.
The Company does not account for COVID-19 rent deferrals that do not significantly increase the consideration due under the lease as lease modifications. As a result, rental revenue recognition does not change, and Receivables, net increases for the deferred amount.
The Company does not account for COVID-19 rent abatements that do not significantly increase the consideration due under the lease as lease modifications. As a result, rental revenue recognition is reduced by the amount of the abatement in the period it was granted and straight-line rental income recognition does not change over the remaining lease term.
The following table presents the COVID-19 related deferrals and abatements granted for lease payments due during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020. Lease payments presented consist of fixed contractual base rent and may include the reimbursement of certain property operating expenses.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
DeferralsAbatementsDeferralsAbatements
Lease payments (lease modifications)$324 $847 $744 $207 
Lease payments (not lease modifications)2,665 875 14,165 36 
$2,989 $1,722 $14,909 $243 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
DeferralsAbatementsDeferralsAbatements
Lease payments (lease modifications)$1,025 $1,584 $744 $207 
Lease payments (not lease modifications)8,850 2,973 14,165 36 
$9,875 $4,557 $14,909 $243 
The following table presents the deferrals that were not lease modifications and were included in Receivables, net on the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
COVID-19 Deferred Receivable
Beginning balance, December 31, 2020$15,359 
Deferred lease payments (not lease modifications)6,185 
Deferred lease payments deemed uncollectible(1,760)
Deferred lease payments received(10,416)
Ending balance, March 31, 20219,368 
Deferred lease payments (not lease modifications)2,665 
Deferred lease payments deemed uncollectible425 
Deferred lease payments received(8,378)
Ending balance, June 30, 2021$4,080