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Derivatives | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Derivatives | Derivatives Our objectives in using derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage our cash flow volatility and exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, we primarily use interest rate protection agreements as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate protection agreements designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. In connection with the originations of the Unsecured Term Loans (see Note 4), we entered into interest rate protection agreements to manage our exposure to changes in the one month LIBOR rate. The four interest rate protection agreements, which fix the variable rate of the 2014 Unsecured Term Loan, have an aggregate notional value of $200,000, mature on January 29, 2021 and fix the LIBOR rate at a weighted average rate of 2.29% (the "2014 Swaps"). The six interest rate protection agreements, which fix the variable rate of the 2015 Unsecured Term Loan, have an aggregate notional value of $260,000, mature on September 12, 2022 and fix the LIBOR rate at a weighted average rate of 1.79% (the "2015 Swaps"). We designated the 2014 Swaps and 2015 Swaps as cash flow hedges. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we entered into three interest rate protection agreements, with an aggregate notional value of $220,000, to manage our exposure to changes in the three month LIBOR rate (the "Settled Swaps") related to an anticipated unsecured debt offering. At origination, we designated the Settled Swaps as cash flow hedges but, during the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Settled Swaps were de-designated and the fair market value loss of $12,990 was reclassified to earnings from other comprehensive income since we determined the forecasted offering of unsecured debt was no longer probable to occur within the time period stated in the designation memos. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we made a settlement payment of $11,546 to our derivative counterparties, which is recognized as settlement loss on interest rate protection agreements. Derivative Instruments Not Designated for Hedge Accounting Treatment In September 2017, we entered into two interest rate protection agreements (the "Treasury Locks"), with an aggregate notional value of $100,000, in order to fix the interest rate on an anticipated unsecured debt offering. The Treasury Locks fixed the ten year U.S. Treasury rate at a weighted average rate of approximately 2.18%. Due to the strict requirements surrounding the application of hedge accounting, we elected not to designate the Treasury Locks as hedges. As such, the change in the fair value of the Treasury Locks is recorded within the income statement as opposed to being recorded in other comprehensive income. During the year ended December 31, 2017 we settled the Treasury Locks and recognized $1,896 in settlement gain on interest rate protection agreements. Our agreements with our derivative counterparties contain provisions where if we default on any of our indebtedness, then we could also be declared in default on our derivative obligations subject to certain thresholds. As of December 31, 2017, we had not posted any collateral related to these agreements and were not in breach of any of the provisions of these agreements. If we had breached these agreements, we could have been required to settle our obligations under the agreements at their termination value. The following table sets forth our financial assets and liabilities related to the 2014 Swaps and 2015 Swaps, which are included in prepaid expenses and other assets and accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets and are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017:
|  |  |  | Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using:
Description |  | Fair Value |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Derivatives designated as a hedging instrument: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2015 Swaps |  | $ | 3,860 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 3,860 |  |  | — |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2014 Swaps |  | $ | (1,474 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | (1,474 | ) |  | — |
There was no ineffectiveness recorded on the 2014 Swaps and 2015 Swaps during the year ended December 31, 2017. The estimated fair value of the 2014 Swaps and 2015 Swaps was determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. In addition, credit valuation adjustments are incorporated in the fair value to account for potential non-performance risk, including our own non-performance risk and the respective counterparty’s non-performance risk. We determined that the significant inputs used to value the 2014 Swaps and 2015 Swaps fell within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2229140 + Details
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