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Noncontrolling Interest
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
Non-Controlling Interests

12. Non-Controlling Interests

Under the Company’s UPREIT structure, entities and individuals can contribute their properties in exchange for OP Units. Properties contributed as part of UPREIT transactions were valued at $15,797 and $10,498 during the years ended December 31, 2018, and 2017, respectively, which represents the estimated fair value of the properties contributed, less any assumed debt. There were no UPREIT transactions during the year ended December 31, 2019. The cumulative amount of UPREIT properties contributed, less assumed debt, amounted to $128,746 as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In exchange for the properties contributed, 1,737 non-controlling OP Units were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, representing a 6.3% and 7.3% interest in the OP at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The OP Units are economically equivalent to the Corporation’s common stock and, subject to certain restrictions, are convertible into the Company’s common stock at the option of the respective unit holders on a one-to-one basis. The OP Units are not redeemable for cash in any circumstance and are therefore considered to be permanent equity. Exchanges of OP Units held by non-controlling interest holders are recorded by reducing non-controlling interest on a historical cost basis with a corresponding increase in common stock and additional paid-in capital.

The following table summarizes OP Units exchanged for shares of common stock:

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

OP Units exchanged

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

37

 

Shares of common stock received

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

37

 

Value of shares/units exchanged

 

$

 

 

$

684

 

 

$

2,986

 

Holders of the OP Units do not have voting rights at the Corporation level.