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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 9 Months Ended
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Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company and the operating partnership are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applicable to interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures required for annual financial statements have been condensed or excluded pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations. Accordingly, the interim financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying interim financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature that are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. References to number of properties and square-feet are not covered by the auditor’s review procedures. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2018. The interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements in the 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. and the notes thereto. Certain amounts in the consolidated financial statements for the prior period have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Included in the reclassified amounts are properties held for sale. These amounts relate to our Peninsula Office Park property, which was sold on July 27, 2018. Principles of Consolidation The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company, the operating partnership and all wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries. The consolidated financial statements of the operating partnership include the accounts of the operating partnership and all wholly owned and controlled subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. Under the consolidation guidance, the Company first evaluates an entity using the variable interest model, then the voting model. The Company ultimately consolidates all entities that the Company controls through either majority ownership or voting rights, including all variable interest entities (“VIEs”) of which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary. The Company accounts for all other unconsolidated joint ventures using the cost or equity method of accounting. In addition, the Company continually evaluates each legal entity that is not wholly owned for reconsideration based on changing circumstances. VIEs are defined as entities in which equity investors do not have: • the characteristics of a controlling financial interest; • sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties; and/or • the entity is structured with non-substantive voting rights. The entity that consolidates a VIE is known as its primary beneficiary and is generally the entity with both the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance and the right to receive benefits from the VIE or the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. As of September 30, 2018, the Company has determined that four joint ventures and our operating partnership met the definition of a VIE. Three of the joint ventures are consolidated entities and one joint venture is a non-consolidated entity. Consolidated Entities As of September 30, 2018, the operating partnership has determined that three of its joint ventures met the definition of a VIE and are consolidated:
Entity |  | Property |  | Ownership Interest
Hudson 1455 Market, L.P. |  | 1455 Market |  | 55.0 | %
Hudson 1099 Stewart, L.P. |  | Hill7 |  | 55.0 | %
HPP-MAC WSP, LLC |  | One Westside and 10850 Pico |  | 75.0 | %
On March 1, 2018, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Macerich WSP, LLC (“Macerich”) to form HPP-MAC WSP, LLC (“HPP-MAC JV”). On August 31, 2018, Macerich contributed Westside Pavilion to the HPP-MAC JV. The Company intends to redevelop Westside Pavilion into approximately 500,000 square feet of state-of-the-art creative office space called One Westside, while maintaining approximately 95,987 square feet of retail and entertainment space at 10850 Pico. The HPP-MAC JV is held 75% by the Company and 25% by Macerich, with the Company serving as the managing member and developer. The joint venture agreement lacks substantive participating or kick-out rights and is therefore a VIE. The Company, through its subsidiaries, has the right to (i) receive benefits and absorb losses and (ii) has the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the joint venture and, as a result, is the primary beneficiary and consolidates the joint venture. As of September 30, 2018, the Company has determined that its operating partnership met the definition of a VIE and is consolidated. Substantially all of the assets and liabilities of the Company are related to VIEs. On October 9, 2018, the Company entered into a joint venture with Allianz U.S. Private REIT LP (“Allianz”) to purchase the Ferry Building property located in San Francisco, California. The Company owns 55% of the joint venture. See Note 19 for details. Non-consolidated Entities On June 16, 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture to co-originate a loan secured by land in Santa Clara, California. The assets of the joint venture consist of notes receivable. As of September 30, 2018, the Company has determined it is not the primary beneficiary of the joint venture that meets the definition of a VIE. Due to its significant influence over the non-consolidated entity, the Company accounts for it using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, the Company initially records the investment at cost and subsequently adjusts for equity in earnings or losses and cash contributions and distributions. On July 10, 2018, the Company received a return of capital related to its share of the repayment of the notes receivable. The Company’s net equity investment is reflected within prepaid expenses and other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which represents the Company’s maximum exposure for loss. As of September 30, 2018, the net equity investment was $92 thousand. The Company’s share of net income or loss from the entity is included within other income on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company owns 21% of the non-consolidated entity. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of commitments and contingencies at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to acquiring, developing and assessing the carrying values of its real estate properties, its accrued liabilities and its performance-based equity compensation awards. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, current market conditions and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. Revenue Recognition The Company has compiled an inventory of its sources of revenues and has identified the following material revenue streams: (i) rental revenues (ii) tenant recoveries (iii) ancillary revenues (iv) guest parking revenues and (v) sale of real estate.
Revenue Stream |  | Components |  | Financial Statement Location
Rental revenues |  | Office rentals, stage rentals and storage rentals |  | Office and studio segments: rental
Tenant recoveries |  | Reimbursement of real estate taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance, other operating expenses and monthly parking revenues |  | Office segment: tenant recoveries and parking and other Studio segment: tenant recoveries and other property-related revenue
Ancillary revenues |  | Revenues derived from tenants’ use of lighting, equipment rental, power, HVAC and telecommunications (i.e., telephone and internet) |  | Studio segment: other property-related revenue
Guest parking revenues |  | Parking revenue that is not associated with lease agreements |  | Office segment: parking and other Studio segment: other property-related revenue
Sale of real estate |  | Gains on sales derived from cash consideration less cost basis |  | Gains on sale of real estate
Currently, rental revenues are accounted for under ASC 840, Leases. Rental revenues will be accounted for under ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”), which the Company plans to adopt on January 1, 2019. Currently tenant recoveries are accounted for under ASC 605, Revenue Recognition (“ASC 605”). Tenant recoveries will be accounted for under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), beginning on January 1, 2019, when the Company adopts ASC 842. Under the current ASC 842 guidance, the Company would be required to classify its tenant recoveries into lease and non-lease components. On March 28, 2018, the FASB agreed to issue an amendment to ASC 842, which, if elected, permits the Company to classify tenant recoveries as a single lease component and account for tenant recoveries with rental revenues in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Please refer to our Update on ASC 842 implementation section below for details. Ancillary revenues and guest parking revenues have been accounted for under ASC 606 since the Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018. This standard requires the Company to recognize revenues based on a five-step model and will result in the consideration being recognized once all performance obligations are satisfied. The timing and pattern of revenue recognition as it relates to ancillary revenues and guest parking revenues have not changed from those under ASC 605. Sale of real estate has been accounted for under ASC 610, Other Income, since the Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018. This standard requires the Company to apply certain recognition and measurement principles in accordance with ASC 606 when it de-recognizes nonfinancial assets and in-substance nonfinancial assets, and the counterparty is not a customer. This is the case for the Company’s sales of real estate, and as a result the Company is required to evaluate the sales of real estate based on transfer of control. If a real estate sale contract includes ongoing involvement by the seller with the sold property, the seller must evaluate each promised good or service under the contract to determine whether it represents a performance obligation, constitutes a guarantee or prevents the transfer of control. The timing and pattern of revenue recognition might change as it relates to gains of sale of real estate if the sale includes continued involvement that represents a separate performance obligation. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) in the form of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”). The following ASUs were adopted by the Company in 2018:
Standard |  | Description |  | Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2018-09, Codification Improvements |  | The amendment, among other things, clarifies when excess tax benefits should be recognized for share-based compensation awards, removes inconsistent guidance in income tax accounting for business combinations, clarifies the circumstances when derivatives may be offset, and the measurement of liability or equity-classified financial instruments when an identical asset is held as an asset, and allows portfolios of financial instruments and nonfinancial instruments accounted for as derivatives to use the portfolio exception to valuation. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q2 2018 using the prospective approach. The adoption did not have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting |  | This amendment expands the scope of ASC 718 to include all share-based payment arrangements. It simplifies the accounting for share-based payments granted to non-employees for goods and services by aligning the accounting with the requirements for share-based payments granted to employees. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q2 2018 using the prospective approach. The adoption did not have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Standard |  | Description |  | Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2018-04, Investments—Debt Securities (Topic 320) and Regulated Operations (Topic 980): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 117 and SEC Release No. 33-9273 (SEC Update) ASU 2018-03, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments— Overall (Subtopic 825-10), Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities |  | The guidance no longer allows the use of cost method of accounting for equity instruments that do not have a readily determinable fair value, and companies are now required to measure equity investments at fair value through net income. Companies are permitted to elect a measurement alternative that allows for measuring equity instruments at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes, adjusted as of the date that an observable transaction takes place, rather than the report date. For equity investments that do not have a readily determinable fair value, this guidance is adopted prospectively for all investments that exist as of the date of adoption. The guidance allows entities to use a prospective transition approach only for securities they elect to measure using the measurement alternative. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q1 2018 using the prospective approach. The Company has elected to measure our equity instruments using the measurement alternative. Please see Note 6 for details.
ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities |  | The guidance eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness and generally requires the entire change in the fair value of a hedging instrument to be presented in the same income statement line as the hedged item. Therefore, a cumulative effect adjustment related to elimination of ineffectiveness measurement is required to be recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption for a cash flow hedge. The guidance also eases certain documentation and assessment requirements and modifies the accounting for components excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. This guidance must be applied using a modified retrospective approach. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q1 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. As a result of the adoption, the concept of ineffectiveness from an accounting perspective is eliminated. Subsequent changes in fair value for a hedging instrument that has been designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge will be recognized as a component in other comprehensive income. Additionally, the Company eliminated any previously recorded ineffectiveness with a cumulative effect adjustment. Please see Note 8 for details.
ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting |  | The guidance clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. This guidance must be applied prospectively. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q1 2018 on a prospective basis. The adoption did not have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2017-05, Other Income—Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20): Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets |  | The guidance updates the definition of an in-substance nonfinancial asset and clarifies the scope of ASC 610-20 on the sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets to non-customers, including partial sales. It also clarifies the de-recognition guidance for nonfinancial assets to conform with the new revenue recognition standard. Either a full or modified retrospective approach can be applied. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q1 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. The Company has not had variable consideration in our sale of real estate, or partial sales of nonfinancial assets or contribution of a nonfinancial asset to form a joint venture with retained non-controlling interest. The adoption did not have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Standard |  | Description |  | Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers amended by ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers—Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net) Update 2016-20—Technical Corrections and Improvements to (Topic 606), Revenue from Contracts with Customers Update 2016-12—Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients Update 2016-10—Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing Update 2016-08—Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net) |  | Issued on May 28, 2014, ASU 2014-09 outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenues arising from contracts with customers and specifically notes that lease contracts with customers are a scope exception. Issued on March 17, 2016, ASU 2016-08 clarifies certain aspects of the principal-versus-agent guidance in its new revenue recognition standard related to the determination of whether an entity is a principal or agent and the determination of the nature of each specified good or service. The guidance provides for practical expedients associated with the determination of whether a significant financing component exists and the expedient for recording an immediate expense for certain incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. |  | The Company adopted this guidance during Q1 2018 using the modified retrospective approach and is using the practical expedients associated with expensing incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer with terms of one year or less. The adoption of this ASU did not result in any changes with respect to the timing and pattern of revenue recognition. Please refer to the revenue recognition policy note above for the additional disclosures.
In August 2018, the SEC adopted a Disclosure Update and Simplification release, which outlines Regulation S-X amendments to eliminate outdated or duplicative disclosure requirements. The final rule also amends the interim financial statement requirements to require a reconciliation of changes in stockholders’ equity and capital in the notes or as a separate statements. These amendments are effective for all filings made 30 days after the amendments are published in the Federal Register, which was on October 4, 2018. The SEC announced that it would not object if the first presentation of the changes in stockholders’ equity and capital for a December 31st filer were made in the Company’s March 31, 2019 Form 10-Q. The Company plans to use the new presentation beginning in 2019. Update on ASC 842 implementation On February 25, 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, to amend the accounting guidance for leases and set out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a lease agreement (i.e., lessees and lessors). This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2018. Issuers have two options for adoption: • a modified retrospective approach that must be applied for leases that exist or are entered into after January 1, 2017, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the 2019 consolidated financial statements, with a cumulative adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (accumulated deficit) on January 1, 2017, and restatement of the amounts presented prior to January 1, 2019. • a modified retrospective transition method that, if the transition method is elected, must be applied for leases that existed or are entered into after January 1, 2019, the effective date of the ASU, with a cumulative adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (accumulated deficit) on January 1, 2019. Additional disclosures for the periods prior to adoption would follow ASC 840 disclosure requirements. This guidance requires all lessees to record a lease liability at lease inception, with a corresponding right-of-use asset, except for short-term leases. Lessor accounting will not be fundamentally changed. ASC 842 provides practical expedients that allow entities to not (i) reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are considered or contain leases; (ii) reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases; and (iii) reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company plans to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019 and expects to elect the use of practical expedients. The Company plans to elect the transition method for adoption as described above. Lessor Accounting For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company recognized rental revenues and tenant recoveries of $166.6 million and $175.3 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company recognized $491.2 million and $501.4 million, respectively. Under current accounting standards, the Company recognizes rental revenue from tenants on a straight-line basis over the lease term when collectability is reasonably assured and the tenant has taken possession or controls the physical use of the leased asset. Tenant recoveries related to reimbursement of real estate taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance and other operating expenses are recognized as revenue in the period during which the applicable expenses are incurred. The reimbursements are recognized and presented gross, as the Company, which is generally the primary obligor with respect to purchasing goods and services from third-party suppliers, has discretion in selecting the supplier and bears the associated credit risk. ASC 842 requires companies to identify lease and non-lease components of a lease agreement. Lease components relate to the right to use the leased asset whereas non-lease components relate to payments for goods or services that are transferred separately from the right to use the underlying asset. Total lease consideration is allocated to lease and non-lease components on a relative standalone basis. The recognition of revenues related to lease components will be governed by ASC 842, while revenue related to non-lease components will be subject to ASC 606. For lessors, the guidance provides for a practical expedient to elect a combined single lease component presentation if (i) the timing and pattern of the transfer of the combined single lease component is the same, and (ii) the related lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease. The Company plans to elect the practical expedient for non-lease components that qualify to be combined under a single lease component presentation. ASC 842 also requires lessors to capitalize only those costs that are defined as initial direct costs. Under the current accounting standards, the Company capitalizes initial direct and indirect leasing costs. During the three months ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company capitalized $1.7 million and $1.8 million of indirect leasing costs, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company capitalized $5.5 million and $5.0 million of indirect leasing costs, respectively. Under ASC 842, and based on our current policies and processes, these costs will be expensed as incurred. Lessee Accounting As of September 30, 2018, the future undiscounted minimum lease payments under the Company’s ground leases totaled $505.1 million. This guidance requires lessees to record a lease liability at lease inception, with a corresponding right-of-use asset, except for short-term leases. The Company continues to evaluate the amount of right-of-use asset and lease liability that will ultimately be recorded with respect to its ground lease agreements. The Company has not completed its analysis of ASC 842. Other recently issued ASUs The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs. The following table lists the recently issued ASUs that have not been disclosed in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K and have not been adopted by the Company. The list excludes those ASUs that are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Standard |  | Description |  | Effective Date |  | Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2018-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) Overnight Index Swap (“OIS”) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes |  | The amendment permit use of the OIS rate based on SOFR as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under ASC 815. |  | Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. |  | The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update.
ASU 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) |  | The amendment allows for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract. |  | Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted including adoption in any interim period. |  | The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update.
ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements |  | The amendment provides (i) a transition option to adopt ASC 842 using the modified retrospective transition provision and (ii) a practical expedient for lessors to elect a combined single lease component presentation. |  | The effective date and transition requirements are the same as that in Update 2016-02 (Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years.) |  | The Company expects to elect to use the transition method and practical expedient as described above in the Update on ASC 842 Implementation section.
ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases |  | The amendments make 16 technical corrections to the lease standard, which include clarification of the rate implicit in the lease, impairment of the net investment in the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payments that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments. |  | The effective date and transition requirements are the same as that in Update 2016-02 (Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years.) |  | The Company does not expect this update to have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2018-01, Leases (Topic 842): Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842 |  | The amendments in this update permit an entity to elect an optional transition practical expedient to not evaluate under ASC 842 land easements that exist or expired before the entity’s adoption of ASC 842 and that were not previously accounted for as leases under ASC 840. An entity that elects this practical expedient should apply the practical expedient consistently to all of its existing or expired land easements that were not previously accounted for as leases under ASC 840. Once an entity adopts ASC 842, it should apply it prospectively to all new (or modified) land easements to determine whether the arrangement should be accounted for as a lease. |  | The effective date and transition requirements are the same as that in Update 2016-02 (Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years.) |  | The Company expects to elect the transition practical expedient for land easements.

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