Real Estate

Real estate consists of:



	Year-End 2016						Year-End 2015
	Carrying Value		Accumulated Depreciation		Net Carrying Value		Carrying Value		Accumulated Depreciation			Net Carrying Value
	(In thousands)
Entitled, developed and under development projects	$	263,859	$	—	$	263,859	$	352,141	$	—		$	352,141
Undeveloped land (includes land in entitlement)	29,144		—		29,144		98,181		—			98,181
Commercial
Radisson Hotel & Suites ^(a)	—		—		—		62,889		(29,268		)	33,621
Income producing properties
Eleven ^(a)	—		—		—		53,896		(2,861		)	51,035
Dillon ^(a)	—		—		—		19,987		—			19,987
Music Row ^(a)	—		—		—		9,947		—			9,947
Downtown Edge ^(a)	—		—		—		12,706		—			12,706
West Austin ^(b)	—		—		—		9,097		—			9,097
	$	293,003	$	—	$	293,003	$	618,844	$	(32,129	)	$	586,715

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^(a)	Sold in 2016.


^(b)	Classified as assets held for sale at year-end 2016.

In 2016, we recognized non-cash impairment charges of $56,453,000 related to six non-core community development projects and two multifamily sites. These impairments were a result of our key initiative to review our entire portfolio of assets which resulted in business plan changes, inclusive of cash tax savings considerations, to market these properties for sale, which resulted in adjustment of the carrying value to fair value.

In 2016, we sold the Radisson Hotel & Suites, a 413 room hotel in Austin, for $130,000,000, generating $128,764,000 in net proceeds before paying in full the associated debt of $15,400,000 and recognized a gain on sale of $95,336,000. We also sold Eleven, a wholly-owned 257-unit multifamily property in Austin, for $60,150,000, generating $59,719,000 in net proceeds before paying in full the associated debt of $23,936,000 and recognized a gain on sale of $9,116,000. In addition, we sold Dillon, a planned 379-unit multifamily property that was under construction in Charlotte, for $25,979,000, generating $25,428,000 in net proceeds and recognized a gain on sale of $1,223,000, and Music Row, a planned 230-unit multifamily property that was under construction in Nashville, for $15,025,000, generating $14,703,000 in net proceeds and recognized a gain on sale of $3,968,000 . We also sold Downtown Edge, a multifamily site in Austin, for $5,000,000, generating $4,975,000 in net proceeds and recognized a loss of $3,870,000.

In 2016, we sold over 58,300 acres of timber and timberland in Georgia and Alabama for $104,172,000 in three transactions generating combined net proceeds of $103,238,000. These transactions resulted in a combined gain on sale of assets of $48,891,000.

In 2015, we sold Midtown Cedar Hill, a 354-unit multifamily property we developed near Cedar, Hill, Texas for $42,880,000, generating segment earnings of $9,265,000 and generating $42,639,000 in net proceeds before paying in full the associated debt of $24,166,000.

Depreciation expense related to commercial and income producing properties was $816,000 in 2016, $6,810,000 in 2015 and $3,319,000 in 2014 and is included in other operating expense.

As a general contractor on guaranteed maximum price contracts associated with two multifamily venture properties, we recognized charges of $392,000 in 2016, $1,543,000 in 2015 and $5,111,000 in 2014 related to cost overruns.

Our estimated cost of assets for which we expect to be reimbursed by utility and improvement districts were $45,157,000 at year-end 2016 and $67,554,000 at year-end 2015, which included $14,749,000 at year-end 2016 and $22,302,000 at year-end 2015 related to our Cibolo Canyons project near San Antonio. In 2016, we collected $26,606,000 in reimbursements that were previously submitted to these districts. At year-end 2016, our inception to-date submitted and approved reimbursements for the Cibolo Canyons project were $54,376,000, of which we have collected $45,132,000. These costs are principally for water, sewer and other infrastructure assets that we have incurred and submitted or will submit to utility or improvement districts for approval and reimbursement. We expect to be reimbursed by utility and improvement districts when these districts achieve adequate tax basis or otherwise have funds available to support payment.

In 2014, we received $50,550,000 from Cibolo Canyons special improvement district (CCSID) and recognized a gain of $6,577,000 related to its issuance of $48,900,000 Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) and Sales and Use Tax Revenue Bonds. These bonds are obligations solely of CCSID and are payable from HOT and sales and use taxes levied on the Resort by CCSID. To facilitate the issuance of the bonds, we provided a $6,846,000 letter of credit to the bond trustee as security for certain debt service fund obligations in the event CCSID tax collections are not sufficient to support payment of the bonds in accordance with their terms. The letter of credit must be maintained until the earlier of redemption of the bonds or scheduled bond maturity in 2034. We also entered into an agreement with the owner of the Resort to assign its senior rights to us in exchange for consideration provided by us, including a surety bond to be drawn if CCSID tax collections are not sufficient to support ad valorem tax rebates payable. The surety bond has a balance of $6,631,000 at year-end 2016. The deferred gains related to the letter of credit and surety bond are included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. The surety bond decreases and gains are recognized as CCSID makes annual ad valorem tax rebate payments, which obligation is scheduled to be retired in full by 2020. All future receipts are expected to be recognized as gains in the period collected. We recorded gains of $1,219,000 and $1,160,000 in 2016 and 2015 associated with reduction of surety bond and gains of $501,000 and $425,000 in 2016 and 2015 associated with excess hotel occupancy and sales and use tax revenues from CCSID in 2015.