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June 4, 2025

Via EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Real Estate & Construction

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: William Demarest and Kristina Marrone

 

Re: Apartment Investment and Management Company

Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024

Form 8-K filed February 24, 2025

File No. 001-13232

 

Dear William Demarest and Kristina Marrone:

This letter responds to the comments that Apartment Investment and Management Company (the “Company”, “we”, or “our”) received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by letter dated May 27, 2025, relating to the above-referenced filings. For reference, Staff comments have been included in italic, bold face type, followed by our responses in standard type.

Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024

Note 14 – Business Segments, page F-42

1.
Please tell us how you have complied with ASC 280-10-50-26A in reporting significant expense categories regularly reported to your CODM.

 

The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment. We respectfully advise the Staff that before adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, we disclosed “Property operating expenses” as a single line item representing an aggregation of all segment expenses. An example of this disclosure before adoption of ASU 2023-07, as presented within our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on November 7, 2024, is depicted below:

 

 

Development and Redevelopment

 

 

Operating

 

 

Other

 

 

Proportionate
and Other Adjustments
(1)

 

 

Corporate and Amounts Not Allocated to Segments(2)

 

 

Consolidated

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental and other property revenues

$

6,631

 

 

$

39,281

 

 

$

4,979

 

 

$

2,267

 

 

$

 

 

$

53,158

 

Property operating expenses

 

3,940

 

 

 

11,883

 

 

 

3,829

 

 

 

2,276

 

 

 

1,409

 

 

 

23,337

 

Other operating expenses not allocated
   to segments
(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,295

 

 

 

31,295

 

Total operating expenses

 

3,940

 

 

 

11,883

 

 

 

3,829

 

 

 

2,276

 

 

 

32,704

 

 

 

54,632

 

Proportionate property net operating
   income (loss)

 

2,691

 

 

 

27,398

 

 

 

1,150

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(32,704

)

 

 

(1,474

)

Other items included in income before
   income tax
(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,405

)

 

 

(22,405

)

Income (loss) before income tax

$

2,691

 

 

$

27,398

 

 

$

1,150

 

 

$

(9

)

 

$

(55,109

)

 

$

(23,879

)

 

After the adoption of ASU 2023-07, we separately identified “Controllable operating expenses”, “Real estate taxes, net of capitalized amounts”, “Utilities expense, net of utility reimbursements”, and “Property insurance expense, net of capitalized amounts” as the significant expense categories included in property net operating income (loss), our reported segment profit or loss measure. Each of these significant segment expense categories is regularly reported to the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and disclosed within the table presenting the results of operations for each segment in compliance


with ASC 280-10-50-26A. An example of this disclosure after adoption of ASU 2023-07, as presented within our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2025, is depicted below:

 

 

Development and Redevelopment

 

 

Operating

 

 

Other

 

 

Adjustments(1)

 

 

Corporate and Amounts Not Allocated to Segments (2)

 

 

Consolidated

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental and other property revenues

$

9,852

 

 

$

140,099

 

 

$

6,690

 

 

$

7,977

 

 

$

44,061

 

 

$

208,679

 

Controllable operating expenses(3)

 

4,527

 

 

 

18,567

 

 

 

6,746

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,239

 

 

 

36,079

 

Real estate taxes, net of capitalized amounts

 

1,963

 

 

 

16,653

 

 

 

593

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,312

 

 

 

26,521

 

Utilities expense, net of utility reimbursements

 

1,959

 

 

 

3,096

 

 

 

255

 

 

 

7,977

 

 

 

1,410

 

 

 

14,697

 

Property insurance expense, net of capitalized amounts

 

1,019

 

 

 

2,773

 

 

 

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,059

 

 

 

5,969

 

Other property operating expenses (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,718

 

 

 

7,718

 

Property operating expenses

 

9,468

 

 

 

41,089

 

 

 

7,712

 

 

 

7,977

 

 

 

24,738

 

 

 

90,984

 

Property net operating income (loss)

 

384

 

 

 

99,010

 

 

 

(1,022

)

 

 

 

 

 

19,323

 

 

 

117,695

 

Other operating expenses not allocated to segments (5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(119,196

)

 

 

(119,196

)

Other items included in income before
   income tax
(6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(105,570

)

 

 

(105,570

)

Income (loss) before income tax

$

384

 

 

$

99,010

 

 

$

(1,022

)

 

$

 

 

$

(205,443

)

 

$

(107,071

)

 

“Controllable operating expenses”, “Real estate taxes, net of capitalized amounts”, “Utilities expense, net of utility reimbursements”, and “Property insurance expense, net of capitalized amounts” represented 40%, 29%, 16%, and 7%, respectively, of consolidated Property operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024, presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The remaining 8% was presented in the “Other property operating expenses” line, with disclosure of its components, to reconcile to consolidated Property operating expenses presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The CODM uses “Controllable operating expenses”, “Real estate taxes, net of capitalized amounts”, “Utilities expense, net of utility reimbursements”, and “Property insurance expense, net of capitalized amounts” to manage operations and is not routinely provided further disaggregation of these significant expense categories.

 

Form 8-K filed February 24, 2025

Exhibits

2.
We note that throughout your earnings release and supplemental schedules filed as Exhibit 99.1, you include disclosures related to the non-GAAP measures net operating income and property net operating income. In future filings please include a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

 

The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment. In future earnings releases and supplemental schedules, we will present a reconciliation of income (loss) before income tax benefit to property net operating income. We will also revise our disclosures to consistently reference property net operating income as the defined term, which previously had been used interchangeably with net operating income. An example of our proposed revised disclosure based on our earnings release and supplemental schedules filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K furnished to the Commission on February 24, 2025, is as follows:

PROPERTY NET OPERATING INCOME (NOI): Property NOI is defined by Aimco as total rental and other property revenues, excluding utility reimbursements, less property operating expenses, including utility reimbursements, for the consolidated apartment communities. Property NOI does not include: property management revenues, primarily from affiliates; casualties; property management expenses; depreciation; or interest expense. Aimco evaluates the performance of the apartment communities in its segments using Property NOI, which includes the apartment communities that Aimco consolidates and excludes apartment communities that it does not consolidate. Property NOI is helpful because it helps both investors and management to understand the operating performance of real estate excluding costs associated with decisions about acquisition pricing, overhead allocations, and financing arrangements.


The following table presents the reconciliation of GAAP income (loss) before income tax benefit to total Property NOI, as well as Property NOI for our Stabilized Operating apartment communities as presented on Supplemental Schedule 6 to total Property NOI.

Property NOI reconciliation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands) (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

Twelve Months Ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax benefit per Consolidated Statements of Operations

$

(9,976

)

 

$

(155,296

)

 

$

(107,071

)

 

$

(170,071

)

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

21,236

 

 

 

17,728

 

 

 

86,359

 

 

 

68,834

 

General and administrative expenses

 

8,961

 

 

 

8,379

 

 

 

32,837

 

 

 

32,865

 

Interest income

 

(2,171

)

 

 

(2,709

)

 

 

(9,652

)

 

 

(9,731

)

Interest expense

 

20,835

 

 

 

10,085

 

 

 

70,057

 

 

 

37,718

 

Mezzanine (income) loss, net

 

548

 

 

 

154,801

 

 

 

2,432

 

 

 

155,814

 

Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on interest rate contracts

 

(588

)

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

(1,752

)

 

 

(1,119

)

Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on equity investments

 

1,403

 

 

 

(535

)

 

 

49,504

 

 

 

(700

)

Gain on dispositions of real estate

 

(10,749

)

 

 

(6,106

)

 

 

(10,600

)

 

 

(7,984

)

Other (income) expense

 

779

 

 

 

1,779

 

 

 

5,581

 

 

 

7,657

 

Total Property NOI

$

30,279

 

 

$

30,287

 

 

$

117,695

 

 

$

113,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment Property NOI reconciliation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands) (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

Twelve Months Ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Rental income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stabilized Operating

$

35,539

 

 

$

34,339

 

 

$

140,099

 

 

$

134,078

 

Stabilized Operating utilities reimbursement [1]

 

1,721

 

 

 

1,560

 

 

 

6,506

 

 

 

5,706

 

Other Real Estate

 

1,802

 

 

 

1,251

 

 

 

6,690

 

 

 

2,691

 

Non-stabilized and other amounts not allocated [2]

 

15,109

 

 

 

12,202

 

 

 

55,384

 

 

 

44,520

 

Total rental income

 

54,171

 

 

 

49,352

 

 

 

208,679

 

 

 

186,995

 

Property operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stabilized Operating

 

9,591

 

 

 

9,517

 

 

 

41,089

 

 

 

39,356

 

Stabilized Operating utilities reimbursement [1]

 

1,721

 

 

 

1,560

 

 

 

6,506

 

 

 

5,706

 

Other Real Estate

 

1,969

 

 

 

1,348

 

 

 

7,712

 

 

 

4,710

 

Non-stabilized and other amounts not allocated [2]

 

10,611

 

 

 

6,640

 

 

 

35,677

 

 

 

23,940

 

Total property operating expenses:

 

23,892

 

 

 

19,065

 

 

 

90,984

 

 

 

73,712

 

Property NOI:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stabilized Operating

 

25,948

 

 

 

24,822

 

 

 

99,010

 

 

 

94,722

 

Other Real Estate

 

(167

)

 

 

(97

)

 

 

(1,022

)

 

 

(2,019

)

Non-stabilized and other amounts not allocated [2]

 

4,498

 

 

 

5,562

 

 

 

19,707

 

 

 

20,580

 

Total Property NOI

$

30,279

 

 

$

30,287

 

 

$

117,695

 

 

$

113,283

 

[1] Approximately two-thirds of Aimco’s utility costs at stabilized properties are reimbursed by residents. Utility reimbursements are included in rental and other property revenues on Aimco’s consolidated statements of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP. This adjustment represents the reclassification of utility reimbursements from revenues to property operating expenses for the purpose of evaluating segment results and as presented on Supplemental Schedule 6. Aimco also excludes the reimbursement amounts from the calculation of Average Revenue per Apartment Home throughout this Earnings Release and Supplemental Schedules.

[2] Properties not included in the Stabilized Operating Portfolio and other amounts not allocated includes operating results of properties not presented in the Stabilized Operation Portfolio as presented on Supplemental Schedule 6 during the periods shown, as well as property management and casualty expense, which are not included in property operating expenses, net of utility reimbursements in the Supplemental Schedule 6 presentation.

 

*****


In connection with our response to the Staff's comments, we acknowledge that the Company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of its disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the Staff.

We appreciate the Staff’s comments and request that the Staff contact the undersigned by phone at (983) 888-0660 or by email at lynn.stanfield@aimco.com with any questions or comments regarding this letter.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ H. Lynn C. Stanfield

 

 

 

H. Lynn C. Stanfield

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

cc:

Julian T.H. Kleindorfer, Latham & Watkins LLP

 

 

Brent T. Epstein, Latham & Watkins LLP