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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Guidance Adopted



Description		Date Adopted & Application Method		Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and related subsequent amendments		January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective (applied to contracts not completed as of the implementation date)		The objective of this guidance is to enable financial statement users to better understand and analyze revenue by replacing transaction and industry-specific guidance with a more principles-based approach to revenue recognition. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. The Company expects the adoption of the new guidance to be immaterial to its net income on an ongoing basis as the majority of the Company’s revenues relate to leasing. See Note 3 for further details and the cumulative adjustment recorded.

ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory		January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective		The guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, when the sale or transfer occurs. The Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $11,433 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 related to certain 2017 asset sales from several of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries to the Management Company.

ASU 2017-05, Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets		January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective		This guidance applies to the partial sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets, including real estate assets, to unconsolidated joint ventures and requires 100% of the gain to be recognized for nonfinancial assets transferred to an unconsolidated joint venture and any noncontrolling interest received in such nonfinancial assets to be measured at fair value. See Note 3 for further details including the impact of adoption and the cumulative adjustment recorded.



Description		Date Adopted & Application Method		Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting		January 1, 2018 - Prospective		The guidance clarifies the types of changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective



Description		Expected Adoption Date & Application Method		Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2016-02, Leases, and related subsequent amendments		January 1, 2019 - Modified Retrospective (electing optional transition method to apply at adoption date and record cumulative-effect adjustment as of January 1, 2019)		The objective of the leasing guidance is to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. Lessees will be required to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The guidance applied by a lessor is substantially similar to existing GAAP and the Company expects substantially all leases will continue to be classified as operating leases under the new guidance. The Company expects to expense certain deferred lease costs due to the narrowed definition of indirect costs that may be capitalized. Of the $1,456 in deferred lease costs recorded in 2017, approximately $183 related to legal costs which would not be capitalized under the new guidance. The Company completed an inventory of its leases in which it is a lessee and expects to record right-of-use assets for ground leases. The Company has 12 ground lease arrangements in which it is the lessee for land. As of June 30, 2018, these ground leases have future contractual payments of approximately $14,987 with maturity dates ranging from November 2021 to July 2089. Practical expedients and accounting policy elections: The Company plans to elect a package of practical expedients pursuant to which it will not reassess contracts to determine if they contain leases, will not reassess lease classification and will not reassess capitalization of initial direct costs related to expired or existing leases as of the adoption date. The Company also plans to use the land easements practical expedient and apply the short-term lease policy election to leases 12 months or less at inception. The Company expects to adopt the practical expedient which allows lessors to combine lease and non-lease components if certain conditions are met. The majority of the Company's revenues will continue to be classified as leasing revenues. However, under the new guidance when a non-lease component is predominant in an arrangement, the revenues related to that contract are to be classified and reported under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606"). The Company does have contracts with anchors which own their own buildings and primarily pay for non-lease components such as common area maintenance ("CAM") and utilities. The Company is assessing the potential impact the guidance may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments		January 1, 2020 - Modified Retrospective		The guidance replaces the current incurred loss impairment model, which reflects credit events, with a current expected credit loss model, which recognizes an allowance for credit losses based on an entity's estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected. The Company is evaluating the impact that this update may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.