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NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
The Operating Company
The Holding Company’s wholly owned subsidiary is the managing general partner of the Operating Company, and at December 31, 2024, the Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary owned approximately 62.6% of the outstanding Class A Common Units and 100% of the outstanding Class B Common Units of the Operating Company. The Holding Company consolidates the financial results of the Operating Company and its subsidiaries and records a noncontrolling interest for the remaining 37.4% of the outstanding Class A Common Units of the Operating Company that are owned separately by affiliates of Lennar Corporation (“Lennar”), GFFP Holdings, LLC (“GFFP”), which in October 2024 acquired all of the interests previously owned by affiliates of Castlelake, L.P. (“Castlelake”), and an entity controlled by Emile Haddad, the Company’s Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors and former Chief Executive Officer (the “Management Partner”).
After a 12 month holding period, holders of Class A Common Units of the Operating Company may exchange their units for, at the Company’s option, either (i) Class A common shares on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment in the event of share splits, distributions of shares, warrants or share rights, specified extraordinary distributions and similar events), or (ii) cash in an amount equal to the market value of such shares at the time of exchange. In either situation, an equal number of that holder’s Class B common shares will automatically convert into Class A common shares, at a ratio of 0.0003 Class A common shares for each Class B common share. Other than GFFP, which is subject to the 12 month holding period, this exchange right is currently exercisable by all holders of outstanding Class A Common Units of the Operating Company.
With each exchange of Class A Common Units of the Operating Company for Class A common shares, the Holding Company’s percentage ownership interest in the Operating Company and its share of the Operating Company’s cash distributions and profits and losses will increase. Additionally, other issuances of common shares of the Holding Company or common units of the Operating Company result in changes to the noncontrolling interest percentage. Such equity transactions result in an adjustment between members’ capital and the noncontrolling interest in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and statement of capital to account for the changes in the noncontrolling interest ownership percentage as well as any change in total net assets of the Company.
During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Holding Company’s ownership interest in the Operating Company changed as a result of net equity transactions related to the Company’s share-based compensation plan.
The terms of the Operating Company’s Limited Partnership Agreement (“LPA”) provide for the payment of tax distributions to the Operating Company’s partners in an amount equal to the estimated income tax liabilities resulting from taxable income or gain allocated to those parties. The tax distribution provisions in the LPA were included in the Operating Company’s governing documents adopted prior to the Company’s initial public offering and were designed to provide funds necessary to pay tax liabilities for income that might be allocated, but not paid, to the partners.
Tax distributions to the partners of the Operating Company for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, were as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Management Partner$1,061 $4,033 $435 
Other partners (excluding the Holding Company)6,618 — — 
Total tax distributions$7,679 $4,033 $435 
Generally, tax distributions are treated as advance distributions under the LPA and are taken into account when determining the amounts otherwise distributable under the LPA.
The San Francisco Venture 
The San Francisco Venture, the entity developing the Candlestick and The San Francisco Shipyard communities, has three classes of units—Class A units, Class B units and Class C units. The Operating Company acquired a controlling interest in the San Francisco Venture in the May 2016 Formation Transactions by acquiring all of the outstanding Class B units of the San Francisco Venture. All of the outstanding Class A units are owned by Lennar and GFFP, which in October 2024 acquired all of the interests previously owned by Castlelake. The Class A units of the San Francisco Venture are intended to be substantially economically equivalent to the Class A Common Units of the Operating Company. The Class A units of the San Francisco Venture represent noncontrolling interests to the Operating Company.
Holders of Class A units of the San Francisco Venture can redeem their units at any time and receive Class A Common Units of the Operating Company on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment in the event of share splits, distributions of shares, warrants or share rights, specified extraordinary distributions and similar events). If a holder requests a redemption of Class A units of the San Francisco Venture that would result in the Holding Company’s ownership of the Operating Company falling below 50.1%, the
Holding Company has the option of satisfying the redemption with Class A common shares instead. The Company also has the option, at any time, to acquire outstanding Class A units of the San Francisco Venture in exchange for Class A Common Units of the Operating Company. The 12 month holding period for any Class A Common Units of the Operating Company issued in exchange for Class A units of the San Francisco Venture is calculated by including the period that such Class A units of the San Francisco Venture were owned. Other than GFFP who is subject to the 12 month holding period, this exchange right is currently exercisable by all holders of outstanding Class A units of the San Francisco Venture.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
In 2019, the San Francisco Venture issued 25.0 million Class C units to an affiliate of Lennar in exchange for a contribution of $25.0 million to the San Francisco Venture. Provided that Lennar completes the construction of a certain number of new homes in Candlestick as contemplated under purchase and sale agreements with the Company, the San Francisco Venture is required to redeem the Class C units if and when the Company receives reimbursements from the Mello-Roos community facilities district formed for the development, in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of any reimbursements received up to a maximum amount of $25.0 million. The San Francisco Venture also maintains the ability to redeem the then outstanding balance of Class C units for cash at any time. Upon a liquidation of the San Francisco Venture, the holders of Class C Units are entitled to a liquidation preference. The maximum amount payable by the San Francisco Venture pursuant to redemptions or liquidation of the Class C units is $25.0 million. The holders of Class C units are not entitled to receive any other forms of distributions and are not entitled to any voting rights. In connection with the issuance of the Class C units, the San Francisco Venture agreed to spend $25.0 million on the development of infrastructure and/or parking facilities at the Company’s Candlestick development. At each of December 31, 2024 and 2023, $25.0 million of Class C units were outstanding and included in redeemable noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets.