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Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended
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Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
BASIS OF PRESENTATION | BASIS OF PRESENTATION Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial statements. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consist solely of normal recurring matters, and result in a fair statement of the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Parent Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in their combined 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2019. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 contains a discussion of our significant accounting policies under Note 2, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies". Other than the adoption of ASU-2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), there have been no significant changes in our significant accounting policies since December 31, 2018. The Company reclassified tenant reimbursements and termination fees from “Tenant reimbursements” and “Termination fees,” respectively, to “Rents” on the consolidated statements of operations as a result of the adoption of Topic 842. Prior periods have been revised to conform to current period presentation. Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements The Company’s comparative 2018 results have been adjusted to correct for the effects of errors discovered during the second quarter of 2019 relating to the purchase price allocation and depreciable lives for two acquisitions made in a prior period. The Company has evaluated the impact of the errors to previously issued financial statements and concluded that the errors were immaterial to the previously issued financial statements; however, to correct the cumulative effect of the errors in 2019 would significantly impact the 2019 financial statements. Accordingly, the previously issued financial statements have been corrected. The corrections to the balance sheets include a reduction in cumulative earnings and operating properties and an increase to accumulated depreciation. The corrections to the prior period income statements result in an increase in depreciation and amortization and property operating expenses. In addition, the impact of an immaterial out of period depreciation adjustment, which was previously disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2019, has been reflected in the correct period. The following tables and paragraphs present line items of the previously issued financial statements that have been corrected as a result of the revision: Balance sheet impacts (in thousands):
| December 31, 2018
Balance Sheet: | As previously reported |  | Adjustments |  | As adjusted
Assets (Parent Company and Operating Partnership) |
Operating properties | 3,953,319 |  |  | (1,600 | ) |  | 3,951,719 |
Accumulated depreciation | (865,462 | ) |  | (19,945 | ) |  | (885,407 | )
Operating real estate investments, net | 3,087,857 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 3,066,312 |
Total assets | 4,098,521 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 4,076,976 |
Equity (Parent Company) |  |  |  |  |
Additional Paid-in Capital | 3,200,850 |  |  | (538 | ) |  | 3,200,312 |
Cumulative Earnings | 796,513 |  |  | (20,888 | ) |  | 775,625 |
Total Brandywine Realty Trust's equity | 1,820,253 |  |  | (21,426 | ) |  | 1,798,827 |
Noncontrolling interests | 12,320 |  |  | (119 | ) |  | 12,201 |
Total beneficiaries' equity | 1,832,573 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 1,811,028 |
Total liabilities and beneficiaries' equity | 4,098,521 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 4,076,976 |
Equity (Operating Partnership) |  |  |  |  |
General Partnership Capital | 1,813,136 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 1,791,591 |
Total Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.'s equity | 1,817,861 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 1,796,316 |
Total partners' equity | 1,820,053 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 1,798,508 |
Total liabilities and partners' equity | 4,098,521 |  |  | (21,545 | ) |  | 4,076,976 |
Statement of Beneficiaries’ / Partners’ Equity impacts (in thousands):
| Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
Brandywine Realty Trust | As previously reported |  | Adjustments |  | As adjusted
Statement of Beneficiaries' Equity: |
Additional paid-in capital, beginning of period | 3,218,564 |  |  | (487 | ) |  | 3,218,077 |
Cumulative earnings, beginning of period | 660,174 |  |  | (19,081 | ) |  | 641,093 |
Noncontrolling interest, beginning of period | 17,420 |  |  | (162 | ) |  | 17,258 |
Additional paid-in capital, March 31, 2018 | 3,222,047 |  |  | (487 | ) |  | 3,221,560 |
Cumulative earnings, March 31, 2018 | 704,506 |  |  | (19,340 | ) |  | 685,166 |
Noncontrolling interests, March 31, 2018 | 17,538 |  |  | (163 | ) |  | 17,375 |
Additional paid-in capital, June 30, 2018 | 3,223,072 |  |  | (487 | ) |  | 3,222,585 |
Cumulative earnings, June 30, 2018 | 717,515 |  |  | (19,599 | ) |  | 697,916 |
Noncontrolling interests, June 30, 2018 | 17,410 |  |  | (164 | ) |  | 17,246 |
Additional paid-in capital, September 30, 2018 | 3,223,817 |  |  | (499 | ) |  | 3,223,318 |
Cumulative earnings, September 30, 2018 | 674,599 |  |  | (19,855 | ) |  | 654,744 |
Noncontrolling interests, September 30, 2018 | 16,824 |  |  | (155 | ) |  | 16,669 |
Brandywine Operating Partnership |  |  |  |  |
Statement of Partners' Equity: |  |  |  |  |
Partner Capital, beginning of period | 1,815,411 |  |  | (19,727 | ) |  | 1,795,684 |
Partner Capital, March 31, 2018 | 1,834,947 |  |  | (19,987 | ) |  | 1,814,960 |
Partner Capital, June 30, 2018 | 1,814,870 |  |  | (20,247 | ) |  | 1,794,623 |
Partner Capital, September 30, 2018 | 1,741,379 |  |  | (20,509 | ) |  | 1,720,870 |
Statement of Operations impacts: Net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 has been reduced by $0.3 million and $0.8 million respectively, with a $0.01 decrease to basic and diluted income per common share and per common partnership unit for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. There was no change to any previously reported net income per share amount for the three months ended September 30, 2018. There were no impacts to cash flows from operating activities in any period. Adoption of New Accounting Guidance In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), modifying the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). The new standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification determines whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, respectively. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than twelve months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of twelve months or less will be accounted for in the same manner as operating leases under ASC 840, Leases. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to previous guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases, and operating leases. The guidance supersedes previously issued guidance under ASC 840. The Company adopted Topic 842 effective January 1, 2019. In applying the modified retrospective transition method, the Company elected the package of practical expedients available for implementation, which allows for the following:
• | An entity need not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases;
• | An entity need not reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases; and
• | An entity need not reassess initial indirect costs for any existing leases.
Furthermore, the Company elected the optional transition method to make January 1, 2019 the initial application date of the standard. This package of practical expedients allows entities to account for their existing leases for the remainder of their respective lease terms following the previous accounting guidance. The Company also elected to adopt the optional transition practical expedient provided in ASU 2018-01 to not evaluate under Topic 842 for existing or expired land easements prior to the application date to determine if they meet the definition of a lease. The Company also elected to adopt the practical expedient offered in ASU 2018-11 that allows lessors to not allocate the total consideration to lease and nonlease components, such as tenant reimbursements, based on their relative standalone selling prices as the timing and pattern of revenue recognition of the combined single lease component is the same and the leases are classified as operating leases. The Company elected to adopt ASU 2018-20, which allows lessors to not evaluate whether certain sales taxes and other similar taxes are lessor costs or lessee costs. Instead, lessors will account for those costs as if they are lessee costs. All collections from lessees of taxes within the scope of the election are excluded from the consideration of the contract and from variable payments not included in the consideration of the contract. Lessor accounting The Company generates revenue under leases with tenants occupying the Properties. Generally, leases with tenants are accounted for as operating leases. As of September 30, 2019, the Company does not have any leases classified as direct-financing or sales-type leases. The operating leases have various expiration dates. Lease payments on non-cancellable leases at September 30, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):
Year |  | Minimum Rent
2019 (three months remaining) |  | $ | 97,250 |
2020 |  | 386,991 |
2021 |  | 364,435 |
2022 |  | 324,296 |
2023 |  | 296,890 |
Thereafter |  | 1,413,756 |
Total |  | $ | 2,883,618 |
Lease payments on non-cancellable leases at December 31, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):
Year |  | Minimum Rent
2019 |  | $ | 392,058 |
2020 |  | 372,619 |
2021 |  | 349,160 |
2022 |  | 304,445 |
2023 |  | 277,388 |
Thereafter |  | 1,265,810 |
Total |  | $ | 2,961,480 |
Fixed lease payments under tenant leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. The cumulative difference between lease revenue recognized under the straight-line method and contractual lease payments are recorded as “Accrued rent receivable” on the consolidated balance sheets. Variable lease payments are recognized as lease revenue in the period in which changes occur in facts and circumstances on which the variable lease payments are based. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-19, which clarifies that operating lease receivables are not within the scope of ASC 326-20 and should instead be accounted for under the new leasing standard, ASC 842. Topic 842 requires a binary approach to evaluating leases for collectability. Lessors are required to determine if it is probable that substantially all of the lease payments will be collected from the tenant over the lease term. Should the lessor determine that it is not probable that substantially all of the lease payments will be collected, the standard requires that the lessor write off any accrued rent receivable and begin recognizing lease payments on a cash basis. The Company has evaluated all leases for collectability and is recognizing lease payments for certain leases on a cash basis because collectability of substantially all of the lease payments is not probable. As a result, the write off of the accrued rent receivable of $0.7 million was recorded by the Company upon adoption of Topic 842 as a cumulative effect of accounting change adjustment to equity through “Cumulative earnings” on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s lease revenue is impacted by the Company’s determination of whether improvements to the property, whether made by the Company or by the tenant, are landlord assets. The determination of whether an improvement is a landlord asset requires judgment. In making this judgment, the Company’s primary consideration is whether an improvement would be utilizable by another tenant upon the then-existing tenant vacating the improved space. If the Company has funded an improvement that it determines not to be landlord assets, then it treats the cost of the improvement as a lease incentive. If the tenant has funded the improvement that the Company determines to be landlord assets, then the Company treats the costs of the improvement as deferred revenue and amortizes these costs into revenue over the lease term. For certain leases, the Company also makes significant assumptions and judgments in determining the lease term, including assumptions when the lease provides the tenant with an early termination option or purchase option. The lease term impacts the period over which the Company determines and records lease payments and also impacts the period over which it amortizes lease-related costs. The Company considers all relevant factors that create an economic incentive for the lessee and uses judgment to determine if those factors, considered together, signify that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise the option. For leases where a tenant executes a lease termination, termination fees are recognized over the modified term of the lease as rental income. Additionally, any deferred rents receivable are accelerated over the modified lease term. The Company’s leases also typically provide for tenant reimbursement of a portion of common area maintenance expenses and other operating expenses to the extent that a tenant’s pro rata share of expenses exceeds a base year level set in the lease or to the extent that the tenant has a lease on a triple net basis. The Company also contracts with third-party vendors and suppliers for goods and services to fulfill certain of the Company’s obligations to tenants. Tenant reimbursement s are billed in the period in which the related expenses are incurred. The table below sets forth the allocation of lease revenue recognized between fixed contractual payments and variable lease payments (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Lease Revenue |  | 2019 |  | 2019
Fixed contractual payments |  | $ | 110,535 |  |  | $ | 327,252 |
Variable lease payments |  | 28,693 |  |  | 87,861 |
Total |  | $ | 139,228 |  |  | $ | 415,113 |
Fixed lease payments include contractual rents under lease agreements with tenants recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, including amortization of lease incentives and above or below market rent intangibles, and parking income that is fixed under a long-term contract. Variable lease payments include reimbursements billed to tenants, termination fees, bad debt expense, and parking income that is not fixed under a long-term contract. Lessee Accounting The Company is the lessee under six long-term ground leases classified as operating leases. While adoption of the practical expedient allows the Company to not revisit the classification of existing leases, the Company measured the present value of the future lease payments for each ground lease agreement and recognized a right of use asset and lease liability in the aggregate amount of $22.4 million, each as of January 1, 2019 in accordance with Topic 842. The right of use assets and lease liabilities are presented as “Right of use asset – operating leases” and “Lease liability – operating leases”, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019. The Company makes significant assumptions and judgments when determining the discount rate for the lease to calculate the present value of the lease payments. As the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the Company estimates the incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) that it would need to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment, over a similar lease term. The Company utilized a market-based approach to estimate the IBR for each individual lease. The base IBR was estimated utilizing observable mortgage and corporate bond rates, which were then adjusted to account for considerations related to the Company’s credit rating and the lease term to select an incremental borrowing rate for each lease. The lease liabilities and right of use assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term with the corresponding expense classified in “Property operating expenses” on the consolidated statements of operations. Certain of the Company’s ground leases contain extension options and the Company considered all relevant factors in determining if it was reasonably certain that it would exercise such extension options. The Company concluded that it was not reasonably certain that it would exercise the extension options and, therefore, has not included the extension period in the remaining lease terms. With the exception of certain ground leases that are subject to rent increases periodically based on the CPI index, all lease payments under the ground lease are fixed. Topic 842 requires use of the most recent CPI adjustment when determining the present value of the lease payments for an indexed lease. As such, the 2018 CPI index was used to determine the right of use asset and corresponding lease liability as of January 1, 2019. Additional rent payments for amounts in excess of this estimated growth rate will be expensed on a cash basis as incurred and are considered variable lease costs. The table below summarizes the Company’s operating lease cost (in thousands) recognized through “Property operating expenses” on the consolidated statements of operations:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Lease Cost |  | 2019 |  | 2019
Fixed lease cost |  | $ | 525 |  |  | $ | 1,575 |
Variable lease cost |  | 13 |  |  | 41 |
Total |  | $ | 538 |  |  | $ | 1,616 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) |  | 52.9 |  |  |
Weighted-average discount rate |  | 6.3 | % |  |
Marine Piers Sublease Interest Sale On March 15, 2017, the Company sold its sublease interest in the Piers at Penn’s Landing (the “Marine Piers”), which included leasehold improvements containing 181,900 net rentable square feet, and a marina, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an aggregate sales price of $21.4 million. On the closing date, the buyer paid $12.0 million in cash and the Company received cash proceeds of $11.2 million, after closing costs and prorations. The $9.4 million balance of the purchase price was due on (a) January 31, 2020, in the event that the tenant at the Marine Piers did not exercise an option it held to extend the term of the sublease or (b) January 15, 2024, in the event that the tenant did exercise the option to extend the term of the sublease. In accordance with ASU 2017-05, the Company determined that it was appropriate to recognize the sale of the sublease interest in the Marine Piers and to defer the amount of the remaining $9.4 million balance due under the purchase and sale agreement until collectability can be determined. During the first quarter of 2019, the tenant at the Marine Piers exercised its option to extend the term of its sublease. As a result, the $9.4 million balance of the purchase price is due on January 15, 2024, and the Company will recognize the additional gain on sale when the gain is realizable or realized. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments Credit Losses (Topic 326), which changes how entities measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. The guidance replaces the current incurred loss model with an expected loss approach, resulting in more timely recognition of such losses. In November 2018, the FASB released ASU 2018-19, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instrument - Credit Losses, which clarifies that receivables arising from operating leases are not within the scope of Subtopic 326-20. The guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2020. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on reserves for notes receivable, but does not anticipate that the guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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