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REAL ESTATE | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Real Estate [Abstract] |
REAL ESTATE |
NOTE 3. | REAL ESTATE
At December 31, 2019 and 2018, ARL’s real estate investment is comprised of the following (dollars in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Apartments |  | $ | 156,173 |  |  | $ | 126,274 |
Apartments under construction |  |  | 22,363 |  |  |  | 21,916 |
Commercial properties |  |  | 229,424 |  |  |  | 224,162 |
Land held for development |  |  | 62,037 |  |  |  | 83,641 |
Real estate subject to sales contract |  |  | 7,966 |  |  |  | 3,149 |
Total real estate, at cost, less impairment |  | $ | 477,963 |  |  | $ | 459,142 |
Less accumulated deprecation |  |  | (90,173 | ) |  |  | (78,099 | )
Total real estate, net of depreciation |  | $ | 387,790 |  |  | $ | 381,043 |
Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to operations as incurred. Significant betterments are capitalized. When assets are sold or retired, their costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts with the resulting gains or losses reflected in net income or loss for the period. Depreciation is computed on a straight line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Land improvements | 25 to 40 years
Buildings and improvements | 10 to 40 years
Tenant improvements | Shorter of useful life or terms of related lease
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 3 to 7 years
Fair Value Measurement The Company applies the guidance in ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” to the valuation of real estate assets. The Company is required to assess the fair value of its consolidated real estate assets with indicators of impairment. The value of impaired real estate assets is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analyses on the expected cash flow of each asset, as well as the income capitalization approach, which considers prevailing market capitalization rates, analyses of recent comparable sales transactions, information from actual sales negotiations and bona fide purchase offers received from third parties. The methods used to measure fair value may produce an amount that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future values. Furthermore, although the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date. The fair value measurements used in these evaluations are considered to be Level 2 and 3 valuations within the fair value hierarchy in the accounting rules, as there are significant observable (Level 2) and unobservable inputs (Level 3). Examples of Level 2 inputs the Company utilizes in its fair value calculations are appraisals and bona fide purchase offers from third parties. Examples of Level 3 inputs the Company utilizes in its fair value calculations are discount rates, market capitalization rates, expected lease rental rates, timing of new leases, an estimate of future sales prices and comparable sales prices of similar assets, if available. There was no provision for impairment during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. The following is a description of the Company’s significant real estate transactions for the year ended December 31, 2019:
| ● | Sold 35.9 acres of land located in Farmers Branch, Texas for an aggregate sales price of $18.9 million and recognized a gain on the sale of $9.0 million.
| ● | Sold 29.4 acres of land located in Forney, Texas for a total sales price of $5.0 million and recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $4.1 million.
| ● | Sold 10.33 acres of land located in Dallas, Texas for a total sales price of $2.1 million and recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $0.4 million.
| ● | Sold 6.25 acres of land located in Nashville, Tennessee for a total sales price of $2.3 million and recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $0.9 million.
| ● | Sold 23.24 acres of land located in Fort Worth, Texas for a total sales price of $1.8 million and recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $0.5 million.
| ● | Sold a multifamily residential property, located in Mary Ester, Florida for a total sales price of $3.1 million out of which $1.8 million represents land received with a total acreage of 1.27 acres located in Riverside, California in exchange for a note receivable of the same value. The Company recognized a loss from this sale of approximately $0.08 million.
| ● | Purchased 33.05 acres of land in Athens, Alabama for a total purchase price of $2.1 million, out of which $0.9 million was paid in cash and the remaining balance of $1.2 million was issued as a note payable. The note payable matures in eighteen months and bears an annual interest rate of 5.91%.
| ● | Purchased from a third party 8.94 acres of land located in Collin County, Texas for a total purchase price of $2.5 million.
| ● | Purchased an option to buy 37.8 acres of land (6.3 acres located in Collin County, Texas and 31.5 acres located in Clark County, Nevada) for $2.0 million from a third party land developer.
The Company continues to invest in the development of apartment projects. During the year ended December 31, 2019, ARL through its subsidiaries have invested $28.5 million related to the construction and development of various apartment complexes and capitalized $0.8 million of interest costs.

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