Brixmor Property Group Inc. - Quarter Report: 2019 September (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q



☑	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019



☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from_____ to_____

Commission File Number: 001-36160 (Brixmor Property Group)

Commission File Number: 333-201464-01 (Brixmor Operating Partnership LP)

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



Maryland	(Brixmor Property Group Inc.)	45-2433192
Delaware	(Brixmor Operating Partnership LP)	80-0831163
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

212-869-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	BRX	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. Yes ☑ No ☐ Brixmor Operating Partnership LP Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Brixmor Property Group Inc. Yes ☑ No ☐ Brixmor Operating Partnership LP Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Brixmor Property Group Inc.				Brixmor Operating Partnership LP
Large accelerated filer	☑	Non-accelerated filer	☐	Large accelerated filer	☐	Non-accelerated filer	☑
Smaller reporting company	☐	Accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Emerging growth company	☐			Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. ☐ Brixmor Operating Partnership LP ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Brixmor Property Group Inc. Yes ☐ No ☑ Brixmor Operating Partnership LP Yes ☐ No ☑

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS)

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

As of October 1, 2019, Brixmor Property Group Inc. had 297,846,251 shares of common stock outstanding.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This report combines the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2019 of Brixmor Property Group Inc. and Brixmor Operating Partnership LP. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to the “Parent Company” or “BPG” mean Brixmor Property Group Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries; and references to the “Operating Partnership” mean Brixmor Operating Partnership LP and its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms the “Company,” “Brixmor,” “we,” “our” and “us” mean the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, collectively.

The Parent Company is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that owns 100% of the common stock of BPG Subsidiary Inc. (“BPG Sub”), which, in turn, is the sole owner of Brixmor OP GP LLC (the “General Partner”), the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of September 30, 2019, the Parent Company beneficially owned, through its direct and indirect interest in BPG Sub and the General Partner, 100% of the outstanding partnership common units of interest (the “OP Units”) in the Operating Partnership.

The Company believes combining the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership into this single report:


•	Enhances investors’ understanding of the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business;


•	Eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation; and


•	Creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.

Management operates the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership as one business. Because the Operating Partnership is managed by the Parent Company, and the Parent Company conducts substantially all of its operations through the Operating Partnership, the Parent Company’s executive officers are the Operating Partnership’s executive officers, and although, as a partnership, the Operating Partnership does not have a board of directors, we refer to the Parent Company’s board of directors as the Operating Partnership’s board of directors.

We believe it is important to understand the few differences between the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership in the context of how the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership operate as a consolidated company. The Parent Company is a REIT, whose only material asset is its indirect interest in the Operating Partnership. As a result, the Parent Company does not conduct business itself other than issuing public equity from time to time. The Parent Company does not incur any material indebtedness. The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of our assets. Except for net proceeds from public equity issuances by the Parent Company, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units, the Operating Partnership generates all capital required by the Company’s business. Sources of this capital include the Operating Partnership’s operations and its direct or indirect incurrence of indebtedness.

Equity, capital, and non-controlling interests are the primary areas of difference between the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Parent Company and those of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership’s capital currently includes OP Units owned by the Parent Company through BPG Sub and the General Partner and has in the past and may in the future include OP Units owned by third parties. OP Units owned by third parties, if any, are accounted for in capital in the Operating Partnership’s financial statements and outside of equity in non-controlling interests in the Parent Company’s financial statements.

The Parent Company consolidates the Operating Partnership for financial reporting purposes, and the Parent Company does not have material assets other than its indirect investment in the Operating Partnership. Therefore, while equity, capital and non-controlling interests may differ as discussed above, the assets and liabilities of the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership are materially the same on their respective financial statements.

In order to highlight the differences between the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, there are sections in this report that separately discuss the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, including separate financial statements (but combined footnotes), separate controls and procedures sections, separate certifications of periodic report under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and separate certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In the sections that combine disclosure for the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, this report refers to actions or holdings as being actions or holdings of the Company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Item No.		Page
Part I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1.	Financial Statements	1
	Brixmor Property Group Inc. (unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	6
	Brixmor Operating Partnership LP (unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	8
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	9
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Capital for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	10
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	12
	Brixmor Property Group Inc. and Brixmor Operating Partnership LP (unaudited)
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	13
2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	33
3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	47
4.	Controls and Procedures	47
Part II - OTHER INFORMATION
1.	Legal Proceedings	47
1A.	Risk Factors	47
2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	48
3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	48
4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	48
5.	Other Information	48
6.	Exhibits	49

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, our operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “targets” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We believe these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. These factors include (1) changes in national, regional and local economic climates or demographics; (2) local market conditions, including an oversupply of space in, or a reduction in demand for, properties similar to those in our Portfolio; (3) competition from other available properties and e-commerce, and the attractiveness of properties in our Portfolio to our tenants; (4) ongoing disruption and/or consolidation in the retail sector, the financial stability of our tenants and the overall financial condition of large retailing companies, including their ability to pay rent and expense reimbursements; (5) in the case of percentage rents, the sales volume of our tenants; (6) increases in property operating expenses, including common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, which are relatively inflexible and generally do not decrease if revenue or occupancy decrease; (7) increases in the costs to repair, renovate and re-lease space; (8) earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, damage from rising sea levels due to climate change, other natural disasters, civil unrest, terrorist acts or acts of war, which may result in uninsured or underinsured losses; (9) changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing usage, zoning, the environment and taxes; and (10) new developments in the litigation and governmental investigations discussed under the heading “Legal Matters” in Note 15 – Commitments and Contingencies to our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this report. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this report and in our other periodic filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report, and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except to the extent otherwise required by law.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements



BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except share information)
	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Assets
Real estate
Land	$	1,779,161		$	1,804,504
Buildings and improvements	8,342,194			8,294,273
	10,121,355			10,098,777
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(2,452,678		)	(2,349,127		)
Real estate, net	7,668,677			7,749,650

Cash and cash equivalents	29,072			41,745
Restricted cash	2,409			9,020
Marketable securities	19,109			30,243
Receivables, net	223,323			228,297
Deferred charges and prepaid expenses, net	151,125			145,662
Real estate assets held for sale	6,186			2,901
Other assets	60,260			34,903
Total assets	$	8,160,161		$	8,242,421


Liabilities
Debt obligations, net	$	4,852,510		$	4,885,863
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	548,288			520,459
Total liabilities	5,400,798			5,406,322

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)	—			—

Equity
Common stock, $0.01 par value; authorized 3,000,000,000 shares; 305,323,128 and 305,130,472 shares issued and 297,846,251 and 298,488,516 shares outstanding	2,978			2,985
Additional paid-in capital	3,226,531			3,233,329
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(13,207		)	15,973
Distributions in excess of net income	(456,939		)	(416,188		)
Total equity	2,759,363			2,836,099
Total liabilities and equity	$	8,160,161		$	8,242,421
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Revenues
Rental income	$	292,732		$	306,172		$	873,424		$	935,689
Other revenues	233			308			1,685			996
Total revenues	292,965			306,480			875,109			936,685

Operating expenses
Operating costs	29,573			31,969			90,138			101,340
Real estate taxes	43,688			44,711			130,203			135,383
Depreciation and amortization	82,837			85,183			249,825			266,900
Provision for doubtful accounts	—			3,094			—			6,458
Impairment of real estate assets	8,170			16,372			17,468			44,201
General and administrative	24,550			21,209			75,168			64,955
Total operating expenses	188,818			202,538			562,802			619,237

Other income (expense)
Dividends and interest	128			156			575			356
Interest expense	(47,698		)	(55,364		)	(142,839		)	(165,735		)
Gain on sale of real estate assets	25,621			119,333			46,266			159,043
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net	(943		)	(19,759		)	(1,620		)	(20,182		)
Other	(401		)	(962		)	(1,975		)	(2,200		)
Total other income (expense)	(23,293		)	43,404			(99,593		)	(28,718		)

Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Per common share:
Net income:
Basic	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95
Diluted	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95
Weighted average shares:
Basic	298,031			302,170			298,257			303,031
Diluted	298,879			302,382			298,927			303,213
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited, in thousands)
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net (Note 6)	(5,332		)	(1,242		)	(29,373		)	2,950
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	12			—			193			(40		)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(5,320		)	(1,242		)	(29,180		)	2,910
Comprehensive income	$	75,534		$	146,104		$	183,534		$	291,640
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
	Common Stock
	Number		Amount			Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Distributions in Excess of Net Income			Total
Beginning balance, January 1, 2019	298,489		$	2,985		$	3,233,329		$	15,973		$	(416,188	)	$	2,836,099
ASC 842 cumulative adjustment	—		—			—			—			(1,974		)	(1,974		)
Common stock dividends ($0.28 per common share)	—		—			—			—			(83,839		)	(83,839		)
Equity based compensation expense	—		—			2,641			—			—			2,641
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			(9,925		)	—			(9,925		)
Issuance of common stock and OP Units	158		2			—			—			—			2
Repurchases of common stock	(660	)	(7		)	(11,579		)	—			—			(11,586		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	—		—			(1,547		)	—			—			(1,547		)
Net income	—		—			—			—			62,900			62,900
Ending balance, March 31, 2019	297,987		2,980			3,222,844			6,048			(439,101		)	2,792,771
Common stock dividends ($0.28 per common share)	—		—			—			—			(83,827		)	(83,827		)
Equity based compensation expense	—		—			3,353			—			—			3,353
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			(13,935		)	—			(13,935		)
Issuance of common stock and OP Units	34		—			—			—			—			—
Repurchases of common stock	(175	)	(2		)	(2,975		)	—			—			(2,977		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	—		—			(164		)	—			—			(164		)
Net income	—		—			—			—			68,960			68,960
Ending balance, June 30, 2019	297,846		2,978			3,223,058			(7,887		)	(453,968		)	2,764,181
Common stock dividends ($0.28 per common share)	—		—			—			—			(83,825		)	(83,825		)
Equity based compensation expense	—		—			3,473			—			—			3,473
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			(5,320		)	—			(5,320		)
Net income	—		—			—			—			80,854			80,854
Ending balance, September 30, 2019	297,846		$	2,978		$	3,226,531		$	(13,207	)	$	(456,939	)	$	2,759,363
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
	Common Stock
	Number		Amount			Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Distributions in Excess of Net Income			Total
Beginning balance, January 1, 2018	304,620		$	3,046		$	3,330,466		$	24,211		$	(449,375	)	$	2,908,348
Common stock dividends ($0.275 per common share)	—		—			—			—			(83,479		)	(83,479		)
Equity based compensation expense	—		—			2,484			—			—			2,484
Other comprehensive income	—		—			—			4,687			—			4,687
Issuance of common stock and OP Units	128		1			—			—			—			1
Repurchases of common stock	(1,922	)	(19		)	(29,746		)	—			—			(29,765		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	—		—			(1,722		)	—			—			(1,722		)
Net income	—		—			—			—			61,022			61,022
Ending balance, March 31, 2018	302,826		3,028			3,301,482			28,898			(471,832		)	2,861,576
Common stock dividends ($0.275 per common share)	—		—			—			—			(83,584		)	(83,584		)
Equity based compensation expense	—		—			2,784			—			—			2,784
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			(535		)	—			(535		)
Issuance of common stock and OP Units	42		1			—			—			—			1
Repurchases of common stock	(241	)	(3		)	(3,497		)	—			—			(3,500		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	—		—			(133		)	—			—			(133		)
Net income	—		—			—			—			80,362			80,362
Ending balance, June 30, 2018	302,627		3,026			3,300,636			28,363			(475,054		)	2,856,971
Common stock dividends ($0.275 per common share)	—		—			—			—			(82,872		)	(82,872		)
Equity based compensation expense	—		—			2,738			—			—			2,738
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			(1,242		)	—			(1,242		)
Issuance of common stock and OP Units	2		—			—			—			—			—
Repurchases of common stock	(2,737	)	(27		)	(48,643		)	—			—			(48,670		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	—		—			(9		)	—			—			(9		)
Net income	—		—			—			—			147,346			147,346
Ending balance, September 30, 2018	299,892		$	2,999		$	3,254,722		$	27,121		$	(410,580	)	$	2,874,262
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Operating activities:
Net income	$	212,714		$	288,730
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	249,825			266,900
Debt premium and discount amortization	1,053			(2,804		)
Deferred financing cost amortization	5,299			4,909
Accretion of above- and below-market leases, net	(14,125		)	(20,644		)
Impairment of real estate assets	17,468			44,201
Gain on sale of real estate assets	(46,266		)	(159,043		)
Equity based compensation, net	8,847			8,006
Other	2,694			2,587
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net	1,620			20,182
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	(13,532		)	1,416
Deferred charges and prepaid expenses	(30,138		)	(35,840		)
Other assets	(74		)	3,637
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	4,548			(22,055		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	399,933			400,182

Investing activities:
Improvements to and investments in real estate assets	(282,211		)	(185,048		)
Acquisitions of real estate assets	(79,634		)	(8,994		)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets	239,838			676,959
Purchase of marketable securities	(36,045		)	(27,923		)
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities	47,509			25,076
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(110,543		)	480,070

Financing activities:
Repayment of secured debt obligations	—			(518,308		)
Repayment of borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	(541,000		)	(74,000		)
Proceeds from borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	235,000			215,000
Proceeds from unsecured notes	771,623			250,000
Repayment of borrowings under unsecured term loans	(500,000		)	(435,000		)
Deferred financing and debt extinguishment costs	(6,689		)	(29,017		)
Distributions to common stockholders	(251,334		)	(250,886		)
Repurchases of common shares	(14,563		)	(81,935		)
Repurchases of common shares in conjunction with equity award plans	(1,711		)	(1,864		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(308,674		)	(926,010		)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(19,284		)	(45,758		)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	50,765			110,777
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	31,481		$	65,019

Reconciliation to consolidated balance sheets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,072		$	19,607
Restricted cash	2,409			45,412
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	31,481		$	65,019

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest, net of amount capitalized of $2,401 and $1,798	$	134,507		$	173,079
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except unit information)
	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Assets
Real estate
Land	$	1,779,161		$	1,804,504
Buildings and improvements	8,342,194			8,294,273
	10,121,355			10,098,777
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(2,452,678		)	(2,349,127		)
Real estate, net	7,668,677			7,749,650

Cash and cash equivalents	29,054			41,619
Restricted cash	2,409			9,020
Marketable securities	18,886			30,023
Receivables, net	223,323			228,297
Deferred charges and prepaid expenses, net	151,125			145,662
Real estate assets held for sale	6,186			2,901
Other assets	60,260			34,903
Total assets	$	8,159,920		$	8,242,075


Liabilities
Debt obligations, net	$	4,852,510		$	4,885,863
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	548,288			520,459
Total liabilities	5,400,798			5,406,322

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)	—			—

Capital
Partnership common units; 305,323,128 and 305,130,472 units issued and 297,846,251 and 298,488,516 units outstanding	2,772,321			2,819,770
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(13,199		)	15,983
Total capital	2,759,122			2,835,753
Total liabilities and capital	$	8,159,920		$	8,242,075
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Revenues
Rental income	$	292,732		$	306,172		$	873,424		$	935,689
Other revenues	233			308			1,685			996
Total revenues	292,965			306,480			875,109			936,685

Operating expenses
Operating costs	29,573			31,969			90,138			101,340
Real estate taxes	43,688			44,711			130,203			135,383
Depreciation and amortization	82,837			85,183			249,825			266,900
Provision for doubtful accounts	—			3,094			—			6,458
Impairment of real estate assets	8,170			16,372			17,468			44,201
General and administrative	24,550			21,209			75,168			64,955
Total operating expenses	188,818			202,538			562,802			619,237

Other income (expense)
Dividends and interest	128			156			575			356
Interest expense	(47,698		)	(55,364		)	(142,839		)	(165,735		)
Gain on sale of real estate assets	25,621			119,333			46,266			159,043
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net	(943		)	(19,759		)	(1,620		)	(20,182		)
Other	(401		)	(962		)	(1,975		)	(2,200		)
Total other income (expense)	(23,293		)	43,404			(99,593		)	(28,718		)

Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Per common unit:
Net income:
Basic	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95
Diluted	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95
Weighted average units:
Basic	298,031			302,170			298,257			303,031
Diluted	298,879			302,382			298,927			303,213
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited, in thousands)
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net (Note 6)	(5,332		)	(1,242		)	(29,373		)	2,950
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities	11			(4		)	191			(42		)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(5,321		)	(1,246		)	(29,182		)	2,908
Comprehensive income	$	75,533		$	146,100		$	183,532		$	291,638
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CAPITAL
(Unaudited, in thousands)

	Partnership Common Units			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total
Beginning balance, January 1, 2019	$	2,819,770		$	15,983		$	2,835,753
ASC 842 cumulative adjustment	(1,974		)	—			(1,974		)
Distributions to partners	(83,964		)	—			(83,964		)
Equity based compensation expense	2,641			—			2,641
Other comprehensive loss	—			(9,925		)	(9,925		)
Issuance of OP Units	2			—			2
Repurchases of OP Units	(11,586		)	—			(11,586		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	(1,547		)	—			(1,547		)
Net income	62,900			—			62,900
Ending balance, March 31, 2019	2,786,242			6,058			2,792,300
Distributions to partners	(83,597		)	—			(83,597		)
Equity based compensation expense	3,353			—			3,353
Other comprehensive loss	—			(13,936		)	(13,936		)
Issuance of OP Units	—			—			—
Repurchases of OP Units	(2,977		)	—			(2,977		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	(164		)	—			(164		)
Net income	68,960			—			68,960
Ending balance, June 30, 2019	2,771,817			(7,878		)	2,763,939
Distributions to partners	(83,823		)	—			(83,823		)
Equity based compensation expense	3,473			—			3,473
Other comprehensive loss	—			(5,321		)	(5,321		)
Net income	80,854			—			80,854
Ending balance, September 30, 2019	$	2,772,321		$	(13,199	)	$	2,759,122
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CAPITAL
(Unaudited, in thousands)

	Partnership Common Units			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Total
Beginning balance, January 1, 2018	$	2,883,875		$	24,224		$	2,908,099
Distributions to partners	(83,479		)	—			(83,479		)
Equity based compensation expense	2,484			—			2,484
Other comprehensive income	—			4,688			4,688
Issuance of OP Units	1			—			1
Repurchases of OP Units	(29,765		)	—			(29,765		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	(1,722		)	—			(1,722		)
Net income	61,022			—			61,022
Ending balance, March 31, 2018	2,832,416			28,912			2,861,328
Distributions to partners	(83,584		)	—			(83,584		)
Equity based compensation expense	2,784			—			2,784
Other comprehensive loss	—			(534		)	(534		)
Issuance of OP Units	1			—			1
Repurchases of OP Units	(3,500		)	—			(3,500		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	(133		)	—			(133		)
Net income	80,362			—			80,362
Ending balance, June 30, 2018	2,828,346			28,378			2,856,724
Distributions to partners	(82,865		)	—			(82,865		)
Equity based compensation expense	2,738			—			2,738
Other comprehensive loss	—			(1,246		)	(1,246		)
Repurchases of OP Units	(48,670		)	—			(48,670		)
Share-based awards retained for taxes	(9		)	—			(9		)
Net income	147,346			—			147,346
Ending balance, September 30, 2018	$	2,846,886		$	27,132		$	2,874,018
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Operating activities:
Net income	$	212,714		$	288,730
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	249,825			266,900
Debt premium and discount amortization	1,053			(2,804		)
Deferred financing cost amortization	5,299			4,909
Accretion of above- and below-market leases, net	(14,125		)	(20,644		)
Impairment of real estate assets	17,468			44,201
Gain on sale of real estate assets	(46,266		)	(159,043		)
Equity based compensation, net	8,847			8,006
Other	2,694			2,587
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net	1,620			20,182
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	(13,532		)	1,416
Deferred charges and prepaid expenses	(30,138		)	(35,840		)
Other assets	(74		)	3,637
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	4,548			(22,055		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	399,933			400,182

Investing activities:
Improvements to and investments in real estate assets	(282,211		)	(185,048		)
Acquisitions of real estate assets	(79,634		)	(8,994		)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets	239,838			676,959
Purchase of marketable securities	(36,042		)	(27,922		)
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities	47,509			25,076
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(110,540		)	480,071

Financing activities:
Repayment of secured debt obligations	—			(518,308		)
Repayment of borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	(541,000		)	(74,000		)
Proceeds from borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facility	235,000			215,000
Proceeds from unsecured notes	771,623			250,000
Repayment of borrowings under unsecured term loans	(500,000		)	(435,000		)
Deferred financing and debt extinguishment costs	(6,689		)	(29,017		)
Partner distributions and repurchases of OP Units	(267,503		)	(334,681		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(308,569		)	(926,006		)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(19,176		)	(45,753		)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	50,639			110,747
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	31,463		$	64,994

Reconciliation to consolidated balance sheets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,054		$	19,582
Restricted cash	2,409			45,412
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	31,463		$	64,994

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest, net of amount capitalized of $2,401 and $1,798	$	134,507		$	173,079
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC. AND BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, dollars in thousands, unless otherwise stated)

1. Nature of Business and Financial Statement Presentation

Description of Business

Brixmor Property Group Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Parent Company”) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”). Brixmor Operating Partnership LP and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Operating Partnership”) is the entity through which the Parent Company conducts substantially all of its operations and owns substantially all of its assets. The Parent Company owns 100% of the common stock of BPG Subsidiary Inc. (“BPG Sub”), which, in turn, is the sole member of Brixmor OP GP LLC (the “General Partner”), the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The Parent Company engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, disposition and redevelopment of retail shopping centers through the Operating Partnership, and has no other substantial assets or liabilities other than through its investment in the Operating Partnership. The Parent Company, the Operating Partnership and their controlled subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (collectively, the “Company” or “Brixmor”) believes it owns and operates one of the largest open air retail portfolios by gross leasable area (“GLA”) in the United States (“U.S.”), comprised primarily of community and neighborhood shopping centers. As of September 30, 2019, the Company’s portfolio was comprised of 409 shopping centers (the “Portfolio”) totaling approximately 72 million square feet of GLA. The Company’s high-quality national Portfolio is primarily located within established trade areas in the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the U.S., and its shopping centers are primarily anchored by non-discretionary and value-oriented retailers, as well as consumer-oriented service providers.

The Company does not distinguish its principal business or group its operations on a geographical basis for purposes of measuring performance. Accordingly, the Company has a single reportable segment for disclosure purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for the fair presentation of the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the periods presented have been included. The operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full fiscal year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 and accompanying notes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 11, 2019.

Certain prior period balances in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation for the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842 “Leases” (“ASC 842”) (described below), which supersedes Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840 “Leases” (“ASC 840”).

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Parent Company, the Operating Partnership, each of their wholly owned subsidiaries and all other entities in which they have a controlling financial interest. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Deferred Leasing and Financing Costs

Costs incurred in executing tenant leases and long-term financings are capitalized and amortized using the straight-line method over the term of the related lease or debt agreement, which approximates the effective interest method. For tenant leases, capitalized costs incurred include tenant improvements and leasing commissions. In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, the Company no longer capitalizes partial salaries and/or indirect legal fees incurred in executing tenant leases. These amounts were capitalized under previous guidance. For long-term financings, capitalized costs incurred include bank and legal fees. The amortization of deferred leasing and financing costs is included in Depreciation and amortization and Interest expense, respectively, on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated

Statements of Operations and in Operating activities on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Revenue Recognition and Receivables

The Company enters into agreements with tenants which convey the right to control the use of identified space at its shopping centers in exchange for rental revenue. These agreements meet the criteria for recognition as leases under ASC 842. Rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. The cumulative difference between rental revenue recognized on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and contractual payment terms is recognized as deferred rent and included in Receivables, net on the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company commences recognizing rental revenue based on the date it makes the underlying asset available for use by the tenant. Leases also typically provide for the reimbursement of property operating expenses, including common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes by the lessee and are recognized in the period the applicable expenditures are incurred.

In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, the Company has evaluated the lease and non-lease components within its leases and has elected the practical expedient to present lease and non-lease components in its lease agreements as one component. As such, the Company accounts for rental revenue (lease component) and common area expense reimbursements (non-lease component) as one lease component under ASC 842. Additionally, the Company also includes the non-components of its leases, such as the reimbursement of utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, within this lease component. These amounts are included in Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Certain leases also provide for percentage rents based upon the level of sales achieved by a lessee. Percentage rents are recognized upon the achievement of certain pre-determined sales levels and are included in Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Gains from the sale of depreciated operating properties are generally recognized under the full accrual method, provided that various criteria relating to the terms of the sale and subsequent involvement by the Company with the applicable property are met.

The Company periodically evaluates the collectability of its receivables related to rental revenue, straight-line rent, expense reimbursements and those attributable to other revenue generating activities. The Company analyzes individual tenant receivables and considers tenant credit-worthiness, the length of time a receivable has been outstanding, and current economic trends when evaluating collectability. In addition, tenants in bankruptcy are analyzed and estimates are made in connection with the expected recovery of pre-petition and post-petition claims. Any receivables that are deemed to be uncollectible are recognized as a reduction to Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Prior period Provision for doubtful accounts is included in Operating expenses on the Company's unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in accordance with the Company's previous presentation and has not been reclassified to Rental income.

Leases

The Company periodically enters into agreements in which it is the lessee, including ground leases for neighborhood and community shopping centers that it operates and office leases for administrative space. In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, the Company evaluated these agreements and determined that they meet the criteria for recognition as leases under ASC 842. For these agreements the Company recognizes an operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and an operating lease liability based on the present value of the minimum lease payments over the non-cancellable lease term. As the discount rates implicit in the leases are not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental secured borrowing rate, based on the information available at the commencement date of each lease, to determine the present value of the associated lease payments. The lease terms utilized by the Company may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that it will exercise that option. The Company evaluates many factors, including current and future lease cash flows, when determining if an option to extend or terminate should be included in the non-cancellable period. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable lease term. The Company has elected to apply the short-term lease exemption within ASC 842 and has not recorded an ROU asset or lease liability for leases with terms of less than 12 months. Additionally, leases also typically provide for the reimbursement of property operating expenses, including common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes by the Company.

In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, the Company has evaluated the lease and non-lease components within its leases and has elected the practical expedient to present lease and non-lease components in its lease agreements as one component. As such, the Company accounts for lease payments (lease component) and common area expense reimbursements (non-lease component) as one lease component under ASC 842. Additionally, the Company also includes the non-components of its leases, such as the reimbursement of utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, within this lease component. These amounts are included in Operating expenses on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Income Taxes

Brixmor Property Group Inc. has elected to qualify as a REIT in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To qualify as a REIT, Brixmor Property Group Inc. must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that it currently distribute to its stockholders at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. It is management’s intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain Brixmor Property Group Inc.’s REIT status.

As a REIT, Brixmor Property Group Inc. generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, provided that distributions to its stockholders equal at least the amount of its REIT taxable income as defined under the Code. Brixmor Property Group Inc. conducts substantially all of its operations through the Operating Partnership which is organized as a limited partnership and treated as a pass-through entity for U.S. federal tax purposes. Therefore, U.S. federal income taxes on the Company’s taxable income do not materially impact the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

If Brixmor Property Group Inc. fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to U.S. federal taxes at regular corporate rates and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for the four subsequent taxable years. Even if Brixmor Property Group Inc. qualifies for taxation as a REIT, Brixmor Property Group Inc. is subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to U.S. federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income as well as other income items, as applicable.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. has elected to treat certain of its subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (each a “TRS”), and Brixmor Property Group Inc. may in the future elect to treat newly formed and/or other existing subsidiaries as TRSs. A TRS may participate in non-real estate related activities and/or perform non-customary services for tenants and is subject to certain limitations under the Code. A TRS is subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes at regular corporate rates. Income taxes related to Brixmor Property Group Inc.’s TRSs do not materially impact the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

The Company has considered the tax positions taken for the open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income taxes related to uncertain tax positions is required in the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Open tax years generally range from 2016 through 2018, but may vary by jurisdiction and issue. The Company recognizes penalties and interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense, which is included in Other on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2018-19, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses.” ASU 2018-19 clarifies that receivables arising from operating leases are not within the scope of Subtopic 326-20. Instead, impairment of receivables arising from operating leases should be accounted for in accordance with ASC 842, Leases. The standard is effective on January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2018-19 to have a material impact on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company. Information regarding the adoption of ASC 842 is described below.

In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-16, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815).” ASU 2018-16 amends guidance to permit the use of the Overnight Index Swap rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815. The standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2019. The Company determined that these changes did not have a material impact on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820).” ASU 2018-13 amends certain disclosure requirements regarding the fair value hierarchy of investments in accordance with GAAP, particularly the significant unobservable inputs used to value investments within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The standard is effective on January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2018-13 to have a material impact on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” ASU 2016-02 sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). ASU 2016-02 was subsequently amended by ASU 2018-01, “Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842” ASU 2018-10, “Codification Improvements to Topic 842” ASU 2018-11, “Targeted Improvements” and ASU 2018-20, “Narrow-Scope Improvements for 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 will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to recognize an ROU asset and a lease liability for all leases with terms of greater than 12 months, regardless of their classification. Leases with terms of 12 months or less qualify for the short-term lease recognition exemption and may be accounted for similar to previous guidance for operating 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.

Adoption

The standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 and a modified retrospective transition approach was required. The Company determined that the adoption of ASC 842 had a material impact on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company. The Company elected the following optional practical expedients upon adoption:


•	The Company did not reassess whether a current arrangement contains a lease. (ASU 2016-02)


•	The Company did not reassess current lease classification. (ASU 2016-02)


•	The Company did not reassess initial direct costs recognized under previous guidance. (ASU 2016-02)


•	The Company did not reassess current land easements under ASC 842. (ASU 2018-01)

•

The Company applied ASC 842 as of the effective date. Therefore, the Company’s reporting for the comparative periods presented in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company will continue to be in accordance with ASC 840, however certain prior period balances on the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The Company recognized a $2.0 million cumulative adjustment to decrease retained earnings for indirect leasing costs capitalized for executed leases that had not commenced as of the adoption date of ASC 842. (ASU 2018-11)


•	The Company elected, by class of underlying asset, not to separate non-lease components from the associated lease components and instead account for them as a single component. This resulted in the consolidation of Rental income and Expense reimbursements on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. (ASU 2018-11)

Lessee

For leases where the Company is the lessee, primarily for the Company’s ground leases and administrative office leases, the Company was required to record an ROU asset and a lease liability on its unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets on the effective date. The Company elected to apply the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualified.

Lessor

For leases where the Company is the lessor, the Company will continue to record revenues from rental properties for its operating leases on a straight-line basis. In addition, initial direct leasing costs continue to be capitalized, however, indirect leasing costs previously capitalized are being expensed under ASC 842. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company capitalized $3.2 million and $8.7 million, respectively, of indirect leasing costs, including leasing payroll and legal costs.

In addition, ASC 842 requires that additional lease disclosures be presented in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for both lessor and lessee lease agreements. See Notes 9 and 10 for additional information.

Any other recently issued accounting standards or pronouncements not disclosed above have been excluded as they either are not relevant to the Company, or they are not expected to have a material effect on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

2. Acquisition of Real Estate

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company acquired the following assets, in separate transactions:



Description⁽¹⁾	Location	Month Acquired	GLA	Aggregate Purchase Price⁽²⁾
Land adjacent to Parmer Crossing	Austin, TX	Apr-19	N/A	$	2,197
Centennial Shopping Center	Englewood, CO	Apr-19	113,682	18,011
Plymouth Square Shopping Center⁽³⁾	Conshohocken, PA	May-19	235,728	56,909
Leases at Baytown Shopping Center	Baytown, TX	Jun-19	N/A	2,517
			349,410	$	79,634


⁽¹⁾	No debt was assumed related to any of the listed acquisitions.


⁽²⁾	Aggregate purchase price includes $1.2 million of transaction costs.


⁽³⁾	GLA excludes square footage related to the anticipated relocation of the Company's regional office. Total acquired GLA is 288,718 square feet.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company acquired the following assets, in separate transactions:



Description⁽¹⁾	Location	Month Acquired	GLA	Aggregate Purchase Price⁽²⁾
Land adjacent to Arborland Center	Ann Arbor, MI	Jun-18	N/A	$	5,554
Outparcel adjacent to Lehigh Shopping Center	Bethlehem, PA	Jun-18	12,739	1,899
Outparcel building adjacent to Beneva Village Shoppes	Sarasota, FL	Jul-18	3,710	1,541
			16,449	$	8,994


⁽¹⁾	No debt was assumed related to any of the listed acquisitions.


⁽²⁾	Aggregate purchase price includes $0.2 million of transaction costs.

The aggregate purchase price of the assets acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, has been allocated as follows:



		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Assets		2019		2018
	Land	$	25,953	$	6,078
	Buildings	45,781		2,448
	Building and tenant improvements	5,832		238
	Above-market leases⁽¹⁾	155		—
	In-place leases⁽²⁾	6,923		304
Total assets		84,644		9,068

Liabilities
	Below-market leases⁽³⁾	5,010		74
	Other liabilities	—		—
Total liabilities		5,010		74
Net assets acquired		$	79,634	$	8,994


⁽¹⁾	The weighted average amortization period at the time of acquisition for above-market leases related to assets acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was 10.4 years.


⁽²⁾	The weighted average amortization period at the time of acquisition for in-place leases related to assets acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was 8.8 years and 4.8 years, respectively.


⁽³⁾	The weighted average amortization period at the time of acquisition for below-market leases related to assets acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was 24.3 years and 4.8 years, respectively.

3. Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company disposed of 12 shopping centers and one partial shopping center for aggregate net proceeds of $144.6 million resulting in aggregate gain of $25.5 million and aggregate impairment of $8.2 million. In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company received aggregate net proceeds of $0.1 million from previously disposed assets resulting in aggregate gain of $0.1 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company disposed of 18 shopping centers and four partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $239.4 million resulting in aggregate gain of $46.0 million and aggregate impairment of $14.4 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company received aggregate net proceeds of $0.4 million from previously disposed assets resulting in aggregate gain of $0.3 million.

During the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company disposed of 26 shopping centers and two partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $437.4 million resulting in aggregate gain of $119.3 million and aggregate impairment of $4.2 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company disposed of 42 shopping centers and two partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $676.5 million resulting in aggregate gain of $158.5 million and aggregate impairment of $28.4 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company received net proceeds of $0.5 million from previously disposed assets resulting in a gain of $0.5 million.

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had one property in each period held for sale. The following table presents the assets associated with the properties classified as held for sale:



Assets		September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
	Land	$	1,720		$	1,220
	Buildings and improvements	6,372			2,927
	Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(2,124		)	(1,334		)
	Real estate, net	5,968			2,813
	Other assets	218			88
Assets associated with real estate assets held for sale		$	6,186		$	2,901

There were no discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 as none of the dispositions represented a strategic shift in the Company’s business that would qualify as discontinued operations.

4. Real Estate

The Company’s components of Real estate, net consisted of the following:



	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Land	$	1,779,161		$	1,804,504
Buildings and improvements:
Buildings and tenant improvements⁽¹⁾	7,712,129			7,626,363
Lease intangibles⁽²⁾	630,065			667,910
	10,121,355			10,098,777
Accumulated depreciation and amortization⁽³⁾	(2,452,678		)	(2,349,127		)
Total	$	7,668,677		$	7,749,650


⁽¹⁾	As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Buildings and tenant improvements included accrued amounts, net of anticipated insurance proceeds, of $46.5 million and $41.7 million, respectively.


⁽²⁾	As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Lease intangibles consisted of $569.0 million and $601.0 million, respectively, of in-place leases and $61.1 million and $66.9 million, respectively, of above-market leases. These intangible assets are amortized over the term of each related lease.


⁽³⁾	As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Accumulated depreciation and amortization included $540.4 million and $560.3 million, respectively, of accumulated amortization related to Lease intangibles.

In addition, as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had intangible liabilities relating to below-market leases of $378.2 million and $392.9 million, respectively, and accumulated accretion of $267.3 million and

$266.1 million, respectively. These intangible liabilities are included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These intangible assets are accreted over the term of each related lease.

Below-market lease accretion income, net of above-market lease amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was $4.5 million and $5.8 million, respectively. Below-market lease accretion income, net of above-market lease amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was $14.1 million and $20.6 million, respectively. These amounts are included in Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Amortization expense associated with in-place lease value for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was $6.7 million and $8.0 million, respectively. Amortization expense associated with in-place lease value for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was $19.5 million and $27.2 million, respectively. These amounts are included in Depreciation and amortization on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company’s estimated below-market lease accretion income, net of above-market lease amortization expense, and in-place lease amortization expense for the next five years are as follows:



Year ending December 31,	Below-market lease accretion (income), net of above-market lease amortization			In-place lease amortization expense
2019 (remaining three months)	$	(4,204	)	$	5,801
2020	(14,406		)	18,708
2021	(11,820		)	13,696
2022	(9,814		)	9,556
2023	(8,471		)	6,928

Hurricane Michael Impact

On October 7, 2018, Hurricane Michael struck Florida resulting in widespread damage and flooding. The Company has two properties, totaling 0.4 million square feet of GLA, which were impacted. The Company maintains comprehensive property insurance on these properties, including business interruption insurance.

As of September 30, 2019, the Company’s assessment of the damages sustained to its properties from Hurricane Michael has resulted in cumulative accelerated depreciation of $13.7 million, representing the estimated net book value of damaged assets. The Company also recognized a corresponding receivable for estimated property insurance recoveries. As such, there was no impact to net income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018. As of September 30, 2019, the Company has received property insurance proceeds of $6.3 million and has a remaining receivable balance of $7.4 million, which is included in Receivables on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

5. Impairments

The Company recognized the following impairments during the three months ended September 30, 2019:



Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Property Name⁽¹⁾	Location	GLA	Impairment Charge
Parcel at Mansell Crossing⁽²⁾	Alpharetta, GA	51,615	$	5,777
Glendale Galleria⁽²⁾	Glendale, AZ	119,525	2,197
Westview Center⁽²⁾	Hanover Park, IL	321,382	170
North Hills Village⁽²⁾	Haltom City, TX	43,299	26
		535,821	$	8,170


⁽¹⁾	The Company recognized impairment charges based upon a change in the anticipated hold period of these properties and/or offers from third-party buyers in connection with the Company’s capital recycling program.


⁽²⁾	The Company disposed of this property during the three months ended September 30, 2019.

The Company recognized the following impairments during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Property Name⁽¹⁾	Location	GLA	Impairment Charge
Westview Center⁽²⁾	Hanover Park, IL	321,382	$	6,356
Parcel at Mansell Crossing⁽²⁾	Alpharetta, GA	51,615	5,777
Brice Park	Reynoldsburg, OH	158,565	3,112
Glendale Galleria⁽²⁾	Glendale, AZ	119,525	2,197
North Hills Village⁽²⁾	Haltom City, TX	43,299	26
		694,386	$	17,468


⁽¹⁾	The Company recognized impairment charges based upon a change in the anticipated hold period of these properties and/or offers from third-party buyers in connection with the Company’s capital recycling program.


⁽²⁾	The Company disposed of this property during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

The Company recognized the following impairments during the three months ended September 30, 2018:



Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
Property Name⁽¹⁾	Location	GLA	Impairment Charge
Westview Center⁽²⁾	Hanover Park, IL	321,382	$	5,916
Wadsworth Crossings⁽³⁾	Wadsworth, OH	118,145	3,411
Brooksville Square⁽³⁾	Brooksville, FL	96,361	2,740
Sterling Bazaar⁽³⁾	Peoria, IL	87,359	1,531
Plantation Plaza⁽³⁾	Clute, TX	99,141	1,228
Smith’s⁽³⁾	Socorro, NM	48,000	1,200
Shops of Riverdale⁽³⁾	Riverdale, GA	16,808	155
Dover Park Plaza⁽³⁾	Yardville, NJ	56,638	117
Klein Square⁽³⁾	Spring, TX	80,636	49
Parcel at Elk Grove Town Center⁽³⁾	Elk Grove Village, IL	72,385	19
Mount Carmel Plaza⁽³⁾	Glenside, PA	14,504	6
		1,011,359	$	16,372


⁽¹⁾	The Company recognized impairment charges based upon a change in the anticipated hold period of these properties in connection with the Company’s capital recycling program.


⁽²⁾	The Company disposed of this property during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.


⁽³⁾	The Company disposed of this property during the year ended December 31, 2018.

The Company recognized the following impairments during the nine months ended September 30, 2018:



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
Property Name⁽¹⁾	Location	GLA	Impairment Charge
County Line Plaza⁽²⁾	Jackson, MS	221,127	$	10,181
Southland Shopping Plaza⁽²⁾	Toledo, OH	285,278	7,077
Westview Center⁽³⁾	Hanover Park, IL	321,382	5,916
Roundtree Place⁽²⁾	Ypsilanti, MI	246,620	4,317
Skyway Plaza	St. Petersburg, FL	110,799	3,639
Wadsworth Crossings⁽²⁾	Wadsworth, OH	118,145	3,411
Brooksville Square⁽²⁾	Brooksville, FL	96,361	2,740
Sterling Bazaar⁽²⁾	Peoria, IL	87,359	1,531
Pensacola Square⁽²⁾	Pensacola, FL	142,767	1,345
Plantation Plaza⁽²⁾	Clute, TX	99,141	1,228
Smith’s⁽²⁾	Socorro, NM	48,000	1,200
Dover Park Plaza⁽²⁾	Yardville, NJ	56,638	555
Parcel at Elk Grove Town Center⁽²⁾	Elk Grove Village, IL	72,385	538
Crossroads Centre⁽²⁾	Fairview Heights, IL	242,752	204
Shops of Riverdale⁽²⁾	Riverdale, GA	16,808	155
Mount Carmel Plaza⁽²⁾	Glenside, PA	14,504	115
Klein Square⁽²⁾	Spring, TX	80,636	49
		2,260,702	$	44,201


⁽¹⁾	The Company recognized impairment charges based upon a change in the anticipated hold period of these properties in connection with the Company’s capital recycling program.


⁽²⁾	The Company disposed of this property during the year ended December 31, 2018.


⁽³⁾	The Company disposed of this property during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

The Company can provide no assurance that material impairment charges with respect to its Portfolio will not occur in future periods. See Note 3 for additional information regarding impairment charges taken in connection with the Company’s dispositions. See Note 8 for additional information regarding the fair value of operating properties which have been impaired.

6. Financial Instruments – Derivatives and Hedging

The Company’s use of derivative instruments is intended to manage its exposure to interest rate movements and such instruments are not utilized for speculative purposes. In certain situations, the Company may enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swap and interest rate cap agreements that result in the receipt and/or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchanging the underlying notional amount. The Company utilizes interest rate swaps to partially hedge the cash flows associated with variable LIBOR based debt. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company did not enter into any new interest rate swap agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company entered into four forward starting interest rate swap agreements with an effective date of January 2, 2019, an aggregate notional value of $300.0 million, a weighted average fixed rate of 2.61% and an expiration date of July 26, 2024.

Detail on the Company’s interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:



	Number of Instruments		Notional Amount
	September 30, 2019	December 31, 2018	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Interest Rate Swaps	7	10	$	800,000	$	1,200,000

The Company has elected to present its interest rate derivatives on its unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets on a gross basis as interest rate swap assets and interest rate swap liabilities. Detail on the Company’s fair value of interest rate derivatives on a gross and net basis as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, is as follows:



	Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Interest rate swaps classified as:	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Gross derivative assets	$	3,810		$	18,630
Gross derivative liabilities	(17,124		)	(2,571		)
Net derivative assets (liabilities)	$	(13,314	)	$	16,059

The gross derivative assets are included in Other assets and the gross derivative liabilities are included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. All of the Company’s outstanding interest rate swap agreements for the periods presented were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk. The fair value of the Company’s interest rate derivatives is determined using market standard valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivative, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. These inputs are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges is recognized in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and is reclassified into earnings as interest expense in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The effective portion of the Company’s interest rate swaps that was recognized on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:



Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (Interest Rate Swaps)	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps	$	(4,125	)	$	1,868		$	(23,375	)	$	12,103
Accretion of interest rate swaps to interest expense	(1,207		)	(3,110		)	(5,998		)	(9,153		)
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net	$	(5,332	)	$	(1,242	)	$	(29,373	)	$	2,950

The Company estimates that less than $0.1 million will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss as an increase to interest expense over the next twelve months. No gain or loss was recognized related to hedge ineffectiveness or to amounts excluded from effectiveness testing on the Company’s cash flow hedges during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

Non-Designated (Mark-to-Market) Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company did not have any non-designated hedges.

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with its derivative counterparties that contain provisions whereby if the Company defaults on certain of its indebtedness and the indebtedness has been accelerated by the lender, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations. If the Company were to breach any of the contractual provisions of the derivative contracts, it would be required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their termination value including accrued interest.

7. Debt Obligations

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had the following indebtedness outstanding:



	Carrying Value as of
	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018			Stated Interest Rate⁽¹⁾	Scheduled Maturity Date
Secured loan
Secured loan⁽²⁾	$	7,000		$	7,000		4.40%	2024
Net unamortized premium	224			262
Net unamortized debt issuance costs	(39		)	(45		)
Total secured loan, net	$	7,185		$	7,217

Notes payable
Unsecured notes⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	$	4,218,453		$	3,468,453		3.25% – 7.97%	2022 – 2029
Net unamortized premium (discount)	11,152			(11,562		)
Net unamortized debt issuance costs	(24,726		)	(20,877		)
Total notes payable, net	$	4,204,879		$	3,436,014

Unsecured Credit Facility and term loans
Unsecured Credit Facility - $500 Million Term Loan	$	—		$	500,000		—	2021
Unsecured Credit Facility - Revolving Facility	—			306,000			—	2023
Unsecured $350 Million Term Loan⁽⁴⁾	350,000			350,000			3.35%	2023
Unsecured $300 Million Term Loan⁽⁵⁾	300,000			300,000			3.35%	2024
Net unamortized debt issuance costs	(9,554		)	(13,368		)
Total Unsecured Credit Facility and term loans	$	640,446		$	1,442,632

Total debt obligations, net	$	4,852,510		$	4,885,863


⁽¹⁾	Stated interest rates as of September 30, 2019 do not include the impact of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements (described below).


⁽²⁾	The Company’s secured loan is collateralized by a property with a carrying value of approximately $16.4 million as of September 30, 2019.


⁽³⁾	The weighted average stated interest rate on the Company’s unsecured notes was 3.83% as of September 30, 2019.

⁽⁴⁾

Effective November 1, 2016, the Company has in place three interest rate swap agreements that convert the variable interest rate on $150.0 million of the Company’s $250.0 million Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022, issued on August 31, 2018 (the “2022 Notes”) to a fixed, combined interest rate of 1.11% (plus a spread of 105 basis points) and the Company’s $350.0 million term loan agreement, as amended December 12, 2018, (the “$350 Million Term Loan”) to a fixed, combined interest rate of 1.11% (plus a spread of 125 basis points) through July 30, 2021.


⁽⁵⁾	Effective January 2, 2019, the Company has in place four interest rate swap agreements that convert the variable interest rate on the Company’s $300 million term loan agreement, as amended December 12, 2018 (the “$300 Million Term Loan”) to a fixed, combined interest rate of 2.61% (plus a spread of 125 basis points) through July 26, 2024.

2019 Debt Transactions

In May 2019, the Operating Partnership issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) at 99.804% of par, the net proceeds of which were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured credit facility agreement, as amended December 12, 2018 (the “Unsecured Credit Facility”), and for general corporate purposes. The 2029 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.125% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2019. The 2029 Notes will mature on May 15, 2029. The Operating Partnership may redeem the 2029 Notes prior to maturity at its option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the applicable redemption price specified in the Indenture with respect to the 2029 Notes. If the 2029 Notes are redeemed on or after February 15, 2029 (three months prior to the maturity date), the redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date. The 2029 Notes are the Operating Partnership’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

In August 2019, the Operating Partnership issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2029 at 106.402% of par, the net proceeds of which were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under the Unsecured Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes. The notes have substantially identical terms as, constitute a further issuance of, and form a single series with, the Operating Partnership’s outstanding 2029 Notes.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company repaid $806.0 million of indebtedness under the Unsecured Credit Facility, including $500.0 million of unsecured term loans and $306.0 million of the Operating Partnership’s $1.25 billion revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), net of borrowings. These repayments were funded primarily with proceeds from the issuance of the 2029 Notes. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized a $1.6 million loss on extinguishment of debt, net as a result of debt transactions. Loss on extinguishment of debt, net includes $1.6 million of accelerated unamortized debt issuance costs.

Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s unsecured debt agreements, the Company among other things is subject to the maintenance of various financial covenants. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of September 30, 2019.

Debt Maturities

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had accrued interest of $36.0 million and $34.0 million outstanding, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, scheduled maturities of the Company’s outstanding debt obligations were as follows:



Year ending December 31,
2019 (remaining three months)	$	—
2020	—
2021	—
2022	750,000
2023	850,000
Thereafter	3,275,453
Total debt maturities	4,875,453
Net unamortized premium	11,376
Net unamortized debt issuance costs	(34,319		)
Total debt obligations, net	$	4,852,510

As of the date the financial statements were issued, the Company did not have any scheduled debt maturities for the next 12 months.

8. Fair Value Disclosures

All financial instruments of the Company are reflected in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at amounts which, in management’s judgment, reasonably approximate their fair values, except those instruments listed below:



	September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Carrying Amounts		Fair Value		Carrying Amounts		Fair Value
	Carrying Amounts		Fair Value		Carrying Amounts		Fair Value
Secured loans	$	7,185	$	7,309	$	7,217	$	7,072
Notes payable	4,204,879		4,415,073		3,436,014		3,372,418
Unsecured Credit Facility and term loans	640,446		652,515		1,442,632		1,452,382
Total debt obligations, net	$	4,852,510	$	5,074,897	$	4,885,863	$	4,831,872

As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, a fair value hierarchy is included in GAAP that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs that are classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The valuation methodology used to estimate the fair value of the Company’s debt obligations is based on a discounted cash flow analysis, with assumptions that include credit spreads, interest rate curves, estimated property values, loan amounts and maturity dates. Based on these inputs, the Company has determined that the valuations of its debt obligations are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Such fair value estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized upon disposition.

Recurring Fair Value

The Company’s marketable securities and interest rate derivatives are measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis. The valuations of the Company’s marketable securities are based primarily on publicly traded market values in active markets and are classified within Level 1 or 2 of the fair value hierarchy. See Note 6 for fair value information regarding the Company’s interest rate derivatives.

The following table presents the placement in the fair value hierarchy of assets and liabilities that are measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis:



	Fair Value Measurements as of September 30, 2019
	Balance			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Marketable securities⁽¹⁾	$	19,109		$	1,074	$	18,035		$	—
Interest rate derivatives	$	3,810		$	—	$	3,810		$	—

Liabilities:
Interest rate derivatives	$	(17,124	)	$	—	$	(17,124	)	$	—

	Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2018
	Balance			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Marketable securities⁽¹⁾	$	30,243		$	1,756	$	28,487		$	—
Interest rate derivatives	$	18,630		$	—	$	18,630		$	—

Liabilities:
Interest rate derivatives	$	(2,571	)	$	—	$	(2,571	)	$	—


⁽¹⁾	As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, marketable securities included $0.1 million of net unrealized gains and $0.1 million of net unrealized losses, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, the contractual maturities of the Company’s marketable securities are within the next five years.

Non-Recurring Fair Value

On a periodic basis, management assesses whether there are any indicators, including property operating performance, changes in anticipated hold period and general market conditions, that the carrying value of the Company’s real estate assets (including any related intangible assets or liabilities) may be impaired. Fair value is determined by offers from third-party buyers, market comparable data, third party appraisals or by discounted cash flow analysis. The cash flows utilized in such analyses are comprised of unobservable inputs which include forecasted rental revenue and expenses based upon market conditions and future expectations. The capitalization rates and discount rates utilized in such analyses are based upon unobservable rates that we believe to be within a reasonable range of current market rates for the respective properties. Based on these inputs, the Company has determined that the valuations of these properties are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents the placement in the fair value hierarchy of assets and liabilities that are measured and recognized at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The table includes information related to properties that were remeasured to fair value as a result of impairment testing during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and during the year ended December 31, 2018, excluding the properties sold prior to September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively:



	Fair Value Measurements as of September 30, 2019
	Balance		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Impairment of Real Estate Assets
Assets:
Properties⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	$	9,700	$	—	$	—	$	9,700	$	3,112

	Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2018
	Balance		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Impairment of Real Estate Assets
Assets:
Properties^(3)(4)(5)	$	31,725	$	—	$	—	$	31,725	$	16,303


⁽¹⁾	Excludes properties disposed of prior to September 30, 2019.


⁽²⁾	The carrying value of properties remeasured to fair value based upon offers from third-party buyers during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes $9.7 million related to Brice Park.


⁽³⁾	Excludes properties disposed of prior to December 31, 2018.


⁽⁴⁾	The carrying value of properties remeasured to fair value based upon offers from third-party buyers during the year ended December 31, 2018 includes $26.1 million related to Westview Center.

⁽⁵⁾

The carrying value of properties remeasured to fair value based upon a discounted cash flow analysis during the year ended December 31, 2018 includes: (i) $2.9 million related to Skyway Plaza and (ii) $2.7 million related to Covington Gallery. The capitalization rates (ranging from 9.0% to 9.3%) and discount rates (ranging from 6.0% to 10.4%) which were utilized in the discounted cash flow analyses were based upon unobservable rates that the Company believes to be within a reasonable range of current market rates for each respective investment.

9. Revenue Recognition

The Company engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, disposition and redevelopment of retail shopping centers. Revenue is primarily generated through lease agreements and classified as Rental income on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. These agreements include retail shopping center unit leases; ground leases; ancillary leases or agreements, such as agreements with tenants for cellular towers, ATMs, and short-term or seasonal retail (e.g. Halloween or Christmas-related retail); and reciprocal easement agreements. The agreements range in term from less than one year to 25 or more years, with certain agreements containing extension options. These extension options range from as little as one month to five or more years. The Company’s retail shopping center leases generally require tenants to pay their proportionate share of reimbursable expenses such as common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes.

As of September 30, 2019, the fixed contractual lease payments to be received over the next five years pursuant to the terms of non-cancelable operating leases are included in the table below, assuming that no leases are renewed and no renewal options are exercised. Additionally, the table does not include variable lease payments which may be received under certain leases for the reimbursement of property operating expenses or percentage rents. These variable lease payments are recognized in the period when the applicable expenditures are incurred or, in the case of percentage rents, when the sales data is made available.



Year ending December 31,	Operating Leases
2019 (remaining three months)	$	212,057
2020	811,776
2021	711,393
2022	601,482
2023	502,045
Thereafter	1,753,242

Minimum Annual Base Rents As Presented Under ASC 840

Future minimum annual base rents as of and in-place at December 31, 2018 to be received over the next five years pursuant to the terms of non-cancelable operating leases are included in the table below, assuming that no leases are renewed and no renewal options are exercised. Future minimum annual base rents also do not include payments which may be received under certain leases for the reimbursement of property operating expenses or percentage rents.



Year ending December 31,	Operating Leases
2019	$	811,381
2020	709,230
2021	599,367
2022	490,087
2023	392,892
Thereafter	1,368,278

10. Leases

The Company periodically enters into agreements in which it is the lessee, including ground leases for neighborhood and community shopping centers that it operates and office leases for administrative space. The agreements range in term from less than one year to 50 or more years, with certain agreements containing extension options for up to an additional 100 years. As of September 30, 2019 the Company is not including any options to extend or any termination options in its ROU asset, as the exercise of such options is not reasonably certain. Upon lease execution, the Company measures a liability for the present value of future lease payments over the noncancellable period of the lease. Certain agreements require the Company to pay its proportionate share of reimbursable expenses such as common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes. These payments are not included in the calculation of the lease liability and are presented as variable lease costs. The following table presents additional information pertaining to the Company’s operating leases:



Supplemental Statements of Operations Information	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease costs	$	1,705		$	5,121
Short-term lease costs	9			29
Variable lease costs	80			336
Total lease costs	$	1,794		$	5,486

Supplemental Statements of Cash Flows Information	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	5,226
ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$	44,354

Operating Lease Liabilities	As of September 30, 2019
Future minimum operating lease payments:
2019 (remaining three months)	$	1,725
2020	6,916
2021	6,942
2022	6,999
2023	5,611
Thereafter	30,807
Total future minimum operating lease payments	59,000
Less: imputed interest	(13,396		)
Operating lease liabilities	$	45,604

Supplemental Balance Sheets Information	As of September 30, 2019
Operating lease liabilities⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	$	45,604
ROU assets⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾	$	40,599


⁽¹⁾	As of September 30, 2019, the weighted average remaining lease term was 11.1 years and the weighted average discount rate was 4.30%.


⁽²⁾	These amounts are included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.


⁽³⁾	These amounts are included in Other assets on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of September 30, 2019, there were no material leases that have been executed but not yet commenced.

Minimum Annual Rental Commitments As Presented Under ASC 840

Minimum annual rental commitments as of and in-place at December 31, 2018 for the Company's ground and office leases during the next five years and thereafter are as follows:



Year ending December 31,
2019	$	6,929
2020	6,948
2021	7,157
2022	7,233
2023	5,827
Thereafter	43,876
Total minimum annual rental commitments	$	77,970

11. Equity and Capital

Share Repurchase Program

In December 2017, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “Program”) for up to $400.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The Program is scheduled to expire on December 5, 2019, unless extended by the Board of Directors. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company repurchased 0.8 million shares of common stock under the Program at an average price per share of $17.43 for a total of $14.6 million, excluding commissions. The Company incurred commissions of less than $0.1 million in conjunction with the Program for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company repurchased 4.9 million shares of common stock under the Program at an average price per share of $16.71 for a total of $81.9 million, excluding commissions. The Company incurred commissions of $0.1 million in conjunction with the Program for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. As of September 30, 2019, the Program had $275.0 million of available repurchase capacity.

Common Stock

In connection with the vesting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the Company’s equity-based compensation plan, the Company withholds shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company withheld 0.1 million shares.

Dividends and Distributions

During the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company declared common stock dividends and OP Unit distributions of $0.280 per share/unit and $0.275 per share/unit, respectively. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had declared but unpaid common stock dividends and OP Unit distributions of $85.4 million and $85.3 million, respectively. These amounts are included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

12. Stock Based Compensation

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Board of Directors approved the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for a maximum of 15.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock to be issued for qualified and non-qualified options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and RSUs, OP Units, performance awards and other stock-based awards.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company granted RSUs to certain employees. The RSUs are divided into multiple tranches, which are all subject to service-based vesting conditions. Certain tranches are also subject to performance-based or market-based vesting conditions, which contain a threshold, target, and maximum number of units which can be earned. The number of units actually earned for each tranche is determined based on performance during a specified performance period. Tranches that only have a service-based component can only earn a target number of units. The aggregate number of RSUs granted, assuming that the

target level of performance is achieved, was 0.8 million and 0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively, with vesting periods ranging from one to five years. For the performance-based and service-based RSUs granted, fair value is based on the Company’s grant date stock price. For the market-based RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company calculated the grant date fair values per unit using a Monte Carlo simulation based on the probability of satisfying the market performance hurdles over the remainder of the performance period based on the Company’s historical common stock performance relative to the other companies within the FTSE NAREIT Equity Shopping Centers Index as well as the following significant assumptions: (i) volatility of 20.0% to 21.0% and 29.0% to 32.0%, respectively; (ii) a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 2.55% and 2.43% to 2.53%, respectively; and (iii) the Company’s weighted average common stock dividend yield of 5.6% and 5.6%, respectively.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $3.5 million and $2.7 million of equity compensation expense, respectively, of which $0.2 million and $0.0 million was capitalized, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $9.5 million and $8.0 million of equity compensation expense, respectively, of which $0.6 million and $0.0 million was capitalized, respectively. These amounts are included in General and administrative expense on the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $18.8 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock compensation, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years.

13. Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income attributable to the Company’s common stockholders, including any participating securities, by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Certain restricted shares issued pursuant to the Company’s share-based compensation program are considered participating securities, as such stockholders have rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends. Fully-diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into shares of common stock. Unvested RSUs are not allocated net losses and/or any excess of dividends declared over net income, as such amounts are allocated entirely to the Company’s common stock.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the EPS calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands, except per share data):



	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Computation of Basic Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Non-forfeitable dividends on unvested restricted shares	(176		)	(162		)	(484		)	(264		)
Net income attributable to the Company’s common stockholders for basic earnings per share	$	80,678		$	147,184		$	212,230		$	288,466

Weighted average number shares outstanding – basic	298,031			302,170			298,257			303,031

Basic earnings per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders:
Net income per share	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95

Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income attributable to the Company’s common stockholders for diluted earnings per share	$	80,678		$	147,184		$	212,230		$	288,466

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic	298,031			302,170			298,257			303,031
Effect of dilutive securities:
Equity awards	848			212			670			182
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted	298,879			302,382			298,927			303,213

Diluted earnings per share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders:
Net income per share	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95

14. Earnings per Unit

Basic earnings per unit is calculated by dividing net income attributable to the Operating Partnership’s common unitholders, including any participating securities, by the weighted average number of partnership common units outstanding for the period. Certain restricted units issued pursuant to the Company’s share-based compensation program are considered participating securities, as such unitholders have rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends. Fully-diluted earnings per unit reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common units were exercised or converted into common units. Unvested RSUs are not allocated net losses and/or any excess of dividends declared over net income, as such amounts are allocated entirely to the Operating Partnership’s common units.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the earnings per unit calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands, except per unit data):



	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Computation of Basic Earnings Per Unit:
Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Non-forfeitable dividends on unvested restricted units	(176		)	(162		)	(484		)	(264		)
Net income attributable to the Operating Partnership’s common units for basic earnings per unit	$	80,678		$	147,184		$	212,230		$	288,466

Weighted average number common units outstanding – basic	298,031			302,170			298,257			303,031

Basic earnings per unit attributable to the Operating Partnership’s common units:
Net income per unit	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95

Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Unit:
Net income attributable to the Operating Partnership’s common units for diluted earnings per unit	$	80,678		$	147,184		$	212,230		$	288,466

Weighted average common units outstanding – basic	298,031			302,170			298,257			303,031
Effect of dilutive securities:
Equity awards	848			212			670			182
Weighted average common units outstanding – diluted	298,879			302,382			298,927			303,213

Diluted earnings per unit attributable to the Operating Partnership’s common units:
Net income per unit	$	0.27		$	0.49		$	0.71		$	0.95

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

Except as described below, the Company is not presently involved in any material litigation arising outside the ordinary course of business. However, the Company is involved in routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which the Company believes, individually or in the aggregate, taking into account existing reserves, will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial position.

As previously disclosed, on August 1, 2019, the Company finalized a settlement with the SEC with respect to matters initially disclosed on February 8, 2016 relating to a review conducted by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors into certain accounting matters and the related conduct of certain former Company executives. The final agreement with the SEC provides for, among other things, (i) the Company’s consent to a cease and desist order, without admitting or denying the findings therein, with respect to violations of Sections 10(b) and 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, certain related rules and Rule 100(b) of Regulation G, (ii) the Company’s commitment to engage an independent consultant to assess the Company’s current policies and procedures relating to certain non-GAAP performance measures, and (iii) the payment of a civil penalty of $7.0 million, which the Company paid during the three months ended September 30, 2019. Also as previously disclosed, these matters were the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

The Company believes that no additional government proceedings relating to these matters will be brought against the Company. The Company understands that the SEC and Southern District of New York have announced actions relating to these matters with respect to certain former employees. The Company remains obligated to indemnify these former officers for legal and other professional fees, some of which may be in excess of the Company’s insurance coverage.

As previously disclosed, these matters were the subject of civil litigation, which was settled for an aggregate amount that was within the coverage amount of the Company’s applicable insurance policies and were funded into escrow by the insurance carriers. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the remaining settlement balance of $19.5 million was released from escrow. The settlements provided for the release of, among others, the Company, its subsidiaries, and their respective current and former officers, directors and employees from the claims that were or could have been asserted in the litigation.

Environmental matters

Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, the Company may be or become liable for the costs of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances released on or in the Company’s property or disposed of by the Company or its tenants, as well as certain other potential costs which could relate to hazardous or toxic substances (including governmental fines and injuries to persons and property). The Company does not believe that any resulting liability from such matters will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial position.

16. Related-Party Transactions

In the ordinary course of conducting its business, the Company enters into agreements with its affiliates in relation to the leasing and management of its real estate assets.

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there were no material receivables from or payables to related parties.

17. Subsequent Events

In preparing the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company has evaluated events and transactions occurring after September 30, 2019 for recognition and/or disclosure purposes. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events from September 30, 2019 through the date the financial statements were issued.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes thereto. Historical results and percentage relationships set forth in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, including trends which might appear, should not be taken as indicative of future operations.

Executive Summary

Our Company

Brixmor Property Group Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively, “BPG”) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”). Brixmor Operating Partnership LP and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Operating Partnership”) is the entity through which BPG conducts substantially all of its operations and owns substantially all of its assets. BPG owns 100% of the common stock of BPG Subsidiary Inc. (“BPG Sub”), which, in turn, is the sole member of Brixmor OP GP LLC (the “General Partner”), the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, “we,” “our,” and “us” mean BPG and the Operating Partnership, collectively. We believe we own and operate one of the largest open air retail portfolios by gross leasable area (“GLA”) in the United States (“U.S.”), comprised primarily of community and neighborhood shopping centers. As of September 30, 2019, our portfolio was comprised of 409 shopping centers (the “Portfolio”) totaling approximately 72 million square feet of GLA. Our high-quality national Portfolio is primarily located within established trade areas in the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (“MSAs”) in the U.S., and our shopping centers are primarily anchored by non-discretionary and value-oriented retailers, as well as consumer-oriented service providers. As of September 30, 2019, our three largest tenants by annualized base rent (“ABR”) were The TJX Companies, Inc. (“TJX”), The Kroger Co. (“Kroger”), and Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. BPG has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under U.S. federal income tax laws, commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2011, has maintained such requirements through our taxable year ended December 31, 2018, and intends to satisfy such requirements for subsequent taxable years.

Our primary objective is to maximize total returns to our stockholders through consistent, sustainable growth in cash flow. Our key strategies to achieve this objective include proactively managing our Portfolio to drive internal growth, pursuing value-enhancing reinvestment opportunities and prudently executing on acquisition and disposition activity, while also maintaining a flexible capital structure positioned for growth. In addition, as we execute on our key strategies, we do so guided by a commitment to operate in a socially responsible manner that allows us to realize our goal of owning and managing properties that are the center of the communities we serve.

We believe the following set of competitive advantages positions us to successfully execute on our key strategies:

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Expansive Retailer Relationships – We believe that the scale of our asset base and our nationwide footprint represent competitive advantages in supporting the growth objectives of the nation’s largest and most successful retailers. We believe that we are one of the largest landlords by GLA to TJX and Kroger, as well as a key landlord to most major grocers and retail category leaders. We believe that our strong relationships with leading retailers afford us unique insight into their strategies and priority access to their expansion plans.

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Fully-Integrated Operating Platform – We manage a fully-integrated operating platform, leveraging our national scope and demonstrating our commitment to operating with a strong regional and local presence. We provide our tenants with dedicated service through both our national accounts leasing team based in New York and our network of four regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Diego, as well as our 10 leasing and property management satellite offices throughout the country. We believe that this structure enables us to obtain critical national market intelligence, while also benefitting from the regional and local expertise of our leasing and operations team.

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Experienced Management – Senior members of our management team are seasoned real estate operators with extensive public company leadership experience. Our management team has deep industry knowledge and well-established relationships with retailers, brokers and vendors through many years of operational and transactional experience, as well as significant capital markets capabilities and expertise in executing value-enhancing reinvestment opportunities.

Other Factors That May Influence our Future Results

We derive our revenues primarily from rent and expense reimbursements paid by tenants to us under existing leases at each of our properties. Expense reimbursements primarily consist of payments made by tenants to us for their proportionate share of property operating expenses, including common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, and certain capital expenditures related to the maintenance of our properties.

Rental income is primarily dependent on our ability to maintain or increase rental rates, renew expiring leases and/or lease available space, and our inability to do so may impact our overall performance. Additionally, increases in our property operating expenses, such as repairs and maintenance, landscaping, snow removal, utilities, security, ground rent related to properties for which we are the lessee, property insurance, real estate taxes and various other costs, to the extent they are not offset by increases in revenue, may impact our overall performance. Factors that could affect our rental income and/or property operating expenses include: (1) changes in national, regional and local economic climates or demographics; (2) local market conditions, including an oversupply of space in, or a reduction in demand for, properties similar to those in our Portfolio; (3) competition from other available properties and e-commerce, and the attractiveness of properties in our Portfolio to our tenants; (4) ongoing disruption and/or consolidation in the retail sector, the financial stability of our tenants and the overall financial condition of large retailing companies, including their ability to pay rent and expense reimbursements; (5) in the case of percentage rents, the sales volume of our tenants; (6) increases in property operating expenses, including common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes, which are relatively inflexible and generally do not decrease if revenue or occupancy decrease; (7) increases in the costs to repair, renovate and re-lease space; (8) earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, damage from rising sea levels due to climate change, other natural disasters, civil unrest, terrorist acts or acts of war, which may result in uninsured or underinsured losses; and (9) changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing usage, zoning, the environment and taxes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact our future results, see Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

Leasing Highlights

As of September 30, 2019, billed and leased occupancy were 88.6% and 91.9%, respectively, as compared to 89.4% and 92.5%, respectively, as of September 30, 2018.

The following table summarizes our executed leasing activity for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands, except for per square foot (“PSF”) amounts):



For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
	Leases	GLA	New ABR PSF		Tenant Improvements and Allowances PSF		Third Party Leasing Commissions PSF		Rent Spread⁽¹⁾
New, renewal and option leases	509	3,623,347	$	13.95	$	6.92	$	1.38	11.1	%
New and renewal leases	438	2,252,432	16.63		11.12		2.22		13.3	%
New leases	160	948,964	15.63		23.97		5.07		30.5	%
Renewal leases	278	1,303,468	17.36		1.77		0.15		9.4	%
Option leases	71	1,370,915	9.55		—		—		6.5	%

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
	Leases	GLA	New ABR PSF		Tenant Improvements and Allowances PSF		Third Party Leasing Commissions PSF		Rent Spread⁽¹⁾
New, renewal and option leases	509	3,135,370	$	14.54	$	6.97	$	1.31	12.1	%
New and renewal leases	436	2,238,581	15.43		9.76		1.84		13.4	%
New leases	157	875,425	14.78		21.76		4.53		39.7	%
Renewal leases	279	1,363,156	15.84		2.06		0.10		6.7	%
Option leases	73	896,789	12.32		—		—		8.6	%


⁽¹⁾	Based on comparable leases only, which includes new leases executed on units that were occupied within the prior 12 months and renewals executed with the same tenant in all or a portion of the same location to extend the term of an expiring lease.

Excludes leases executed for terms of less than one year.

ABR PSF includes the GLA of lessee-owned leasehold improvements.

The following table summarizes our executed leasing activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands, except for PSF amounts):



For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
	Leases	GLA	New ABR PSF		Tenant Improvements and Allowances PSF		Third Party Leasing Commissions PSF		Rent Spread⁽¹⁾
New, renewal and option leases	1,360	10,107,597	$	13.82	$	6.88	$	1.44	10.9	%
New and renewal leases	1,155	6,188,294	15.93		11.20		2.34		13.3	%
New leases	483	2,669,762	16.42		23.75		5.27		31.0	%
Renewal leases	672	3,518,532	15.56		1.68		0.12		8.3	%
Option leases	205	3,919,303	10.48		0.05		—		7.2	%

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
	Leases	GLA	New ABR PSF		Tenant Improvements and Allowances PSF		Third Party Leasing Commissions PSF		Rent Spread⁽¹⁾
New, renewal and option leases	1,525	9,276,924	$	14.61	$	7.77	$	1.43	12.4	%
New and renewal leases	1,295	6,362,370	15.74		11.27		2.06		14.7	%
New leases	484	2,931,627	14.71		22.14		4.42		35.2	%
Renewal leases	811	3,430,743	16.62		1.98		0.05		8.4	%
Option leases	230	2,914,554	12.14		0.14		0.03		7.6	%


⁽¹⁾	Based on comparable leases only, which includes new leases executed on units that were occupied within the prior 12 months and renewals executed with the same tenant in all or a portion of the same location to extend the term of an expiring lease.

Excludes leases executed for terms of less than one year.

ABR PSF includes the GLA of lessee-owned leasehold improvements.

Acquisition Activity


•	During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we acquired two shopping centers, two leases at an existing shopping center and one land parcel for an aggregate purchase price of $79.6 million, including transaction costs.


•	During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we acquired one land parcel, one outparcel building and one outparcel for an aggregate purchase price of $9.0 million, including transaction costs.

Disposition Activity

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we disposed of 18 shopping centers and four partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $239.4 million resulting in aggregate gain of $46.0 million and aggregate impairment of $14.4 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received aggregate net proceeds of $0.4 million from previously disposed assets resulting in aggregate gain of $0.3 million.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we disposed of 42 shopping centers and two partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $676.5 million resulting in aggregate gain of $158.5 million and aggregate impairment of $28.4 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we received net proceeds of $0.5 million from previously disposed assets resulting in a gain of $0.5 million.

Results of Operations

The results of operations discussion is combined for BPG and the Operating Partnership because there are no material differences in the results of operations between the two reporting entities.

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

Revenues (in thousands)



	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		$ Change
Revenues
Rental income	$	292,732	$	306,172	$	(13,440	)
Other revenues	233		308		(75		)
Total revenues	$	292,965	$	306,480	$	(13,515	)

Rental income

The decrease in rental income for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $13.4 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $21.0 million decrease in rental income due to net disposition activity, partially offset by a $7.6 million increase for the remaining portfolio. The increase for the remaining portfolio was due to (i) a $5.2 million increase in base rent; (ii) a $2.5 million increase in straight-line rental income, net; (iii) a $2.0 million increase in expense reimbursements; (iv) a $0.7 million increase in ancillary and other rental income; (v) a $0.4 million increase in percentage rents; and (vi) a $0.1 million increase in lease termination fees; partially offset by (vii) a $2.1 million increase in revenues deemed uncollectible; and (viii) a $1.2 million decrease in accretion of above- and below-market leases and tenant inducements, net. The $5.2 million increase in base rent for the remaining portfolio was primarily due to contractual rent increases as well as positive rent spreads for new and renewal leases and option exercises of 10.9% during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 11.8% during the year ended December 31, 2018, partially offset by a decline in billed occupancy. In connection with the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification 842 (“ASC 842”), revenues deemed uncollectible, as noted above, is now recognized as an adjustment to rental income. Prior period provision for doubtful accounts is presented in accordance with our previous presentation and has not been reclassified to rental income.

Other revenues

Other revenues remained generally consistent for the three months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the corresponding period in 2018.

Operating Expenses (in thousands)



	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		$ Change
Operating expenses
Operating costs	$	29,573	$	31,969	$	(2,396	)
Real estate taxes	43,688		44,711		(1,023		)
Depreciation and amortization	82,837		85,183		(2,346		)
Provision for doubtful accounts	—		3,094		(3,094		)
Impairment of real estate assets	8,170		16,372		(8,202		)
General and administrative	24,550		21,209		3,341
Total operating expenses	$	188,818	$	202,538	$	(13,720	)

Operating costs

The decrease in operating costs for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $2.4 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $2.3 million decrease in operating costs due to net disposition activity and a $0.9 million decrease in operating costs for the remaining portfolio, partially offset by a $0.8 million increase in operating costs due to insurance captive adjustments.

Real estate taxes

The decrease in real estate taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $1.0 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $2.5 million decrease in real estate taxes due to net disposition

activity, partially offset by a $1.5 million increase for the remaining portfolio primarily due to increases in tax rates and assessments from several jurisdictions.

Depreciation and amortization

The decrease in depreciation and amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $2.3 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $5.3 million decrease in depreciation and amortization due to net disposition activity, partially offset by a $3.0 million increase for the remaining portfolio primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization for tenant-specific assets.

Provision for doubtful accounts

Following the adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, we recognize any revenue deemed uncollectible as an adjustment to rental income. Prior periods continue to be presented in accordance with our previous presentation.

Impairment of real estate assets

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, aggregate impairment of $8.2 million was recognized on three shopping centers and one partial shopping center as a result of disposition activity. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, aggregate impairment of $16.4 million was recognized on four shopping centers and two partial shopping centers as a result of disposition activity and five operating properties. Impairments recognized were due to changes in anticipated hold periods in connection with our capital recycling program.

General and administrative

The increase in general and administrative costs for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $3.3 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a reduction in capitalized legal and payroll costs in connection with the adoption of ASC 842 and increased payroll costs.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, construction compensation costs of $3.8 million and $2.6 million, respectively, were capitalized to building and improvements and leasing payroll costs of $0.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively, leasing legal costs of $0.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively, and leasing commission costs of $1.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively, were capitalized to deferred charges and prepaid expenses, net.

Other Income and Expenses (in thousands)



	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change
Other income (expense)
Dividends and interest	$	128		$	156		$	(28	)
Interest expense	(47,698		)	(55,364		)	7,666
Gain on sale of real estate assets	25,621			119,333			(93,712		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net	(943		)	(19,759		)	18,816
Other	(401		)	(962		)	561
Total other income (expense)	$	(23,293	)	$	43,404		$	(66,697	)

Dividends and interest

Dividends and interest remained generally consistent for the three months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the corresponding period in 2018.

Interest expense

The decrease in interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $7.7 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to lower overall debt obligations.

Gain on sale of real estate assets

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, nine shopping centers were disposed resulting in aggregate gain of $25.5 million. In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2019, we received aggregate net proceeds of $0.1 million from previously disposed assets resulting in aggregate gain of $0.1 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, 22 shopping centers were disposed resulting in aggregate gain of $119.3 million.

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we repaid $300.0 million of an unsecured term loan under our senior unsecured credit facility agreement, as amended December 12, 2018 (the “Unsecured Credit Facility”), resulting in a $0.9 million loss on extinguishment of debt due to the acceleration of unamortized debt issuance costs. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we repaid $250.0 million of unsecured term loans and $505.4 million of secured loans. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized a $19.8 million loss on extinguishment of debt, net as a result of debt transactions, which included $27.3 million of prepayment fees, partially offset by $7.5 million of accelerated unamortized debt premiums, net of debt issuance costs.

Other

The decrease in other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2019 of $0.6 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a favorable appeal of previously reserved taxes during 2019.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

Revenues (in thousands)



	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		$ Change
Revenues
Rental income	$	873,424	$	935,689	$	(62,265	)
Other revenues	1,685		996		689
Total revenues	$	875,109	$	936,685	$	(61,576	)

Rental income

The decrease in rental income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $62.3 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $74.6 million decrease in rental income due to net disposition activity, partially offset by a $12.3 million increase for the remaining portfolio. The increase for the remaining portfolio was due to (i) a $12.1 million increase in base rent; (ii) a $6.7 million increase in straight-line rental income, net; (iii) a $2.9 million increase in expense reimbursements; (iv) a $1.8 million increase in ancillary and other rental income; (v) a $0.8 million increase in percentage rents; and (vi) a $0.5 million increase in lease termination fees; partially offset by (vii) a $6.9 million increase in revenues deemed uncollectible; and (viii) a $5.6 million decrease in accretion of above- and below-market leases and tenant inducements, net. The $12.1 million increase in base rent for the remaining portfolio was primarily due to contractual rent increases as well as positive rent spreads for new and renewal leases and option exercises of 10.9% during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 11.8% during the year ended December 31, 2018, partially offset by a decline in billed occupancy. In connection with the adoption of ASC 842, revenues deemed uncollectible, as noted above, is now recognized as an adjustment to rental income. Prior period provision for doubtful accounts is presented in accordance with our previous presentation and has not been reclassified to rental income.

Other revenues

The increase in other revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $0.7 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to an increase in tax increment financing income.

Operating Expenses (in thousands)



	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		$ Change
Operating expenses
Operating costs	$	90,138	$	101,340	$	(11,202	)
Real estate taxes	130,203		135,383		(5,180		)
Depreciation and amortization	249,825		266,900		(17,075		)
Provision for doubtful accounts	—		6,458		(6,458		)
Impairment of real estate assets	17,468		44,201		(26,733		)
General and administrative	75,168		64,955		10,213
Total operating expenses	$	562,802	$	619,237	$	(56,435	)

Operating costs

The decrease in operating costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $11.2 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $8.5 million decrease in operating costs due to net disposition activity and a $3.7 million decrease in operating costs for the remaining portfolio, partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in operating costs due to insurance captive adjustments.

Real estate taxes

The decrease in real estate taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $5.2 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $9.1 million decrease in real estate taxes due to net disposition activity, partially offset by a $3.9 million increase for the remaining portfolio primarily due to increases in tax rates and assessments from several jurisdictions.

Depreciation and amortization

The decrease in depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $17.1 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to a $20.2 million decrease in depreciation and amortization due to net disposition activity, partially offset by a $3.1 million increase for the remaining portfolio primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization for tenant-specific assets, partially offset by a decrease related to acquired in-place lease intangibles.

Provision for doubtful accounts

In connection with the adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, we recognize any revenue deemed uncollectible as an adjustment to rental income. Prior periods continue to be presented in accordance with our previous presentation.

Impairment of real estate assets

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, aggregate impairment of $17.5 million was recognized on three shopping centers and one partial shopping center as a result of disposition activity and one operating property. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, aggregate impairment of $44.2 million was recognized on 10 shopping centers and one partial shopping center as a result of disposition activity and six operating properties. Impairments recognized were due to changes in anticipated hold periods in connection with our capital recycling program.

General and administrative

The increase in general and administrative costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $10.2 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due a reduction in capitalized legal and payroll costs in connection with the adoption of ASC 842 and increased payroll costs.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, construction compensation costs of $10.7 million and $7.7 million, respectively, were capitalized to building and improvements and leasing payroll costs of $0.0 million and $6.2 million, respectively, leasing legal costs of $0.0 million and $2.5 million, respectively, and leasing commission costs of $4.5 million and $5.4 million, respectively, were capitalized to deferred charges and prepaid expenses, net.

Other Income and Expenses (in thousands)



	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			$ Change
Other income (expense)
Dividends and interest	$	575		$	356		$	219
Interest expense	(142,839		)	(165,735		)	22,896
Gain on sale of real estate assets	46,266			159,043			(112,777		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net	(1,620		)	(20,182		)	18,562
Other	(1,975		)	(2,200		)	225
Total other expense	$	(99,593	)	$	(28,718	)	$	(70,875	)

Dividends and interest

Dividends and interest remained generally consistent for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the corresponding period in 2018.

Interest expense

The decrease in interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $22.9 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2018, was primarily due to lower overall debt obligations.

Gain on sale of real estate assets

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, 15 shopping centers and three partial shopping centers were disposed resulting in aggregate gain of $46.0 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received aggregate net proceeds of $0.4 million from previously disposed assets resulting in aggregate gain of $0.3 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, 35 shopping centers and one partial shopping center were disposed resulting in aggregate gain of $158.5 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we received aggregate net proceeds of $0.5 million from previously disposed assets resulting in aggregate gain of $0.5 million.

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we repaid $500.0 million of an unsecured term loan under the Unsecured Credit Facility, resulting in a $1.6 million loss on extinguishment of debt due to the acceleration of unamortized debt issuance costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we repaid $435.0 million of unsecured term loans and $505.5 million of secured loans. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized a $20.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt, net as a result of debt transactions, which included $27.6 million of prepayment fees, partially offset by $7.4 million of accelerated unamortized debt premiums, net of discounts and debt issuance costs.

Other

Other expense remained generally consistent for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the corresponding period in 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We anticipate that our cash flows from the sources listed below will provide adequate capital for the next 12 months and beyond for all anticipated uses, including all scheduled principal and interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness, current and anticipated tenant and other capital improvements, stockholder distributions to maintain our qualification as a REIT and other obligations associated with conducting our business.

Our primary expected sources and uses of capital are as follows:

Sources


•	cash and cash equivalent balances;


•	operating cash flow;


•	available borrowings under our existing Unsecured Credit Facility;


•	dispositions;


•	issuance of long-term debt; and


•	issuance of equity securities.

Uses


•	maintenance capital expenditures;


•	leasing-related capital expenditures;


•	debt repayments;


•	anchor space repositioning, redevelopment, development and other value-enhancing capital expenditures;


•	dividend/distribution payments


•	acquisitions; and


•	repurchases of equity securities.

We believe our current capital structure provides us with the financial flexibility and capacity to fund our current capital needs as well as future growth opportunities. We have access to multiple forms of capital, including secured property level debt, unsecured corporate level debt, preferred equity, and common equity, which will allow us to efficiently execute on our strategic and operational objectives. We currently have investment grade credit ratings from all three major credit rating agencies. As of September 30, 2019, our $1.25 billion revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) had $1.2 billion of undrawn capacity and we had outstanding letters of credit totaling $4.3 million, which reduce available liquidity under the Revolving Facility. We intend to continue to enhance our financial and operational flexibility through the additional extension of the duration of our debt.

In May 2019, we issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) at 99.804% of par, the net proceeds of which were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our Unsecured Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes. The 2029 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.125% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2019. The 2029 Notes will mature on May 15, 2029. We may redeem the 2029 Notes prior to maturity at its option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the applicable redemption price specified in the Indenture with respect to the 2029 Notes. If the 2029 Notes are redeemed on or after February 15, 2029 (three months prior to the maturity date), the redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date. The 2029 Notes are our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

In August 2019, we issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2029 at 106.402% of par, the net proceeds of which were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our Unsecured Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes. The notes have substantially identical terms as, constitute a further issuance of, and form a single series with, our outstanding 2029 Notes.

In December 2017, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “Program”) for up to $400.0 million of our common stock. The Program is scheduled to expire on December 5, 2019, unless extended by the Board of Directors. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we repurchased 0.8 million shares of common stock under the Program at an average price per share of $17.43 for a total of $14.6 million, excluding commissions. We incurred commissions of less than $0.1 million in conjunction with the program for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. As of September 30, 2019, the Program had $275.0 million of available repurchase capacity.

In connection with our intention to continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we expect to continue paying regular dividends to our stockholders. Our Board of Directors will continue to evaluate the dividend policy on a quarterly basis, evaluating sources and uses of capital, operating fundamentals, maintenance of our REIT qualification and other factors our Board of Directors may deem relevant. We generally intend to maintain a conservative dividend payout ratio. Cash dividends paid to common stockholders for the nine months ended

September 30, 2019 and 2018 were $251.3 million and $250.9 million, respectively. Our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per common share in July 2019 for the third quarter of 2019. The dividend was paid on October 15, 2019 to shareholders of record on October 4, 2019. Our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.285 per common share in October 2019 for the fourth quarter of 2019. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2020 to shareholders of record on January 6, 2020.

Our cash flow activities are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

Brixmor Property Group Inc.



	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2019			2018
Cash flows provided by operating activities	$	399,933		$	400,182
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities	(110,543		)	480,070
Cash flows used in financing activities	(308,674		)	(926,010		)

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP



	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2019			2018
Cash flows provided by operating activities	$	399,933		$	400,182
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities	(110,540		)	480,071
Cash flows used in financing activities	(308,569		)	(926,006		)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash for BPG and the Operating Partnership were $31.5 million and $65.0 million as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities primarily consists of cash inflows from tenant rental payments and expense reimbursements and cash outflows for property operating expenses, general and administrative expenses and interest expense.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, our net cash provided by operating activities decreased $0.2 million as compared to the corresponding period in 2018. The decrease is primarily due to (i) a decrease in net operating income due to net disposition activity; and (ii) an increase in cash outflows for general and administrative expense; partially offset by (iii) a decrease in cash outflows for interest expense; (iv) an increase from net working capital; (v) an increase in same property net operating income; and (vi) an increase in lease termination fees.

Investing Activities

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities is impacted by the nature, timing and magnitude of acquisition and disposition activity and improvements to and investments in our shopping centers, including capital expenditures associated with leasing and value-enhancing reinvestment efforts.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, our net cash used in investing activities increased $590.6 million as compared to the corresponding period in 2018. The increase was primarily due to (i) a decrease of $437.1 million in net proceeds from sales of real estate assets; (ii) an increase of $97.2 million in improvements to and investments in real estate assets; and (iii) an increase of $70.6 million in acquisitions of real estate assets; partially offset by (iv) an increase of $14.3 million in proceeds from sale of marketable securities, net of purchases.

Improvements to and investments in real estate assets

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we expended $282.2 million and $185.0 million, respectively, on improvements to and investments in real estate assets. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, insurance proceeds of $5.0 million and $4.3 million, respectively, were received and included in improvements to and investments in real estate assets.

Maintenance capital expenditures represent costs to fund major replacements and betterments to our properties. Leasing related capital expenditures represent tenant specific costs incurred to lease space, including tenant improvements and tenant allowances. In addition, we evaluate our Portfolio on an ongoing basis to identify value-enhancing anchor space repositioning, redevelopment, outparcel development, new development and other opportunities. Such initiatives are tenant driven and focus on upgrading our centers with strong, best-in-class retailers and enhancing the overall merchandise mix and tenant quality of our Portfolio. As of September 30, 2019, we had 62 projects in process with an aggregate anticipated cost of $413.9 million, of which $191.6 million has been incurred as of September 30, 2019.

Acquisitions of and proceeds from sales of real estate assets

We continue to evaluate the market for acquisition opportunities and we may acquire shopping centers when we believe strategic opportunities exist, particularly where we can further concentrate our Portfolio in attractive retail submarkets and optimize the quality and long-term growth rate of our asset base. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we acquired two shopping centers, two leases at an existing shopping center and one land parcel for an aggregate purchase price of $79.6 million, including transaction costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we acquired one land parcel, one outparcel building and one outparcel for an aggregate purchase price of $9.0 million, including transaction costs.

We may also dispose of properties when we believe value has been maximized, where there is further downside risk, or where we have limited ability or desire to build critical mass in a particular submarket. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we disposed of 18 shopping centers and four partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $239.4 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received aggregate net proceeds of $0.4 million from previously disposed assets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we disposed of 42 shopping centers and two partial shopping centers for aggregate net proceeds of $676.5 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we received net proceeds of $0.5 million from previously disposed assets.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities is impacted by the nature, timing and magnitude of issuances and repurchases of debt and equity securities, as well as principal payments associated with our outstanding indebtedness and distributions made to our common stockholders.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, our net cash used in financing activities decreased $617.3 million as compared to the corresponding period in 2018. The decrease was primarily due to (i) a $527.9 million decrease in debt repayments, net of borrowings; (ii) a decrease of $67.5 million in repurchases of common stock; and (iii) a $22.3 million decrease in deferred financing and debt extinguishment costs.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations relate to our debt, including unsecured notes payable, unsecured credit facilities and a secured loan, with maturities ranging from two years to 10 years, in addition to non-cancelable operating leases pertaining to ground leases and administrative office leases.

The following table summarizes our debt maturities (excluding extension options), interest payment obligations (excluding debt premiums and discounts and deferred financing costs) and obligations under non-cancelable operating leases (excluding extension options) as of September 30, 2019:



Contractual Obligations (in thousands)	Payment due by period
	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		Thereafter		Total
Debt⁽¹⁾	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	750,000	$	850,000	$	3,275,453	$	4,875,453
Interest payments⁽²⁾	40,547		180,277		182,412		177,803		157,094		348,475		1,086,608
Operating leases	1,725		6,916		6,942		6,999		5,611		30,807		59,000
Total	$	42,272	$	187,193	$	189,354	$	934,802	$	1,012,705	$	3,654,735	$	6,021,061


⁽¹⁾	Debt includes scheduled maturities for unsecured notes payable, unsecured credit facilities and a secured loan.

⁽²⁾

As of September 30, 2019, we incur variable rate interest on (i) a $350.0 million term loan; (ii) a $300 million term loan; and (iii) $250.0 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022. We have in place seven interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $800.0 million, which effectively convert variable interest payments to fixed interest payments. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact interest payments please see Item 7A. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Interest payments for these variable rate loans are presented using rates (including the impact of interest rate swaps) as of September 30, 2019.

Non-GAAP Performance Measures

We present the non-GAAP performance measures set forth below. These measures should not be considered as alternatives to, or more meaningful than, net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) or other GAAP financial measures, as an indicator of financial performance and are not alternatives to, or more meaningful than, cash flow from operating activities (calculated in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of liquidity. Non-GAAP performance measures have limitations as they do not include all items of income and expense that affect operations, and accordingly, should always be considered as supplemental financial results to those calculated in accordance with GAAP. Our computation of these non-GAAP performance measures may differ in certain respects from the methodology utilized by other REITs and, therefore, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by such other REITs. Investors are cautioned that items excluded from these non-GAAP performance measures are relevant to understanding and addressing financial performance.

Funds From Operations

NAREIT FFO (defined hereafter) is a supplemental, non-GAAP performance measure utilized to evaluate the operating and financial performance of real estate companies. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) defines funds from operations (“FFO”) as net income (loss), calculated in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) depreciation and amortization related to real estate, (ii) gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets, (iii) gains and losses from change in control, (iv) impairment write-downs of certain real estate assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity and (v) after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.

Considering the nature of our business as a real estate owner and operator, we believe that NAREIT FFO is useful to investors in measuring our operating and financial performance because the definition excludes items included in net income that do not relate to or are not indicative of our operating and financial performance, such as depreciation and amortization related to real estate, and items which can make periodic and peer analyses of operating and financial performance more difficult, such as gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets.

Our reconciliation of net income to NAREIT FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019						Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Depreciation and amortization related to real estate	81,869			84,028			246,887			263,616
Gain on sale of real estate assets	(25,621		)	(119,333		)	(46,266		)	(159,043		)
Impairment of real estate assets	8,170			16,372			17,468			44,201
NAREIT FFO	$	145,272		$	128,413		$	430,803		$	437,504
NAREIT FFO per diluted share	$	0.49		$	0.42		$	1.44		$	1.44
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding	298,879			302,382			298,927			303,213

Same Property Net Operating Income

Same property net operating income (“NOI”) is a supplemental, non-GAAP performance measure utilized to evaluate the operating performance of real estate companies. Same property NOI is calculated (using properties owned for the entirety of both periods and excluding properties under development and completed new development properties which have been stabilized for less than one year) as total property revenues (base rent, expense reimbursements, adjustments for revenues deemed uncollectible, ancillary and other rental income, percentage rents and other revenues) less direct property operating expenses (operating costs, real estate taxes and provision for doubtful accounts). Same property NOI excludes (i) corporate level expenses (including general and administrative),

(ii) lease termination fees, (iii) straight-line rental income, net, (iv) accretion of above- and below-market leases and tenant inducements, net, (v) straight-line ground rent expense, and (vi) income (expense) associated with our captive insurance company.

Considering the nature of our business as a real estate owner and operator, we believe that same property NOI is useful to investors in measuring the operating performance of our property portfolio because the definition excludes various items included in net income that do not relate to, or are not indicative of, the operating performance of our properties, such as depreciation and amortization and corporate level expenses (including general and administrative), and because it eliminates disparities in NOI due to the acquisition or disposition of properties or the stabilization of completed new development properties during the period presented and therefore provides a more consistent metric for comparing the operating performance of our real estate between periods.

Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 to the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018



		Three Months Ended September 30,									Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2019			2018			Change			2019			2018			Change

Number of properties		403			403			—			402			402			—
Percent billed		88.9		%	89.4		%	(0.5		%)	88.9		%	89.4		%	(0.5		%)
Percent leased		92.3		%	92.6		%	(0.3		%)	92.2		%	92.6		%	(0.4		%)

Revenues
	Rental income	$	274,934		$	268,240		$	6,694		$	814,629		$	803,526		$	11,103
	Other revenues	221			261			(40		)	1,664			892			772
		275,155			268,501			6,654			816,293			804,418			11,875
Operating expenses
	Operating costs	(28,258		)	(29,027		)	769			(86,704		)	(89,981		)	3,277
	Real estate taxes	(42,576		)	(41,071		)	(1,505		)	(125,496		)	(121,593		)	(3,903		)
	Provision for doubtful accounts	—			(2,665		)	2,665			—			(5,300		)	5,300
		(70,834		)	(72,763		)	1,929			(212,200		)	(216,874		)	4,674
Same property NOI		$	204,321		$	195,738		$	8,583		$	604,093		$	587,544		$	16,549

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to same property NOI for the periods presented (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Net income	$	80,854		$	147,346		$	212,714		$	288,730
Adjustments:
Non-same property NOI	(4,538		)	(20,414		)	(18,621		)	(73,551		)
Lease termination fees	(423		)	(467		)	(2,706		)	(2,363		)
Straight-line rental income, net	(6,831		)	(5,015		)	(18,051		)	(11,896		)
Accretion of above- and below-market leases and tenant inducements, net	(3,622		)	(5,112		)	(11,391		)	(18,250		)
Straight-line ground rent expense	31			40			94			100
Depreciation and amortization	82,837			85,183			249,825			266,900
Impairment of real estate assets	8,170			16,372			17,468			44,201
General and administrative	24,550			21,209			75,168			64,955
Total other income (expense)	23,293			(43,404		)	99,593			28,718
Same property NOI	$	204,321		$	195,738		$	604,093		$	587,544

Inflation

For the last several years inflation has been low and has had a minimal impact on the operating performance of our shopping centers; however, inflation may increase in the future. Most of our long-term leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation, including contractual rent escalations and requirements for tenants to pay their proportionate share of property operating expenses, including common area expenses, utilities,

insurance and real estate taxes, and certain capital expenditures related to the maintenance of our properties, thereby reducing our exposure to increases in property-level costs resulting from inflation. In addition, we believe that many of our existing rental rates are below current market levels for comparable space and that upon renewal or re-leasing, such rates may be increased to be consistent with, or closer to, current market rates. With respect to our outstanding indebtedness, we periodically evaluate our exposure to interest rate fluctuations, and may continue to enter into interest rate protection agreements which mitigate, but do not eliminate, the impact of changes in interest rates on our variable rate loans.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We had no material off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2019.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

There have been no material changes from the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk disclosed in Item 7A of Part II of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Controls and Procedures (Brixmor Property Group Inc.)

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

BPG maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. BPG’s management, with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, BPG’s principal executive officer, James M. Taylor, and principal financial officer, Angela Aman, concluded that BPG’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2019.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in BPG’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2019 that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, BPG’s internal control over financial reporting.

Controls and Procedures (Brixmor Operating Partnership LP)

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Operating Partnership maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. The Operating Partnership’s management, with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the Operating Partnership’s principal executive officer, James M. Taylor and principal financial officer, Angela Aman concluded that the Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2019.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2019 that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The information contained under the heading “Legal Matters” in Note 15 – Commitments and Contingencies to our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors relating to the Company disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On December 5, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “Program”) for up to $400.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The Program is scheduled to expire on December 5, 2019, unless extended by the Board of Directors. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock. As of September 30, 2019, the Program had $275.0 million of available repurchase capacity.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report:



		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit Number	Filed Herewith
3.1	Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, dated as of October 28, 2019, by and among Brixmor OP GP LLC, as General Partner, BPG Subsidiary Inc., as a Limited Partner, BPG Sub LLC, as a Limited Partner, and the other limited partners from time to time party thereto	—	—	—	—	x
4.1	Amendment No. 1 to the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 15, 2019, between Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee	8-K	001-36160	8/15/2019	4.3
4.2	Form of Global Note representing the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2029 (included in Exhibit 4.1)	8-K	001-36160	8/15/2019	4.4
31.1	Brixmor Property Group Inc. Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	—	—	—	—	x
31.2	Brixmor Property Group Inc. Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	—	—	—	—	x
31.3	Brixmor Operating Partnership LP Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	—	—	—	—	x
31.4	Brixmor Operating Partnership LP Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	—	—	—	—	x
32.1	Brixmor Property Group Inc. Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	—	—	—	—	x
32.2	Brixmor Operating Partnership LP Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	—	—	—	—	x
101.INS	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Instance Document	—	—	—	—	x



		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit Number	Filed Herewith
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	—	—	—	—	x
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	—	—	—	—	x
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document	—	—	—	—	x
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document	—	—	—	—	x
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document	—	—	—	—	x
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and included in Exhibit 101)					x

The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this report are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves, and you should not rely on them for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by us in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



	BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC.

Date: October 28, 2019	By:	/s/ James M. Taylor
		James M. Taylor
		Chief Executive Officer and President
		(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: October 28, 2019	By:	/s/ Angela Aman
		Angela Aman
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: October 28, 2019	By:	/s/ Steven Gallagher
		Steven Gallagher
		Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)



	BRIXMOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

Date: October 28, 2019	By:	/s/ James M. Taylor
		James M. Taylor
		Chief Executive Officer and President
		(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: October 28, 2019	By:	/s/ Angela Aman
		Angela Aman
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: October 28, 2019	By:	/s/ Steven Gallagher
		Steven Gallagher
		Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)