Howard Hughes Corp - Quarter Report: 2011 September (Form 10-Q)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ | Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011
or
o | 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 001-34856
THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 36-4673192 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. employer identification number) |
13355 Noel Road, 22nd Floor, Dallas, Texas 75240
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(214) 741-7744
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N / A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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.
þYes o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its
corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
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 and post such files).
þYes o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated
filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer þ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company o |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act).
o Yes þ No
The number of shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding on November 5, 2011 was
37,942,107.
THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(In thousands, except share amounts) | ||||||||
Assets: |
||||||||
Investment in real estate: |
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Master Planned Community assets |
$ | 1,611,125 | $ | 1,350,648 | ||||
Land |
259,557 | 180,976 | ||||||
Buildings and equipment |
523,871 | 343,006 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation |
(94,771 | ) | (83,390 | ) | ||||
Developments in progress |
190,287 | 293,403 | ||||||
Net property and equipment |
2,490,069 | 2,084,643 | ||||||
Investment in Real Estate Affiliates |
61,214 | 149,543 | ||||||
Net investment in real estate |
2,551,283 | 2,234,186 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
293,363 | 284,682 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
15,555 | 8,154 | ||||||
Municipal Utility District receivables |
110,054 | 28,103 | ||||||
Notes receivable, net |
39,141 | 38,954 | ||||||
Tax indemnity receivable, including interest |
329,668 | 323,525 | ||||||
Deferred expenses, net |
7,899 | 6,619 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
130,013 | 98,484 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 3,476,976 | $ | 3,022,707 | ||||
Liabilities: |
||||||||
Mortgages, notes and loans payable |
$ | 708,172 | $ | 318,660 | ||||
Deferred tax liabilities |
72,339 | 78,680 | ||||||
Warrant liabilities |
128,586 | 227,348 | ||||||
Uncertain tax position liability |
146,985 | 140,076 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
122,079 | 78,836 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
1,178,161 | 843,600 | ||||||
Commitments and Contingencies |
||||||||
Equity: |
||||||||
Preferred stock: $.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized,
none issued |
| | ||||||
Common stock: $.01 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized, |
| | ||||||
37,942,107 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30,
2011 and |
| | ||||||
37,904,506 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 |
379 | 379 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
2,710,536 | 2,708,036 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(412,754 | ) | (528,505 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(4,399 | ) | (1,627 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders equity |
2,293,762 | 2,178,283 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests |
5,053 | 824 | ||||||
Total equity |
2,298,815 | 2,179,107 | ||||||
Total liabilities and equity |
$ | 3,476,976 | $ | 3,022,707 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated and combined financial statements.
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(UNAUDITED)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
(Consolidated) | (Combined) | (Consolidated) | (Combined) | |||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
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Master Planned Community land sales |
$ | 33,246 | $ | 7,297 | $ | 74,786 | $ | 14,686 | ||||||||
Builder price participation |
2,145 | 1,148 | 3,263 | 3,343 | ||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
19,403 | 16,349 | 53,098 | 50,349 | ||||||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
5,399 | 4,637 | 14,538 | 13,891 | ||||||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
9,071 | | 19,495 | | ||||||||||||
Resort and conference center revenues |
7,200 | | 7,200 | | ||||||||||||
Other land revenues |
3,886 | 1,589 | 7,382 | 4,112 | ||||||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
6,540 | 1,440 | 11,051 | 5,500 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
86,890 | 32,460 | 190,813 | 91,881 | ||||||||||||
Operating Expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Master Planned Community cost of sales |
27,035 | 3,751 | 51,909 | 7,001 | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Community operations |
7,398 | 6,306 | 17,611 | 23,653 | ||||||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
1,639 | 4,131 | 8,064 | 11,161 | ||||||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
2,341 | 1,484 | 5,467 | 4,766 | ||||||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
5,470 | | 13,723 | | ||||||||||||
Resort and conference center operations |
6,352 | | 6,352 | | ||||||||||||
Other property operating costs |
16,964 | 8,994 | 36,028 | 27,195 | ||||||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
275 | 744 | 590 | 1,101 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative |
9,990 | 3,467 | 23,581 | 12,463 | ||||||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| 92 | | 578 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
7,208 | 4,109 | 13,592 | 12,535 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
84,672 | 33,078 | 176,917 | 100,453 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
2,218 | (618 | ) | 13,896 | (8,572 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest income |
2,341 | 59 | 7,097 | 118 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense |
| (681 | ) | | (1,888 | ) | ||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
(11,305 | ) | | (11,305 | ) | | ||||||||||
Warrant liability gain |
169,897 | | 100,762 | | ||||||||||||
Investment in real estate affiliate
basis adjustment |
(6,053 | ) | | (6,053 | ) | | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings from Real Estate
Affiliates |
166 | 1,222 | 7,787 | 6,394 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) before taxes and
reorganization items |
157,264 | (18 | ) | 112,184 | (3,948 | ) | ||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes |
7,760 | 350 | 4,344 | (17,603 | ) | |||||||||||
Reorganization items |
| (16,515 | ) | | (43,129 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
165,024 | (16,183 | ) | 116,528 | (64,680 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests |
(729 | ) | (47 | ) | (777 | ) | (121 | ) | ||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common
stockholders |
$ | 164,295 | $ | (16,230 | ) | $ | 115,751 | $ | (64,801 | ) | ||||||
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share: |
$ | 4.33 | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | 3.05 | $ | (1.72 | ) | ||||||
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share: |
$ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | 0.38 | $ | (1.72 | ) | |||||
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 165,024 | $ | (16,183 | ) | $ | 116,528 | $ | (64,680 | ) | ||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss): |
||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swap (a) |
(2,024 | ) | | (2,772 | ) | | ||||||||||
Pension plan adjustment |
| 88 | | 188 | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) |
(2,024 | ) | 88 | (2,772 | ) | 188 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) |
163,000 | (16,095 | ) | 113,756 | (64,492 | ) | ||||||||||
Comprehensive income attributable to
noncontrolling interests |
(729 | ) | (47 | ) | (777 | ) | (121 | ) | ||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss)
attributable to common stockholders |
$ | 162,271 | $ | (16,142 | ) | $ | 112,979 | $ | (64,613 | ) | ||||||
(a) | Net of deferred tax expense of $1.1 million during both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated and combined financial statements.
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)
(UNAUDITED)
Accumulated | Noncontrolling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional | Other | Interests in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common | Paid-In | Accumulated | GGP | Comprehensive | Consolidated | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | Stock | Capital | Deficit | Equity | Income (Loss) | Ventures | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2010 |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 1,504,364 | $ | (1,744 | ) | $ | 900 | $ | 1,503,520 | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
| | | (64,801 | ) | | 121 | (64,680 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Distributions to
noncontrolling interests |
| | | | | (218 | ) | (218 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income |
| | | | 188 | | 188 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Contributions from GGP, net |
| | | 101,294 | | | 101,294 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2010 |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 1,540,857 | $ | (1,556 | ) | $ | 803 | $ | 1,540,104 | |||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2011 |
$ | 379 | $ | 2,708,036 | $ | (528,505 | ) | $ | | $ | (1,627 | ) | $ | 824 | $ | 2,179,107 | ||||||||||||
Net income |
| | 115,751 | | | 777 | 116,528 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment to
noncontrolling interests |
| | | | | 3,452 | 3,452 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss |
| | | | (2,772 | ) | | (2,772 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Stock plan activity |
| 2,500 | | | | | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2011 |
$ | 379 | $ | 2,710,536 | $ | (412,754 | ) | $ | | $ | (4,399 | ) | $ | 5,053 | $ | 2,298,815 | ||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated and combined financial statements.
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(Consolidated) | (Combined) | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 116,528 | $ | (64,680 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by
(used in) operating activities: |
||||||||
Equity in earnings from Real Estate Affiliates |
(3,727 | ) | (6,394 | ) | ||||
Distributions received from Real Estate Affiliates |
34 | | ||||||
Investment in Real Estate Affiliate basis adjustment |
6,053 | | ||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
590 | 1,101 | ||||||
Depreciation |
11,235 | 11,012 | ||||||
Amortization |
2,357 | 1,523 | ||||||
Amortization (accretion) of deferred financing costs and debt
market rate adjustments |
393 | 1,600 | ||||||
Amortization of intangibles other than in-place leases |
(1,205 | ) | 144 | |||||
Straight-line rent amortization |
(1,223 | ) | (574 | ) | ||||
Restricted stock and stock option amortization |
2,500 | | ||||||
Warrant liability adjustment |
(100,762 | ) | | |||||
Provisions for impairment |
| 578 | ||||||
Real estate acquisition and development expenditures |
(65,813 | ) | (39,115 | ) | ||||
Master Planned Community and condominium cost of sales |
65,359 | 7,089 | ||||||
Reorganization items |
| (1,569 | ) | |||||
Net changes*: |
||||||||
Accounts and notes receivable |
(1,822 | ) | 9,383 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
(5,754 | ) | 4,132 | |||||
Deferred expenses |
(872 | ) | (1,426 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses and deferred tax
liabilities |
(46 | ) | 16,529 | |||||
Other, net |
(1,873 | ) | 168 | |||||
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
21,952 | (60,499 | ) | |||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: |
||||||||
Cash acquired from The Woodlands acquisition, net of cash
consideration |
5,493 | | ||||||
Real estate and property expenditures |
(25,015 | ) | (71,069 | ) | ||||
Reimbursement for infrastructure improvements from municipality |
5,560 | | ||||||
Proceeds from dispositions |
1,130 | | ||||||
Investments in Real Estate Affiliates |
| (10 | ) | |||||
Cash used in investing activities |
(12,832 | ) | (71,079 | ) | ||||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: |
||||||||
Change in GGP investment, net |
| 137,411 | ||||||
Proceeds from issuance of mortgages, notes and loans payable |
241,644 | | ||||||
Principal payments on mortgages, notes and loans payable |
(241,148 | ) | (4,697 | ) | ||||
Finance costs related to emerged entities |
| (1,311 | ) | |||||
Deferred financing costs |
(2,935 | ) | | |||||
Proceeds from issuance of Warrants |
2,000 | | ||||||
Distributions to noncontrolling interests |
| (218 | ) | |||||
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
(439 | ) | 131,185 | |||||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
8,681 | (393 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
284,682 | 3,204 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 293,363 | $ | 2,811 | ||||
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
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Interest paid |
$ | 15,272 | $ | 14,831 | ||||
Interest capitalized |
16,687 | 15,443 | ||||||
Reorganization items paid |
| 46,009 | ||||||
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Transactions: |
||||||||
Reduction in investments in Real Estate Affiliates
due to The Woodlands acquisition |
(128,764 | ) | | |||||
Acquisition note related to The Woodlands (See Note 5) |
96,500 | | ||||||
Debt assumed from The Woodlands acquisition (See Note 1) |
296,695 | | ||||||
Prepetition liabilities funded by GGP |
3,323 | | ||||||
Mortgage debt market rate adjustment related to emerged entities |
| 2,382 | ||||||
Other non-cash GGP equity transactions |
| (36,117 | ) |
(*) | As a result of The Woodlands acquisition and consolidation, changes in certain accounts cannot be derived from the balance sheet because these changes are non-cash related (See Note 1). |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated and combined financial statements.
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED & COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated and combined financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP) for interim financial statements and in accordance with the instructions to Form
10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as issued by the SEC. Such condensed consolidated and
combined financial statements do not include all of the information and disclosures required by
GAAP for complete financial statements. In addition, readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(Quarterly Report) should refer to the Companys (as defined below) audited Consolidated and
Combined Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2010 which are included in the
Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K (the Annual Report) for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2010. Capitalized terms used, but not defined in this Quarterly Report have the same meanings as in
the Annual Report.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments)
necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows
for the interim periods have been included. The results for the interim periods ended September 30,
2011 and 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal
year. In addition, certain amounts in the 2010 Combined Financial Statements have been reclassified
to conform to the current period presentation. Management has evaluated all material events
occurring subsequent to the date of the consolidated financial statements up to the date and time
this Quarterly Report is filed.
General
The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC or the Company) is a Delaware corporation that was
formed on July 1, 2010 to hold, after receipt via a tax-free distribution, certain assets of
General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the
Predecessors) pursuant to their plans of reorganization (the Plan) under Chapter 11 of the
United States Code (Chapter 11). We are a real estate company that specializes in the
development and operation of master planned communities, operating rental properties and other
strategic real estate opportunities across the United States. Pursuant to the Plan, certain of the
assets and liabilities of the Predecessors (the HHC Businesses) were transferred to us and our
common stock was distributed to the holders of GGPs common stock and common units (the
Separation) on a pro-rata basis (approximately 32.5 million shares of our common stock) on GGPs
date of emergence from bankruptcy, November 9, 2010 (the Effective Date). Also as part of the
Plan, approximately 5.25 million shares of our common stock and 8.0 million warrants were purchased
by certain of the investors sponsoring the Plan for $250 million. Unless the context otherwise
requires, references to we, us and our refer to HHC and its subsidiaries.
The accompanying consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 reflect
the consolidation of HHC and its subsidiaries, as of such date, with all significant intercompany
balances and transactions eliminated. The accompanying combined financial statements for the
periods prior to the Separation have been prepared in accordance with GAAP on a carve-out basis
from the consolidated financial statements of GGP using the historical results of operations and
the basis of the assets and liabilities of the transferred businesses as well as allocations from
GGP. This presentation incorporates the same accounting principles used when preparing consolidated financial
statements, including elimination of intercompany transactions. The presentation also includes the
accounts of the HHC Businesses in which we have a controlling interest. The noncontrolling equity
holders share of the assets, liabilities and operations are reflected in noncontrolling interests
within permanent equity of the Company. The statement of equity and statement of cash flows for the
nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the statements of operations and comprehensive income
(loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 are presented on a carve out basis.
The statement of equity and statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011
and the statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2011 are presented on a consolidated basis.
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As discussed above, we were formed for the purpose of receiving, via a tax-free distribution,
certain assets and assuming certain liabilities of the Predecessors pursuant to the Plan. We
conducted no business and had no separate material assets or liabilities until the Separation was
consummated. No previous historical financial statements for the HHC Businesses have been prepared
and, accordingly, our combined financial statements for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 were derived from the books and records of GGP
and were carved-out from GGP at carrying values reflective of such historical cost. Our historical
financial results reflect allocations for certain corporate expenses which include, but are not
limited to, costs related to property management, human resources, security, payroll and benefits,
legal, corporate communications, information services and restructuring and reorganizations. Costs
of the services (approximately $1.7 million and $7.4 million, for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2010, respectively) that were allocated or charged to us were based on either actual
costs incurred or a proportion of costs estimated to be applicable to us based on a number of
factors, most significantly the Companys percentage of GGPs adjusted revenue and assets and the
number of properties. We believe these allocations are reasonable; however, these results do not
reflect what our expenses would have been had the Company been operating as a separate, stand-alone
public company for such period. In addition, the HHC Businesses were operated as subsidiaries of
GGP, which operated as a real estate investment trust during such period. We operate as a taxable
corporation. The historical combined statement of equity and statement of cash flows presented for
the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and the statement of operations and comprehensive income
(loss) presented for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 therefore are not
indicative of the results of operations, or cash flows that would have been obtained if we had been
an independent, stand-alone entity during such period. The results of operations for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of results that can be expected
for the full year.
As of September 30, 2011, our assets, including the assets associated with The Woodlands
acquisition as discussed below, consisted of the following:
| four master planned communities (MPCs); | ||
| twenty-six operating assets; and | ||
| seventeen strategic developments. |
Our ownership interests in properties in which we own a controlling interest are combined for the
period from January 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010 and consolidated for the period from January
1, 2011 through September 30, 2011 under GAAP, with the non-controlling interests in such
consolidated or combined ventures reflected as components of equity.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets
and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
periods. For example, estimates and assumptions have been made with respect to useful lives of
assets, capitalization of development and leasing costs, provision for income taxes, recoverable
amounts of receivables and deferred taxes, initial valuations and related amortization periods of
deferred costs and intangibles, particularly with respect to acquisitions, impairment of long-lived
assets and goodwill, fair value of warrants and debt and cost ratios and completion percentages
used for land sales. Actual results could differ from these and other estimates.
Acquisition
On July 1, 2011, we acquired for $117.5 million our partners 47.5% economic interest (represented
by a 57.5% legal interest) in TWCPC Holdings, L.P., the Woodlands Operating Company, L.P. and
TWLDC, Holdings, L.P. (collectively referred to as The Woodlands), located near Houston, Texas.
The Company made the acquisition so that it can control attractive residential and commercial
assets and to internalize The Woodlands platform to benefit our MPC business. As a result of the
acquisition, we now consolidate The Woodlands operations and our consolidated financial statements
are therefore not comparable to prior periods. Please refer to Note 12 Segments, for a
presentation of the results as if we owned 100% of the Woodlands, for all periods presented.
On its acquisition date, The Woodlands had approximately 1,324 acres of unsold residential land,
representing approximately 4,395 lots, and approximately 962 acres of unsold land for commercial
use. The Woodlands also has full or partial ownership interests in commercial properties totaling
approximately 434,328 square feet of office space, 203,282 square feet of retail and service space,
865 rental apartment units, and also owns and operates a 440-room conference center facility and a
36-hole country club. We paid $20.0 million in cash at closing and the remaining $97.5 million of
the purchase price is represented by a non-interest bearing
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promissory note due December 1, 2011. There was no contingent consideration related to this
acquisition. We intend to repay the note at maturity with cash on hand.
The assets and liabilities of The Woodlands were consolidated into our financial statements at fair
value as of the acquisition date according to the following methodologies:
| The fair values of the Master Planned Community assets which consist of residential and commercial land held for development and sale were determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. | ||
| The fair values of the commercial and retail assets acquired, consisting of land and buildings, were determined by valuing each property as if it were vacant, and the as-if-vacant value was then allocated between land and buildings. The as-if-vacant values were derived by estimating the value of each property assuming it was generating stabilized cash flows using market lease, capitalization and discount rates based on recent comparable market transactions, reduced by the estimated lease-up and carrying costs the Company would incur to achieve stabilized cash flow if the property were vacant. The buildings are depreciated over the estimated useful life of 40 years using the straight-line method. | ||
| The values of above-market and below-market in-place leases of The Woodlands operating assets were based on the present value (using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (1) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (2) managements estimate of current market lease rates, measured over the remaining non-cancelable lease term. We record the fair value of above-market and below-market leases as intangible assets or intangible liabilities, respectively, and amortize them as an adjustment to rental income over the lease term. | ||
| The estimated fair values of in-place leases included an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods assuming the building was vacant, the estimated tenant improvement and leasing costs to acquire the leases, and an estimate of the lost net revenue during the lease-up period. | ||
| The fair value of working capital items such as cash, Municipal Utility District receivables, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses was determined based on the carrying value due to the short term nature of such items. | ||
| The debt assumed was primarily variable rate debt and fixed rate debt with short term maturities therefore, the carrying value was assumed to be the fair value. |
On July 1, 2011, the acquisition date, we consolidated $591.5 million of assets and $342.7 million
of liabilities relating to The Woodlands. Consolidation of The Woodlands net assets resulted in a
$3.9 million after-tax loss on the remeasurement relating to our existing 52.5% economic interest
which had a $134.8 million net book value at June 30, 2011. The loss is recorded in the Investment in real estate affiliate basis adjustment line on our consolidated and combined statements of operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). For periods prior to July 1, 2011, our
investment in The Woodlands was accounted for using the equity method. This business combination
did not represent a significant acquisition of assets under the SEC rules.
The following table summarizes amounts recorded for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at
the acquisition date. Such amounts are subject to change pending completion of fair value
allocations:
Master Planned Community Assets |
$ | 274,638 | ||
Land |
69,758 | |||
Buildings and Equipment |
80,130 | |||
Investments in Real Estate Affiliates |
42,932 | |||
Cash |
25,492 | |||
Accounts receivable |
7,661 | |||
Notes receivable |
3,189 | |||
Municipal Utility District receivables |
61,700 | |||
Other assets |
25,968 | |||
Total assets |
591,468 | |||
Mortgages, notes and loans payable |
(296,695 | ) | ||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
(45,995 | ) | ||
Noncontrolling interests |
(3,515 | ) | ||
Total liabilities and noncontrolling interests |
(346,205 | ) | ||
Total identifiable net assets |
$ | 245,263 | ||
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Included in the consolidated statement of operations since the acquisition date are revenues
of $40.3 million and a net loss of $7.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The net
loss includes the impact of purchase accounting adjustments, including an $8.6 million increase in
cost of sales to reflect the step-up in basis of finished lot inventory sold during the three
months ended September 30, 2011.
Pro Forma Information
The following pro forma information for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was
prepared as if The Woodlands acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of such period:
Nine Months | Nine Months | |||||||
Ended | Ended | |||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Total Revenues |
$ | 276,240 | $ | 203,734 | ||||
Net income (loss) |
112,393 | (76,524 | ) |
Pro forma
adjustments were made for: (1) purchase accounting, including: (a) depreciation for the step-up
in basis for property, plant and equipment; (b) amortization of in-place and above/below market
leases; (c) increase in Land cost of sales for step-up in land
basis for finished lots subsequently sold and (d) elimination of amortization of deferred financing costs, prepaid commissions and
profits previously deferred and; (2) reductions in interest expense which is capitalizable in accordance
with the Companys interest capitalization policy.
The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had
the acquisition occurred as of the beginning of the period presented, nor is it necessarily
indicative of future results.
Investment in Real Estate
Real estate assets are stated at cost, including acquisition cost, less any provisions for
impairments. Construction and improvement costs incurred in connection with the development of new
properties or the redevelopment of existing properties are capitalized. Real estate taxes and
interest costs incurred during construction periods are also capitalized. Capitalized interest
costs are based on qualified expenditures and interest rates in place during the construction
period. As of September 30, 2011, we have approximately 14,000 remaining saleable acres within our
master planned communities, including The Woodlands.
Pre-development costs, that generally include legal and professional fees and other
directly-related third-party costs associated with specific development properties, are capitalized
as part of the property being developed. In the event that management no longer has the ability or
intent to complete a development, the costs previously capitalized are expensed (see also our
impairment policies below).
Tenant improvements relating to our operating assets, either paid directly or in the form of
construction allowances paid to tenants, are capitalized and depreciated over the shorter of their
economic lives or the lease term. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense when incurred.
Expenditures for significant improvements are capitalized.
Depreciation or amortization expense is computed using the straight-line method based upon the
following estimated useful lives:
Asset Type | Years | |||
Buildings and improvements |
40-45 | |||
Equipment, tenant improvements and fixtures |
5-10 |
Impairment
Generally accepted accounting principles related to accounting for the impairment or disposal of
long-lived assets require that if impairment indicators exist and the undiscounted cash flows
expected to be generated by an asset over its anticipated holding period are less than its carrying
amount, the fair value of such assets should be estimated and an impairment provision should be
recorded to write down the carrying amount of such asset to its estimated fair value. The
impairment analysis does not consider the timing of future cash flows and whether the asset is
expected to earn an above or below market rate of return. We review our real estate assets
as well as our investments in Real Estate Affiliates for potential impairment indicators whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
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If an indicator of potential impairment exists, the asset is tested for recoverability by
comparing its carrying amount to the estimated future undiscounted cash flow during our expected
holding period. The cash flow estimates used both for determining recoverability and estimating
fair value are inherently judgmental and reflect current and projected trends in rental, occupancy,
pricing, development costs, sales pace and capitalization rates, and estimated holding periods for
the applicable assets. Although the estimated fair value of certain assets may be exceeded by the
carrying amount, a real estate asset is only considered to be impaired when its carrying amount is
not expected to be recovered through estimated future undiscounted cash flows. To the extent an
impairment provision is necessary, the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its
estimated fair value is expensed to operations. In addition, the impairment provision is allocated
proportionately to adjust the carrying amount of the asset. The adjusted carrying amount, which
represents the new cost basis of the asset, is depreciated over the remaining useful life of the
asset or, for Master Planned Communities, is expensed as a cost of sales when the asset is sold.
Assets that have been impaired will in the future have lower depreciation and cost of sale
expenses, but the impairment will have no impact on cash flow.
No impairment provisions were recorded in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and
approximately $0.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of impairment provisions, on
predevelopment costs at certain of our Strategic Development properties, were recorded in the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2011, no additional impairments were
taken because we believe that the carrying amounts are recoverable. Despite this conclusion,
additional impairment charges in the future could result if our plans regarding our assets change
and/or economic conditions deteriorate. We can provide no assurance that material impairment
charges with respect to Master Planned Community assets, Operating Assets, Strategic Developments,
Real Estate Affiliates or Developments in progress will not occur in future periods. Accordingly,
we will continue to monitor circumstances and events in future periods to determine whether
additional impairments are warranted.
Municipal Utility District Receivables
In Houston, Texas, certain development costs are reimbursable through the creation of Municipal
Utility Districts (MUDs) and Water Control and Improvement Districts, which are separate
political subdivisions authorized by Article 16, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution and governed
by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). MUDs are formed to provide municipal
water, waste water, drainage services, recreational facilities and roads to those areas where they
are currently unavailable through the regular city services. Typically, the developer advances
funds for the creation of the facilities, which must be designed, bid and constructed in accordance
with the City of Houstons and TCEQ requirements. The developer initiates the MUD process by
filing the applications for the formation of the MUD, and once the applications have been approved,
a board of directors is elected for the MUD and given the authority to issue ad valorem tax bonds
and the authority to tax residents. The MUD board authorizes and approves all MUD development
contracts and pay estimates. The Company estimates the costs it believes will be eligible for
reimbursement and classifies them as MUD receivables. MUD bond sale proceeds are used to reimburse
the developer for its construction costs, including interest. MUD taxes are used to pay the debt
service on the bonds and the operating expenses of the MUD. The Company has not incurred any debt
relating to the MUDs.
Warrants
As described above, on the Effective Date, we issued warrants to purchase 8.0 million shares of our
common stock to certain of the sponsors of the Plan (the Sponsors Warrants) with an estimated
initial value of approximately $69.5 million. The initial exercise price for the warrants of $50.00
per share is subject to adjustment for future stock dividends, splits or reverse splits of our
common stock or certain other events. Approximately 6.1 million warrants are immediately
exercisable and approximately 1.9 million warrants are exercisable upon 90 days prior notice for
the first 6.5 years after issuance and exercisable without notice any time thereafter. The Sponsors
Warrants expire on November 9, 2017.
In November 2010 and February 2011, the Company entered into certain warrant agreements (the
Management Warrants) with David R. Weinreb, our Chief Executive Officer, Grant Herlitz, our
President, and Andrew C. Richardson, our Chief Financial Officer, in each case prior to his
appointment to such position. The Management Warrants representing 2,862,687 underlying shares were
issued pursuant to such agreements at fair value in exchange for approximately $19.0 million in
cash from such executives at the commencement of their respective employment. Mr. Weinreb and Mr.
Herlitzs warrants have exercise prices of $42.23 per share and Mr. Richardsons warrant has an
exercise price of $54.50 per share. Generally, the Management Warrants become exercisable in
November 2016 and expire by February 2018.
The aggregate estimated $128.6 million and $227.3 million fair values for the Sponsors Warrants and
Management Warrants as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, have been
recorded as a
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liability because the holders of these warrants could require HHC to settle such
warrants in cash upon a change of control. Such fair values were estimated using an option pricing
model and level 3 inputs due to the unavailability of comparable market data. Changes in the fair
value of the Sponsors Warrants and the Management Warrants are recognized in earnings and,
accordingly, warrant liability gains reflecting decreases in value of approximately $169.9 million
and $100.8 million, were recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011,
respectively.
Revenue Recognition and Related Matters
Revenues from land sales are recognized using the full accrual method if certain criteria provided
by GAAP relating to the terms of the transactions and our subsequent involvement with the land sold
are met. Revenues relating to transactions that do not qualify for the full accrual method are
deferred and recognized using the installment or cost recovery methods. Revenue related to builder
participation rights is recognized when collected.
Cost of land sales is determined as a specified percentage of land sales revenues recognized for
each community development project. These cost ratios are based on actual costs incurred and
estimates of future development costs and sales revenues to completion of each project. The ratios
are reviewed regularly and revised for changes in sales and cost estimates or development plans.
Significant changes in these estimates or development plans, whether due to changes in market
conditions or other factors, could result in changes to the cost ratio used for a specific project.
For certain parcels of land, however, the specific identification method is used to determine cost
of sales including acquired parcels that we do not intend to develop or for which development was
complete at the date of acquisition. Expenditures in our MPC business to develop land for sale are
classified as an operating activity under real estate acquisition and development expenditures in
our condensed consolidated and combined statements of cash flows.
Nouvelle at Natick is a 215 unit residential condominium project, located in Natick, Massachusetts.
Pursuant to the Plan, only the unsold units on the Effective Date were distributed to us and no
deferred revenue or sales proceeds from unit closings prior to the Effective Date were allocated to
us. As of September 30, 2011, nine units were unsold, of which four are under contract for sale.
Income related to unit sales subsequent to the Effective Date is accounted for on a unit-by-unit
full accrual method.
Minimum rent revenues are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases.
Minimum rent revenues also include amounts collected from tenants to allow the termination of their
leases prior to their scheduled termination dates and amortization related to above and
below-market tenant leases on acquired properties. Certain leases require tenants to pay, as
additional rent, the real estate taxes and property operating expenses, common area maintenance and
insurance related to the leased space. This additional rent is recorded as tenant recoveries.
Straight-line rent receivables, which represents the current net cumulative rents recognized prior
to when billed and collectible as provided by the terms of the leases, of $3.2 million and $2.0
million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, are included in Accounts
receivable, net in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Revenue for the resort and conference center is recognized as services are performed and primarily
represents room rentals and food and beverage sales.
Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share (EPS) is computed by dividing net income available to common
stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is computed
after adjusting the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation for the effects of all
potentially dilutive common shares. The dilutive effect of options and nonvested stock issued
under stock-based compensation plans is computed using the treasury stock method. The dilutive
effect of the Sponsors Warrants and Management Warrants is computed using the if-converted method.
Gains associated with the Sponsors Warrants and Management Warrants are excluded from the numerator
in computing diluted earnings per share because inclusion of such gains in the computation would be
anti-dilutive.
As defined and described in Note 8, certain HHC Replacement Options outstanding are required to be
settled by GGP and therefore do not represent dilutive securities at any date presented. Of the HHC
Replacement Options outstanding that are required to be settled by HHC, diluted EPS excludes
options where the exercise price was
higher than the average market price of our common stock and options for which vesting requirements
were not satisfied. Such options totaled 2,522 shares as of September 30, 2011.
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As discussed above, in connection with the Separation on November 9, 2010, GGP distributed to its
stockholders 32.5 million shares of our common stock and approximately 5.25 million shares were
purchased by certain investors sponsoring the Plan. This share amount is used in the calculation
of basic and diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as our common stock
was not traded prior to November 9, 2010 and there were no dilutive securities in the prior
periods.
Information related to our EPS calculations is summarized as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Basic EPS: |
||||||||||||||||
Numerator: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common
stockholders |
$ | 164,295 | $ | (16,230 | ) | $ | 115,751 | $ | (64,801 | ) | ||||||
Denominator: |
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Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding basic |
37,912 | 37,716 | 37,907 | 37,716 | ||||||||||||
Diluted EPS: |
||||||||||||||||
Numerator: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common
stockholders |
$ | 164,295 | $ | (16,230 | ) | $ | 115,751 | $ | (64,801 | ) | ||||||
Warrant liability gain |
(169,897 | ) | | (100,762 | ) | | ||||||||||
Adjusted net income (loss) available to common
stockholders |
$ | (5,602 | ) | $ | (16,230 | ) | $ | 14,989 | $ | (64,801 | ) | |||||
Denominator: |
||||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding basic |
37,912 | 37,716 | 37,907 | 37,716 | ||||||||||||
Diluted effect: |
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Restricted stock and stock options |
| | 5 | | ||||||||||||
Warrants |
843 | | 1,585 | | ||||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding diluted |
38,755 | 37,716 | 39,497 | 37,716 | ||||||||||||
Anti-dilutive stock options and restricted stock,
not included above |
731 | | 731 | | ||||||||||||
Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share |
$ | 4.33 | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | 3.05 | $ | (1.72 | ) | ||||||
Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share |
$ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | 0.38 | $ | (1.72 | ) |
Reorganization Items
As certain of the HHC Businesses had filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2009 (the HHC
Debtors), these entities were required by GAAP to separately present as Reorganization items
elements of expense or income that were incurred or realized as a result of the bankruptcy filings.
These items include professional fees and similar types of expenses and gains and interest earned
on cash accumulated by certain of our subsidiaries, all as a result of the bankruptcy.
Reorganization items specific to the HHC Debtors have been allocated to us from GGP and have been
reflected in our combined statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2010. GGP agreed that it would reimburse HHC up to $5.0 million for
liability claims related to periods prior to the HHC Debtors bankruptcy filings, $3.3 million of
which has been paid as of September 30, 2011.
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Reorganization items are as follows:
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||
Reorganization Items | September 30, 2010 | September 30, 2010 | ||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Gains on liabilities subject to compromise vendors (a) |
$ | (216 | ) | $ | (498 | ) | ||
Gains on liabilities subject to compromise, net mortgage debt (b) |
(2,747 | ) | (2,382 | ) | ||||
Interest income (c) |
(13 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||
U.S. Trustee fees |
142 | 412 | ||||||
Restructuring costs (d) |
19,349 | 45,611 | ||||||
Total reorganization items |
$ | 16,515 | $ | 43,129 | ||||
(a) | This amount includes gains from repudiation, rejection or termination of contracts or guarantee of obligations. Such gains reflect agreements reached with certain critical vendors, which were authorized by the Bankruptcy Court, and for which payments on an installment basis began in July 2009. | |
(b) | Net losses include the fair value adjustments of mortgage debt relating to entities that emerged from bankruptcy. | |
(c) | Interest income primarily reflects amounts earned on cash accumulated as a result of our Chapter 11 cases. | |
(d) | Restructuring costs primarily include professional fees incurred related to the bankruptcy filings, our allocated share of the Key Employee Incentive Plan (KEIP) payment, finance costs incurred by debtors upon emergence from bankruptcy and any associated write-off of unamortized deferred finance costs related to emerged debtors. |
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a new standard which changes
the requirements for presenting comprehensive income in the financial statements. The new standard
eliminates the option to present other comprehensive income (OCI) in the statement of
stockholders equity and instead requires net income, components of OCI, and total comprehensive
income to be presented in one continuous statement or two separate but consecutive statements. The
standard will be effective for us beginning with our first quarter 2012 reporting and will be
applied retrospectively. HHC had elected to present OCI in one continuous statement in all its
previous filings and accordingly, the effective date of this standard will not have an effect on
our results of operating, financial position, or cash flows in our consolidated financial
statements.
In May 2011, the FASB issued Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure
Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The standard revises guidance for fair value measurement and
expands the disclosure requirements. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2011. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on our
Consolidated Financial Statements.
NOTE 2 FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table presents, for each of the fair value hierarchy levels required under Accounting
Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurement, the Companys assets and liabilities
that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
September 30, 2011 | December 31, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair Value Measurements Using | Fair Value Measurements Using | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quoted | Quoted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prices in | Prices in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Active | Signifiicant | Active | Signifiicant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Markets for | Other | Signifiicant | Markets for | Other | Signifiicant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Identical | Observable | Unobservable | Identical | Observable | Unobservable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | Inputs | Inputs | Assets | Inputs | Inputs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | Total | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Interest rate swap |
$ | 2 | $ | | $ | 2 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
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Warrants |
128,586 | | | 128,586 | 227,348 | | | 227,348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swap |
3,561 | | 3,561 | | | | | |
The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of
netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash
receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates derived
from observable market interest rate curves.
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The valuation of warrants is based on an option pricing valuation model. The inputs to the model
include the fair value of the stock related to the warrants, exercise price of the warrants, term,
expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield.
The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the fair
value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
(in thousands) | ||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 |
$ | 227,348 | ||
Warrant liability gain |
(100,762 | ) | ||
Purchases |
2,000 | |||
Balance as of September 30, 2011 |
$ | 128,586 | ||
The estimated fair values of the Companys financial instruments that are not measured at fair
value on a recurring basis are as follows:
September 30, 2011 | December 31, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Carrying | Estimated | Carrying | Estimated | |||||||||||||
Amount | Fair Value | Amount | Fair Value | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Fixed-rate debt |
$ | 138,219 | $ | 140,069 | $ | 191,037 | $ | 202,897 | ||||||||
Variable-rate debt |
512,609 | 512,609 | (a) | 65,518 | 65,629 | |||||||||||
SID bonds (b) |
57,344 | 57,344 | 62,105 | 62,105 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 708,172 | $ | 710,022 | $ | 318,660 | $ | 330,631 | ||||||||
(a) | As more fully described in Note 5, $172.0 million of variable-rate debt has been swapped to a fixed rate for the term of the related debt. | |
(b) | Due to the uncertain repayment terms of special improvement district SID bonds, the carrying value has been used as an approximation of fair value. |
The fair value of debt was estimated based on quoted market prices for publicly traded debt, recent
financing transactions, estimates of the fair value of the property that serves as collateral for
such debt, historical risk premiums for loans of comparable quality, the current London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR), a widely quoted market interest rate which is frequently the index used to
determine the rate at which we borrow funds, U.S. Treasury obligation interest rates and on the
discounted estimated future cash payments to be made on such debt. The discount rates reflect our
judgment as to what the approximate current lending rates for loans or groups of loans with similar
maturities and credit quality would be if credit markets were operating efficiently and assume that
the debt is outstanding through maturity. We have utilized available market information or present
value techniques to estimate the amounts required to be disclosed. Since such amounts are
estimates that are based on limited available market information for similar transactions and do
not acknowledge transfer or other repayment restrictions that may exist in specific loans, it is
unlikely that the estimated fair value of any of such debt could be realized by immediate
settlement of the obligation.
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents and accounts and notes receivable approximate
fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.
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NOTE 3 INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
The following table summarizes our intangible assets and liabilities: |
Accumulated | Net | |||||||||||
Gross Asset | (Amortization) | Carrying | ||||||||||
(Liability) | / Accretion | Amount | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2011 |
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Tenant leases: |
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In-place value |
$ | 24,037 | $ | (11,150 | ) | $ | 12,887 | |||||
Above-market |
3,185 | (1,816 | ) | 1,369 | ||||||||
Ground leases: |
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Above-market |
(3,545 | ) | 961 | (2,584 | ) | |||||||
Below-market |
23,096 | (2,378 | ) | 20,718 | ||||||||
As of December 31, 2010 |
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Tenant leases: |
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In-place value |
$ | 11,824 | $ | (10,221 | ) | $ | 1,603 | |||||
Above-market |
1,820 | (1,701 | ) | 119 | ||||||||
Below-market |
(77 | ) | 77 | | ||||||||
Ground leases: |
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Above-market |
(3,545 | ) | 638 | (2,907 | ) | |||||||
Below-market |
23,096 | (2,078 | ) | 21,018 |
The gross asset balances of the in-place value of tenant leases are included in Buildings and
equipment in our consolidated balance sheets. The above-market and below-market tenant and ground
leases are included in Prepaid expenses and other assets and Accounts payable and accrued expenses
in our consolidated balance sheets.
Amortization/accretion of these intangible assets and liabilities decreased our income (excluding
the impact of noncontrolling interests and the provision for income taxes) by $0.8 million and $1.1
million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and by $0.2 million
and $0.6 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Future amortization of these intangible assets and liabilities is estimated to decrease net income
(excluding the impact of noncontrolling interests and the provision for income taxes) by
approximately $1.2 million for the remainder of 2011 and $2.2 million in 2012, $2.1 million in
2013, $1.9 million in 2014 and $25.0 million thereafter.
NOTE 4 REAL ESTATE AFFILIATES
As of July 1, 2011, The Woodlands is consolidated and no longer a Real Estate Affiliate and The
Woodlands Equity Investments (defined below) are considered Real Estate Affiliates (refer to Note
1). As of September 30, 2011, we own noncontrolling interests in Circle T (as defined below) and
The Woodlands Equity Investments whereby, generally, we share in the profits and losses, cash flows
and other matters relating to our investments in Real Estate Affiliates in accordance with our
respective ownership percentages. As we have joint interest and joint control of these ventures
with our venture partners, we account for these joint ventures using the equity method. For cost
method investments (Note 1), we recognize earnings to the extent of dividends received from such
investments, which are included, along with equity method earnings, in equity in earnings Real
Estate Affiliates in our consolidated and combined statements of operations and comprehensive
income (loss). In March 2011, we received approximately $3.9 million in dividends from our
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center investment which is reported on the cost method.
Our interests in Westlake Retail Associates, Ltd (Circle T Ranch) and 170 Retail Associates Ltd
(Circle T Power Center), and together with Circle T Ranch, (Circle T), located in Dallas/Fort
Worth, Texas, are held through joint venture entities in which we own non-controlling interests and
are unconsolidated and accounted
for on the equity method. Waterway Ave Partners, L.L.C. (Millenium
Waterway Apartments), FV-93 Limited and Timbermill-94 Limited (Forest View and Timbermill
Apartments), Woodlands-Sarofim #1 Ltd. (Woodlands Sarofim) industrial buildings and Stewart
Title of Montgomery County, Inc. (Stewart Title), all located in The Woodlands and collectively
referred to as The Woodlands Equity Investments, are reflected in our financial statements
as non-consolidated joint ventures and are accounted for on the equity method. The Woodlands (when
referred to periods prior to July 1, 2011), Circle T,
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The Woodlands Equity Investments (when
referring to periods after June 30, 2011) and certain cost method investments (for example, our
interest in the Summerlin Hospital Medical Center) are collectively referred to in this report as
our Real Estate Affiliates.
As of September 30, 2011, approximately $60.2 million of indebtedness was secured by the properties
owned by our Real Estate Affiliates, our share of which was approximately $43.8 million.
Share of Earnings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Ownership | Carrying Value | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in percentages) | (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Woodlands |
| 52.50 | $ | | $ | 131,090 | $ | | $ | 1,226 | $ | 3,727 | $ | 6,398 | ||||||||||||||||||
Circle T |
50.00 | 50.00 | 9,004 | 9,004 | | (4 | ) | | (4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stewart Title |
50.00 | | 3,714 | | 85 | | 85 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timbermill Apartments |
50.00 | | 5,161 | | 1 | | 1 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Woodlands Sarofim |
20.00 | | 2,393 | | 30 | | 30 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Millenium Waterway
Apartments |
83.55 | | 21,316 | | 14 | | 14 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forest View Apartments |
50.00 | | 6,542 | | 1 | | 1 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
48,130 | 140,094 | 131 | 1,222 | 3,858 | 6,394 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost basis investments (a) |
13,084 | 9,449 | 35 | | 3,929 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment in Real Estate
Affiliates |
$ | 61,214 | $ | 149,543 | $ | 166 | $ | 1,222 | $ | 7,787 | $ | 6,394 |
(a) | Share of Earnings primarily represents dividends received for cost basis investments. |
NOTE 5 MORTGAGES, NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE
Mortgages, notes and loans payable are summarized as follows:
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||
Fixed-rate debt: |
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Fixed-rate debt |
$ | 138,219 | $ | 191,037 | ||||
Variable-rate debt |
512,609 | (a) | 65,518 | |||||
Special Improvement District bonds |
57,344 | 62,105 | ||||||
Total mortgages, notes and loans payable |
$ | 708,172 | $ | 318,660 | ||||
(a) | As more fully described below, $172.0 million of variable-rate debt has been swapped to a fixed rate for the term of the related debt. |
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The following table presents our mortgages, notes, and loans payable by property:
Maximum | Carrying Value | |||||||||||||||
Facility | September 30, | Interest | ||||||||||||||
Property (In thousands) | Amount | 2011 | Rate | Final Maturity | ||||||||||||
Mortgages, notes and loans payable |
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110 N. Wacker |
$ | 29,000 | 5.21 | %(a) | November 2019 | |||||||||||
Bridgeland |
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Note #1 |
15,295 | 6.50 | % | May 2026 | ||||||||||||
Note #2 |
3,288 | 6.50 | % | December 2017 | ||||||||||||
Note #3 |
2,062 | 6.50 | % | June 2033 | ||||||||||||
Note #4 |
253 | 6.50 | % | December 2021 | ||||||||||||
Bridgeland Total |
20,898 | |||||||||||||||
Special Improvement District bonds |
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Summerlin South S108 |
1,424 | 5.95 | % | December 2016 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin South S124 |
436 | 5.95 | % | December 2019 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin South S128 |
898 | 7.30 | % | December 2020 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin South S128C |
6,060 | 6.05 | % | December 2030 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin South S132 |
5,604 | 7.88 | % | December 2020 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin South S151 |
12,772 | 6.00 | % | June 2025 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin West S808 |
1,013 | 5.71 | % | April 2021 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin West S809 |
1,476 | 6.65 | % | April 2023 | ||||||||||||
Summerlin West S810 |
22,771 | 7.13 | % | April 2031 | ||||||||||||
The Shops @ Summerlin Centre S128 |
4,005 | 6.05 | % | December 2030 | ||||||||||||
The Shops @ Summerlin Centre S108 |
885 | 5.95 | % | December 2016 | ||||||||||||
Total Special Improvement District bonds |
57,344 | |||||||||||||||
The Woodlands |
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Master credit facility |
$ | 270,000 | 235,000 | 5.00 | %(b) | March 2015 | ||||||||||
Acquisition note |
96,500 | | (c) | December 2011 | ||||||||||||
Resort and Conference Center |
36,100 | 5.50 | %(d) | October 2012 | ||||||||||||
9303 New Trails |
13,142 | 1.37 | % | December 2011 | ||||||||||||
WCA Building |
4,875 | 6.50 | %(e) | November 2011 | ||||||||||||
Weiner Tract |
1,520 | 6.25 | % | January 2013 | ||||||||||||
Land in Montgomery Co. |
683 | 6.00 | % | December 2012 | ||||||||||||
Land in Harris Co. |
393 | 6.00 | % | January 2013 | ||||||||||||
Capital lease obligation |
107 | |||||||||||||||
CVS |
101 | 3.25 | % | upon sale | ||||||||||||
The Woodlands Total |
388,421 | |||||||||||||||
Ward Centers |
$ | 250,000 | 212,509 | 3.46 | %(f) | September 2016 | ||||||||||
$ | 708,172 | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Loan has a stated interest rate of one-month LIBOR + 2.50%. The $29.0 million outstanding principal balance is swapped to a 5.21% fixed rate through maturity. | |
(b) | Loan bears interest at one-month LIBOR + 4.00% and has a 1.00% LIBOR floor. | |
(c) | Acquisition Note has a $97.5 million outstanding principal balance, bears no interest, and is due on December 1, 2011 to our former partner in The Woodlands. The note is secured by The Woodlands partnership interests acquired, and was recorded at a $1.0 million discount to reflect in imputed interest cost during its term. | |
(d) | Loan bears interest at one-month LIBOR + 4.00% and has a 1.00% LIBOR floor. The rate increased by 0.5% on September 23, 2011 and increases by 0.5% every six months thereafter until maturity. | |
(e) | The Company is negotiating a five-year extension with lender. | |
(f) | Loan has a stated interest rate of one-month LIBOR + 2.50%. $143.0 million of the outstanding principal balance is swapped to a 3.81% fixed rate through maturity. |
The weighted average interest rate on our mortgages, notes and loans payable, inclusive of
interest rate hedges but excluding the acquisition note and capital lease obligation, was 4.65% and
5.14% as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
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The following table summarizes the principal payment obligations relating to our long-term debt:
Long-term debt | ||||
principal payments | ||||
(In thousands) | ||||
4th Quarter 2011 |
$ | 115,109 | ||
2012 |
48,211 | |||
2013 |
27,966 | |||
2014 |
201,391 | |||
2015 |
4,241 | |||
Thereafter |
311,254 | |||
Total |
$ | 708,172 | ||
Collateralized Mortgages, Notes and Loans Payable
As of September 30, 2011, we had $708.2 million of collateralized mortgages, notes and loans
payable. Approximately $388.4 million of the debt included in the table above, including the $97.5
million Acquisition note, is related to The Woodlands, which was consolidated on July 1, 2011. All
of the debt is non-recourse and is secured by the individual properties as listed in the table
above, except for The Woodlands Master Credit Facility and Resort and Conference Center Loan which
is recourse to the partnerships that directly own The Woodlands operations, and a $7.0 million
corporate recourse guarantee associated with the 110 N. Wacker mortgage, which is more fully
discussed below. The Bridgeland MPC loan is secured by approximately 7,615 acres of land within the
Bridgeland MPC and a security interest in its Municipal Utility District receivables. In addition,
certain of our loans contain provisions which grant the lender a security interest in the operating
cash flow of the property that represents the collateral for the loan. Such provisions are not
expected to impact our operations in 2011. Certain mortgage notes may be prepaid, but may be
subject to a prepayment penalty equal to a yield-maintenance premium, defeasance or a percentage of
the loan balance.
The Acquisition note has a $97.5 million outstanding principal balance, is non-interest bearing and
matures on December 1, 2011. The note was recorded at its approximate $96.5 million fair value on
July 1, 2011, is non-recourse to us and is secured by the acquired Woodlands interests acquired on
July 1, 2011. We intend to repay the note at maturity with cash on hand.
The Woodlands Master Credit Facility is a $270 million facility consisting of a $170 million term
loan and a $100 million revolving credit line (together, the TWL Facility). As of September 30,
2011, the facility had an outstanding balance of $235.0 million. The TWL Facility bears interest at
one-month LIBOR plus 4.0% with a 1.0% LIBOR floor, has a March 29, 2014 initial maturity date and a
one-year extension at borrowers option. The TWL Facility also contains certain restrictions that,
among other things, require the maintenance of specified financial ratios, restrict the incurrence
of additional indebtedness at The Woodlands, and limit distributions from The Woodlands to us.
Until The Woodlands leverage, as defined by the credit agreement, is less than a 40.0% loan to
value ratio, we must amortize the debt on a dollar for dollar basis for any distributions that we
make from The Woodlands. As of September 30, 2011, leverage was approximately 51.9% and there was
$35.0 million of undrawn and available borrowing capacity under TWL Facility.
The TWL Facility also requires mandatory principal amortization payments during its initial term
and during the extension period, if exercised. Repayments of $10.0 million, $25.0 million and
$30.0 million are required on March 29 of 2012, 2013 and, if extended, 2014, respectively.
Furthermore, $10.0 million is due on each of June 29, September 29 and December 29, 2014 during the
extension period.
The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center loan has a $36.1 million outstanding balance as of
September 30, 2011, matures on October 30, 2012 and has an option for a one year extension. The
loan bears interest at one-month LIBOR plus 4.5% as of September 30, 2011 and has a 1.0% LIBOR
floor. The interest rate increased by 0.5% on September 23, 2011 and increases by 0.5% every six
months thereafter until maturity. The loan is secured by a 440 room and 40 acre conference center
and resort located within The Woodlands, and requires the maintenance of specified financial
ratios.
On September 30, 2011, the Company closed on a $250.0 million first mortgage financing secured by
the Ward Centers in Honolulu, Hawaii, that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.50%. The loan matures on
September 29,
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2016, and $143.0 million of the principal balance was swapped to a 3.81% fixed rate
for the term of the loan. The loan proceeds were used to repay approximately $209.5 million of
mortgage debt and to fund closing costs. The loan may be drawn to a maximum $250.0 million to fund
capital expenditures at the property, provided that the outstanding principal balance cannot exceed
65% of the propertys appraised value and the borrowers are required to have a minimum 10.0%
debt yield in order to draw additional loan proceeds under the facility. The loan also permits partial repayment during its term in connection with property
releases for development. The repayment of three mortgages previously secured by Ward Centers
resulted in an $11.3 million pre-tax loss on early repayment of debt. The mortgages had been
recorded at discounts to their outstanding principal balances because they were recorded at their
fair values as part of the reorganization transactions in 2010.
On May 10, 2011, the Company closed a $29.0 million first mortgage financing secured by its office
building located at 110 N. Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois and bearing interest at LIBOR plus
2.25%. At closing, the interest rate on the loan was swapped to a 5.21% fixed rate for the term of
the loan. The loan matures on October 31, 2019 and its term is coterminous with the expiration of
the first term of the existing tenants lease (Note 9). The loan has an interest-only period
through April 2015 and, thereafter, amortizes ratably to $12.0 million through maturity. The
proceeds from the financing were used to repay the existing $28.2 million mortgage and to pay
closing costs and other expenses. The Company provided a $7.0 million repayment guarantee for the
loan, which is reduced on a dollar for dollar basis during the amortization period.
Special Improvement District Bonds
The Summerlin master planned community uses Special Improvement District bonds to finance certain
common infrastructure. These bonds are issued by the municipalities and, although unrated, are
secured by the assessments on the land and approximately 1,971 acres of land within the Summerlin
MPC. The majority of proceeds from each bond issued is held in a construction escrow and dispersed
to us as infrastructure projects are completed, inspected by the municipalities and approved for
reimbursement. Accordingly, the cash raised but not yet spent related to the Special Improvement
District bonds has been classified as a receivable within Prepaid and other assets. We pay the debt
service on the bonds semi-annually, but typically receive reimbursement of all principal
amortization paid by us from certain purchasers of our land; therefore, the Special Improvement
District receivable (included in Prepaid expenses and other assets) and Special Improvement
District bonds (included in Mortgages, notes and loans payable) largely offset (Note 7). In
addition, as the Summerlin master planned community sells land, the purchasers assume a
proportionate share of the bond obligation.
As of September 30, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all of the financial covenants related
to its debt agreements.
Letters of Credit and Surety Bonds
We had outstanding letters of credit and surety bonds of $36.8 million as of September 30, 2011 and
$38.7 million as of December 31, 2010. These letters of credit and bonds were issued primarily in
connection with insurance requirements, special real estate assessments and construction
obligations.
NOTE 6 DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
We are exposed to certain risks arising from business operations and economic conditions. We seek
to manage certain economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk primarily by
managing the amount, sources, and duration of our debt funding through the use of derivative
financial instruments. Specifically, the Company enters into interest rate swap and cap
instruments to manage exposures that arise from future uncertain debt service payments principally
related to floating rate borrowings.
Our objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest costs by
reducing our exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective and predictability,
we primarily use interest rate swaps
and caps as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as
cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the
Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the
underlying notional amount. Interest rate caps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt
of variable amounts from a counterparty if interest rates rise above the strike rate on the
contract in exchange for an up-front premium.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as
cash flow hedges is recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) and is subsequently
reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.
During 2011, such derivatives were used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with existing
variable-rate debt. The ineffective portion
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of the change in fair value of the derivatives is
recognized directly in earnings. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
there was no ineffectiveness recorded in earnings.
Amounts reported in AOCI related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as
interest payments are made on the Companys variable-rate debt. Over the next 12 months, the
Company estimates that an additional $1.5 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest
expense.
As of September 30, 2011, the Company had gross notional amounts of $172.0 million of interest rate
swaps and a $100.0 million interest rate cap that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest
risk. The fair value of the interest rate cap derivative was immaterial.
The table below presents the fair value of the Companys derivative financial instruments as well
as their classification on the Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
As of September 30, 2011 | As of December 31, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Balance Sheet | Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||||
Location | Fair Value | Location | Fair Value | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest Rate Swaps |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
Other Assets | $ | 2 | Other Assets | $ | | ||||||||||
Liabilities |
Other Liabilities | (3,561 | ) | Other Liabilities | | |||||||||||
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments |
$ | (3,559 | ) | $ | | |||||||||||
The tables below present the effect of the Companys derivative financial instruments on the
Income Statement for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, |
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2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Amount of (Loss) | Amount of (Loss) | |||||||||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges | Recognized in OCI | Recognized in OCI | ||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest Rate Swaps |
$ | (1,834 | ) | $ | | $ | (2,582 | ) | $ | |
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, |
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2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Amount of Gain or | Amount of Gain or | |||||||||||||||
(Loss) Reclassified | (Loss) Reclassified | |||||||||||||||
from Accumulated | from Accumulated | |||||||||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges | OCI into Income | OCI into Income | ||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest Rate Swaps |
$ | (205 | ) | $ | | $ | (316 | ) | $ | |
NOTE 7 INCOME TAXES
We are taxed as a C Corporation. One of our consolidated entities, Victoria Ward, Limited (Ward,
substantially all of which is owned by us) elected to be taxed as a REIT under sections 856-860 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), commencing with the taxable year
beginning January 1, 2002. To qualify as a REIT, Ward must meet a number of organizational and
operational requirements,
including requirements to distribute at least 90% of its ordinary taxable income and to distribute
to stockholders or pay tax on 100% of capital gains and to meet certain asset and income tests.
Ward was in compliance with the REIT requirements for 2010 and we intend to operate Ward as a REIT
in all periods subsequent to the Effective Date.
Warrant liability gain or loss as calculated for GAAP purposes reflects the change in the estimated
Warrant liability based on an option pricing model and is not deductible for tax purposes. Changes
in the Companys stock price can materially change the estimated liability from quarter to quarter.
For financial reporting purposes, the tax effect of the warrant liability gain or loss will be
treated as a discrete item within the provision for income taxes due to the volatility of the
change in estimated liability from quarter to quarter.
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A component of the tax benefit recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2011 relates to
an immaterial adjustment to true up the deferred tax assets and liabilities that were received by
the Company upon the spin-off from GGP related to interests in various entities of The Woodlands.
The Company also recorded tax expense during the three months ended September 30, 2011 to true up
deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2010 based upon actual amounts reflected in
the federal and state income tax returns as filed.
Unrecognized tax benefits recorded pursuant to uncertain tax positions were $120.5 million as of
September 30, 2011 and $120.1 million as of December 31, 2010, excluding interest, none of which
would impact our effective tax rate. Accrued interest related to these unrecognized tax benefits
amounted to $26.5 million as of September 30, 2011 and $20.0 million as of December 31, 2010. We
recognized an increase of interest expense related to the unrecognized tax benefits of $2.3 million
and $6.5 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. Based on
the expected outcome of existing examinations or examinations that may commence, or as a result of
the expiration of the statute of limitations for specific jurisdictions, management does not
believe that the unrecognized tax benefits, excluding accrued interest, for tax positions taken
regarding previously filed tax returns will materially increase or decrease during the next twelve
months. As described in the Annual Report, pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, GGP has
indemnified us from and against 93.75% of any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
reasonable expenses to which we become subject (the Tax Indemnity Cap), in each case solely to
the extent directly attributable to certain taxes related to sales of certain assets in our Master
Planned Communities segment prior to March 31, 2010, in an amount up to $303.8 million, plus
interest and penalties related to these amounts so long as GGP controls the action in the Tax Court
related to the dispute with the IRS. The unrecognized tax benefits and related accrued interest
recorded through September 30, 2011 are primarily related to the taxes that are the subject of the
Tax Indemnity Cap.
On October 20, 2011, GGP filed a motion in the United States Tax Court to consolidate the cases of
the two former taxable REIT subsidiaries of GGP subject to litigation with the Internal Revenue
Service due to the common nature of the cases facts and circumstances and the issues being
litigated. The United States Tax Court granted the motion to consolidate.
NOTE 8 STOCK-BASED PLANS
Incentive Stock Plans
On November 9, 2010, HHC adopted The Howard Hughes Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the
Equity Plan). Pursuant to the Equity Plan, 3,698,050 shares of HHC common stock are reserved
for issuance. The Equity Plan provides for grants of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock, other stock-based awards and performance-based compensation (collectively, the Awards).
Directors, employees and consultants of HHC and its subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible for
Awards.
Prior to the Separation, the Predecessors granted qualified and non-qualified stock options and
restricted stock to certain GGP officers and key employees whose compensation costs related
specifically to our assets. Accordingly, an allocation of stock-based compensation costs of
approximately $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, pertaining to such employees has been
reflected in our combined statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Stock Options
There were no grants of stock options under the Equity Plan in 2010. In the nine months ended
September 30, 2011, 714,840 options to purchase shares of our common stock were granted to certain
of our employees. Such options had a weighted average exercise price of approximately $58.39, vest
at the rate of 20% per year on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date, may not be
exercised prior to December 31, 2016 and, unless earlier terminated under certain circumstances,
expire ten years from the grant date. Compensation expense
related to stock options was approximately $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30,
2011 and $1.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
Pursuant to the Plan, each outstanding option to acquire shares of GGP stock (Old GGP Options)
was converted on the Effective Date into (i) an option to acquire the same number of shares of
common stock of reorganized GGP (New GGP Options) and (ii) a separate option to acquire 0.0983
shares of our common stock for each existing option for one share of GGP common stock (HHC
Replacement Options). The HHC Replacement Options were fully vested as of the Effective Date and
have the same terms and conditions as the Old GGP Options except that we have agreed with GGP that
all exercises of New GGP Options and HHC Replacement Options in 2011 and beyond would be settled by
the respective employer at the time of exercise. As of September 30, 2011 and January 1, 2011,
there were 53,393 and 164,138, respectively, HHC Replacement Options outstanding. Of such amounts,
only 2,522 of such options represent potentially dilutive
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shares at such dates as all remaining
amounts were held by GGP employees. In addition, 25,994 New GGP Options (with a weighted average
exercise price of $45.99 as compared to a September 30, 2010 GGP closing stock price of $12.10 and
a weighted average remaining contracted term of 0.4 years) were held by our employees at September
30, 2011 and therefore our potential net share settlement obligation for such New GGP Options is
expected to be nominal.
The following tables summarize HHC Replacement Option activity as of and for the nine months ended
September 30, 2011:
2011 | ||||||||
Weighted | ||||||||
Average | ||||||||
Exercise | ||||||||
Shares | Price | |||||||
HHC Replacement Options outstanding at January 1 |
164,138 | $ | 133.28 | |||||
Exercised (a) |
(19,265 | ) | 40.71 | |||||
Expired |
(91,480 | ) | 139.01 | |||||
HHC Replacement Options outstanding at September 30 (b) |
53,393 | $ | 156.88 | |||||
(a) | All net share settled by GGP. | |
(b) | Weighted average remaining contractual term of 0.4 years. |
Restricted Stock
Pursuant to the Equity Plan, the Company granted 8,247 and 8,953 shares of restricted common stock
in November 2010 and June 2011, respectively, to certain non-employee directors as part of their
annual retainer for their services on the board of directors. Our chairman has waived all
compensation, including any restricted stock grants, for services
rendered as a director. During 2011, one of our directors also waived compensation, including receipt of 1,352 shares of restricted stock granted in
November 2010. The restrictions on all shares of restricted common stock issued in 2010 lapsed on
June 1, 2011, and restrictions on all shares of restricted common stock issued in 2011 lapse on the
earlier of the Companys annual stockholders meeting or June 1, 2012. The Company granted 20,000
shares of restricted common stock to our CFO in March 2011 and 10,000 shares to our general counsel
in May 2011 in connection with their employment agreements and pursuant to the Equity Plan. The
restricted shares granted to our CFO generally do not vest until March 28, 2016, and the restricted
shares granted to our general counsel generally do not vest until May 2, 2016.
NOTE 9 OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
The following table summarizes the significant components of prepaid expenses and other assets.
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Special Improvement District receivable |
$ | 42,017 | $ | 46,250 | ||||
Other receivables |
7,722 | 5,352 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses |
9,582 | 2,859 | ||||||
Below-market ground leases (Note 3) |
20,718 | 21,018 | ||||||
Security and escrow deposits |
6,618 | 6,814 | ||||||
Above-market tenant leases (Note 3) |
1,369 | 119 | ||||||
Uncertain tax position asset |
11,236 | 8,945 | ||||||
In place leases (Note 3) |
12,887 | 1,603 | ||||||
Intangibles |
6,487 | | ||||||
Other |
11,377 | 5,524 | ||||||
$ | 130,013 | $ | 98,484 | |||||
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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
The following table summarizes the significant components of accounts payable and accrued expenses.
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Construction payable |
$ | 9,735 | $ | 15,531 | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
36,280 | 29,745 | ||||||
Membership deposits |
17,807 | | ||||||
Above-market ground leases (Note 3) |
2,584 | 2,907 | ||||||
Deferred gains/income |
5,994 | 5,631 | ||||||
Accrued interest |
3,556 | 1,633 | ||||||
Accrued real estate taxes |
10,086 | 3,953 | ||||||
Tenant and other deposits |
3,482 | 3,555 | ||||||
Insurance reserve |
4,209 | 4,229 | ||||||
Accrued payroll and other employee liabilities |
7,702 | 3,930 | ||||||
Other |
20,644 | 7,722 | ||||||
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$ | 122,079 | $ | 78,836 | ||||
NOTE 10 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In the normal course of business, from time to time, we are involved in legal proceedings relating
to the ownership and operations of our properties. In managements opinion, the liabilities, if
any, that may ultimately result from such legal actions are not expected to have a material effect
on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
We lease land or buildings at certain properties from third parties. Rental payments are expensed
as incurred and have, to the extent applicable, been straight-lined over the term of the lease.
Rental expense was $1.0 million and $2.6 million for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Rental expense
was $0.9 million and $2.2 million for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2010, respectively. The amortization of above and below-market ground leases and straight-line
rents included in the rent amount, is not significant.
On September 28, 2011 the Company entered into an agreement with the owners of an adjacent property
to pursue development opportunities for the Bridges at Mint Hill asset located in Charlotte, NC in
which we expect to be the majority equity partner and our partner will be the developer. Our
equity in the venture will consist of the value of the land as of a future contribution date. This
joint venture development opportunity is contingent upon the approval of the applicable development
plans by the partners and obtaining financing for the development and construction of the project.
At this time, we have agreed with our partner to jointly conduct pre-development activities, and
there can be no assurance that this venture will result in actual development or construction.
In conjunction with GGPs acquisition of The Rouse Company (TRC) in November 2004, GGP assumed
TRCs obligations under the Contingent Stock Agreement, (the CSA). TRC entered into the CSA in
1996 when it acquired The Hughes Corporation (Hughes). This acquisition included various assets,
including Summerlin (the CSA Assets), a development in our Master Planned Communities segment.
The CSA provided that the beneficiaries receive a share of the cash flow and income from the
development or sale of the CSA assets and a final payment representing their share of the valuation
of the CSA Assets as of December 31, 2009. The Plan provided that the final payment and settlement
of all other claims under the CSA was an obligation of GGP and was $230 million (down from the $245
million estimate at December 31, 2009), and such amount was distributed by GGP after the Effective
Date. Accordingly, during September 2010, we reduced our carrying value of the CSA assets, and the
related GGP equity, by $15 million for this revised estimate.
See Note 5 for our obligations related to uncertain tax positions for disclosure of additional
contingencies.
NOTE 11 TRANSACTIONS WITH GGP AND WITH RELATED PARTIES
Prior to the Effective Date, we entered into a transition services agreement (the TSA) whereby
GGP agreed to provide to us, on a transitional basis, certain specified services on an interim
basis for various terms not exceeding 24 months following the Separation, subject to our right of
earlier termination. Concurrently, we
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entered into a reverse transition services agreement (RTSA)
whereby we agreed to provide GGP with certain income tax and accounting support services, also
subject to earlier termination prior to its scheduled expiration of November 9, 2013. By December
31, 2011, we expect to no longer require services under the TSA. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2011, we incurred approximately $0.4 million of expenses related to the TSA and
earned a negligible amount of reimbursements under RTSA. In addition, GGP is a tenant in our 110 N.
Wacker office property. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, approximately $1.6
million and $4.6 million, respectively, of rental income was recognized from GGP and its
subsidiaries.
During January 2011, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors approved a Transition Agreement
with TPMC Realty Services Group, Inc. (TPMC). David Weinreb, a director and our CEO, is the sole
equity owner of TPMC and the chief executive officer of TPMC and Grant Herlitz, our president, is
the president of TPMC. The Transition Agreement provided for, among other things, certain mutual
transactions and services that facilitated the continuity of Company management, the net value of
which was approximately $65,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Additionally, TPMC
was reimbursed a total of $0.9 million in August 2011 for expenses related to Mr. Weinrebs
employment agreement with us. Such reimbursements are reflected as an administrative expense for
the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
With the approval of our Board of Directors, we entered into a lease agreement for 3,253 square
feet of office space in Los Angeles, California with an affiliate of TPMC, which commenced on May
1, 2011. Annual rental expenses relating to the lease is approximately $111,965 per year and the
lease expires in July 2016.
NOTE 12 SEGMENTS
We have three business segments which offer different products and services. In 2010, we reported
in two segments because our Operating Assets segment and our Strategic Developments segment were
managed jointly as a group. Currently, our three segments are managed separately because each
requires different operating strategies or management expertise. These segments are different than
those of the Predecessors with respect to the HHC Businesses and are reflective of our current
managements operating philosophies and methods. All resulting changes from the Predecessors
previous presentation of our segments have been applied to all periods presented. In addition, our
current segments or assets within such segments could change in the future as development of
certain properties commence or other operational or management changes occur. We do not distinguish
or group our combined operations on a geographic basis. Further, all operations are within the
United States and no customer or tenant comprises more than 10% of revenues. Our reportable
segments are as follows:
| Master Planned Communities includes the development and sale of land, in large-scale, long-term community development projects in and around Las Vegas, Nevada; Houston, Texas and Columbia, Maryland. In prior periods this segment included certain commercial properties and other ownership interests owned by The Woodlands. For the three and nine months ending September 30, 2011 and the same periods in 2010, we have reclassified the operations of The Woodlands commercial properties and other ownership interests to the Operating Assets segment. Furthermore, for segment reporting, we disclosed The Woodlands historical financial information as if we owned 100% for all periods presented so that operating performance between periods is comparable. | ||
| Operating Assets includes commercial, mixed use and retail properties currently generating revenues, many of which we believe there is an opportunity to redevelop or reposition the asset to increase operating performance. | ||
| Strategic Developments includes all properties held for development and redevelopment, including the current rental property operations (primarily retail and other interests in real estate at such locations) as well as our one residential condominium project located in Natick (Boston), Massachusetts. |
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The assets included in each segment as of September 30, 2011, are contained in the following
chart:
As our segments are managed separately, different operating measures are utilized to assess
operating results and allocate resources. The one common operating measure used to assess
operating results for the business segments is Real Estate Property Earnings Before Taxes (EBT)
which represents the operating revenues of the properties less property operating expenses, as
further described below. Management believes that EBT provides useful information about the
operating performance of all of our assets, projects and property.
EBT is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations as adjusted for: (1)
reorganization items; (2) income tax provision (benefit); (3) warrant liability gain (loss); and
(4) general and administrative costs. The net income (loss) from our Real Estate Affiliates, at
our proportionate share, is similarly adjusted for items (1) through (4) immediately above. We
present EBT because we use this measure, among others, internally to assess the core operating
performance of our assets. We also present this measure because we believe certain investors use
it as a measure of a companys historical operating performance and its ability to service and
incur debt. We believe that the inclusion of certain adjustments to net income (loss) from
continuing operations to calculate EBT is appropriate to provide additional information to
investors because EBT excludes certain non-recurring and non-cash items, including reorganization
items related to the bankruptcy, which we believe are not indicative of our core operating
performance. EBT should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income (loss)
attributable to common stockholders or GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations, it has
limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute
for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP.
The Woodlands operating results for historical periods when this investment was a Real Estate
Affiliate are now presented at 100% in order to provide comparability between periods for analyzing
operating results. We continue to reconcile the segment presentation to reported EBT. In prior
periods, for segment reporting purposes, we presented the operations of our equity method Real
Estate Affiliates using the proportionate share method. Under this method our share of the
revenues and expenses of these Real Estate Affiliates are aggregated with the revenues and expenses
of consolidated or combined properties. We chose the proportionate method because our 52.5%
economic interest in The Woodlands represented a significant portion of our Master
Planned Community segment. As more fully discussed in this report, on July 1, 2011, we acquired
our partners interest in The Woodlands master planned community. We now own 100% of The Woodlands
and consolidate its operations. Our segment operating results for the three months ended September
30, 2011 include the consolidated results of The Woodlands under Consolidated Properties. The
remaining Real Estate Affiliates, including The Woodlands Equity Investments, primarily represent
entities that own single assets rather than a large business such as The Woodlands; therefore,
beginning with the third quarter of 2011, we will no longer use the proportionate share method for
Real Estate Affiliates. Rather, we will include the results of our Real Estate Affiliates using the
equity or cost method, as appropriate.
Our investment in the Summerlin Hospital Medical Center is accounted for on the cost method.
We received approximately $3.9 million of dividends from this investment in the first quarter of 2011 and have reflected such dividends as other rental and property revenues for the nine months ended
September 30, 2011 within the
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Operating Assets segment. Dividends by Summerlin Hospital are
typically made one time per year; however, no dividends were paid in 2010 principally due to a capital project
at the hospital. Approximately $2.0 million of the amount received in
the first quarter of 2011 relates to calendar year 2010.
The remaining $1.9 million relates to periods prior to 2010 which were deferred pending completion of the capital project.
During the third quarter 2011, we placed into service a 732-space structured parking garage and
land improvements located on an approximate 2.7 acre parcel within an area of Ward Centers called
the Ward Village Shops. The garage and land improvement construction was started by GGP prior to
its bankruptcy and was halted during the bankruptcy proceedings. Subsequent to GGPs emergence and
our spinoff, we invested approximately $19.7 million to complete these projects. Project costs
totaling $98.7 million relating to this development were moved from Developments in progress to
Land and Buildings and equipment effective July 1, 2011.
The total cash expenditures for additions to long-lived assets for the Master Planned Communities
and condominiums was $65.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and $39.1 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Similarly, total cash expenditures for long-lived
assets for the Operating Assets and Strategic Developments segments were $25.0 million and $71.1
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Such amounts for the
Master Planned Communities segment and certain amounts in the Strategic Developments segment are
included in the amounts listed in our consolidated and combined statements of cash flow as Real
estate acquisition and development expenditures. With respect to the long-lived assets within the
Operating Assets segment and certain other investing amounts in the Strategic Developments
segment, such amounts are included in the amounts listed as Development of real estate and
property additions/improvements primarily previously accrued, respectively, in our consolidated
and combined statements of cash flows.
Segment operating results are as follows:
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||
The Woodlands | ||||||||||||
Consolidated | (prior to July 1, | |||||||||||
Properties | 2011 at 100%) | Segment Basis | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Communities |
||||||||||||
Land sales |
$ | 33,246 | | $ | 33,246 | |||||||
Builder price participation |
2,145 | | 2,145 | |||||||||
Minimum rents |
| | | |||||||||
Other land revenues |
5,590 | | 5,590 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
| | | |||||||||
Total revenues |
40,981 | | 40,981 | |||||||||
Cost of sales land |
27,033 | | 27,033 | |||||||||
CSA participation expense |
| | | |||||||||
Land sales operations |
5,374 | | 5,374 | |||||||||
Land sales real estate and business taxes |
2,059 | | 2,059 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
| | | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
| | | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
1,153 | | 1,153 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
23 | | 23 | |||||||||
Interest income |
(2,341 | ) | | (2,341 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense (*) |
(3,013 | ) | | (3,013 | ) | |||||||
Total expenses |
30,288 | | 30,288 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | |||||||||
MPC EBT |
10,693 | | 10,693 | |||||||||
Operating Assets |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
19,210 | | 19,210 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
5,417 | | 5,417 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center revenue |
7,200 | | 7,200 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
4,765 | | 4,765 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
36,592 | | 36,592 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
3,151 | | 3,151 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
2,106 | | 2,106 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center operations |
6,352 | | 6,352 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
14,354 | | 14,354 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
305 | | 305 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
6,942 | | 6,942 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| | | |||||||||
Interest expense |
2,893 | | 2,893 | |||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
11,305 | | 11,305 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
47,408 | | 47,408 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | |||||||||
Operating Assets EBT |
(10,816 | ) | | (10,816 | ) | |||||||
Strategic Developments |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
209 | | 209 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
11 | | 11 | |||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
9,071 | | 9,071 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
26 | | 26 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
9,317 | | 9,317 | |||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
5,470 | | 5,470 | |||||||||
Real estate taxes |
(819 | ) | | (819 | ) | |||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
139 | | 139 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
956 | | 956 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
(4 | ) | | (4 | ) | |||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
59 | | 59 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| | | |||||||||
Interest expense |
149 | | 149 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
5,950 | | 5,950 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | |||||||||
Strategic Developments EBT |
3,367 | | 3,367 | |||||||||
EBT |
$ | 3,244 | $ | | $ | 3,244 | ||||||
(*) | Negative interest expense relates to interest costs of debt at our Operating Assets segment which are allocated to the MPC segment assets eligible for interest capitalization. |
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 | ||||||||||||
The Woodlands | ||||||||||||
Combined | (prior to July 1, | |||||||||||
Properties | 2011 at 100%) | Segment Basis | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Communities |
||||||||||||
Land sales |
$ | 7,297 | $ | 18,394 | $ | 25,691 | ||||||
Builder price participation |
1,148 | 1,103 | 2,251 | |||||||||
Minimum rents |
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||
Other land revenues |
1,589 | 2,314 | 3,903 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
207 | | 207 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
10,241 | 21,832 | 32,073 | |||||||||
Cost of sales land |
3,752 | 10,583 | 14,335 | |||||||||
CSA participation income |
(506 | ) | | (506 | ) | |||||||
Land sales operations |
5,198 | 1,989 | 7,187 | |||||||||
Land sales real estate and business taxes |
1,613 | 1,170 | 2,783 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
203 | | 203 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
| | | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
| 705 | 705 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
11 | 29 | 40 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| (1,034 | ) | (1,034 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense (*) |
(3,390 | ) | 2,139 | (1,251 | ) | |||||||
Total expenses |
6,881 | 15,581 | 22,462 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| (2,969 | ) | (2,969 | ) | |||||||
MPC EBT |
3,360 | 3,282 | 6,642 | |||||||||
Operating Assets |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
16,109 | 2,071 | 18,180 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
4,513 | 428 | 4,941 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center revenue |
| 6,496 | 6,496 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
1,222 | 2,870 | 4,092 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
21,844 | 11,865 | 33,709 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
2,558 | 494 | 3,052 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
1,291 | 468 | 1,759 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center operations |
| 6,179 | 6,179 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
7,321 | 4,969 | 12,290 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
594 | 38 | 632 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
92 | | 92 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
4,034 | 1,774 | 5,808 | |||||||||
Interest income |
(59 | ) | | (59 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense |
4,058 | 208 | 4,266 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
19,889 | 14,130 | 34,019 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| 1,076 | 1,076 | |||||||||
Operating Assets EBT |
1,955 | (1,189 | ) | 766 | ||||||||
Strategic Developments |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
240 | | 240 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
124 | | 124 | |||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
| | | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
11 | | 11 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
375 | | 375 | |||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
| | | |||||||||
Real estate taxes |
1,370 | | 1,370 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
193 | | 193 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
1,673 | | 1,673 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
150 | | 150 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
64 | | 64 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| | | |||||||||
Interest expense |
13 | | 13 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
3,463 | | 3,463 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | |||||||||
Strategic Developments EBT |
(3,088 | ) | | (3,088 | ) | |||||||
EBT |
$ | 2,227 | $ | 2,093 | $ | 4,320 | ||||||
* | Negative interest expense relates to interest costs of debt at our Operating Assets segment which are allocated to the MPC segment assets eligible for interest capitalization. |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||
The Woodlands | ||||||||||||
Consolidated | (prior to July 1, | |||||||||||
Properties | 2011 at 100%) | Segment Basis | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Communities |
||||||||||||
Land sales |
$ | 74,786 | $ | 45,416 | $ | 120,202 | ||||||
Builder price participation |
3,263 | 2,463 | 5,726 | |||||||||
Minimum rents |
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||
Other land revenues |
9,086 | 3,926 | 13,012 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
| | | |||||||||
Total revenues |
87,135 | 51,811 | 138,946 | |||||||||
Cost of sales land |
51,907 | 23,931 | 75,838 | |||||||||
CSA participation expense |
| | | |||||||||
Land sales operations |
12,539 | 3,032 | 15,571 | |||||||||
Land sales real estate and business taxes |
5,110 | 1,907 | 7,017 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
| | | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
| | | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
1,270 | 2,356 | 3,626 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
42 | 46 | 88 | |||||||||
Interest income |
(6,487 | ) | (2,733 | ) | (9,220 | ) | ||||||
Interest expense (a) |
(8,141 | ) | 5,085 | (3,056 | ) | |||||||
Total expenses |
56,240 | 33,624 | 89,864 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| (8,639 | ) | (8,639 | ) | |||||||
MPC EBT |
30,895 | 9,548 | 40,443 | |||||||||
Operating Assets |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
52,456 | 4,791 | 57,247 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
14,421 | 1,158 | 15,579 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center revenue |
7,200 | 19,106 | 26,306 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues (b) |
12,101 | 7,220 | 19,321 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
86,178 | 32,275 | 118,453 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
8,132 | 972 | 9,104 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
4,902 | 712 | 5,614 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center operations |
6,352 | 13,904 | 20,256 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
31,174 | 11,140 | 42,314 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
317 | (9 | ) | 308 | ||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
13,189 | 3,769 | 16,958 | |||||||||
Interest income |
(610 | ) | | (610 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense |
7,987 | 389 | 8,376 | |||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
11,305 | | 11,305 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
82,748 | 30,877 | 113,625 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| (664 | ) | (664 | ) | |||||||
Operating Assets EBT |
3,430 | 734 | 4,164 | |||||||||
Strategic Developments |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
658 | | 658 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
146 | | 146 | |||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
19,495 | | 19,495 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
1,096 | | 1,096 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
21,395 | | 21,395 | |||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
13,723 | | 13,723 | |||||||||
Real estate taxes |
626 | | 626 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
471 | | 471 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
3,550 | | 3,550 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
(143 | ) | | (143 | ) | |||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
175 | | 175 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| | | |||||||||
Interest expense |
154 | | 154 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
18,556 | | 18,556 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | |||||||||
Strategic Developments EBT |
2,839 | | 2,839 | |||||||||
EBT |
$ | 37,164 | $ | 10,282 | $ | 47,446 | ||||||
(a) | Negative interest expense relates to interest costs of debt at our Operating Assets segment which are allocated to the MPC segment assets eligible for interest capitalization. | |
(b) | Reflects the $3.9 million cash dividends from Summerlin Hospital Medical Center which is a Real Estate Affiliate accounted for using the cost method as described above. |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 | ||||||||||||
The Woodlands | ||||||||||||
Combined | (prior to July 1, | |||||||||||
Properties | 2011 at 100%) | Segment Basis | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Communities |
||||||||||||
Land sales |
$ | 14,686 | $ | 64,402 | $ | 79,088 | ||||||
Builder price participation |
3,343 | 2,819 | 6,162 | |||||||||
Minimum rents |
| 19 | 19 | |||||||||
Other land revenues |
4,112 | 5,960 | 10,072 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
616 | | 616 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
22,757 | 73,200 | 95,957 | |||||||||
Cost of sales land |
7,001 | 36,789 | 43,790 | |||||||||
CSA participation income |
(5,195 | ) | | (5,195 | ) | |||||||
Land sales operations |
18,566 | 4,667 | 23,233 | |||||||||
Land sales real estate and business taxes |
10,282 | 3,594 | 13,876 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
604 | | 604 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
| | | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
| 2,907 | 2,907 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
34 | 84 | 118 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| (2,966 | ) | (2,966 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense (*) |
(11,270 | ) | 6,248 | (5,022 | ) | |||||||
Total expenses |
20,022 | 51,323 | 71,345 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| (10,392 | ) | (10,392 | ) | |||||||
MPC EBT |
2,735 | 11,485 | 14,220 | |||||||||
Operating Assets |
||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
49,571 | 5,788 | 55,359 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
13,575 | 1,129 | 14,704 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center revenue |
| 22,260 | 22,260 | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
4,854 | 9,476 | 14,330 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
68,000 | 38,653 | 106,653 | |||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
7,694 | 1,466 | 9,160 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
4,216 | 1,344 | 5,560 | |||||||||
Resort and conference center operations |
| 18,347 | 18,347 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
22,283 | 14,439 | 36,722 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
983 | 19 | 1,002 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
522 | | 522 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
12,350 | 5,180 | 17,530 | |||||||||
Interest income |
(118 | ) | | (118 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense |
13,131 | 637 | 13,768 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
61,061 | 41,432 | 102,493 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| 1,320 | 1,320 | |||||||||
Operating Assets EBT |
6,939 | (1,459 | ) | 5,480 | ||||||||
Strategic Developments |
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Minimum rents |
778 | | 778 | |||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
316 | | 316 | |||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
| | | |||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
30 | | 30 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
1,124 | | 1,124 | |||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
| | | |||||||||
Real estate taxes |
2,863 | | 2,863 | |||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
550 | | 550 | |||||||||
Other property operating costs |
4,912 | | 4,912 | |||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
118 | | 118 | |||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
56 | | 56 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
151 | | 151 | |||||||||
Interest income |
| | | |||||||||
Interest expense |
27 | | 27 | |||||||||
Total expenses |
8,677 | | 8,677 | |||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | |||||||||
Strategic Developments EBT |
(7,553 | ) | | (7,553 | ) | |||||||
EBT |
$ | 2,121 | $ | 10,026 | $ | 12,147 | ||||||
* | Negative interest expense relates to interest costs of debt at our Operating Assets segment which are allocated to the MPC segment assets eligible for interest capitalization. |
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The following reconciles EBT to GAAP-basis income (loss) from continuing operations:
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Reconciliation of EBT to GAAP-basis
income (loss) from continuing operations |
||||||||||||||||
Real estate property EBT: |
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Segment basis |
$ | 3,244 | $ | 4,320 | $ | 47,446 | $ | 12,147 | ||||||||
Real Estate Affiliates |
| (2,093 | ) | (10,282 | ) | (10,026 | ) | |||||||||
Segment EBT |
3,244 | 2,227 | 37,164 | 2,121 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative |
(9,990 | ) | (3,467 | ) | (23,581 | ) | (12,463 | ) | ||||||||
Warrant liability gain |
169,897 | | 100,762 | | ||||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes |
7,760 | 350 | 4,344 | (17,603 | ) | |||||||||||
Equity in earnings from Real Estate Affiliates |
166 | 1,222 | 3,892 | (a) | 6,394 | |||||||||||
Investment in real estate affiliate basis
adjustment |
(6,053 | ) | | (6,053 | ) | | ||||||||||
Reorganization items |
| (16,515 | ) | | (43,129 | ) | ||||||||||
Income (loss) |
$ | 165,024 | $ | (16,183 | ) | $ | 116,528 | $ | (64,680 | ) | ||||||
(a) | The segment EBT includes a $3.9 million dividend from Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. The dividend is reflected in equity in earnings from Real Estate Affiliates. |
The following reconciles segment revenue to GAAP-basis consolidated and combined revenues:
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Reconciliation of segment basis revenues
to GAAP revenues |
||||||||||||||||
Master Planned Communities Total segment |
$ | 40,981 | $ | 32,073 | $ | 138,946 | $ | 95,957 | ||||||||
Operating Assets Total segment |
36,592 | 33,709 | 118,453 | 106,653 | ||||||||||||
Strategic Developments Total segment |
9,317 | 375 | 21,395 | 1,124 | ||||||||||||
Total segment revenues |
86,890 | 66,157 | 278,794 | 203,734 | ||||||||||||
Less The Woodlands revenue (a) |
| (33,697 | ) | (84,087 | ) | (111,853 | ) | |||||||||
Operating Assets Real Estate |
||||||||||||||||
Affiliates revenues |
| | (3,894 | ) | | |||||||||||
Total revenues GAAP basis |
$ | 86,890 | $ | 32,460 | $ | 190,813 | $ | 91,881 | ||||||||
(a) | For periods prior to July 1, 2011. |
The assets by segment and the reconciliation of total segment assets to the total assets in
the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are summarized as
follows:
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Assets by segment |
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Master Planned Communities |
$ | 1,820,573 | $ | 1,765,487 | ||||
Operating Assets |
827,253 | 812,646 | ||||||
Strategic Developments |
188,418 | 206,037 | ||||||
Total segment assets |
2,836,244 | 2,784,170 | ||||||
Corporate and other |
640,732 | 730,741 | ||||||
Real Estate Affiliates |
| (492,204 | ) | |||||
Total assets |
$ | 3,476,976 | $ | 3,022,707 | ||||
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NOTE 13 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On October 12, 2011 the Company announced the appointment of Mary Ann Tighe and Burton M. Tansky to
its Board of Directors, and the resignation of David Arthur from the Board. Ms. Tighe is currently
CEO of CBREs New York Tri-State Region, and Mr. Tansky is currently non-executive Chairman of The
Neiman Marcus Group.
During October 2011 the Company entered into agreements with partners to pursue development
opportunities for its Ala Moana condominium rights and to develop apartments on a land parcel
located at Columbia Town Center. The joint venture agreements contemplate the Company having an
equal interest with its local development partner. The Companys equity in the ventures will
consist of the value of the condominium rights for Ala Moana and the value of the land for Columbia
Town Center. These joint venture development opportunities are contingent upon the approval of the
applicable development plans by the various parties and obtaining financing for the development and
construction of the projects. At this time, the Company has agreed with its partners to jointly
conduct pre-development activities, and there can be no assurance that any of these ventures will
result in actual development or construction.
ITEM 2 MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
All references to numbered Notes are to specific footnotes to our Condensed Consolidated and
Combined Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report and which descriptions are
incorporated into the applicable response by reference. The following discussion should be read in
conjunction with such Condensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements and related Notes.
Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) have the same meanings as in such Notes or in our
Annual Report.
Forward-looking information
We may make forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report and in other reports that we file
with the SEC. In addition, our management may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts,
investors, creditors, the media and others.
Forward-looking statements include:
| Projections of our revenues, net operating income, earnings per share, EBT, capital expenditures, income tax and other contingent liabilities, dividends, leverage, capital structure or other financial items; |
| Forecasts of our future economic performance; and |
| Descriptions of assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing. |
In this Quarterly Report, for example, we make forward-looking statements discussing our
expectations about:
| Capital required for our operations and development opportunities for the properties in our Strategic Developments segment; |
| Expected performance of our Master Planned Communities segment and other current income producing properties; and |
| Future liquidity, development opportunities, development spending and management plans. |
Forward-looking statements discuss matters that are not historical facts. Because they discuss
future events or conditions, forward-looking statements often include words such as anticipate,
believe, estimate, expect, intend, plan, project, target, can, could, may,
should, would, or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied
upon. They give our expectations about the future and are not guarantees. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made and we might not update them to reflect changes
that occur after the date they are made.
There are several factors, many beyond our control, which could cause results to differ materially
from our expectations. These factors are described in our Annual Report and are incorporated herein
by reference. Any factor could by itself, or together with one or more other factors, adversely
affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. There may also be other factors
that we have not described in this Quarterly
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Report or in our Annual Report that could cause results to differ from our expectations. These
forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this
Quarterly Report. Except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to modify or revise
any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this
Quarterly report.
Overview
We are a real estate company created to specialize in the development of master planned
communities, the redevelopment or repositioning of real estate assets currently generating
revenues, also called operating assets, and other strategic real estate opportunities in the form
of entitled and unentitled land and other development rights. Our assets are located across the
United States and our goal is to create sustainable, long-term growth and value for our
stockholders. We expect the competitive position and desirable location of certain of our assets
(which collectively comprise millions of square feet and thousands of acres of developable land),
combined with their operations and long-term opportunity through entitlements, land and home site
sales and project developments, to drive our income and growth. We are focused on maximizing value
from our assets and our board of directors and management team continues to develop and refine
business plans to achieve that goal.
We operate our business in three segments: Master Planned Communities (MPCs), Operating Assets
and Strategic Developments. Unlike real estate companies that are limited in their activities
because they have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, we have no restrictions on
our operating activities or types of services that we can offer, which we believe provides us with
flexibility for maximizing the value of our real estate portfolio.
Many of our assets will require re-positioning to maximize their value. In addition, we are
pursuing development opportunities for a number of our assets that were previously postponed due to
lack of liquidity resulting from deteriorating economic conditions, the credit market collapse and
the bankruptcy filing of the Predecessors, and to develop plans for other assets for which no
formal plans had previously been developed. In late 2010, as the reorganization transactions were
structured and new management for The Howard Hughes Corporation was put in place, we commenced a
process to assess the opportunities for these assets, which currently are in various stages of
completion. We are also in the process of creating development plans for several of our assets,
determining how to finance their completion and how to maximize their long-term value potential.
During the third quarter of 2011, we entered into an agreement with the owners of property adjacent
to Bridges at Mint Hill to pursue development opportunities at our combined properties in
Charlotte, North Carolina. We also entered into an agreement with local partners to pursue the
development of a luxury condominium tower at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. In addition to
the Ala Moana condominium rights and Bridges at Mint Hill property, we are also in various stages
of creating development plans for Ward Centers, South Street Seaport, The Shops at Summerlin
Centre, Riverwalk Marketplace, Landmark Mall, Cottonwood Mall and certain land parcels located in
the Columbia Town Center. Each of these assets has unique attributes and many are extremely complex
due to their size, zoning and other approvals needed to maximize long term value. Plans for these
assets are being developed by teams comprised of seasoned development, leasing, architectural and
construction professionals. For Operating Assets, we also seek to create development or
redevelopment plans that will minimize cash flow disruptions, where possible.
For those assets that currently generate cash flow, such as Riverwalk Marketplace, South Street
Seaport and Ward Centers, our leasing strategy is conducted to preserve the flexibility to
redevelop the property in the near term. As a result, we frequently cannot sign long-term leases
or must require lease provisions allowing us to terminate the lease prior to its expiration. Both
of these restrictions are typically unattractive to established retailers. Despite such
challenges, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we executed new or renewal leases for
58,000 square feet at Riverwalk Marketplace, 55,000 square feet at South Street Seaport, and
115,000 square feet at Ward Centers.
On July 1, 2011, we acquired our partners interest in The Woodlands master planned community (See
Note 1). The Woodlands is considered to be one of the most successful MPCs in the U.S. and as of
September 30, 2011 had approximately 1,324 acres of unsold residential land, representing
approximately 4,395 lots, and approximately 962 acres of unsold land for commercial use. The
Woodlands also has full or partial ownership interests in commercial properties totaling
approximately 434,328 square feet of office space, 203,282 square feet of retail and industrial
space, 865 rental apartment units, and also owns and operates a 440 room conference center facility
and a 36-hole country club. The Woodlands commercial properties have been classified in the
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Operating Assets segment. Several of the commercial properties including 4 Waterway office, 20/25
Waterway retail and Waterway apartments have recently been completed and are approaching or have
achieved occupancies that should generate stabilized net operating income in the near future.
This strategic acquisition provides us with an experienced, well-regarded management team and
operating platform, as well as a highly-recognized brand in the Houston, Texas market. We are
integrating The Woodlands platform into our MPC business and expect to complete the process by
early 2012.
Basis of Presentation
We were formed in July 2010 for the purpose of holding certain assets and assuming certain
liabilities of the Predecessors pursuant to the Plan as discussed in Note 1. Following the
Separation, we have operated our business as a stand-alone real estate development company and the
financial information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 reflects the
consolidated results of the HHC Businesses represented by the spin-off. The financial information
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 included in this Quarterly Report was
carved-out from the financial information of GGP and has been presented on a combined basis because
the entities presented were under common control and ownership. Only property management and other
costs and property specific overhead items, as discussed below, have been allocated or reflected in
the accompanying combined financial statements.
The historical combined financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2010 included in this Quarterly Report do not necessarily reflect
the financial condition or results that we would have achieved as a separate, publicly traded
company during the period presented or those that we will achieve in the future. Accordingly, our
consolidated operations after our spin-off are not comparable to the operations of our assets,
presented on a carve-out basis, prior to our spin-off or in previous years. In addition, our
operations were significantly impacted by transactions that related to the spin-off and other
events integral to GGPs emergence from bankruptcy pursuant to the Plan (See Note 1). Finally, our
businesses were operated prior to the spin-off through subsidiaries of GGP, which operated as a
real estate investment trust (REIT). We operate as a taxable corporation, except for our
investment in Victoria Ward, Limited, which has elected to be treated as a REIT.
We have presented the following discussion of our results of operations on a segment basis. The Woodlands operating results for
historical purposes when this investment was a Real Estate Affiliate are now presented as if we owned 100% for all periods in order to provide comparability between periods for analyzing operating results. See Note 12 for additional information including
reconciliations of our segment basis results to GAAP basis results.
Results of Operations
Our revenues primarily are derived from the sale of individual lots at our master planned
communities to home builders and from tenants at our operating assets in the form of fixed minimum
rents, overage or percentage rent and recoveries of operating expenses.
We use a number of operating measures for assessing operating performance of our communities,
assets, properties and projects within our segments, some of which may not be common among all
three of our segments. We believe that investors may find some operating measures more useful than
others when separately evaluating each segment. One common operating measure used to assess
operating results for our business segments is Real Estate Property Earnings Before Taxes (EBT).
Management believes that EBT provides useful information about our operating performance.
EBT is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations as adjusted for: (1) reorganization
items (2) income tax provision (benefit); (3) warrant liability gain (loss); and (4) general and
administrative costs. The net income (loss) from our Real Estate Affiliates, at our proportionate
share, is similarly adjusted for items (1) through (4) immediately above. We present EBT because we
use this measure, among others, internally to assess the core operating performance of our assets.
We also present this measure because we believe certain investors use it as a measure of a
companys historical operating performance. We believe that the inclusion of certain adjustments
to net income (loss) from continuing operations to calculate EBT is appropriate to provide
additional information to investors because EBT excludes certain non-recurring and non-cash items,
including reorganization items related to the bankruptcy, which we believe are not indicative of
our core operating performance. (See Note 12)
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EBT should not be considered as an alternative to generally accepted accounting principals (GAAP)
net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders or GAAP net income (loss) from continuing
operations, as it has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation,
or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of the limitations of
this metric are that it:
| does not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; |
| does not reflect income taxes that we may be required to pay; |
| does not reflect any cash requirements for replacement of depreciated or amortized assets or that these assets have different useful lives; |
| does not reflect limitations on, or costs related to, transferring earnings from our Real Estate Affiliates to us; and |
| may be calculated differently by other companies in our industry, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. |
Operating Assets Net Operating Income
We believe that Net Operating Income (NOI) is a useful supplemental measure of the performance of
our Operating Assets. We define NOI as property specific revenues (rental income, tenant
recoveries and other income) less expenses (real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, marketing
and other property expenses) and excluding the operations of properties held for disposition. NOI
also excludes straight line rents, market lease amortization, impairments, depreciation and other
amortization expense. Other real estate companies may use different methodologies for calculating
NOI, and accordingly, the NOI of our Operating Assets may not be comparable to other real estate
companies.
Because NOI excludes general and administrative expenses, interest expense, impairments,
depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property dispositions, allocations to
non-controlling interests, reorganization items, provision for income taxes, discontinued
operations and extraordinary items, the Company believes that it provides a performance measure
that, when compared year over year, reflects the revenues and expenses directly associated with
owning and operating real estate properties and the impact on operations from trends in occupancy
rates, rental rates, and operating costs. This measure thereby provides an operating perspective
not immediately apparent from GAAP continuing operations or net income attributable to common
stockholders. The Company uses NOI to evaluate its operating performance on a property-by-property
basis because NOI allows the Company to evaluate the impact that factors such as lease structure,
lease rates and tenant base, which vary by property, have on the Companys operating results, gross
margins and investment returns.
In addition, management believes that NOI provides useful information to the investment community
about the performance of our Operating Assets. However, due to the exclusions noted above, NOI
should only be used as an alternative measure of the financial performance of such assets and not
as an alternative to GAAP operating income (loss) or net income (loss) available to common
stockholders. For reference, and as an aid in understanding managements computation of NOI, a
reconciliation of NOI to EBT has been presented in the Operating Assets segment discussion below
and a reconciliation of EBT to consolidated operating income (loss) from continuing operations as
computed in accordance with GAAP has been presented in Note 12.
Master Planned Communities Segment
MPC revenues vary between periods based on economic conditions and several factors such as
location, development density and commercial or residential use, among others. Reported results may
differ significantly from actual cash flows generated principally because cost of sales for GAAP
purposes is derived from margins calculated using carrying values, projected future improvements
and other capitalized costs in relation to projected future land sale revenues. Carrying values,
generally, represent acquisition costs and improvements incurred in prior periods, and may also
have been previously written down through impairment charges. Expenditures for improvements in the
current period are capitalized and therefore generally would not be reflected in the income
statement in the current year.
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MPC sales data for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is summarized as follows:
Land Sales * | Acres Sold | Number of Lots/Units | Price per acre | Price per lot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential Land
Sales |
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Maryland Columbia |
Single family detached | $ | 630 | $ | | 0.5 | | 3 | | $ | 1,260 | $ | | $ | 210 | $ | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland Columbia |
Townhomes | 1,697 | | 0.5 | | 12 | | n/a | n/a | 141 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bridgeland |
Single family detached | 5,149 | 4,201 | 20.3 | 17.0 | 103 | 87 | 254 | 247 | 50 | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summerlin |
Single family detached | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Custom lots | | 1,362 | | 1.0 | | 2 | | 1,362 | | 681 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Woodlands |
Single family detached | 19,043 | 11,486 | 53.5 | 29.6 | 216 | 105 | 356 | 388 | 88 | 109 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Single family attached | 887 | | 2.3 | | 34 | | 386 | | 26 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 27,406 | $ | 17,049 | 77.1 | 47.6 | 368 | 194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial Land Sales |
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The Woodlands |
Office and other | $ | | $ | 6,905 | | 11.3 | | 611 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apartments and assisted living | 1,839 | | 5.3 | | 347 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retail | 2,001 | | 5.0 | | 400 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | 3,840 | 6,905 | 10.3 | 11.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total acreage sales revenue | 31,246 | 23,954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue |
2,000 | 1,709 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Special Improvement District revenue | | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total segment land sales revenue | $ | 33,246 | $ | 25,691 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Real Estate Affiliates land sales revenue | | (18,394 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total land sales revenue GAAP basis | $ | 33.246 | $ | 7,297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* | Land sales do not include $2.1 million and $2.3 million of builder price participation revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Prior year amount includes The Woodlands at 100%. |
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MPC sales data for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is summarized as follows:
Land Sales * | Acres Sold | Number of Lots/Units | Price per acre | Price per lot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential
Land Sales |
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Maryland Columbia |
Single family detached | $ | 1,480 | $ | | 1.4 | | 7 | | $ | 1,057 | $ | | $ | 211 | $ | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland Columbia |
Townhomes | 3,311 | | 1.0 | | 24 | | n/a | n/a | 138 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bridgeland |
Single family detached | 13,846 | 10,391 | 52.2 | 40.9 | 260 | 209 | 265 | 254 | 53 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summerlin |
Single family detached | 25,504 | | 62.4 | | 312 | | 409 | | 82 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Custom lots | | 1,362 | | 1.0 | | 2 | | 1,362 | | 681 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Woodlands |
Single family detached | 53,261 | 48,419 | 149.8 | 140.6 | 610 | 565 | 356 | 344 | 87 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Single family attached | 887 | 988 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 34 | 52 | 386 | 282 | 26 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 98,289 | $ | 61,160 | 269.1 | 186.0 | 1,247 | 828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial Land
Sales |
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Summerlin |
Not-for-profit | $ | 3,615 | $ | | 16.0 | | 226 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Woodlands |
Office and other | $ | 1,800 | $ | 10,709 | 3.2 | 21.3 | 563 | 503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apartments and assisted living | 1,839 | | 5.3 | | 347 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retail | 5,115 | 4,470 | 10.5 | 14.7 | 487 | 304 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | 12,369 | 15,179 | 35.0 | 36.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total acreage sales revenue | 110,658 | 76,339 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue |
(769 | ) | 2,818 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue Woodlands | 6,285 | (97 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Special Improvement District revenue | 4,028 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total segment land sales revenue | $ | 120,202 | $ | 79,088 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Real Estate Affiliates land sales revenue | (45,416 | ) | (64,402 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total land sales revenue GAAP basis | $ | 74,786 | $ | 14,686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* | Land sales do not include $5.7 million and $6.2 million of builder price participation revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Such amounts include The Woodlands at 100%. |
In the third quarter of 2011, we sold 368 lots, representing 77.1 residential acres as
compared to the 194 lots representing 47.6 acres in 2010. In the first nine months of 2011 we sold
1,247 lots, representing 269.1 residential acres as compared to 828 lots, representing 186.0 acres
for the first nine months of 2010. The majority of the increase in lots sold for the nine month
period is attributable to our Summerlin community, which sold no lots in the third quarter of
2011 but 312 lots representing 62.4 acres in the nine months ended
September 30, 2011, compared to
virtually no sales for the first nine months of 2010. Summerlins low net sales volume in the first
nine months of 2010 was primarily due to the poor Las Vegas residential market conditions and our
decision to not reduce prices to maintain market share. The Las Vegas market, in particular,
continues to be a challenging market for residential home sales. For the three months ended
September 30, 2011, no lots were sold in our Summerlin community. Builder demand remains very
unpredictable, and for the third quarter of 2011 two builders did not close on contracts
representing approximately $9.2 million of revenues for 113
lots. We expect these conditions to continue while unemployment and the supply of homes for re-sale
remain high. Variances in residential selling prices per lot and acre are principally caused by
type of lots sold, location and intended development density.
Additionally, we sold 10.3 commercial acres in the quarter ended September 30, 2011 as compared to
11.3 acres in the quarter ended September 30, 2010, and 35.0 commercial acres in the nine months
ended September 30, 2011 as compared to 36.0 commercial acres in the nine months ended September
30, 2010. These acres were sold primarily from The Woodlands MPC. The change in price per acre
and price per lot for all of our communities is largely attributable to selling of certain product
types in different locations.
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Major Items of Revenues and Expenses
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Master Planned Communities (*) |
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Land sales |
$ | 33,246 | $ | 25,691 | $ | 120,202 | $ | 79,088 | ||||||||
Other land revenues |
7,735 | 6,154 | 18,738 | 16,234 | ||||||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
| 228 | 6 | 635 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
40,981 | 32,073 | 138,946 | 95,957 | ||||||||||||
Cost of sales land |
27,033 | 14,335 | 75,838 | 43,790 | ||||||||||||
Land sales operations |
7,433 | 9,464 | 22,588 | 31,914 | ||||||||||||
Rental property operations |
1,153 | 908 | 3,626 | 3,511 | ||||||||||||
Provisions for impairments |
| | | | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
23 | 40 | 88 | 118 | ||||||||||||
Interest, net |
(5,354 | ) | (2,285 | ) | (12,276 | ) | (7,988 | ) | ||||||||
Total expenses |
30,288 | 22,462 | 89,864 | 71,345 | ||||||||||||
Venture partner share of The |
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Woodlands EBT |
| (2,969 | ) | (8,639 | ) | (10,392 | ) | |||||||||
MPC EBT |
$ | 10,693 | $ | 6,642 | $ | 40,443 | $ | 14,220 | ||||||||
(*) | Our master planned communities segment includes revenues and expenses related to The Woodlands (Note 1). For a detailed breakdown of EBT, refer to Note 12. Such amounts include The Woodlands at 100%. |
Lands sales increased approximately $7.6 million and $41.1 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2011, respectively. The year to date increase was related to a $24.1 million
increase in finished lot sales contracts in our Summerlin community compared to the same period of
2010. Summerlins land sales also improved $3.6 million as a result of commercial sales during the
year as compared to 2010. Additionally, Summerlins sales revenue improved by $4.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as a
result of the settlement of our special improvement district obligation. Our Columbia and
Bridgeland communities showed increases of approximately $4.8 million and $3.5 million,
respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.
Bridgeland is experiencing increasing sales velocity due to the strength of the Houston, TX new
home sales market and our acceleration of local marketing investment in the beginning of 2011.
Additionally revenues in The Woodlands increased $5.4 million and $4.7 million for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2011. The Woodlands sold an additional 145 lots in the third
quarter of 2011 as compared to the third quarter of 2010, and 27 more lots for the nine months
ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. Increase in lot sales were offset by
fewer commercial sales. Bridgelands third quarter 2011 land sales increased by $0.9 million over
third quarter 2010, primarily as a result of selling 16 more lots in the third quarter of 2011
as compared to the same period in 2010. Columbia and Summerlin had virtually no lot sales in the
first nine months of 2010.
Other land revenues increased approximately $1.6 million and $2.5 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2011, respectively. The third quarter of 2011 increase is primarily due to
approximately $1.4 million from forfeiture of land sale deposits at Summerlin. For the nine months
ended September 30, 2011, the increase is due to the forfeiture revenues noted above and a $1.0
million reduction during the second quarter 2011 of a contingent purchase price obligation to a
former owner of Bridgeland.
Land sales margins decreased to 18.7% and 36.9% for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2011, respectively, compared to 44.2% and 44.6%, respectively, for the same periods in 2010. The decrease
principally relates to the higher cost percentage attributed to The Woodlands sales in the third
quarter of 2011. As part of The Woodlands acquisition, its finished
lot inventory was recorded at fair value. As a result, The Woodlands third quarter 2011 cost of sales reflected lower
margins on its finished
lot sales. The Woodlands land sales margin was
approximately 9.8% for the third quarter 2011. Excluding an $8.6 million acquisition-related fair
value increase in The Woodlands cost of land sales for the three months ended September 30, 2011,
third quarter 2011 MPC land sales margin would have been 47.7%. Once the 577 acquired finished lots
are sold, we expect The Woodlands margins to return to historical levels. Also, Summerlin sales,
which have a lower margin than Bridgeland and The Woodlands, comprised a larger portion of total
land sales for the first three quarters of 2011 compared to the same period in the prior year.
Costs of land sales is based on carrying values of the lots sold and varies by community based upon
historical purchase price of the land and improvements made, and to be made, by us, less any
impairment charges previously recorded on the land.
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Land sales operations decreased $2.0 million in the three month period ending September 30, 2011
primarily due to real estate tax savings achieved in our Summerlin project as a result of a
successful tax appeal. The year to date savings of $9.3 million is primarily attributable to savings
in real estate taxes achieved from the successful tax appeal and savings in legal costs at our
Summerlin community.
Interest, net reflects the amount of interest that is capitalized at the project level, as well as
interest income related to our tax indemnity agreement with GGP which was executed in conjunction
with the spin-off. The net benefit had increased by $3.1 million in the quarter ending September
30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010 as more interest cost associated with The Woodlands
operations are now capitalized as a result of the acquisition. The net benefit has
increased $4.3 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 due to interest income associated with the
agreement mentioned above.
In addition to EBT for the Master Planned Communities, management believes that members of the
investment community measure the value of the assets in this segment based on a computation of the
annual contribution of the assets to liquidity and capital available for investment. Accordingly,
the following table presents the MPC Net Contribution for 2011 and 2010. MPC Net Contribution is
defined as MPC EBT, plus MPC cost of sales, provisions for impairment and depreciation and
amortization, reduced by MPC development and acquisitions expenditures including our share of such
expenditures by The Woodlands. Current period expenditures primarily relate to land expected to be
sold in future periods. The improvement in MPC Net Contributions during the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, is primarily attributable to
increased land sales and the results of efforts to reduce operational costs more than offsetting
current period expenditures. Although MPC Net Contribution can be computed from GAAP elements of
income and cash flows, it is not a GAAP based operational metric and should not be used to measure
operating performance of the MPC assets as a substitute for GAAP measures of such performance.
MPC Net Contribution
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
MPC EBT (*) |
$ | 10,693 | $ | 6,642 | $ | 40,443 | $ | 14,220 | ||||||||
Plus: |
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Cost of sales land |
27,033 | 14,335 | 75,838 | 43,790 | ||||||||||||
Provisions for impairments |
| | | | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
23 | 40 | 88 | 118 | ||||||||||||
Less: |
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MPC land/residential development
and acquisitions expenditures |
(27,132 | ) | (16,582 | ) | (71,875 | ) | (45,964 | ) | ||||||||
MPC Net Contribution |
$ | 10,617 | $ | 4,435 | $ | 44,494 | $ | 12,164 | ||||||||
(*) | Our Master Planned Communities segment includes revenues and expenses related to The Woodlands, one of our Real Estate Affiliates until July 1, 2011, at which time The Woodlands became a wholly-owned subsidiary. | |
For a detailed breakdown of EBT, refer to Note 12. |
Operating Assets Segment
We view NOI as an important measure of the operating performance of our Operating Assets. These
assets typically generate rental revenues sufficient to cover their operating costs, and variances
between years in net operating income typically results from changes in occupancy, tenant mix and
operating expenses. The following table reconciles Operating Assets NOI to EBT. As of July 1, 2011,
we own 100% of The Woodlands. The third quarter Operating Assets segment includes the net operating
income and consolidated operating results of The Woodlands Operating Assets. As a result of the
acquisition, The Woodlands operating assets have been aligned with HHCs segments; and therefore,
all years presented have been recast to reflect the new segmentation. In prior periods, when we
owned less than 100% of The Woodlands and accounted for this investment using the equity method,
all of The Woodlands operating results were classified in the MPC segment using the proportionate
method. Many of our legacy Operating Assets (and virtually all of our retail properties) require
repositioning to maximize value; however, most of The Woodlands commercial properties have recently
been constructed and are stabilized or expected to reach stabilization in the near future.
Nevertheless, we use common operating metrics such as NOI, to measure the operating performance of
all of these assets. The following table shows NOI for each of these assets for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 as if we owned 100% of the assets during these periods.
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Operating Assets NOI and EBT
(Classifications based on ownership as of September 30, 2011)
(Classifications based on ownership as of September 30, 2011)
Net Operating Income (NOI) | Net Operating Income (NOI) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Operating Assets |
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Retail |
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Ward Centers |
$ | 5,630 | $ | 5,565 | $ | 16,449 | $ | 17,219 | ||||||||
South Street Seaport |
1,502 | 787 | 3,150 | 2,952 | ||||||||||||
Rio West Mall |
287 | 444 | 963 | 1,480 | ||||||||||||
Landmark Mall |
83 | 287 | 553 | 1,149 | ||||||||||||
Riverwalk Marketplace |
194 | (117 | ) | 590 | 605 | |||||||||||
Cottonwood Square |
83 | 114 | 299 | 373 | ||||||||||||
Park West |
159 | 87 | 490 | 255 | ||||||||||||
20/25 Waterway Avenue |
377 | 113 | 902 | 457 | ||||||||||||
Waterway Garage Retail |
(8 | ) | | 6 | | |||||||||||
Total Retail |
8,307 | 7,280 | 23,402 | 24,490 | ||||||||||||
Office |
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110 N. Wacker |
1,526 | 1,530 | 4,586 | 4,589 | ||||||||||||
Columbia Office Properties |
259 | 660 | 2,033 | 2,133 | ||||||||||||
4 Waterway Square |
425 | 45 | 1,102 | (161 | ) | |||||||||||
9303 New Trails |
299 | 330 | 852 | 831 | ||||||||||||
1400 Woodloch Forest |
239 | 245 | 649 | 756 | ||||||||||||
2201 Lake Woodlands Drive |
83 | 84 | 249 | 239 | ||||||||||||
Total Office |
2,831 | 2,894 | 9,471 | 8,387 | ||||||||||||
The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center |
848 | 317 | 6,051 | 3,913 | ||||||||||||
Total Retail, Office, Resort and Conference Center |
11,986 | 10,491 | 38,924 | 36,790 | ||||||||||||
The Club at Carlton Woods |
(1,420 | ) | (1,512 | ) | (3,932 | ) | (4,161 | ) | ||||||||
The Woodlands Parking Garages |
(469 | ) | (201 | ) | (902 | ) | (578 | ) | ||||||||
The Woodlands Ground leases |
97 | 91 | 310 | 263 | ||||||||||||
Other properties |
(508 | )(a) | 1,073 | 5,453 | (b) | 3,096 | ||||||||||
Total Other |
(2,300 | ) | (549 | ) | 929 | (1,380 | ) | |||||||||
Total Operating Assets NOI |
9,686 | 9,942 | 39,853 | 35,410 | ||||||||||||
Straight-line and market lease amortization rent |
506 | (24 | ) | 1,356 | 466 | |||||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| (92 | ) | | (522 | ) | ||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
(11,305 | ) | | (11,305 | ) | | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
(6,942 | ) | (5,808 | ) | (16,958 | ) | (17,530 | ) | ||||||||
Equity in earnings from nonconsolidated affiliates |
132 | (122 | ) | (352 | ) | (14 | ) | |||||||||
Interest, net |
(2,893 | ) | (4,207 | ) | (7,766 | ) | (13,650 | ) | ||||||||
Less: Partners share of Operating Assets EBT |
| 1,076 | (664 | ) | 1,320 | |||||||||||
Operating Assets EBT (100% Owned) |
(10,816 | ) | 765 | 4,164 | 5,480 | |||||||||||
Operating Assets NOI Equity Method Investments |
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Millennium Waterway Apartments |
$ | 779 | $ | (175 | ) | $ | 741 | $ | (24 | ) | ||||||
Woodlands Sarofim #1 |
364 | 394 | 1,138 | 1,177 | ||||||||||||
Stewart Title (title company) |
323 | 354 | 667 | 784 | ||||||||||||
Forest View/Timbermill Apartments |
465 | 409 | 1,317 | 1,198 | ||||||||||||
Total NOI equity investees of September 30, 2011 (c) |
1,931 | 982 | 3,863 | 3,135 | ||||||||||||
Adjustments to NOI |
(1,411 | )(d) | (833 | )(d) | (3,748 | )(d) | (2,140 | )(d) | ||||||||
Net Income |
520 | 149 | 115 | 995 | ||||||||||||
Less: JV Partners Share of Net Income |
(388 | ) | (381 | ) | (905 | ) | (1,022 | ) | ||||||||
The Woodlands Share of Net Income |
132 | (232 | ) | (790 | ) | (27 | ) | |||||||||
Equity in earnings from nonconsolidated affiliates |
132 | (122 | ) | (352 | ) | (14 | ) | |||||||||
(adjusted for The Companys ownership of The Woodlands) |
Economic | September 30, 2011 | |||||||||||
Ownership | Debt | Cash | ||||||||||
Millennium Waterway Apartments |
83.55 | % | $ | 47,175 | $ | 1,720 | ||||||
Woodlands Sarofim #1 |
20.00 | % | 7,153 | 665 | ||||||||
Stewart Title (title company) |
50.00 | % | | 236 | ||||||||
Forest View/Timbermill Apartments |
50.00 | % | 5,840 | |
(a) | Includes $0.5 million loss associated with the Golf Courses at Summerlin. | |
(b) | Includes $3.9 million dividends from Summerlin Hospital Medical Center. | |
(c) | Our share of equity investees NOI is $1.1 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $1.8 million and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. | |
(d) | Adjustments to NOI include straight-line and market lease amortization, depreciation and amortization and non-real estate taxes. |
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Retail Properties
Ward Centers NOI for the three months ended September 30, 2011, increased slightly over the third
quarter of 2010 principally because of lower provisions for doubtful accounts. For the nine months
ended September 30, 2011, NOI decreased by approximately $0.8 million compared to 2010 due to lower
rental revenue of $0.4 million (principally as a result of a bankrupt tenant) and $0.3 million in
higher energy costs.
New leasing and new kiosk cart rental revenue at South Street Seaport increased NOI by
approximately $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011,
respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2010. Prior year utility recoveries and recoveries
for new leasing increased NOI by approximately $0.5 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2011, as compared to the same periods in 2010. Special event income increased NOI
for the third quarter of 2011 by $0.3 million over 2010; however, year-to-date special event income
is flat due to this income being generated earlier in the year in 2010. The nine month NOI
increase was partially offset by approximately $0.8 million of higher repair and maintenance costs
and professional fees in 2011 as compared to 2010.
Riverwalk Marketplace third quarter 2011 NOI increased over the third quarter 2010 due to increased
leasing activity and lower expenses. Riverwalks NOI for the nine months ended September 30, 2010
benefited from a $0.4 million tenant settlement in the second quarter of 2010.
Rio West and Landmark Mall third quarter and year-to-date 2011 NOI decreased primarily because of
increased vacancy at the malls. Park West NOI for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2011 improved over the same periods in 2010 principally as a result of improved leasing at the
property and contractual rent increases.
20 and 25 Waterway Avenue and Waterway Garage Retail are located at The Woodlands. 20 and 25
Waterway are 97.5% leased and are expected to reach stabilized annual NOI of approximately $1.6
million by the fourth quarter of 2011. Waterway Garage Retail is 19.0% leased.
Office Properties
All of the office properties listed in the NOI schedule, except for 110 N. Wacker and the Columbia
Office Properties, are located in The Woodlands. The Columbia Office Properties NOI for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased as compared to the same periods in 2010 due to
the inclusion, beginning in the third quarter of 2011, of our Columbia Office Regional Building
within this group. The building is located in the Columbia Town Center, is the former Rouse
Company headquarters, and is currently partially occupied by our employees. Prior to 2011, the
building was fully occupied by GGP and us. We are actively seeking tenants for the building, which
has an approximate $0.6 million NOI loss for the first nine months of 2011.
4 Waterway Avenue is 99.8% leased as of September 30, 2011, and had an average 46.7% occupancy for
the first nine months of 2011 due to completion of its initial lease-up activities. The asset is
expected to reach stabilized annual NOI of $5.5 million in the second quarter of 2012. 9303 New
Trails is 93.9% leased as of September 30, 2011, and had an average occupancy of 73.9% for the
first nine months of 2011. The asset is expected to reach stabilized annual NOI of $1.8 million in
the second quarter 2012.
Other
The Woodlands Resort and Conference Centers increase in NOI for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2011, as compared to the same periods in 2010, is due principally to higher overall
revenue per available room (RevPAR, which is the average daily room rate multiplied by average
occupancy), which increased 12.9% to $98.41 for the first nine months of 2011 compared to $87.13
for the same period in the prior year. Increased business activity and improving economic
conditions in The Woodlands and surrounding areas, including higher commercial occupancies, are
driving increased revenue and NOI as compared to 2010.
The Club at Carlton Woods (the Club) is a 36-hole country club at The Woodlands with 559 members
as of September 30, 2011. We estimate the Club requires approximately 800 members to achieve
break-even NOI, and therefore we expect to incur NOI losses into the foreseeable future. Carlton
Woods revenues and expenses are included in other property and rental revenues, and other property
operating costs. Such amounts were $2.5 million and $3.9 million, respectively, for the three
months ended September 30, 2011.
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The Waterway garages comprise nearly 3,000 parking spaces in two separate parking structures. The
Waterway Square garage (1,933 spaces) is located in The Woodlands Town Center and has excess
parking capacity for future commercial development. Woodloch Forest garage has approximately 1,000
total spaces with 300 spaces available for future adjacent office development.
Partially Owned
The Millennium Waterway Avenue apartments are approximately 90% leased as of September 30, 2011,
and had an average occupancy of 69% for the first nine months of 2011. The apartments were in
their initial lease-up period during 2011 and are expected to reach stabilized annual NOI of
approximately $4.6 million prior to year-end.
Major Items of Revenues and Expenses
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Operating Assets (*) |
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Minimum rents |
$ | 19,210 | $ | 18,180 | $ | 57,247 | $ | 55,359 | ||||||||
Resort and conference center revenues |
7,200 | 6,496 | 26,306 | 22,260 | ||||||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
10,182 | 9,033 | 34,900 | 29,034 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
36,592 | 33,709 | 118,453 | 106,653 | ||||||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
3,151 | 3,052 | 9,104 | 9,160 | ||||||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
2,106 | 1,759 | 5,614 | 5,560 | ||||||||||||
Resort and conference center
operations |
6,352 | 6,179 | 20,256 | 18,347 | ||||||||||||
Other property operating costs |
14,354 | 12,290 | 42,314 | 36,722 | ||||||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
305 | 632 | 308 | 1,002 | ||||||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| 92 | | 522 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
6,942 | 5,808 | 16,958 | 17,530 | ||||||||||||
Interest, net |
2,893 | 4,207 | 7,766 | 13,650 | ||||||||||||
Early extinguishment on debt |
11,305 | | 11,305 | | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
47,408 | 34,019 | 113,625 | 102,493 | ||||||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands |
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EBT |
| 1,076 | (664 | ) | 1,320 | |||||||||||
Operating Assets EBT |
$ | (10,816 | ) | $ | 766 | $ | 4,164 | $ | 5,480 | |||||||
(*) | For a detailed breakdown of our Operating Assets segment EBT, refer to Note 12. Such amounts include The Woodlands at 100%. |
Significant variances in major items of revenues and expenses in EBT not explained in the NOI
items described immediately above are detailed below.
The $1.1 million increase and $0.6 million decrease in depreciation and amortization for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to the three months ended
September 30, 2010 was primarily due to the increased depreciation of The Woodlands properties
during the third quarter 2011 resulting from purchase accounting, offset during the nine months
ended September 30, 2011 by reduced carrying values in 2011 for Landmark Mall and Riverwalk
Marketplace as a result of fourth quarter 2010 impairment provisions.
Interest, net decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same
periods in 2010 primarily as a result of the debt repayment for 110 N. Wacker.
Early extinguishment of debt relates to the refinancing of approximately $209.5 million of Ward
Centers mortgage debt, which was carried at a discount to its outstanding principal balance.
Other property operating costs were higher for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2011 by $2.1 million and $5.6 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2010. The increased costs were attributable
to higher utility costs resulting from the record breaking temperatures over the summer months and leasing costs associated with our Columbia properties as well as
higher operating costs at the Club. The 2010 other property operating costs include a favorable adjustment of $1.1 million related to certain insurance claims assumed by GGP.
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Strategic Developments
Major Items of Revenues and Expenses
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Strategic Developments (*) |
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Minimum rents |
$ | 209 | $ | 240 | $ | 658 | $ | 778 | ||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
9,071 | | 19,495 | | ||||||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
37 | 135 | 1,242 | 346 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
9,317 | 375 | 21,395 | 1,124 | ||||||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
5,470 | | 13,723 | | ||||||||||||
Rental and other property operations |
272 | 3,386 | 4,504 | 8,443 | ||||||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| | | 56 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
59 | 64 | 175 | 151 | ||||||||||||
Interest, net |
149 | 13 | 154 | 27 | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
5,950 | 3,463 | 18,556 | 8,677 | ||||||||||||
Venture partner share of The Woodlands EBT |
| | | | ||||||||||||
Strategic Developments EBT |
$ | 3,367 | $ | (3,088 | ) | $ | 2,839 | $ | (7,553 | ) | ||||||
(*) | For a detailed breakdown of our Strategic Developments segment EBT, refer to Note 12. |
The increases in condominium unit sales and cost of sales for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2011 as compared to the same periods in 2010 is primarily due to sales revenues and
costs of sales, respectively, at our Nouvelle at Natick (Nouvelle) project. During the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2011, we sold 24 units and 47 units, respectively. At September 30,
2011, we had nine units remaining in inventory at Nouvelle of which four were under contract for
sale. No condominium unit sales revenues were recognized in the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2010 because pursuant to the Plan, only the unsold units at the Effective Date were
distributed to us and therefore, no condominium sales revenues prior to the Effective Date were
allocated to us.
The increase in other rental and property revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as
compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010 is primarily due to the sale of two ancillary
parcels of land, aggregating approximately 4.6 acres, at the Kendall Town Center property
which occurred in the third quarter of 2011.
Rental and other property operations decreased for the nine
months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to a $1.3 million property tax
refund resulting from a tax protest associated with our Elk Grove development which occurred in the third quarter of 2011.
Certain Significant Consolidated and Combined Revenues and Expenses
The following table contains certain significant revenues and expenses on a consolidated and
combined basis. Variances related to revenues and expenses included in NOI or EBT are explained
within the segment variance discussion contained within this MD&A using the combined consolidated
and proportionate share of our Real Estate Affiliates revenues and expenses associated with the
related segment. Significant variances for consolidated or combined revenues and expenses not
explained in NOI or EBT are described below.
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Certain Significant Consolidated and Combined Revenues and Expenses *
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Minimum rents |
$ | 19,403 | $ | 16,349 | $ | 53,098 | $ | 50,349 | ||||||||
Tenant recoveries |
5,399 | 4,637 | 14,538 | 13,891 | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Community land sales |
33,246 | 7,297 | 74,786 | 14,686 | ||||||||||||
Builder price participation |
2,145 | 1,148 | 3,263 | 3,343 | ||||||||||||
Condominium unit sales |
9,071 | | 19,495 | | ||||||||||||
Resort and conference center revenues |
7,200 | | 7,200 | | ||||||||||||
Other land revenues |
3,886 | 1,589 | 7,382 | 4,112 | ||||||||||||
Other rental and property revenues |
6,540 | 1,440 | 11,051 | 5,500 | ||||||||||||
Master Planned Community cost of sales |
(27,035 | ) | (3,751 | ) | (51,909 | ) | (7,001 | ) | ||||||||
Master Planned Community operations |
(7,398 | ) | (6,306 | ) | (17,611 | ) | (23,653 | ) | ||||||||
Condominium unit cost of sales |
(5,470 | ) | | (13,723 | ) | | ||||||||||
Resort and conference center operations |
(6,352 | ) | | (6,352 | ) | | ||||||||||
Rental property real estate taxes |
(1,639 | ) | (4,131 | ) | (8,064 | ) | (11,161 | ) | ||||||||
Rental property maintenance costs |
(2,341 | ) | (1,484 | ) | (5,467 | ) | (4,766 | ) | ||||||||
Other property operating costs |
(16,964 | ) | (8,994 | ) | (36,028 | ) | (27,195 | ) | ||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
(275 | ) | (744 | ) | (590 | ) | (1,101 | ) | ||||||||
General and administrative |
(9,990 | ) | (3,467 | ) | (23,581 | ) | (12,463 | ) | ||||||||
Provisions for impairment |
| (92 | ) | | (578 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
(7,208 | ) | (4,109 | ) | (13,592 | ) | (12,535 | ) | ||||||||
Interest income |
2,341 | 59 | 7,097 | 118 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense |
| (681 | ) | | (1,888 | ) | ||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
(11,305 | ) | | (11,305 | ) | | ||||||||||
Warrant liability gain |
169,897 | | 100,762 | | ||||||||||||
Investment in real estate affiliate basis adjustment |
(6,053 | ) | | (6,053 | ) | | ||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes |
7,760 | 350 | 4,344 | (17,603 | ) | |||||||||||
Equity in earnings from Real Estate Affiliates |
166 | 1,222 | 7,787 | 6,394 | ||||||||||||
Reorganization items |
| (16,515 | ) | | (43,129 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 165,024 | $ | (16,183 | ) | $ | 116,528 | $ | (64,680 | ) | ||||||
(*) Such amounts include the Woodlands at 100%
As described in Note 1, we did not become a public company and did not operate as an entity
separate from GGP until November 2010; therefore, our 2010 financial results reflect allocations
made by GGP for general and administrative expenses based on actual costs incurred or based upon
our percentage of GGPs total assets and revenues. Since our separation from GGP, we have been
operating as an independent public company and have been building our organization to analyze,
create and implement development plans for our assets. On July 1, 2011, we consolidated the
operations of The Woodlands, increasing our employee base from 190 employees to 799 employees at
September 30, 2011. For these reasons, we do not believe that current year general and
administrative expenses are comparable to prior year amounts.
For the
three months ended September 30, 2011, our general and administrative costs totaled $10.0
million, of which $3.0 million was attributable to The Woodlands. The third quarter general and
administrative expenses of $7.0 million, excluding The Woodlands, decreased by $1.4 million over
the second quarter of 2011 (excluding The Woodlands) principally as a result of approximately $1.4
million of lower consulting and professional fees relating to the non reoccurrence of 2010 costs
related to our transition to operating as a public company, a $0.6 million reduction related to
the year-to-date Columbia headquarters building costs which were reclassified to property operating
costs in the third quarter 2011, offset slightly by higher compensation costs resulting from our increased headcount.
The increase in depreciation and amortization for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2011 as compared to the same period in the prior year primarily resulted from the consolidation of
100% of The Woodlands for the third quarter 2011, offset slightly by the decrease in the carrying
amount of buildings and equipment due to the impairment charges recorded in 2010 as well as
write-offs of tenant allowances and assets becoming fully amortized in 2010 and 2011.
The increase in the income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to
the three months ended September 30, 2010 was primarily due to adjustments to true up the deferred
tax assets and liabilities received from GGP in the spin-off associated with interests in various
entities of The Woodlands.
Warrant liability gain reflects the change in estimated value of the Sponsors Warrants and
Management Warrants (Note 1) during the three and nine months ending September 30, 2011, primarily
attributable to changes in our stock price. No such adjustment was recorded in the three months
ended September 30, 2010 as such warrants were not issued until November 2010 and February 2011.
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Reorganization items under the bankruptcy filings are expense or income items that were incurred or
realized by the HHC Debtors as a result of the bankruptcy filings under Chapter 11. These items
include professional fees and similar types of expenses incurred directly related to the bankruptcy
filings, gains or losses resulting from activities of the reorganization process, including gains
related to recording the mortgage debt at fair value upon emergence from bankruptcy and interest
earned on cash accumulated by the Debtors. Due to the consummation of the Plan in November 2010, no
items were classified as reorganization items in 2011. See Note 1 Reorganization items for
additional detail.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of cash for 2011 include cash flow from land sales in our Master Planned
Communities segment, cash generated from our operating assets, net proceeds from asset sales and
first mortgage financings secured by our assets. Our primary uses of cash include working capital,
overhead, debt repayment, property improvements, pre-development and development costs. In addition,
by December 1, 2011, we expect to repay with cash on hand the $97.5 million note relating to the
acquisition of our partners interest in The Woodlands (See Note 1). We believe that our sources of
cash, including existing cash on hand, will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our existing
contracted obligations, including the repayment of the acquisition note, and anticipated ordinary
course operating expenses for at least the next twelve months. The pursuit of development and
redevelopment opportunities in our Operating Assets and Strategic Developments segments are capital
intensive and will require significant additional funding. We intend to raise this additional
funding with a mix of construction, bridge and long-term financings and by entering into joint
venture arrangements.
On September 29, 2011, we closed on a $250.0 million first mortgage financing secured by the Ward
Centers in Honolulu, Hawaii, and that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.50%. The loan matures on
September 29, 2016, and we entered into an interest rate swap on $143.0 million of the principal
balance was swapped to a 3.81% fixed rate for the term of the loan.
Initial loan proceeds of approximately $212.5 million were used to repay approximately $209.5
million of mortgage debt and to fund closing costs. Also, the loan may be drawn to a maximum
$250.0 million to fund capital expenditures at the property, provided that maximum leverage cannot
exceed the lesser of 65% of the propertys appraised value and a 10.0% debt yield.
In March 2011, The Woodlands refinanced a portion of its debt by entering into a $270.0 million
credit facility which matures in 2015 and a $36.1 million financing which matures in 2012. At
September 30, 2011, there was approximately $35 million of undrawn borrowing capacity under the
credit facility.
The following table summarizes our Net Debt on a segment basis as of September 30, 2011. Net Debt
is defined as our share of mortgages, notes and loans payable, at our ownership share, reduced by
short-term liquidity sources to satisfy such obligations such as our ownership share of cash and
cash equivalents and Special Improvement District receivable. Although Net Debt is not a recognized
GAAP financial measure, it is readily computable from existing GAAP information and we believe, as
with our other non-GAAP measures, that such information is useful to our investors and other users
of our financial statements.
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Segment Basis Net Debt
Master | Non- | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Planned | Operating | Strategic | Segment | Segment | September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||
Segment Basis (a) | Communities | Assets | Developments | Totals | Amounts | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgages, notes and |
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loans payable |
$ | 413,424 | (b) | $ | 334,516 | (c) | $ | 4,890 | $ | 752,830 | $ | | $ | 752,830 | ||||||||||
Less: Cash and cash equivalents |
(40,775 | ) | (12,285 | ) (d) | | (53,060 | ) | (241,990 | ) | (295,050 | ) | |||||||||||||
Special Improvement |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
District receivable |
(42,017 | ) | | | (42,017 | ) | | (42,017 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Municiple Utility District |
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receivable |
(110,054 | ) | | | (110,054 | ) | | (110,054 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net debt |
$ | 220,578 | $ | 322,231 | $ | 4,890 | $ | 547,699 | $ | (241,990 | ) | $ | 305,709 | |||||||||||
(a) | Refer to Note 12 Segments in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements. | |
(b) | Includes The Woodlands $97.5 million acquisition note and $235.0 million Master Credit Facility outstanding balance. | |
(c) | Includes our $43.8 million share of debt of our Real Estate Affiliates. | |
(d) | Includes our $1.7 million share of cash and cash equivalents of our Real Estate Affiliates. |
Summary of Cash Flows
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities was $22.0 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2011 and $(60.5) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The
improvement in cash provided by operating activities during 2011 is primarily related to increased
land sales in the MPC segment and condominium sales individual in our Strategic Developments segment as well as
operating cash flow from inclusion of The Woodlands businesses to our portfolio.
Cash used
for real estate acquisition and development expenditures was $65.8 million for the
nine months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of $26.7 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2010.
Net operating cash provided by our Real Estate Affiliates was primarily due to the $3.9 million
dividend payment received from our Summerlin Hospital Medical Center cost basis investment whereas
no such dividends were received in 2010.
Net cash provided by (used in) certain assets and liabilities, including accounts and notes
receivable, prepaid expense and other assets, deferred expenses, and accounts payable and accrued
expenses and deferred tax liabilities was a use of operating cash of
approximately $(8.5) million
in 2011 and a source of operating cash of $28.6 million in 2010.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $12.8 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2011 and $71.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Cash used for
real estate and property expenditures was $25.0 million for
the nine months ended September 30, 2011, a decrease from $71.1 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2010. The 2011 expenditures primarily relate to the 732 space structured garage and land improvements placed in
service in the third quarter. Also in the third quarter of 2011, we received reimbursements from a municipality of $5.6 million related to
our infrastructure improvements for the EIK Grove Promenade strategic development.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash used by financing activities was $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011
compared to cash provided by financing operations of 131.2 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2010.
Cash provided by financing activities of $241.6 million resulted primarily from the $250.0 million
($212.5 million initial funding as of September 30, 2011) Ward Centers mortgage financing and $29.0
million 110 N. Wacker Drive office building mortgage financing. (See Note 5).
Principal payments on mortgages, notes and loans payable, including the refinancing of the Ward
Centers and 110 N. Wacker mortgages, were $241.1 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2011 and $4.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. In addition, through the third
quarter of 2010, we received contributions from GGP of $137.4 million.
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Seasonality
Our Master Planned Communities segment and Strategic Developments segment are not subject to
significant seasonal variations. Rental income recognized is higher during the second half of the
year for the retail properties within our Operating Assets segment because occupancies for
short-term tenants increase during such period. In addition, the majority of our tenants have
December or January lease years for purposes of calculating annual overage rent amounts, which are
most commonly achieved in the fourth quarter. As a result, revenue production for rental income is
generally highest in the fourth quarter of each year.
Critical Accounting Policies
Critical accounting policies are those that are both significant to the overall presentation of our
financial condition and results of operations and require management to make difficult, complex or
subjective judgments. Our critical accounting policies are disclosed in our 2010 Annual Report.
There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies in 2011.
REIT Requirements
In order for Ward to remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, Ward must
distribute or pay tax on 100% of its capital gains and distribute at least 90% of our ordinary
taxable income to its stockholders, including us. See Note 7 for more detail on Wards ability to
remain qualified as a REIT.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements.
ITEM 3 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Except as provided below, there have been no significant changes in the market risks described in
our Annual Report.
The Company is exposed to market risk from changes in the variable interest rate based on LIBOR
incurred on approximately $512.6 million of debt. As described in Note 5, we have entered into
interest rates swaps having a $172.0 million notional amount ($29.0 million relating to 110 N.
Wacker and $143.0 million relating to the Ward Centers mortgages) to fix the rate on the swapped
portion for the term of the related debt. During the third quarter 2011, we also consolidated
$271.1 million of floating rate debt relating to The Woodlands. This debt bears interest at a
spread to one-month LIBOR with a 1.00% floor on LIBOR. The Woodlands has an interest rate cap with
a $100.0 million notional amount, a 5.00% strike, and August 2013 expiration to mitigate its
exposure to increasing LIBOR rates.
ITEM 4 CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of
our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the Exchange Act)). Based on that evaluation, the
CEO and the CFO have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during our most
recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to
materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Other than the Chapter 11 Cases, neither the Company nor any of the Real Estate Affiliates is
currently involved in any material pending legal proceedings.
ITEM 1A RISK FACTORS
There are no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report, with
the exception of the additional risk factors discussed below.
Acquisition of The Woodlands
On July 1, 2011, we completed the acquisition of our venture partners 57.5% legal interest, which
equates to a 47.5% economic interest based on the joint venture agreement, in The Woodlands for
$117.5 million. If we are unable to sufficiently capture the expected benefits and synergies of
this acquisition, if disorder occurs as a result of changing business processes due to the
acquisition or if higher-than-expected expenses are incurred due to the unforeseen circumstances
related to this acquisition, our performance could be negatively affected.
ITEM 2 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None
ITEM 3 DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None
ITEM 5 OTHER INFORMATION
None
ITEM 6 EXHIBITS
The Exhibit Index following the signature page to the Quarterly Report lists the exhibits furnished
as required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K and is incorporated by reference.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
The Howard Hughes Corporation |
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Date: November 10, 2011 | By: | /s/ Andrew C. Richardson | ||
Andrew C. Richardson | ||||
Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
2.1
|
Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement among TWC Commercial Properties, LLC, TWC Commercial Properties, LP, TWC Operating, LLC, TWC Operating, LP, TWC Land Development, LLC, TWC Land Development, LP and MS TWC, Inc., MS/TWC Joint Venture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Companys current report on Form 8-K, filed July 5, 2011) | |
10.1
|
Loan Agreement dated as of September 29, 2011, by and among Victoria Ward Limited along with certain of Victoria Ward, Limiteds subsidiaries, as borrowers, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and lead lender, CIBC, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii and Central Pacific Bank, as lenders, and Wells Fargo Securities, L.L.C., as sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys current report on Form 8-K, filed October 4, 2011) | |
31.1
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
31.2
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.1
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.2
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101.INS
|
XBRL Instance Document. | |
101.SCH
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |
101.CAL
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |
101.LAB
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | |
101.PRE
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | |
101.DEF
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
Pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(v) of Regulation S-K, the registrant has not filed debt instruments
relating to long-term debt that is not registered and for which the total amount of securities
authorized thereunder does not exceed 10% of total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis as of September 30, 2011. The registrant agrees to furnish a copy of such
agreements to the SEC upon request.
Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following documents formatted in XBRL (Extensible
Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Operations
and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010,
(ii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, (iii)
Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Equity for the nine months ended September 30,
2011and 2010, and (iv) the Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the
nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2009. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 406T
of Regulation S-T that this interactive data file is deemed not filed or part of a registration
statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed
not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not
subject to liability under these sections.
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