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REGENCY CENTERS CORP - Quarter Report: 2021 March (Form 10-Q)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

or

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 1-12298 (Regency Centers Corporation)

Commission File Number 0-24763 (Regency Centers, L.P.)

 

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

florida (REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION)

59-3191743

Delaware (REGENCY CENTERS, L.P)

59-3429602

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

One Independent Drive, Suite 114

Jacksonville, Florida 32202

(904) 598-7000

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

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

Regency Centers Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value

 

REG

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Regency Centers, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

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.

Regency Centers Corporation              Yes       No                        Regency Centers, L.P.              Yes       No  

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

Regency Centers Corporation              Yes       No                        Regency Centers, L.P.              Yes       No  

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

Regency Centers Corporation:

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Emerging growth company

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

 

 

Regency Centers, L.P.:

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Emerging growth company

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

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

Regency Centers Corporation              Yes       No                       Regency Centers, L.P.              Yes       No  

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

Regency Centers Corporation              Yes       No                       Regency Centers, L.P.              Yes       No  

The number of shares outstanding of Regency Centers Corporation’s common stock was 169,862,160 as of May 5, 2021.

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This report combines the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, of Regency Centers Corporation and Regency Centers, L.P. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “Regency Centers Corporation” or the “Parent Company” mean Regency Centers Corporation and its controlled subsidiaries; and references to “Regency Centers, L.P.” or the “Operating Partnership” mean Regency Centers, L.P. and its controlled subsidiaries. The term “the Company”, “Regency Centers” or “Regency” means the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, collectively.

The Parent Company is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the general partner of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership's capital includes general and limited common Partnership Units (“Units”). As of March 31, 2021, the Parent Company owned approximately 99.6% of the Units in the Operating Partnership. The remaining limited Units are owned by investors. As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Parent Company has exclusive control of the Operating Partnership's day-to-day management.

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

Management operates the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership as one business. The management of the Parent Company consists of the same individuals as the management of the Operating Partnership. These individuals are officers of the Parent Company and employees of the Operating Partnership.

The Company believes it is important to understand the key differences between the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership in the context of how the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership operate as a consolidated company. The Parent Company is a REIT, whose only material asset is its ownership of partnership interests of the Operating Partnership. As a result, the Parent Company does not conduct business itself, other than acting as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, issuing public equity from time to time and guaranteeing certain debt of the Operating Partnership. Except for $200 million of unsecured private placement debt, the Parent Company does not hold any indebtedness, but guarantees all of the unsecured debt of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership is also the co-issuer and guarantees the $200 million of Parent Company debt. The Operating Partnership holds all the assets of the Company and retains the ownership interests in the Company’s joint ventures. Except for net proceeds from public equity issuances by the Parent Company, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for partnership units, the Operating Partnership generates all remaining capital required by the Company’s business. These sources include the Operating Partnership’s operations, its direct or indirect incurrence of indebtedness, and the issuance of partnership units.

Stockholders’ equity, partners’ capital, and noncontrolling interests are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Company and those of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership’s capital includes general and limited common Partnership Units. The limited partners’ units in the Operating Partnership owned by third parties are accounted for in partners’ capital in the Operating Partnership’s financial statements and outside of stockholders’ equity in noncontrolling interests in the Parent Company’s financial statements.

In order to highlight the differences between the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, there are sections in this report that separately discuss the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, including separate financial statements, controls and procedures sections, and separate Exhibit 31 and 32 certifications. In the sections that combine disclosure for the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, this report refers to actions or holdings as being actions or holdings of the Company.

As general partner with control of the Operating Partnership, the Parent Company consolidates the Operating Partnership for financial reporting purposes, and the Parent Company does not have assets other than its investment in the Operating Partnership. Therefore, while stockholders’ equity and partners’ capital differ as discussed above, the assets and liabilities of the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership are the same on their respective financial statements.

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form 10-Q

Report Page

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Regency Centers Corporation:

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

1

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

2

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

3

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

4

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

5

 

 

 

Regency Centers, L.P.:

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

7

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

8

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

9

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Capital for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

10

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

11

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

13

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

25

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

43

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

43

 

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

44

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

44

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

44

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

44

 

 

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

44

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

44

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

44

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

46

 

 

 

 


 

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Consolidated Balance Sheets

March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

(in thousands, except share data)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Assets

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate assets, at cost

 

$

11,082,484

 

 

 

11,101,858

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

2,047,078

 

 

 

1,994,108

 

Real estate assets, net

 

 

9,035,406

 

 

 

9,107,750

 

Investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

484,425

 

 

 

467,155

 

Properties held for sale

 

 

32,641

 

 

 

33,934

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including $2,070 and $2,377 of restricted cash at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

139,320

 

 

 

378,450

 

Tenant and other receivables

 

 

127,455

 

 

 

143,633

 

Deferred leasing costs, less accumulated amortization of $113,544 and $113,959 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

66,138

 

 

 

67,910

 

Acquired lease intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $292,402 and $284,880 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

178,784

 

 

 

188,799

 

Right of use assets, net

 

 

285,998

 

 

 

287,827

 

Other assets

 

 

275,821

 

 

 

261,446

 

Total assets

 

$

10,625,988

 

 

 

10,936,904

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

$

3,652,242

 

 

 

3,658,405

 

Unsecured credit facilities

 

 

 

 

 

264,679

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

 

285,320

 

 

 

302,361

 

Acquired lease intangible liabilities, less accumulated amortization of $152,783 and $145,966 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

369,438

 

 

 

377,712

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

219,107

 

 

 

220,390

 

Tenants’ security, escrow deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

56,837

 

 

 

55,210

 

Total liabilities

 

 

4,582,944

 

 

 

4,878,757

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 220,000,000 shares authorized; 169,828,955 and 169,680,138 shares issued at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

1,698

 

 

 

1,697

 

Treasury stock at cost, 467,999 and 459,828 shares held at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

(24,775

)

 

 

(24,436

)

Additional paid-in-capital

 

 

7,791,416

 

 

 

7,792,082

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(12,512

)

 

 

(18,625

)

Distributions in excess of net income

 

 

(1,786,196

)

 

 

(1,765,806

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

5,969,631

 

 

 

5,984,912

 

Noncontrolling interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchangeable operating partnership units, aggregate redemption value of $43,386 and $34,878 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

35,667

 

 

 

35,727

 

Limited partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships

 

 

37,746

 

 

 

37,508

 

Total noncontrolling interests

 

 

73,413

 

 

 

73,235

 

Total equity

 

 

6,043,044

 

 

 

6,058,147

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

10,625,988

 

 

 

10,936,904

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

1


 

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease income

 

$

266,357

 

 

 

274,537

 

Other property income

 

 

1,953

 

 

 

2,305

 

Management, transaction, and other fees

 

 

6,393

 

 

 

6,816

 

Total revenues

 

 

274,703

 

 

 

283,658

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

77,259

 

 

 

89,295

 

Operating and maintenance

 

 

45,582

 

 

 

42,369

 

General and administrative

 

 

21,287

 

 

 

13,705

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

36,166

 

 

 

35,887

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

698

 

 

 

1,337

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

180,992

 

 

 

182,593

 

Other expense (income):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

36,936

 

 

 

37,436

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

132,128

 

Provision for impairment of real estate, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

(11,698

)

 

 

(38,005

)

Net investment (income) loss

 

 

(1,486

)

 

 

4,923

 

Total other expense (income)

 

 

23,752

 

 

 

137,266

 

Income (loss) from operations before equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

69,959

 

 

 

(36,201

)

Equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

11,666

 

 

 

11,418

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Noncontrolling interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchangeable operating partnership units

 

 

(364

)

 

 

115

 

Limited partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships

 

 

(605

)

 

 

(664

)

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(969

)

 

 

(549

)

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 

$

80,656

 

 

 

(25,332

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) per common share - basic

 

$

0.48

 

 

 

(0.15

)

Income (loss) per common share - diluted

 

$

0.47

 

 

 

(0.15

)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

2


 

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of change in fair value of derivative instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of change in fair value of derivative instruments

 

 

5,810

 

 

 

(16,079

)

Reclassification adjustment of derivative instruments included in net income (loss)

 

 

1,035

 

 

 

1,425

 

Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale debt securities

 

 

(285

)

 

 

15

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

6,560

 

 

 

(14,639

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

88,185

 

 

 

(39,422

)

Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

969

 

 

 

549

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

447

 

 

 

(1,105

)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

1,416

 

 

 

(556

)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the Company

 

$

86,769

 

 

 

(38,866

)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

3


REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Equity

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncontrolling Interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Treasury

Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

 

Distributions

in Excess of

Net Income

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

 

Exchangeable

Operating

Partnership

Units

 

 

Limited

Partners’

Interest  in

Consolidated

Partnerships

 

 

Total

Noncontrolling

Interests

 

 

Total

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

$

1,676

 

 

 

(23,199

)

 

 

7,654,930

 

 

 

(11,997

)

 

 

(1,408,062

)

 

 

6,213,348

 

 

 

36,100

 

 

 

40,513

 

 

 

76,613

 

 

 

6,289,961

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25,332

)

 

 

(25,332

)

 

 

(115

)

 

 

664

 

 

 

549

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss before reclassification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14,938

)

 

 

 

 

 

(14,938

)

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(1,059

)

 

 

(1,126

)

 

 

(16,064

)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

1,425

 

Deferred compensation plan, net

 

 

 

 

 

(698

)

 

 

698

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted stock issued, net of amortization

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,763

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,764

 

Common stock repurchased for taxes withheld for stock based compensation, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,188

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,188

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,188

)

Common stock issued under dividend reinvestment plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

379

 

Common stock issued, net of issuance costs

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,773

 

Contributions from partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

Issuance of exchangeable operating partnership units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,275

 

 

 

1,275

 

Distributions to partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,164

)

 

 

(1,164

)

 

 

(1,164

)

Cash dividends declared:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock/unit ($0.595 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(99,788

)

 

 

(99,788

)

 

 

(455

)

 

 

 

 

 

(455

)

 

 

(100,243

)

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

$

1,696

 

 

 

(23,897

)

 

 

7,780,336

 

 

 

(25,531

)

 

 

(1,533,182

)

 

 

6,199,422

 

 

 

36,744

 

 

 

39,069

 

 

 

75,813

 

 

 

6,275,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

 

$

1,697

 

 

 

(24,436

)

 

 

7,792,082

 

 

 

(18,625

)

 

 

(1,765,806

)

 

 

5,984,912

 

 

 

35,727

 

 

 

37,508

 

 

 

73,235

 

 

 

6,058,147

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,656

 

 

 

80,656

 

 

 

364

 

 

 

605

 

 

 

969

 

 

 

81,625

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income before reclassification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,162

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,162

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

338

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

5,525

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

1,035

 

Deferred compensation plan, net

 

 

 

 

 

(339

)

 

 

339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted stock issued, net of amortization

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,478

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,479

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,479

 

Common stock repurchased for taxes withheld for stock based compensation, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,859

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,859

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,859

)

Common stock issued under dividend reinvestment plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

376

 

Distributions to partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(785

)

Cash dividends declared:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock/unit ($0.595 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(101,046

)

 

 

(101,046

)

 

 

(453

)

 

 

 

 

 

(453

)

 

 

(101,499

)

Balance at March 31, 2021

 

$

1,698

 

 

 

(24,775

)

 

 

7,791,416

 

 

 

(12,512

)

 

 

(1,786,196

)

 

 

5,969,631

 

 

 

35,667

 

 

 

37,746

 

 

 

73,413

 

 

 

6,043,044

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

4


REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

77,259

 

 

 

89,295

 

Amortization of deferred loan costs and debt premiums

 

 

2,167

 

 

 

2,619

 

(Accretion) and amortization of above and below market lease intangibles, net

 

 

(5,576

)

 

 

(12,460

)

Stock-based compensation, net of capitalization

 

 

2,420

 

 

 

3,320

 

Equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

(11,666

)

 

 

(11,418

)

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

(11,698

)

 

 

(38,005

)

Provision for impairment of real estate, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

132,128

 

Distribution of earnings from investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

16,491

 

 

 

16,440

 

Settlement of derivative instruments

 

 

(2,472

)

 

 

 

Deferred compensation expense

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

(4,328

)

Realized and unrealized (gain) loss on investments

 

 

(1,354

)

 

 

4,923

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant and other receivables

 

 

15,760

 

 

 

18,569

 

Deferred leasing costs

 

 

(1,907

)

 

 

(1,352

)

Other assets

 

 

(9,801

)

 

 

(12,201

)

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

 

(14,716

)

 

 

(27,498

)

Tenants’ security, escrow deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

1,691

 

 

 

(10,355

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

139,362

 

 

 

125,678

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of operating real estate

 

 

 

 

 

(16,867

)

Advance deposits refunded on acquisition of operating real estate

 

 

500

 

 

 

100

 

Real estate development and capital improvements

 

 

(31,378

)

 

 

(56,309

)

Proceeds from sale of real estate investments

 

 

53,859

 

 

 

103,522

 

Issuance of notes receivable

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(167

)

Investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

(20,223

)

 

 

(32,972

)

Return of capital from investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

3,283

 

 

 

 

Dividends on investment securities

 

 

51

 

 

 

84

 

Acquisition of investment securities

 

 

(8,136

)

 

 

(4,392

)

Proceeds from sale of investment securities

 

 

8,834

 

 

 

4,448

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

6,770

 

 

 

(2,553

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from common stock issuance

 

 

 

 

 

125,773

 

Repurchase of common shares in conjunction with equity award plans

 

 

(3,996

)

 

 

(5,298

)

Proceeds from sale of treasury stock

 

 

96

 

 

 

49

 

Distributions to limited partners in consolidated partnerships, net

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(1,064

)

Distributions to exchangeable operating partnership unit holders

 

 

(453

)

 

 

(455

)

Dividends paid to common stockholders

 

 

(100,580

)

 

 

(99,409

)

Proceeds from unsecured credit facilities

 

 

 

 

 

610,000

 

Repayment of unsecured credit facilities

 

 

(265,000

)

 

 

(125,000

)

Repayment of notes payable

 

 

(3,962

)

 

 

(3,891

)

Scheduled principal payments

 

 

(3,114

)

 

 

(2,547

)

Payment of loan costs

 

 

(7,468

)

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(385,262

)

 

 

498,158

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(239,130

)

 

 

621,283

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period

 

 

378,450

 

 

 

115,562

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period

 

$

139,320

 

 

 

736,845

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

5


REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest (net of capitalized interest of $849 and $1,175 in 2021 and 2020, respectively)

 

$

44,276

 

 

 

47,912

 

Cash (refunded) paid for income taxes, net

 

$

(101

)

 

 

317

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of real estate previously held within investments in real estate partnerships

 

$

 

 

 

5,986

 

Mortgage loan assumed with the acquisition of real estate

 

$

 

 

 

16,359

 

Exchangeable operating partnership units issued for acquisition of real estate

 

$

 

 

 

1,275

 

Change in accrued capital expenditures

 

$

874

 

 

 

4,942

 

Common stock issued under dividend reinvestment plan

 

$

376

 

 

 

379

 

Stock-based compensation capitalized

 

$

196

 

 

 

554

 

Common stock and exchangeable operating partnership dividends declared

but not paid

 

$

101,500

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued for dividend reinvestment in trust

 

$

274

 

 

 

265

 

Contribution of stock awards into trust

 

$

571

 

 

 

862

 

Distribution of stock held in trust

 

$

415

 

 

 

390

 

Change in fair value of securities

 

$

361

 

 

 

577

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

6


 

 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

(in thousands, except unit data)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Assets

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate assets, at cost

 

$

11,082,484

 

 

 

11,101,858

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

2,047,078

 

 

 

1,994,108

 

Real estate assets, net

 

 

9,035,406

 

 

 

9,107,750

 

Investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

484,425

 

 

 

467,155

 

Properties held for sale

 

 

32,641

 

 

 

33,934

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, including $2,070 and $2,377 of restricted cash at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

139,320

 

 

 

378,450

 

Tenant and other receivables

 

 

127,455

 

 

 

143,633

 

Deferred leasing costs, less accumulated amortization of $113,544 and $113,959 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

66,138

 

 

 

67,910

 

Acquired lease intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $292,402 and $284,880 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

178,784

 

 

 

188,799

 

Right of use assets, net

 

 

285,998

 

 

 

287,827

 

Other assets

 

 

275,821

 

 

 

261,446

 

Total assets

 

$

10,625,988

 

 

 

10,936,904

 

Liabilities and Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

$

3,652,242

 

 

 

3,658,405

 

Unsecured credit facilities

 

 

 

 

 

264,679

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

 

285,320

 

 

 

302,361

 

Acquired lease intangible liabilities, less accumulated amortization of $152,783 and $145,966 at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

369,438

 

 

 

377,712

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

219,107

 

 

 

220,390

 

Tenants’ security, escrow deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

56,837

 

 

 

55,210

 

Total liabilities

 

 

4,582,944

 

 

 

4,878,757

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partners’ capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General partner; 169,828,955 and 169,680,138 units outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

5,982,143

 

 

 

6,003,537

 

Limited partners; 765,046 units outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

 

 

35,667

 

 

 

35,727

 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)

 

 

(12,512

)

 

 

(18,625

)

Total partners’ capital

 

 

6,005,298

 

 

 

6,020,639

 

Noncontrolling interest: Limited partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships

 

 

37,746

 

 

 

37,508

 

Total capital

 

 

6,043,044

 

 

 

6,058,147

 

Total liabilities and capital

 

$

10,625,988

 

 

 

10,936,904

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

7


 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per unit data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease income

 

$

266,357

 

 

 

274,537

 

Other property income

 

 

1,953

 

 

 

2,305

 

Management, transaction, and other fees

 

 

6,393

 

 

 

6,816

 

Total revenues

 

 

274,703

 

 

 

283,658

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

77,259

 

 

 

89,295

 

Operating and maintenance

 

 

45,582

 

 

 

42,369

 

General and administrative

 

 

21,287

 

 

 

13,705

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

36,166

 

 

 

35,887

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

698

 

 

 

1,337

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

180,992

 

 

 

182,593

 

Other expense (income):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

36,936

 

 

 

37,436

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

132,128

 

Provision for impairment of real estate, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

(11,698

)

 

 

(38,005

)

Net investment (income) loss

 

 

(1,486

)

 

 

4,923

 

Total other expense (income)

 

 

23,752

 

 

 

137,266

 

Income (loss) from operations before equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

69,959

 

 

 

(36,201

)

Equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

11,666

 

 

 

11,418

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Limited partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships

 

 

(605

)

 

 

(664

)

Net income (loss) attributable to common unit holders

 

$

81,020

 

 

 

(25,447

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) per common share - basic

 

$

0.48

 

 

 

(0.15

)

Income (loss) per common share - diluted

 

$

0.47

 

 

 

(0.15

)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

8


 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of change in fair value of derivative instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of change in fair value of derivative instruments

 

 

5,810

 

 

 

(16,079

)

Reclassification adjustment of derivative instruments included in net income (loss)

 

 

1,035

 

 

 

1,425

 

Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale debt securities

 

 

(285

)

 

 

15

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

6,560

 

 

 

(14,639

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

88,185

 

 

 

(39,422

)

Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

605

 

 

 

664

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

418

 

 

 

(1,044

)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

1,023

 

 

 

(380

)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the Partnership

 

$

87,162

 

 

 

(39,042

)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

9


 

 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Capital

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

General Partner Preferred

and Common Units

 

 

Limited

Partners

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

 

Total

Partners’

Capital

 

 

Noncontrolling Interests in

Limited Partners’ Interest in

Consolidated Partnerships

 

 

Total

Capital

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

$

6,225,345

 

 

 

36,100

 

 

 

(11,997

)

 

 

6,249,448

 

 

 

40,513

 

 

 

6,289,961

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

(25,332

)

 

 

(115

)

 

 

 

 

 

(25,447

)

 

 

664

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss before reclassification

 

 

 

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(14,938

)

 

 

(15,005

)

 

 

(1,059

)

 

 

(16,064

)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

1,410

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

1,425

 

Contributions from partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

Issuance of exchangeable operating partnership units

 

 

 

 

 

1,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,275

 

Distributions to partners

 

 

(99,788

)

 

 

(455

)

 

 

 

 

 

(100,243

)

 

 

(1,164

)

 

 

(101,407

)

Restricted units issued as a result of restricted stock issued by Parent Company, net of amortization

 

 

3,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,764

 

Common units issued as a result of common stock issued by Parent Company, net of issuance costs

 

 

125,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,773

 

Common units repurchased as a result of common stock repurchased by Parent Company, net of issuances

 

 

(4,809

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,809

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,809

)

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

$

6,224,953

 

 

 

36,744

 

 

 

(25,531

)

 

 

6,236,166

 

 

 

39,069

 

 

 

6,275,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

 

$

6,003,537

 

 

 

35,727

 

 

 

(18,625

)

 

 

6,020,639

 

 

 

37,508

 

 

 

6,058,147

 

Net income

 

 

80,656

 

 

 

364

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,020

 

 

 

605

 

 

 

81,625

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income before reclassification

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

5,162

 

 

 

5,187

 

 

 

338

 

 

 

5,525

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

955

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

1,035

 

Distributions to partners

 

 

(101,046

)

 

 

(453

)

 

 

 

 

 

(101,499

)

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(102,284

)

Restricted units issued as a result of restricted stock issued by Parent Company, net of amortization

 

 

2,479

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,479

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,479

 

Common units repurchased as a result of common stock repurchased by Parent Company, net of issuances

 

 

(3,483

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,483

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,483

)

Balance at March 31, 2021

 

$

5,982,143

 

 

 

35,667

 

 

 

(12,512

)

 

 

6,005,298

 

 

 

37,746

 

 

 

6,043,044

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

10


REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

77,259

 

 

 

89,295

 

Amortization of deferred loan costs and debt premiums

 

 

2,167

 

 

 

2,619

 

(Accretion) and amortization of above and below market lease intangibles, net

 

 

(5,576

)

 

 

(12,460

)

Stock-based compensation, net of capitalization

 

 

2,420

 

 

 

3,320

 

Equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

(11,666

)

 

 

(11,418

)

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

(11,698

)

 

 

(38,005

)

Provision for impairment of real estate, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

132,128

 

Distribution of earnings from investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

16,491

 

 

 

16,440

 

Settlement of derivative instruments

 

 

(2,472

)

 

 

 

Deferred compensation expense

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

(4,328

)

Realized and unrealized (gain) loss on investments

 

 

(1,354

)

 

 

4,923

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant and other receivables

 

 

15,760

 

 

 

18,569

 

Deferred leasing costs

 

 

(1,907

)

 

 

(1,352

)

Other assets

 

 

(9,801

)

 

 

(12,201

)

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

 

(14,716

)

 

 

(27,498

)

Tenants’ security, escrow deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

1,691

 

 

 

(10,355

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

139,362

 

 

 

125,678

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of operating real estate

 

 

 

 

 

(16,867

)

Advance deposits refunded on acquisition of operating real estate

 

 

500

 

 

 

100

 

Real estate development and capital improvements

 

 

(31,378

)

 

 

(56,309

)

Proceeds from sale of real estate investments

 

 

53,859

 

 

 

103,522

 

Issuance of notes receivable

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(167

)

Investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

(20,223

)

 

 

(32,972

)

Return of capital from investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

3,283

 

 

 

 

Dividends on investment securities

 

 

51

 

 

 

84

 

Acquisition of investment securities

 

 

(8,136

)

 

 

(4,392

)

Proceeds from sale of investment securities

 

 

8,834

 

 

 

4,448

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

6,770

 

 

 

(2,553

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from common stock issuance

 

 

 

 

 

125,773

 

Repurchase of common shares in conjunction with equity award plans

 

 

(3,996

)

 

 

(5,298

)

Proceeds from sale of treasury stock

 

 

96

 

 

 

49

 

Distributions to limited partners in consolidated partnerships, net

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(1,064

)

Distributions to partners

 

 

(101,033

)

 

 

(99,864

)

Proceeds from unsecured credit facilities

 

 

 

 

 

610,000

 

Repayment of unsecured credit facilities

 

 

(265,000

)

 

 

(125,000

)

Repayment of notes payable

 

 

(3,962

)

 

 

(3,891

)

Scheduled principal payments

 

 

(3,114

)

 

 

(2,547

)

Payment of loan costs

 

 

(7,468

)

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(385,262

)

 

 

498,158

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(239,130

)

 

 

621,283

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period

 

 

378,450

 

 

 

115,562

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period

 

$

139,320

 

 

 

736,845

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest (net of capitalized interest of $849 and $1,175 in 2021 and 2020, respectively)

 

$

44,276

 

 

 

47,912

 

Cash (refunded) paid for income taxes, net

 

$

(101

)

 

 

317

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of real estate previously held within investments in real estate partnerships

 

$

 

 

 

5,986

 

Mortgage loan assumed with the acquisition of real estate

 

$

 

 

 

16,359

 

Exchangeable operating partnership units issued for acquisition of real estate

 

$

 

 

 

1,275

 

Change in accrued capital expenditures

 

$

874

 

 

 

4,942

 

Common stock issued by Parent Company for dividend reinvestment plan

 

$

376

 

 

 

379

 

Stock-based compensation capitalized

 

$

196

 

 

 

554

 

Common stock and exchangeable operating partnership dividends declared

but not paid

 

$

101,500

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued for dividend reinvestment in trust

 

$

274

 

 

 

265

 

Contribution of stock awards into trust

 

$

571

 

 

 

862

 

Distribution of stock held in trust

 

$

415

 

 

 

390

 

Change in fair value of securities

 

$

361

 

 

 

577

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

1.

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

General

Regency Centers Corporation (the “Parent Company”) began its operations as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) in 1993 and is the general partner of Regency Centers, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”). The Parent Company primarily engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, and development and redevelopment of shopping centers through the Operating Partnership, and has no other assets other than through its investment in the Operating Partnership, and its only liabilities are $200 million of unsecured private placement notes, which are co-issued and guaranteed by the Operating Partnership. The Parent Company guarantees all of the unsecured debt of the Operating Partnership.

As of March 31, 2021, the Parent Company, the Operating Partnership, and their controlled subsidiaries on a consolidated basis owned 293 properties and held partial interests in an additional 113 properties through unconsolidated Investments in real estate partnerships (also referred to as “joint ventures” or “investment partnerships”).

The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods presented.  These adjustments are considered to be of a normal recurring nature.

COVID-19 Update

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create volatility and uncertainty in the Company’s business performance with particular impact to cash collections, tenant move outs, and new and renewal leasing volumes.  The speed of the continued vaccine deployment and the timing of states and localities lifting mandated closures or capacity restrictions, has and will continue to influence the success of tenants. The Company actively monitors its cash collections amid the continuing pandemic.  Collection experience since the pandemic began has been lower than historical pre-pandemic averages, but has increased since its low point in the second quarter of 2020 as businesses reopened in states that have lifted or reduced capacity restrictions.  Collection rates are expected to remain lower than historical pre-pandemic averages for the foreseeable future until restrictions are significantly lifted and consumers return to in-store experiences.  Although continuing to improve, tenants at centers in downtown business districts heavily reliant on employees returning to in-office work are trailing in recovery.  Please also refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 for additional discussion of the impact of  the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business including, without limitation, the Risk Factors discussed in Item 1A of Part I thereof.

Consolidation

The Company consolidates properties that are wholly-owned and properties where it owns less than 100%, but which it has control over the activities most important to the overall success of the partnership. Control is determined using an evaluation based on accounting standards related to the consolidation of Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and voting interest entities.

Ownership of the Operating Partnership

The Operating Partnership’s capital includes general and limited common Partnership Units. As of March 31, 2021, the Parent Company owned approximately 99.6% of the outstanding common Partnership Units of the Operating Partnership, with the remaining limited common Partnership Units held by third parties (“Exchangeable operating partnership units” or “EOP units”). Each EOP unit is exchangeable for cash or one share of common stock of the Parent Company, at the discretion of the Parent Company, and the unit holder cannot require redemption in cash or other assets.  The Parent Company has evaluated the conditions as specified under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity as it relates to exchangeable operating partnership units outstanding and concluded that it has the right to satisfy the redemption requirements of the units by delivering unregistered common stock.  Accordingly, the Parent Company classifies EOP units as permanent equity in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Equity and Comprehensive Income. The Parent Company serves as general partner of the Operating Partnership. The EOP unit holders have limited rights over the Operating Partnership such that they do not have the power to direct the activities of the Operating Partnership. As such, the Operating Partnership is considered a VIE, and the Parent Company, which consolidates it, is the primary beneficiary. The Parent Company’s only investment is the Operating Partnership. Net income and distributions of the Operating Partnership are allocable to the general and limited common Partnership Units in accordance with their ownership percentages.

Real Estate Partnerships

As of March 31, 2021, Regency had a partial ownership interest in 123 properties through partnerships, of which 10 are consolidated. Regency's partners include institutional investors and other real estate developers and/or operators (the “Partners” or “limited partners”). Regency has a variable interest in these entities through its equity interests, with Regency the primary beneficiary in certain of these real estate partnerships. As such, Regency consolidates the partnerships for which it is the primary beneficiary and reports the limited partners’ interests as Noncontrolling interests. For those partnerships which Regency is not the

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

primary beneficiary and does not control, but has significant influence, Regency recognizes its investment in them using the equity method of accounting.

The assets of these partnerships are restricted to the use of the partnerships and cannot be used by general creditors of the Company. And similarly, the obligations of the partnerships can only be settled by the assets of these partnerships or additional contributions by the partners.

The major classes of assets, liabilities, and non-controlling equity interests held by the Company's consolidated VIEs, exclusive of the Operating Partnership, are as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net real estate investments

 

$

127,513

 

 

 

127,240

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

4,793

 

 

 

4,496

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

 

6,349

 

 

 

6,340

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships

 

 

28,534

 

 

 

28,685

 

 

Revenues and Other Receivables

Other property income includes incidental income from the properties and is generally recognized at the point in time that the performance obligation is met. All income from contracts with the Company's real estate partnerships is included within Management, transaction and other fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The primary components of these revenue streams, the timing of satisfying the performance obligations, and amounts recognized are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

Timing of

satisfaction of

performance

obligations

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Management, transaction and other fees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property management services

 

Over time

 

 

3,771

 

 

 

3,879

 

Asset management services

 

Over time

 

 

1,715

 

 

 

1,838

 

Leasing services

 

Point in time

 

 

851

 

 

 

710

 

Other transaction fees

 

Point in time

 

 

56

 

 

 

389

 

Total management, transaction, and other fees

 

 

 

$

6,393

 

 

 

6,816

 

 

The accounts receivable for management services, which are included within Tenant and other receivables in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, are $10.5 million and $9.9 million, as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.  

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The following table provides a brief description of recent accounting pronouncements and expected impact on our financial statements:

Standard

 

Description

 

Date of adoption

 

Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters

Recently adopted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes

 

The amendments in this update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740, Income Taxes, and also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance.  

 

Notable changes and clarifications of potential impact include income-based franchise taxes being considered income tax, of which the Company has none, and interim period recognition of enacted changes in tax laws or rates, which is consistent with the Company’s existing practice.

 

January 2021

 

The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or related footnote disclosures.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

 

2.

Real Estate Investments

The Company had no acquisitions of consolidated shopping centers during the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to those detailed in the table below for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

(in thousands)

 

Three months ended March 31, 2020

 

Date Purchased

 

Property Name

 

City/State

 

Property Type

 

Ownership

 

 

Purchase

Price

 

 

Debt

Assumed,

Net of

Premiums

 

 

Intangible

Assets

 

 

Intangible

Liabilities

 

1/1/20

 

Country Walk Plaza (1)

 

Miami, FL

 

Operating

 

100%

 

 

$

39,625

 

 

 

16,359

 

 

 

3,294

 

 

 

2,452

 

 

(1) The purchase price presented above reflects the price for 100% of the property, of which the Company previously owned a 30% equity interest prior to acquiring the partner’s interest and gaining control.

3.

Property Dispositions

The following table provides a summary of consolidated shopping centers and land parcels sold during the periods set forth below:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

(in thousands, except number sold data)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Net proceeds from sale of real estate investments

 

$

53,859

 

 

 

103,522

 

(1)

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

11,698

 

 

 

38,005

 

 

Number of operating properties sold

 

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

 

Number of land parcels sold

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

Percent interest sold

 

 

100

%

 

100%

 

 

 

(1) Includes proceeds from repayment of a short-term note on the sale of one of the properties, issued at closing and repaid during the same three months ended March 31, 2020.

At March 31, 2021, the Company also had one operating property classified within Properties held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which has since been sold.

4.

Other Assets

The following table represents the components of Other assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the dates set forth below:

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Goodwill, net

 

$

172,120

 

 

 

173,868

 

Investments

 

 

60,993

 

 

 

60,692

 

Prepaid and other

 

 

27,515

 

 

 

17,802

 

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment, net

 

 

6,026

 

 

 

6,560

 

Deferred financing costs, net

 

 

9,167

 

 

 

2,524

 

Total other assets

 

$

275,821

 

 

 

261,446

 

 

The following table presents the goodwill balances and activity during the year to date periods ended:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

(in thousands)

 

Goodwill

 

 

Accumulated

Impairment

Losses

 

 

Total

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

Accumulated

Impairment

Losses

 

 

Total

 

Beginning of year balance

 

$

307,413

 

 

 

(133,545

)

 

 

173,868

 

 

 

310,388

 

 

 

(2,954

)

 

 

307,434

 

Goodwill allocated to Provision for impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(132,179

)

 

 

(132,179

)

Goodwill allocated to Properties held for sale

 

 

(1,306

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,306

)

 

 

(1,191

)

 

 

1,191

 

 

 

 

Goodwill associated with disposed reporting units:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill allocated to Gain on sale of real estate

 

 

(442

)

 

 

 

 

 

(442

)

 

 

(1,784

)

 

 

397

 

 

 

(1,387

)

End of period balance

 

$

305,665

 

 

 

(133,545

)

 

 

172,120

 

 

 

307,413

 

 

 

(133,545

)

 

 

173,868

 

 

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

 

As the Company identifies properties (“reporting units”) that no longer meet its investment criteria, it will evaluate the property for potential sale. A decision to sell a reporting unit results in the need to evaluate its goodwill for recoverability and may result in impairment. Additionally, other changes impacting a reporting unit may be considered a triggering event.  If events occur that trigger an impairment evaluation at multiple reporting units, a goodwill impairment may be significant.  

During 2020, the Company recognized $132.2 million of Goodwill impairment following the market disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was considered a triggering event requiring evaluation of reporting unit fair values for Goodwill impairment.   Of the 269 reporting units with Goodwill, 87 were determined to have fair values lower than carrying value, resulting in $132.2 million of Goodwill impairment.      

5.

Notes Payable and Unsecured Credit Facilities

The Company’s outstanding debt, net of unamortized debt premium (discount) and debt issuance costs, consisted of the following:

 

(in thousands)

 

Weighted

Average

Contractual

Rate

 

 

Weighted

Average

Effective

Rate

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Notes payable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate mortgage loans

 

4.2%

 

 

4.0%

 

 

$

265,835

 

 

 

272,750

 

Variable rate mortgage loans (1)

 

2.8%

 

 

2.9%

 

 

 

145,702

 

 

 

146,046

 

Fixed rate unsecured debt

 

3.8%

 

 

4.0%

 

 

 

3,240,705

 

 

 

3,239,609

 

Total notes payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,652,242

 

 

 

3,658,405

 

Unsecured credit facilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line of Credit (the "Line") (2)

 

1.0%

 

 

1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loan (3)

 

2.0%

 

 

2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

264,679

 

Total unsecured credit facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

264,679

 

Total debt outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,652,242

 

 

 

3,923,084

 

 

 

(1)

Includes six mortgages with interest rates that vary on LIBOR based formulas. Four of these variable rate loans have interest rate swaps in place to fix the interest rates.  The effective fixed rates of the loans range from 2.5% to 4.1%.

 

 

(2)

Weighted average effective rate for the Line is calculated based on a fully drawn Line balance.

 

 

(3)

Weighted average contractual and effective rates for the Term Loan are as of December 31, 2020, as the entire balance was repaid during January 2021.

 

Significant financing activity during 2021 includes:

 

During January 2021, the Company repaid in full the $265 million Term Loan and cash settled its related interest rate swap for $2.5 million.  

 

 

On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which among other items, i) retains a borrowing capacity of $1.25 billion, ii) includes a $125 million sublimit for swingline loans and $50 million available for issuance of letters of credits, iii) extends the maturity date to March 23, 2025 and iv) provides for two six-month extension options.  The existing financial covenants under the Line remained unchanged.  As of March 31, 2021, the Company has access to a remaining borrowing capacity of $1.2 billion.

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

 

Scheduled principal payments and maturities on notes payable and unsecured credit facilities were as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

Scheduled Principal Payments and Maturities by Year:

 

Scheduled

Principal

Payments

 

 

Mortgage

Loan

Maturities

 

 

Unsecured

Maturities (1)

 

 

Total

 

2021 (2)

 

$

8,504

 

 

 

36,604

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,108

 

2022

 

 

11,389

 

 

 

5,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,237

 

2023

 

 

9,695

 

 

 

65,725

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,420

 

2024

 

 

4,849

 

 

 

90,742

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

345,591

 

2025

 

 

3,732

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

293,732

 

Beyond 5 Years

 

 

10,583

 

 

 

120,969

 

 

 

2,775,000

 

 

 

2,906,552

 

Unamortized debt premium/(discount) and issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

2,897

 

 

 

(34,295

)

 

 

(31,398

)

Total

 

$

48,752

 

 

 

362,785

 

 

 

3,240,705

 

 

 

3,652,242

 

 

 

(1)

Includes unsecured public and private debt and unsecured credit facilities.

 

 

(2)

Reflects scheduled principal payments for the remainder of the year.

 

The Company was in compliance as of March 31, 2021, with the financial and other covenants under its unsecured public and private placement debt and unsecured credit facilities, and expects to remain in compliance for the next twelve months and thereafter.

6.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company may use derivative financial instruments, including interest rate swaps, caps, options, floors, and other interest rate derivative contracts, to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. The principal objective of such arrangements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions. The Company does not intend to utilize derivatives for speculative transactions or purposes other than interest rate risk management. The use of derivative financial instruments carries certain risks, including the risk that the counterparties to these contractual arrangements are not able to perform under the agreements. To mitigate this risk, the Company only enters into derivative financial instruments with counterparties with high credit ratings and with major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relationships. The Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

The following table summarizes the terms and fair values of the Company's derivative financial instruments, as well as their classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets (Liabilities) (1)

 

Effective

Date

 

Maturity

Date

 

Notional

Amount

 

 

Receive

Variable Rate of

 

Pay

Fixed Rate of

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

8/1/16

 

1/5/22 (2)

 

$

265,000

 

 

1 Month LIBOR with Floor

 

1.053%

 

 

$

 

 

 

(2,472

)

4/7/16

 

4/1/23

 

 

19,312

 

 

1 Month LIBOR

 

1.303%

 

 

 

(413

)

 

 

(494

)

12/1/16

 

11/1/23

 

 

32,220

 

 

1 Month LIBOR

 

1.490%

 

 

 

(955

)

 

 

(1,181

)

9/17/19

 

3/17/25

 

 

24,000

 

 

1 Month LIBOR

 

1.542%

 

 

 

(834

)

 

 

(1,288

)

6/2/17

 

6/2/27

 

 

36,449

 

 

1 Month LIBOR with Floor

 

2.366%

 

 

 

(2,414

)

 

 

(3,856

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(4,616

)

 

 

(9,291

)

 

(1)

Derivatives in an asset position are included within Other assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, while those in a liability position are included within Accounts payable and other liabilities.

 

(2)

In January 2021, the Company cash settled before maturity the $265 million notional interest rate swaps in connection with its repayment of the Term Loan.

 

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REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION AND REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

 

These derivative financial instruments are all interest rate swaps, which are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and, as of March 31, 2021, does not have any derivatives that are not designated as hedges.

The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges is recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCI”) and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The following table represents the effect of the derivative financial instruments on the accompanying consolidated financial statements:

 

Location and Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative

 

 

Location and Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income

 

 

Total amounts presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the effects of cash flow hedges are recorded

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

5,810

 

 

 

(16,079

)

 

Interest expense

 

$

1,035

 

 

 

1,425

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

$

36,936

 

 

 

37,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2021, the Company expects approximately $3.7 million of accumulated comprehensive losses on derivative instruments in AOCI, including the Company's share from its Investments in real estate partnerships, to be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.

7.

Leases

All of the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases.  The Company's Lease income is comprised of both fixed and variable income.  Fixed and in-substance fixed lease income includes stated amounts per the lease contract, which are primarily related to base rent, and in some cases stated amounts for common area maintenance (“CAM”), real estate taxes, and insurance. Income for these amounts is recognized on a straight-line basis.

Variable lease income includes the following two main items in the lease contracts:

(i) Recoveries from tenants represents amounts tenants are contractually obligated to reimburse the Company for the tenants’ portion of actual Recoverable Costs incurred. Generally the Company’s leases provide for the tenants to reimburse the Company based on the tenants’ share of the actual costs incurred in proportion to the tenants’ share of leased space in the property.

(ii) Percentage rent represents amounts billable to tenants based on the tenants' actual sales volume in excess of levels specified in the lease contract.

The following table provides a disaggregation of lease income recognized as either fixed or variable lease income based on the criteria specified in ASC Topic 842:

 

(in thousands)

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Operating lease income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed and in-substance fixed lease income

 

$

196,054

 

 

 

204,943

 

Variable lease income

 

 

64,067

 

 

 

64,668

 

Other lease related income, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above/below market rent and tenant rent inducement amortization, net

 

 

5,996

 

 

 

12,880

 

Uncollectible straight line rent

 

 

(2,035

)

 

 

(3,902

)

Uncollectible amounts billable in lease income

 

 

2,275

 

 

 

(4,052

)

Total lease income

 

$

266,357

 

 

 

274,537

 

 

Lease income for operating leases with fixed payment terms is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected term of the lease for all leases for which collectibility is considered probable at the commencement date.  At lease commencement, the Company generally expects that collectibility is probable due to the Company’s credit checks on tenants and other creditworthiness analysis undertaken before entering into a new lease; therefore, income from most operating leases is initially recognized on a straight-line basis.  For operating leases in which collectibility of Lease income is not considered probable, Lease

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March 31, 2021

 

income is recognized on a cash basis and all previously recognized straight-line rent receivables are reversed in the period in which the Lease income is determined not to be probable of collection.  In addition to the lease-specific collectibility assessment performed under Topic 842, the Company also recognizes a general reserve, as a reduction to Lease income, for its portfolio of operating lease receivables which are not expected to be fully collectible based on the Company’s historical collection experience.  

COVID-19 Pandemic and Rent Concessions

During 2020, in response to the pandemic and the resulting entry into agreements for rent concessions between tenants and landlords, the FASB issued interpretive guidance relating to the accounting for lease concessions provided as a result of COVID-19.  In this guidance, entities could elect not to apply lease modification accounting with respect to such lease concessions, and instead, treat the concession as if it was a part of the existing contract and therefore continue to recognize the deferred rents in the period originally billed subject to separate collectibility assessments under Topic 842.  This guidance is only applicable to COVID-19 related lease concessions that do not result in a substantial increase in the right of the lessor or the obligations of the lessee.  The Company has elected to treat concessions that satisfy this criteria as though the concession was part of the existing contract and therefore not treated like a lease modification.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company experienced higher uncollectible lease income on current period billings compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020 when the Company was only seeing the first indications of the pandemic’s impact on tenants.  However, this higher uncollectible lease income was offset by collections of prior period billings from our cash basis tenants resulting in a net positive impact of $2.3 million.

The Company continues to negotiate with certain remaining tenants, which may result in further rent concessions as determined necessary and appropriate.  Collectibility of these concessions generally includes consideration of the tenants’ business performance, ability to sustain their business in the current environment, as well as an assessment of their credit worthiness and ability to repay such amounts in the future.  

The following table represents the components of Tenant and other receivables in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Tenant receivables

 

$

21,630

 

 

$

39,658

 

Straight-line rent receivables

 

 

87,180

 

 

 

86,615

 

Other receivables (1)

 

 

18,645

 

 

 

17,360

 

Total tenant and other receivables

 

$

127,455

 

 

$

143,633

 

 

(1)

Other receivables include construction receivables, insurance receivables, and amounts due from real estate partnerships for Management, transaction and other fee income.  

 

 

8.

Fair Value Measurements

(a) Disclosure of Fair Value of Financial Instruments

All financial instruments of the Company are reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at amounts which, in management's estimation, reasonably approximate their fair values, except for the following:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

(in thousands)

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Fair Value

 

Financial liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

$

3,652,242

 

 

 

3,943,126

 

 

 

3,658,405

 

 

 

4,102,382

 

Unsecured credit facilities

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

264,679

 

 

 

265,226

 

 

The above fair values represent management's estimate of the amounts that would be received from selling those assets or that would be paid to transfer those liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. These fair value measurements maximize the use of observable inputs which are classified within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. However, in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date, the fair value measurement reflects the Company's own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The Company develops its judgments based on the best information available at the measurement date, including expected cash flows, appropriate risk-adjusted discount rates, and available observable and unobservable inputs. Service providers involved in fair value measurements are evaluated for competency and qualifications on an ongoing basis. As considerable judgment is often

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March 31, 2021

 

necessary to estimate the fair value of these financial instruments, the fair values presented above are not necessarily indicative of amounts that will be realized upon disposition of the financial instruments.

(b) Fair Value Measurements

The following financial instruments are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

Securities

The Company has investments in marketable securities that are included within Other assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the securities was determined using quoted prices in active markets, which are considered Level 1 inputs of the fair value hierarchy. Changes in the value of securities are recorded within Net investment (income) loss in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, and include unrealized gains of $0.4 million and unrealized losses of $5.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.   

Available-for-Sale Debt Securities

Available-for-sale debt securities consist of investments in certificates of deposit and corporate bonds, and are recorded at fair value using matrix pricing methods to estimate fair value, which are considered Level 2 inputs of the fair value hierarchy. Unrealized gains or losses on these debt securities are recognized through other comprehensive income.

Interest Rate Derivatives

The fair value of the Company's interest rate derivatives is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty's nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements.

Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to evaluate the likelihood of default by the Company and its counterparties. The Company has assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its derivative positions and has determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its interest rate swaps. As a result, the Company determined that its interest rate swaps valuation in its entirety is classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

(in thousands)

Balance

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities

$

45,337

 

 

 

45,337

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale debt securities

 

15,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,656

 

 

 

 

Total

$

60,993

 

 

 

45,337

 

 

 

15,656

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate derivatives

$

(4,616

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,616

)

 

 

 

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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

(in thousands)

Balance

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities

$

44,986

 

 

 

44,986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale debt securities

 

15,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,706

 

 

 

 

Total

$

60,692

 

 

 

44,986

 

 

 

15,706

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate derivatives

$

(9,291

)

 

 

 

 

 

(9,291

)

 

 

 

 

There were no assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of March 31, 2021.  The following tables present the placement in the fair value hierarchy of assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

Total Gains

 

(in thousands)

Balance

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

 

(Losses)

 

Operating properties

$

25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

(17,532

)

 

During 2020, the Company recognized a Provision for impairment of $17.5 million on an operating property held and used.  

 

9.

Equity and Capital

Common Stock of the Parent Company

Dividends Declared

On May 5, 2021, our Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.595 per share, payable on July 6, 2021, to shareholders of record as of June 15, 2021.

At the Market (“ATM”) Program

Under the Parent Company's ATM equity offering program, the Parent Company may sell up to $500 million of common stock at prices determined by the market at the time of sale. There were no shares issued under the ATM equity program during the three months ended March 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2021, all $500 million of common stock authorized under the ATM program remained available for issuance.  

Share Repurchase Program

On February 3, 2021, the Company's Board authorized a common share repurchase program under which the Company may purchase, from time to time, up to a maximum of $250 million shares of its outstanding common stock through open market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions. Any shares purchased, if not retired, will be treated as treasury shares. The program is set to expire on February 3, 2023, but may be modified or terminated at the discretion of the Board. The timing and actual number of shares purchased under the program depend upon marketplace conditions, liquidity needs, and other factors. Through March 31, 2021, no shares have been repurchased under this program.

Common Units of the Operating Partnership

Common units of the operating partnership are issued or redeemed and retired for each of the shares of Parent Company common stock issued or repurchased and retired, as described above. 

10.

Stock-Based Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company granted 338,449 shares of restricted stock with a weighted-average grant-date fair value of $45.50 per share. The Company records stock-based compensation expense within General and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, and records forfeitures as they occur.  

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March 31, 2021

 

11.

Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“NQDCP”)

The Company maintains a NQDCP which allows select employees and directors to defer part or all of their cash bonus, director fees, and vested restricted stock awards. All contributions into the participants' accounts are fully vested upon contribution to the NQDCP and are deposited in a Rabbi trust.

The following table reflects the balances of the assets and deferred compensation liabilities of the Rabbi trust and related participant account obligations in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, excluding Regency stock:

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

Location in Consolidated

Balance Sheets

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities

 

$

41,054

 

 

 

40,964

 

 

Other assets

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation obligation

 

$

41,054

 

 

 

40,962

 

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

12.

Earnings per Share and Unit

Parent Company Earnings per Share

The following summarizes the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders - basic

 

$

80,656

 

 

 

(25,332

)

Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders - diluted

 

$

80,656

 

 

 

(25,332

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic EPS

 

 

169,768

 

 

 

167,908

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding for diluted EPS (1)

 

 

170,006

 

 

 

167,908

 

Income (loss) per common share – basic

 

$

0.48

 

 

 

(0.15

)

Income (loss) per common share – diluted

 

$

0.47

 

 

 

(0.15

)

 

(1)

The three months ended March 31, 2020 excludes the impact of unvested restricted stock because they would be anti-dilutive

 

Income allocated to noncontrolling interests of the Operating Partnership has been excluded from the numerator and exchangeable Operating Partnership units have been omitted from the denominator for the purpose of computing diluted earnings per share since the effect of including these amounts in the numerator and denominator would be anti-dilutive. Weighted average exchangeable Operating Partnership units outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was 765,046 for both periods.

Operating Partnership Earnings per Unit

The following summarizes the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per unit:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) attributable to common unit holders - basic

 

$

81,020

 

 

 

(25,447

)

Income (loss) attributable to common unit holders - diluted

 

$

81,020

 

 

 

(25,447

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units outstanding for basic EPU

 

 

170,533

 

 

 

168,673

 

Weighted average common units outstanding for diluted EPU (1)

 

 

170,771

 

 

 

168,673

 

Income (loss) per common unit – basic

 

$

0.48

 

 

 

(0.15

)

Income (loss) per common unit – diluted

 

$

0.47

 

 

 

(0.15

)

 

(1)

The three months ended March 31, 2020 excludes the impact of unvested restricted stock because they would be anti-dilutive

 

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March 31, 2021

 

 

 

13.

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is involved in litigation on a number of matters and is subject to certain claims, which arise in the normal course of business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or liquidity. However, no assurances can be given as to the outcome of any threatened or pending legal proceedings.  Legal fees are expensed as incurred.  

Environmental

The Company is subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations pertaining primarily to chemicals historically used by certain current and former dry cleaning tenants, the existence of asbestos in older shopping centers, and older underground petroleum storage tanks. The Company believes that the ultimate disposition of currently known environmental matters will not have a material effect on its financial position, liquidity, or operations. The Company can give no assurance that existing environmental studies with respect to its shopping centers have revealed all potential environmental contaminants; that its estimate of liabilities will not change as more information becomes available; that any previous owner, occupant or tenant did not create any material environmental condition not known to the Company; that the current environmental condition of the shopping centers will not be affected by tenants and occupants, by the condition of nearby properties, or by unrelated third parties; and that changes in applicable environmental laws and regulations or their interpretation will not result in additional environmental liability to the Company.

Letters of Credit

The Company has the right to issue letters of credit under the Line up to an amount not to exceed $50.0 million, which reduces the credit availability under the Line. These letters of credit are primarily issued as collateral on behalf of its captive insurance program and to facilitate the construction of development projects. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $9.7 million in letters of credit outstanding.

 

 

 

 

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

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this document regarding anticipated financial, business, legal or other outcomes including business and market conditions, outlook and other similar statements relating to Regency’s future events, developments, or financial or operational performance or results, are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “guidance,” and other similar language. However, the absence of these or similar words or expressions does not mean a statement is not forward-looking. While we believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable when made, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance these expectations will be attained, and it is possible actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks and uncertainties.

Our operations are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, those listed in “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. When considering an investment in our securities, you should carefully read and consider these risks, together with all other information in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our other filings and submissions to the SEC, which provide much more information and detail on the risks attendant to an investment in Regency. If any of the events described in the risk factors actually occur, our business, financial condition or operating results, as well as the market price of our securities, could be materially adversely affected. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and Regency undertakes no duty to update its forward-looking statements except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to the required Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) presentations, we use certain non-GAAP performance measures as we believe these measures improve the understanding of the Company's operational results. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to our Board of Directors, management and investors regarding certain trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations. Our management uses these non-GAAP measures to compare our performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, purposes of determining management incentive compensation and budgeting, forecasting and planning purposes.  We continually evaluate the usefulness, relevance, limitations, and calculation of our reported non-GAAP performance measures to determine how best to provide relevant information to the public, and thus such reported measures could change.

We do not consider non-GAAP measures an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP, rather they supplement GAAP measures by providing additional information we believe to be useful to our shareholders. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is they may exclude significant expense and income items that are required by GAAP to be recognized in our consolidated financial statements. In addition, they reflect the exercise of management’s judgment about which expense and income items are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures we use to their most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be relied upon in evaluating the financial condition, results of operations or future prospects of the Company.

Defined Terms

The following terms, as defined, are commonly used by management and the investing public to understand and evaluate our operational results:

 

 

Development Completion is a property in development that is deemed complete upon the earliest of: (i) 90% of total estimated net development costs have been incurred and percent leased equals or exceeds 95%, or (ii) the property features at least two years of anchor operations, or (iii) three years have passed since the start of construction. Once deemed complete, the property is termed a Retail Operating Property the following calendar year.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is defined as Operating EBITDAre divided by the sum of the gross interest and scheduled mortgage principal paid to our lenders.

 

Nareit EBITDAre is a measure of REIT performance, which the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”) defines as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) interest expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) gains on sales of real estate, (v) impairments of real estate, and (vi) adjustments to reflect the Company's share of unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

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Nareit Funds from Operations (“Nareit FFO) is a commonly used measure of REIT performance, which Nareit defines as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains on sales and impairments of real estate, net of tax, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We compute Nareit FFO for all periods presented in accordance with Nareit's definition.

Companies use different depreciable lives and methods, and real estate values historically fluctuate with market conditions. Since Nareit FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and gains on sale and impairments of real estate, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, acquisition and development activities, and financing costs. This provides a perspective of our financial performance not immediately apparent from net income determined in accordance with GAAP. Thus, Nareit FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure of our operating performance, which does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP; and, therefore, should not be considered a substitute measure of cash flows from operations. We provide a reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders to Nareit FFO.

 

Net Operating Income (“NOI”) is the sum of base rent, percentage rent, recoveries from tenants, other lease income, and other property income, less operating and maintenance expenses, real estate taxes, ground rent, and uncollectible lease income. NOI excludes straight-line rental income and expense, above and below market rent and ground rent amortization, tenant lease inducement amortization, and other fees. We also provide disclosure of NOI excluding termination fees, which excludes both termination fee income and expenses.

 

A Non-Same Property is any property, during either calendar year period being compared, that was acquired, sold, a Property in Development, a Development Completion, or a property under, or being positioned for, significant redevelopment that distorts comparability between periods.  Non-retail properties and corporate activities, including the captive insurance program, are part of Non-Same Property.

 

Operating EBITDAre begins with Nareit EBITDAre and excludes certain non-cash components of earnings derived from above and below market rent amortization and straight-line rents.  We provide a reconciliation of Net income to Nareit EBITDAre to Operating EBITDAre.

 

Pro-Rata information includes 100% of our consolidated properties plus our economic share (based on our ownership interest) in our unconsolidated real estate investment partnerships.

We provide Pro-rata financial information because we believe it assists investors and analysts in estimating our economic interest in our consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships, when read in conjunction with the Company’s reported results under GAAP.  We believe presenting our Pro-rata share of assets, liabilities, operating results, and certain metrics, along with other non GAAP measures, makes comparisons of other REITs' operating results to ours more meaningful.  The Pro-rata information provided is not, nor is it intended to be, presented in accordance with GAAP.  The Pro-rata supplemental details of assets and liabilities and supplemental details of operations reflect our proportionate economic ownership of the assets, liabilities, and operating results of the properties in our portfolio.

The Pro-rata information is prepared on a basis consistent with the comparable consolidated amounts and is intended to more accurately reflect our proportionate economic interest in the assets, liabilities, and operating results of properties in our portfolio. We do not control the unconsolidated investment partnerships, and the Pro-rata presentations of the assets and liabilities, and revenues and expenses do not represent our legal claim to such items. The partners are entitled to profit or loss allocations and distributions of cash flows according to the operating agreements, which generally provide for such allocations according to their invested capital. Our share of invested capital establishes the ownership interests we use to prepare our Pro-rata share.

The presentation of Pro-rata information has limitations which include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

o

The amounts shown on the individual line items were derived by applying our overall economic ownership interest percentage determined when applying the equity method of accounting and do not necessarily represent our legal claim to the assets and liabilities, or the revenues and expenses; and

 

o

Other companies in our industry may calculate their Pro-rata interest differently, limiting the comparability of Pro-rata information.

Because of these limitations, the Pro-rata financial information should not be considered independently or as a substitute for our financial statements as reported under GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP financial statements, using the Pro-rata information as a supplement.

 

Property In Development includes properties in various stages of ground-up development.

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Property In Redevelopment includes Retail Operating Properties under redevelopment or being positioned for redevelopment.  Unless otherwise indicated, a Property in Redevelopment is included in the Same Property pool.

 

Retail Operating Property is any retail property not termed a Property in Development. A retail property is any property where the majority of the income is generated from retail uses.

 

Same Property is a Retail Operating Property that was owned and operated for the entirety of both calendar year periods being compared. This term excludes Properties in Development, prior year Development Completions, and Non-Same Properties.  Properties in Redevelopment are included unless otherwise indicated.

Overview of Our Strategy

Regency Centers Corporation began its operations as a publicly-traded REIT in 1993, and as of March 31, 2021, had full or partial ownership interests in 406 retail properties primarily anchored by market leading grocery stores. Our properties are principally located in affluent and infill trade areas of the United States, and contain 51,639 million square feet (“SF”) of gross leasable area (“GLA”). All of our operating, investing, and financing activities are performed through our Operating Partnership, Regency Centers, L.P., our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and through our co-investment partnerships.  As of March 31, 2021, the Parent Company owns approximately 99.6% of the outstanding common partnership units of the Operating Partnership.

Our mission is to be the preeminent national owner, operator, and developer of shopping centers, creating places that provide a thriving environment for outstanding retailers and service providers to connect with the surrounding neighborhoods and communities.

Our goals are to:

 

Own and manage a portfolio of high-quality neighborhood and community shopping centers primarily anchored by market leading grocers and located in affluent suburban and near urban trade areas in the country’s most desirable metro areas. We expect that this combination will produce highly desirable and attractive centers with best-in-class retailers. These centers should command higher rental and occupancy rates resulting in excellent prospects to grow net operating income;

 

Maintain an industry leading and disciplined development and redevelopment platform to deliver exceptional retail centers at higher returns as compared to acquisitions;

 

Support our business activities with a conservative capital structure, including a strong balance sheet;

 

Implement leading environmental, social, and governance practices through our Corporate Responsibility Program;

 

Engage an exceptional and diverse team that is guided by our strong values and special culture, while fostering an environment of innovation and continuous improvement; and

 

Create shareholder value by increasing earnings and dividends per share and generating total returns at or near the top of our shopping center peers.

COVID-19 Update

Refer to Item 1, Note 1 to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.  

Executing on our Strategy

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 we had Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders of $80.7 million, as compared to ($25.3) million, including a $132.1 million Goodwill impairment charge, during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021:

 

Our Pro-rata same property NOI, excluding termination fees, declined 1.6%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily attributable to reduced rent commenced occupancy due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in lower lease income.  

 

We executed 450 new and renewal leasing transactions representing 1.4 million Pro-rata SF, with trailing twelve month rent spreads of 1.2% as compared to 373 leasing transactions representing 1.4 million Pro-rata SF with positive trailing twelve month spreads of 7.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2020.  Rent spreads are on comparable retail operating property spaces in each period.

 

At March 31, 2021, our total property portfolio was 92.2% leased, while our same property portfolio was 92.5% leased, as compared to 92.3% leased and 93.0% leased, respectively, at December 31, 2020.

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We continued our development and redevelopment of high quality shopping centers:

 

We currently have a total of 13 properties in process of development or redevelopment with total estimated Pro-rata project costs of $326.8 million as compared to 14 properties and $319.3 million at December 31, 2020.

We maintained a conservative balance sheet providing liquidity and financial flexibility to respond to these uncertain economic times and to cost effectively fund investment opportunities and debt maturities:

 

On January 15, 2021, we repaid our $265 million term loan and settled its related interest rate swap.  

 

On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which among other items, i) retains a borrowing capacity of $1.25 billion, ii) includes a $125 million sublimit for swingline loans and $50 million available for issuance of letters of credits, iii) extends the maturity date to March 23, 2025 and iv) provides for two six-month extension options.  The existing financial covenants under the Line remained unchanged.  As of March 31, 2021, we have a remaining borrowing capacity of $1.2 billion.

 

At March 31, 2021, our Pro-rata net debt-to-operating EBITDAre ratio on a trailing twelve month basis was 5.9x as compared to 6.0x at December 31, 2020.

Property Portfolio

The following table summarizes general information related to the Consolidated Properties in our portfolio:

 

(GLA in thousands)

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Number of Properties

293

 

 

297

 

Properties in Development and Redevelopment

11

 

 

11

 

GLA

 

36,802

 

 

 

37,029

 

% Leased – Operating and Development

92.0%

 

 

92.2%

 

% Leased – Operating

92.2%

 

 

92.3%

 

Weighted average annual effective rent per square foot ("PSF"), net of tenant concessions.

$23.04

 

 

$22.90

 

 

The following table summarizes general information related to the Unconsolidated Properties owned in co-investment partnerships in our portfolio:

 

(GLA in thousands)

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Number of Properties

 

113

 

 

 

114

 

Properties in Development and Redevelopment

 

2

 

 

 

3

 

GLA

 

14,837

 

 

 

14,883

 

% Leased – Operating and Development

93.4%

 

 

93.3%

 

% Leased –Operating

93.4%

 

 

93.2%

 

Weighted average annual effective rent PSF, net of tenant concessions

$21.57

 

 

$21.84

 

 

For the purpose of the following disclosures of occupancy and leasing activity, “anchor space” is considered space greater than or equal to 10,000 SF and “shop space” is less than 10,000 SF. The following table summarizes Pro-rata occupancy rates of our combined Consolidated and Unconsolidated shopping center portfolio:

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

% Leased – All Properties

92.2%

 

 

92.3%

 

Anchor space

95.1%

 

 

95.1%

 

Shop space

87.4%

 

 

87.5%

 

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The following table summarizes leasing activity, including our Pro-rata share of activity within the portfolio of our co-investment partnerships:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Leasing

Transactions

 

 

SF (in

thousands)

 

 

Base Rent

PSF

 

 

Tenant

Allowance

and Landlord

Work PSF

 

 

Leasing

Commissions

PSF

 

Anchor Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New

 

 

6

 

 

 

95

 

 

$

12.12

 

 

$

45.66

 

 

$

5.09

 

Renewal

 

 

27

 

 

 

589

 

 

 

13.44

 

 

 

0.29

 

 

 

0.10

 

Total Anchor Leases

 

 

33

 

 

 

684

 

 

$

13.25

 

 

$

6.59

 

 

$

0.79

 

Shop Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New

 

 

107

 

 

 

158

 

 

$

31.19

 

 

$

21.04

 

 

$

7.90

 

Renewal

 

 

310

 

 

 

570

 

 

 

32.78

 

 

 

1.86

 

 

 

0.42

 

Total Shop Space Leases

 

 

417

 

 

 

728

 

 

$

32.44

 

 

$

6.02

 

 

$

2.04

 

Total Leases

 

 

450

 

 

 

1,412

 

 

$

23.14

 

 

$

6.30

 

 

$

1.44

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Leasing

Transactions

 

 

SF (in

thousands)

 

 

Base Rent

PSF

 

 

Tenant

Allowance

and Landlord

Work PSF

 

 

Leasing

Commissions

PSF

 

Anchor Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New

 

 

4

 

 

 

45

 

 

$

15.39

 

 

$

9.79

 

 

$

9.65

 

Renewal

 

 

25

 

 

 

742

 

 

 

14.68

 

 

 

0.25

 

 

 

0.48

 

Total Anchor Leases

 

 

29

 

 

 

787

 

 

$

14.72

 

 

$

0.80

 

 

$

1.01

 

Shop Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New

 

 

93

 

 

 

161

 

 

$

36.76

 

 

$

39.14

 

 

$

11.38

 

Renewal

 

 

251

 

 

 

468

 

 

 

31.16

 

 

 

1.11

 

 

 

0.60

 

Total Shop Space Leases

 

 

344

 

 

 

629

 

 

$

32.59

 

 

$

10.84

 

 

$

3.36

 

Total Leases

 

 

373

 

 

 

1,416

 

 

$

22.67

 

 

$

5.26

 

 

$

2.06

 

 

The weighted average base rent per square foot on signed shop space leases during 2021 was $32.44 PSF, which is slightly lower than the weighted average annual base rent per square foot of all shop space leases due to expire during the next 12 months of $32.87 PSF.  While new and renewal rent spreads were slightly positive at 0.2% as compared to prior rents on those same spaces, future rent spreads could be negatively impacted if the COVID-19 pandemic results in oversupply of vacant retail in the markets in which we operate.  This may result in decreased demand for retail space in our centers, which could result in pricing pressure on rents.  

 

Significant Tenants and Concentrations of Risk

We seek to reduce our operating and leasing risks through geographic diversification and by avoiding dependence on any single property, market, or tenant. Based on percentage of annualized base rent, the following table summarizes our most significant tenants, of which the top four are grocers:

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

Tenant

 

Number of

Stores

 

 

Percentage of

Company-

owned GLA (1)

 

 

Percentage  of

Annualized

Base Rent (1)

 

Publix

 

 

68

 

 

6.7%

 

 

3.5%

 

Kroger

 

 

53

 

 

6.5%

 

 

3.0%

 

Albertsons Companies

 

 

45

 

 

4.3%

 

 

3.0%

 

Amazon/Whole Foods

 

 

35

 

 

2.6%

 

 

2.6%

 

TJX Companies

 

 

62

 

 

3.2%

 

 

2.6%

 

 

 

(1)

Includes Regency's Pro-rata share of Unconsolidated Properties and excludes those owned by anchors.

 

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Bankruptcies and Credit Concerns

The impact of bankruptcies may increase significantly if tenants occupying our centers are unable to withstand and recover from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which could materially adversely impact Lease income and could result in greater legal expenses.  Since the pandemic began, and during 2020, we experienced an increase in the number of tenants filing for bankruptcy, but filings have slowed thus far in 2021, and a number of tenants have emerged from bankruptcy after reorganization.  

Although base rent is supported by long-term lease contracts, tenants who file bankruptcy generally have the legal right to reject any or all of their leases and close related stores.  Any unsecured claim we hold against a bankrupt tenant for unpaid rent might be paid only to the extent that funds are available and only in the same percentage as is paid to all other holders of unsecured claims.  As a result, it is likely that we would recover substantially less than the full value of any unsecured claims we hold.  Additionally, we may incur significant expense to adjudicate our claim and to release the vacated space. In the event that a tenant with a significant number of leases in our shopping centers files bankruptcy and cancels its leases, we could experience a significant reduction in our revenues.  

Our management team devotes significant time to researching and monitoring retail trends, consumer preferences, customer shopping behaviors, changes in retail delivery methods, shifts to e-commerce, and changing demographics in order to anticipate the challenges and opportunities impacting the retail industry. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there has been and continues to be a greater focus on whether tenants are considered essential or non-essential retail, which may directly impact the retailer’s ability to operate and generate sufficient cash flows to meet their operating expenses, including lease payments.  Unemployment levels could negatively impact consumer spending and, along with large-scale business failures, have an adverse effect on our results from operations. We seek to mitigate these potential impacts through tenant diversification, replacing weaker tenants with stronger operators, anchoring our centers with market leading grocery stores that drive customer traffic, and maintaining a presence in affluent suburbs and dense infill trade areas.

The Company closely monitors its cash collections, which had significantly declined in the initial months of the pandemic, most notably from tenants whose businesses were classified as non-essential.  Cash collections through May 3, 2021 have continued to improve over initial pandemic levels with approximately 93% of billed base rent collected for the three months ended March 31, 2021.  The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to result in certain tenants requesting concessions from rent obligations, including deferrals, abatements and requests to negotiate future rents, while some tenants have been unable to reopen or have not honored the terms of their existing lease agreements.  The Company expects to continue to work with tenants, which may result in further rent concessions or legal actions as determined to be necessary and appropriate.  Due to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, there can be no assurances that all such deferred rent will ultimately be collected, or collected within the timeframes agreed upon.  

We closely monitor the operating performance of tenants in our shopping centers as well as those retailers experiencing significant changes to their business models, such as reduced customer traffic in their stores.  Retailers who are unable to withstand these and other business pressures, such as significant cash flow declines or debt maturities, may file for bankruptcy. As a result of our research and findings, we may reduce new leasing, suspend leasing, or curtail allowances for construction of leasehold improvements within certain retail categories or to a specific retailer in order to reduce our risk of loss from bankruptcies and store closings.  

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Results from Operations

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

Our revenues changed as summarized in the following table:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Lease income

 

$

266,357

 

 

 

274,537

 

 

 

(8,180

)

Other property income

 

 

1,953

 

 

 

2,305

 

 

 

(352

)

Management, transaction, and other fees

 

 

6,393

 

 

 

6,816

 

 

 

(423

)

Total revenues

 

$

274,703

 

 

 

283,658

 

 

 

(8,955

)

 

Lease income decreased $8.2 million, driven by the following contractually billable components of rent to the tenants per the lease agreements:

$7.6 million decrease from billable Base rent, as follows:

 

$1.0 million net decrease from a property undergoing reconstruction following tornado damage that occurred in 2019, offset by rent commencements at other development properties; and

 

$4.7 million net decrease from same properties due to the loss of rents from tenant move-outs and bankruptcies, offset by increases from rent steps in existing leases and rental rate growth, and

 

$1.9 million decrease from the sale of operating properties.

$6.9 million net decrease in Above and below market rent primarily from same properties driven by 2020 tenant move-outs and the timing of lease term modifications.

$719,000 decrease from billable Recoveries from tenants, which represent amounts contractually billable to tenants per the terms of the lease for their reimbursements to us for the tenants’ Pro-rata share of the operating, maintenance, insurance and real estate tax expenses that we incur to operate our shopping centers.  Recoveries from tenants decreased, on a net basis, primarily from the following:

 

$510,000 net decrease from same properties due to a decrease in real estate tax recoveries resulting from lower recovery rates, and

 

$420,000 decrease from the sale of operating properties, offset by

 

$211,000 increase from rent commencing at development properties and from acquisitions of operating properties

$807,000 increase in straight line rent from new leases with contractual rent steps and identification of fewer new cash basis tenants as collections have continued to improve.

$6.3 million increase in Lease income due to a net positive impact of Uncollectible lease income of $2.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to an expense of $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020.  Uncollectible lease income on current period billings was higher compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020 when the Company was only seeing the first indications of the pandemics impact on our tenants.  This higher uncollectible lease income was offset by collections of prior period billings from our cash basis tenants. Approximately 93% of the base rent billed for the three months ended March 31, 2021, has been collected through May 3, 2021.  Future lease income could be negatively impacted by ongoing negotiations to assist tenants with their ability to remain operational as this pandemic subsides.  

Changes in our operating expenses are summarized in the following table:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

$

77,259

 

 

 

89,295

 

 

 

(12,036

)

Operating and maintenance

 

 

45,582

 

 

 

42,369

 

 

 

3,213

 

General and administrative

 

 

21,287

 

 

 

13,705

 

 

 

7,582

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

36,166

 

 

 

35,887

 

 

 

279

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

698

 

 

 

1,337

 

 

 

(639

)

Total operating expenses

 

$

180,992

 

 

 

182,593

 

 

 

(1,601

)

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Depreciation and amortization costs decreased, on a net basis, as follows:

 

$459,000 net increase from acquisitions of operating properties, development properties, and corporate assets; offset by

 

$11.9 million decrease from same properties, primarily attributable to early tenant move-outs in 2020; and

 

$597,000 decrease from the sale of operating properties.

Operating and maintenance costs increased, on a net basis, as follows:

 

$536,000 net increase from acquisitions of operating properties and development properties;

 

$1.5 million increase from same properties, primarily attributable to increases in insurance costs as well as legal expenses associated with tenant defaults and bankruptcies; and

 

$1.2 million increase from a termination fee expense in 2021 at a property that has since been sold.

General and administrative costs increased, on a net basis, as follows:

 

$5.4 million increase in the value of participant obligations within the deferred compensation plan, attributable to changes in market values of those investments, reflected within Net investment income;

 

$1.5 million increase in compensation costs primarily driven by higher incentive compensation; and

 

$953,000 increase due to less development overhead capitalization based on the status and progress on development and redevelopment projects during the year; offset by

 

$315,000 net decrease in other costs primarily from reduced travel and entertainment expenses.

Other operating expenses decreased $637,000, attributable to decreased development pursuit costs.

The following table presents the components of other expense (income):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on notes payable

 

$

37,235

 

 

 

34,566

 

 

 

2,669

 

Interest on unsecured credit facilities

 

 

599

 

 

 

2,937

 

 

 

(2,338

)

Capitalized interest

 

 

(849

)

 

 

(1,175

)

 

 

326

 

Hedge expense

 

 

109

 

 

 

1,650

 

 

 

(1,541

)

Interest income

 

 

(158

)

 

 

(542

)

 

 

384

 

Interest expense, net

 

$

36,936

 

 

 

37,436

 

 

 

(500

)

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

132,128

 

 

 

(132,128

)

Provision for impairment of real estate, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

(784

)

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

(11,698

)

 

 

(38,005

)

 

 

26,307

 

Net investment income

 

 

(1,486

)

 

 

4,923

 

 

 

(6,409

)

Total other expense (income)

 

$

23,752

 

 

 

137,266

 

 

 

(113,514

)

 

The $501,000 net decrease in Interest expense is primarily driven by the following changes:

 

$2.7 million net increase in Interest on notes payable from the issuance of $600 million of senior unsecured notes in May 2020, offset by the payoff of $300 million of senior unsecured notes in September 2020 together with the repayment of several mortgages; offset by

 

$2.3 million decrease in Interest on unsecured credit facilities primarily related to the January 2021 repayment of the $265 million term loan and reduced Line balance; and

 

$1.5 million decrease in Hedge expense as two of our previously settled forward swaps hedging our ten-year notes fully amortized in 2020.  

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During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized $132.1 million of Goodwill impairment, due to the significant market and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we had no provision for impairment of real estate.  During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized provision for impairment of real estate of $784,000 on one operating property and one land parcel.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we recognized gains on sale of $11.7 million for one land parcel, two operating properties, and the receipt of property insurance proceeds.  During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized gains on sale of $38.0 million from one land parcel, two operating properties, receipt of property insurance proceeds, and the re-measurement gain from the acquisition of controlling interest in a previously held equity investment.

Net investment income increased $6.4 million primarily driven by changes in unrealized gains and losses of plan assets held in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan.  There is an offsetting adjustment in General and administrative costs related to participant obligations within the deferred compensation plans.

Our equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships increased as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Regency's

Ownership

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

GRI - Regency, LLC (GRIR)

 

40.00%

 

 

$

7,620

 

 

 

8,769

 

 

 

(1,149

)

New York Common Retirement Fund (NYC)

 

30.00%

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

174

 

 

 

610

 

Columbia Regency Retail Partners, LLC (Columbia I)

 

20.00%

 

 

 

432

 

 

 

407

 

 

 

25

 

Columbia Regency Partners II, LLC (Columbia II)

 

20.00%

 

 

 

510

 

 

 

456

 

 

 

54

 

Cameron Village, LLC (Cameron)

 

30.00%

 

 

 

304

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

(6

)

RegCal, LLC (RegCal)

 

25.00%

 

 

 

525

 

 

 

338

 

 

 

187

 

US Regency Retail I, LLC (USAA)

 

20.01%

 

 

 

234

 

 

 

282

 

 

 

(48

)

Other investments in real estate partnerships

 

35.00% - 50.00%

 

 

 

1,257

 

 

 

682

 

 

 

575

 

Total equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

$

11,666

 

 

 

11,418

 

 

 

248

 

 

The $248,000 increase in our equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships is largely attributable to the following:

 

$1.1 million decrease within GRIR primarily due to $1.5 million of additional termination fee income earned in 2020; offset by

 

$610,000 increase within NYC primarily due to gains recognized in 2021 on the sale of operating real estate, and

 

$575,000 increase within Other investments in real estate partnerships as two new developments were completed and began operations in 2020.

The following represents the remaining components that comprised net income attributable to the common stockholders and unit holders:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

81,625

 

 

 

(24,783

)

 

 

106,408

 

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(969

)

 

 

(549

)

 

 

(420

)

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

$

80,656

 

 

 

(25,332

)

 

 

105,988

 

Net (income) loss attributable to exchangeable operating partnership units

 

 

(364

)

 

 

115

 

 

 

(479

)

Net income (loss) attributable to common unit holders

 

$

81,020

 

 

 

(25,447

)

 

 

106,467

 

 

Supplemental Earnings Information

We use certain non-GAAP performance measures, in addition to certain performance metrics determined under GAAP, as we believe these measures improve the understanding of the Company's operating results. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to our Board of Directors, management and investors regarding certain trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations. Our management uses these non-GAAP measures to compare our performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, purposes of determining management incentive compensation and budgeting, forecasting and planning purposes.  We provide Pro-rata financial information because we believe it assists investors and analysts in estimating our economic interest in our

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consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships, when read in conjunction with the Company’s reported results under GAAP.  We believe presenting our Pro-rata share of operating results, along with other non-GAAP measures, may assist in comparing the Company’s operating results to other REITs.  We continually evaluate the usefulness, relevance, limitations, and calculation of our reported non-GAAP performance measures to determine how best to provide relevant information to the public, and thus such reported measures could change.  See “Non-GAAP Measures at the beginning of this Management's Discussion and Analysis.

We do not consider non-GAAP measures an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is they may exclude significant expense and income items that are required by GAAP to be recognized in our consolidated financial statements. In addition, they reflect the exercise of management’s judgment about which expense and income items are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures we use to their most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be relied upon in evaluating the financial condition, results of operations or future prospects of the Company.

Pro-Rata Same Property NOI:

Our Pro-rata same property NOI, excluding termination fees, changed from the following major components:

 

 

 

Three months ended

March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Base rent (1)

 

$

211,202

 

 

 

216,144

 

 

 

(4,942

)

Recoveries from tenants (1)

 

 

70,240

 

 

 

70,598

 

 

 

(358

)

Percentage rent (1)

 

 

3,809

 

 

 

3,908

 

 

 

(99

)

Termination fees (1)

 

 

418

 

 

 

2,146

 

 

 

(1,728

)

Uncollectible lease income

 

 

1,866

 

 

 

(3,668

)

 

 

5,534

 

Other lease income (1)

 

 

2,703

 

 

 

2,514

 

 

 

189

 

Other property income

 

 

1,294

 

 

 

1,691

 

 

 

(397

)

Total real estate revenue

 

 

291,532

 

 

 

293,333

 

 

 

(1,801

)

Operating and maintenance

 

 

46,001

 

 

 

43,543

 

 

 

2,458

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

40,112

 

 

 

39,429

 

 

 

683

 

Ground rent

 

 

2,939

 

 

 

2,941

 

 

 

(2

)

Total real estate operating expenses

 

 

89,052

 

 

 

85,913

 

 

 

3,139

 

Pro-rata same property NOI

 

$

202,480

 

 

 

207,420

 

 

 

(4,940

)

Less: Termination fees

 

 

418

 

 

 

2,146

 

 

 

(1,728

)

Pro-rata same property NOI, excluding termination fees

 

$

202,062

 

 

 

205,274

 

 

 

(3,212

)

Pro-rata same property NOI growth, excluding termination fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-1.6

%

 

(1)

Represents amounts included within Lease income in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations that are contractually billable to the tenants per the terms of the lease agreements.

Billable Base rent decreased $4.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, due to loss of rents from bankruptcies and tenant move-outs, partially offset by contractual rent steps in existing leases.

Termination fees decreased $1.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, primarily due to strategic changes in anchor merchandising mix during 2020.  

Uncollectible lease income decreased $5.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.  Uncollectible lease income on current period billings was higher compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020 when we were only seeing the first indications of the pandemic’s impact on our tenants.  This higher uncollectible lease income was offset by collections of prior period billings from our cash basis tenants resulting in a net positive impact of $1.9 million.  Current rent collection rates are lower than pre-pandemic levels, although we continue to see sequential quarter improvements.  

Operating and maintenance increased $2.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, due primarily to an increase in insurance premiums and legal costs.

Real estate taxes increased $683,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2021, due to changes in assessed values at properties across our portfolio.

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Same Property Rollforward:

Our same property pool includes the following property count, Pro-rata GLA, and changes therein:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

(GLA in thousands)

 

Property

Count

 

 

GLA

 

 

Property

Count

 

 

GLA

 

Beginning same property count

 

 

393

 

 

 

40,228

 

 

 

396

 

 

 

40,525

 

Acquired properties owned for entirety of comparable periods presented

 

 

2

 

 

 

378

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

315

 

Developments that reached completion by the beginning of earliest comparable period presented

 

 

6

 

 

 

683

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

553

 

Disposed properties

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(110

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(379

)

SF adjustments (1)

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Properties under or being repositioned for redevelopment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(445

)

Ending same property count

 

 

397

 

 

 

41,212

 

 

 

399

 

 

 

40,568

 

 

 

(1)

SF adjustments arise from remeasurements or redevelopments.

 

Nareit FFO:

Our reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common stock and unit holders to Nareit FFO is as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands, except share information)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Nareit FFO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

$

80,656

 

 

 

(25,332

)

Adjustments to reconcile to Nareit FFO: (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization (excluding FF&E)

 

 

84,494

 

 

 

96,632

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

132,128

 

Provision for impairment of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax

 

 

(12,070

)

 

 

(37,952

)

Exchangeable operating partnership units

 

 

364

 

 

 

(115

)

Nareit FFO attributable to common stock and unit holders

 

$

153,444

 

 

 

166,145

 

 

 

(1)

Includes Regency's Pro-rata share of unconsolidated investment partnerships, net of Pro-rata share attributable to noncontrolling interest.

 

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Same Property NOI Reconciliation:

Our reconciliation of Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders to Same Property NOI, on a Pro-rata basis, is as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

$

80,656

 

 

 

(25,332

)

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management, transaction, and other fees

 

 

6,393

 

 

 

6,816

 

Other (1)

 

 

7,704

 

 

 

13,810

 

Plus:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

77,259

 

 

 

89,295

 

General and administrative

 

 

21,287

 

 

 

13,705

 

Other operating expense

 

 

698

 

 

 

1,337

 

Other expense (income)

 

 

23,752

 

 

 

137,266

 

Equity in income of investments in real estate excluded from NOI (2)

 

 

13,301

 

 

 

15,483

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

969

 

 

 

549

 

Pro-rata NOI

 

$

203,825

 

 

 

211,677

 

Less non-same property NOI (3)

 

 

1,345

 

 

 

4,257

 

Pro-rata same property NOI

 

$

202,480

 

 

 

207,420

 

 

 

(1)

Includes straight-line rental income and expense, net of reserves, above and below market rent amortization, other fees, and noncontrolling interest.

 

 

(2)

Includes non-NOI income earned and expenses incurred at our unconsolidated real estate partnerships, including those separated out above for our consolidated properties.

 

 

(3)

Includes revenues and expenses attributable to non-same property, sold property, development property, and corporate activities.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

We use cash flows generated from operating, investing, and financing activities to strengthen our balance sheet, finance our development and redevelopment projects, fund our investment activities, and maintain financial flexibility. We continuously monitor the capital markets and evaluate our ability to issue new debt or equity, to repay maturing debt, or to fund our capital commitments.

Except for $200 million of private placement debt, our Parent Company has no capital commitments other than its guarantees of the commitments of our Operating Partnership. All remaining debt is held by our Operating Partnership or by our co-investment partnerships. The Operating Partnership is a co-issuer and a guarantor of the $200 million of outstanding debt of our Parent Company. The Parent Company will from time to time access the capital markets for the purpose of issuing new equity and will simultaneously contribute all of the offering proceeds to the Operating Partnership in exchange for additional partnership units.

We continue to monitor our tenant cash collections amidst the continuing pandemic.  Our base rent collection experience since the pandemic began has been lower than historical pre-pandemic averages, but has increased since its low in the second quarter of 2020 as businesses reopen in states that have lifted or reduced operating restrictions.  During the three months ended March 31, 2021, base rent collections were 93% through May 3, 2021.  We expect that our collection rates will remain lower than historical pre-pandemic averages for the foreseeable future until restrictions are significantly lifted and consumers return to in-store experiences.  

We draw on multiple financing sources to fund our long-term capital needs, including the capital requirements of our in process and planned developments, redevelopments, and capital expenditures, and the repayment of debt.  We expect to meet these needs by using one or more of the following: cash flow from operations, proceeds from the sale of real estate, mortgage loan and unsecured bank financing, and when the capital markets are favorable, proceeds from the sale of equity or the issuance of new unsecured debt.  We continually evaluate alternative financing options, and we believe we can obtain financing on reasonable terms; however, there can be no assurance that additional financing or capital will be available, or that the terms will be acceptable or advantageous to us.  

We have no unsecured debt maturities until 2024 and a manageable level of secured mortgage maturities during the next 12 months, including those mortgages within our joint ventures.  Based upon our available cash balance, sources of capital, our current credit ratings, and the number of high quality, unencumbered properties we own, we believe our available capital resources are sufficient to meet our expected capital needs for the next 12 months.

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In addition to our $137.2 million of unrestricted cash, we have the following additional sources of capital available:

 

(in thousands)

March 31, 2021

 

ATM equity program

 

 

 

Original offering amount

$

500,000

 

Available capacity

$

500,000

 

Line of Credit

 

 

 

Total commitment amount

$

1,250,000

 

Available capacity (1)

$

1,240,342

 

Maturity (2)

March 23, 2025

 

 

 

(1)

Net of letters of credit.

 

 

(2)

The Company has the option to extend the maturity for two additional six-month periods.

 

The declaration of dividends is determined quarterly by our Board of Directors.  On May 5, 2021, our Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.595 per share, payable on July 6, 2021, to shareholders of record as of June 15, 2021.  While future dividends will be determined at the discretion of our Board of Directors, we plan to continue paying an aggregate amount of distributions to our stock and unit holders that, at a minimum, meet the requirements to continue qualifying as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.  We have historically generated sufficient cash flow from operations to fund our dividend distributions. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we generated cash flow from operations of $139.4 million and $125.7 million, respectively, and paid $101.0 million and $99.9 million in dividends to our common stock and unit holders, respectively.  

We currently have 13 development and redevelopment projects in various stages of construction, along with a pipeline of potential projects for future development or redevelopment.  After funding our common stock dividend payment in April 2021, we estimate that we will require capital during the next twelve months of approximately $264.9 million to repay maturing debt not expected to be refinanced, to fund construction and related costs for committed tenant improvements and in-process development and redevelopment, and to make capital contributions to our co-investment partnerships.  If we start new development or redevelopments, commit to new acquisitions, repay debt prior to maturity, or repurchase shares of our common stock, our cash requirements will increase.  The $1.2 billion available on our Line together with having no unsecured debt maturities until 2024 strengthen our financial position enabling us to fund our expected near-term operating and capital expenditures amid the uncertainty of operating cash flows during this pandemic and recovery period.  

We endeavor to maintain a high percentage of unencumbered assets. As of March 31, 2021, 89.7% of our wholly-owned real estate assets were unencumbered. Such assets allow us to access the secured and unsecured debt markets and to maintain availability on the Line. Our trailing twelve month Fixed charge coverage ratio, including our Pro-rata share of our partnerships, was 3.6x for both periods ended March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and our Pro-rata net debt-to-operating EBITDAre ratio on a trailing twelve month basis was 5.9x and 6.0x, respectively, for the same periods.  These ratios could worsen during 2021 as a result of further impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Line and unsecured loans require that we remain in compliance with various covenants, which are described in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. We are in compliance with these covenants at March 31, 2021, and expect to remain in compliance.

Summary of Cash Flow Activity

The following table summarizes net cash flows related to operating, investing, and financing activities of the Company:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

139,362

 

 

 

125,678

 

 

 

13,684

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

6,770

 

 

 

(2,553

)

 

 

9,323

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(385,262

)

 

 

498,158

 

 

 

(883,420

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

(239,130

)

 

 

621,283

 

 

 

(860,413

)

Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

139,320

 

 

 

736,845

 

 

 

(597,525

)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities:

Net cash provided by operating activities increased $13.7 million due to:

 

$23.9 million increase in cash from operating activities due to timing of real estate tax payments and a 2021 increase in prepaid rents, which were lower in March of 2020 going into the pandemic, partially offset by

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$7.7 million decrease in cash from operating income due to lost rents from bankruptcies and tenant move-outs, and

 

$2.5 million decrease from cash paid in 2021 to settle interest rate swaps on our term loan which was repaid in January 2021.  

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities:

Net cash used in investing activities changed by $9.3 million as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of operating real estate

 

$

 

 

 

(16,867

)

 

 

16,867

 

Advance deposits refunded on acquisition of operating real estate

 

 

500

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

400

 

Real estate development and capital improvements

 

 

(31,378

)

 

 

(56,309

)

 

 

24,931

 

Proceeds from sale of real estate investments

 

 

53,859

 

 

 

103,522

 

 

 

(49,663

)

Issuance of notes receivable

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(167

)

 

 

147

 

Investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

(20,223

)

 

 

(32,972

)

 

 

12,749

 

Return of capital from investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

3,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,283

 

Dividends on investment securities

 

 

51

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

(33

)

Acquisition of investment securities

 

 

(8,136

)

 

 

(4,392

)

 

 

(3,744

)

Proceeds from sale of investment securities

 

 

8,834

 

 

 

4,448

 

 

 

4,386

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

$

6,770

 

 

 

(2,553

)

 

 

9,323

 

 

Significant changes in investing activities include:

 

We paid $16.9 million for the acquisition of one operating property during 2020 and had no acquisitions during the same period in 2021.

 

We invested $24.9 million less in 2021 than the same period in 2020 on real estate development, redevelopment, and capital improvements, as further detailed in a table below.

 

We sold four operating properties and one land parcel in 2021 and received proceeds of $53.9 million compared to two operating properties and one land parcel in 2020 for proceeds of $103.5 million, including proceeds from repayment of a short-term note issued at closing and repaid during the same period.

 

We invested $20.2 million in our real estate partnerships during 2021, including:

 

o

$18.7 million to fund our share of debt payments, and

 

o

$1.5 million to fund our share of development and redevelopment activities.

During the same period in 2020, we invested $33.0 million, including:

 

o

$16.0 million to fund the acquisition of an additional equity interest in one partnership,

 

o

$10.6 million to fund our share of debt payments, and

 

o

$6.4 million to fund our share of development and redevelopment activities.

 

Return of capital from our unconsolidated real estate partnerships includes sales or financing proceeds.  During the three months ended March 31, 2021 we received $2.2 million from our share of proceeds from real estate sales and $1.1 million from our share of proceeds from debt refinancing activities.  We had no such distributions during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

Acquisition of securities and proceeds from sale of securities pertain to investment activities held in our captive insurance company and our deferred compensation plan.

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We plan to continue developing and redeveloping shopping centers for long-term investment. During 2021, we deployed capital of $31.4 million for the development, redevelopment, and improvement of our real estate properties, comprised of the following:

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Capital expenditures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building and tenant improvements

 

$

7,261

 

 

 

11,488

 

 

 

(4,227

)

Redevelopment costs

 

 

16,159

 

 

 

30,768

 

 

 

(14,609

)

Development costs

 

 

4,400

 

 

 

6,406

 

 

 

(2,006

)

Capitalized interest

 

 

843

 

 

 

935

 

 

 

(92

)

Capitalized direct compensation

 

 

2,715

 

 

 

6,712

 

 

 

(3,997

)

Real estate development and capital improvements

 

$

31,378

 

 

 

56,309

 

 

 

(24,931

)

 

 

Building and tenant improvements decreased $4.2 million in 2021, primarily related to the timing of capital projects.

 

Redevelopment expenditures are lower in 2021 due to the timing and magnitude of projects currently in process. Subject to capital availability, we intend to continuously improve our portfolio of shopping centers through redevelopment which can include adjacent land acquisition, existing building expansion, facade renovation, new out-parcel building construction, and redevelopment related tenant improvement costs.  The size and magnitude of each redevelopment project varies with each redevelopment plan.  The timing and duration of these projects could also result in volatility in NOI.  See the tables below for more details about our redevelopment projects.

 

Development expenditures are lower in 2021 due to the progress towards completion of our development projects currently in process.  See the tables below for more details about our development projects.

 

Interest is capitalized on our development and redevelopment projects and is based on cumulative actual costs expended. We cease interest capitalization when the property is no longer being developed or is available for occupancy upon substantial completion of tenant improvements, but in no event would we capitalize interest on the project beyond 12 months after the anchor opens for business.  If we reduce our development and redevelopment activity, the amount of interest that we capitalize may be lower than historical averages.

 

We have a staff of employees who directly support our development program, which includes redevelopment of our existing properties. Internal compensation costs directly attributable to these activities are capitalized as part of each project.  In light of the current pandemic environment and its impact on the retail industry, we expect that our development activity could be significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels. As a result, we expect the amount of internal costs for development activities that may be capitalized could be significantly lower than historical amounts.

The following table summarizes our development projects:

 

(in thousands, except cost PSF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

Property Name

 

Market

 

Ownership

 

Start

Date

 

Estimated

Stabilization

Year (1)

 

Estimated / Actual Net

Development

Costs (2) (3)

 

 

GLA (3)

 

 

Cost PSF

of GLA (2) (3)

 

 

% of Costs Incurred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developments In-Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carytown Exchange

 

Richmond, VA

 

64%

 

Q4-18

 

2023

 

$

19,838

 

 

 

46

 

 

$

431

 

 

80%

 

East San Marco

 

Jacksonville, FL

 

100%

 

Q4-20

 

2024

 

 

19,519

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

331

 

 

24%

 

Eastfield at Baybrook (4)

 

Houston, TX

 

50%

 

Q4-20

 

2022

 

 

2,337

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

42

 

 

87%

 

 

(1)

Estimated Stabilization Year represents the estimated first full calendar year that the project will reach our expected stabilized yield.

(2)

Includes leasing costs and is net of tenant reimbursements.

(3)

Estimated Net Development Costs and GLA reported based on Regency’s ownership interest in the partnership at completion.

(4)

Estimated Net Development Costs for Eastfield at Baybrook Phase 1A is limited to our ownership interest in the value of the land and site improvements where we are committed to deliver a parcel to a grocer, under a lease agreement, to construct their building and improvements.

 

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The following table summarizes our redevelopment projects in process and completed:

 

(in thousands, except cost PSF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

Property Name

 

Market

 

Ownership

 

 

Start Date

 

Estimated Stabilization Year (1)

 

Estimated Incremental

Project Costs (2) (3)

 

 

GLA (3)

 

 

% of Costs Incurred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redevelopments In-Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloomingdale Square

 

Tampa, FL

 

100%

 

 

Q3-18

 

2022

 

$

21,327

 

 

 

252

 

 

88%

 

The Crossing Clarendon

 

Metro, DC

 

100%

 

 

Q4-18

 

2024

 

 

60,753

 

 

 

135

 

 

53%

 

Point 50

 

Metro, DC

 

100%

 

 

Q4-18

 

2023

 

 

17,655

 

 

 

48

 

 

86%

 

The Abbot

 

Boston, MA

 

100%

 

 

Q2-19

 

2023

 

 

57,237

 

 

 

65

 

 

56%

 

Sheridan Plaza

 

Hollywood, FL

 

100%

 

 

Q3-19

 

2022

 

 

12,115

 

 

 

507

 

 

63%

 

West Bird Plaza

 

Miami, FL

 

100%

 

 

Q4-19

 

2022

 

 

10,338

 

 

 

99

 

 

52%

 

Preston Oaks

 

Dallas, TX

 

100%

 

 

Q4-20

 

2023

 

 

22,327

 

 

 

101

 

 

32%

 

Serramonte Center

 

San Francisco, CA

 

100%

 

 

Q4-20

 

2026

 

55,000 +/-

 

 

 

1,070

 

 

26%

 

Various Properties

 

Various

 

40% - 100%

 

 

Various

 

Various

 

 

28,377

 

 

 

1,424

 

 

38%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redevelopments Completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Various Properties

 

Various

 

40% - 100%

 

 

Various

 

Various

 

$

3,409

 

 

$

288

 

 

96%

 

 

(1)

Estimated Stabilization Year represents the estimated first full calendar year that the project will reach our expected stabilized yield.

(2)

Includes leasing costs and is net of tenant reimbursements.

(3)

Estimated Net Development Costs and GLA reported based on Regency’s ownership interest in the partnership at completion.

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities:

Net cash flows from financing activities changed by $883.4 million during 2021, as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Change

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from common stock issuances

 

$

 

 

 

125,773

 

 

 

(125,773

)

Repurchase of common shares in conjunction with equity award plans

 

 

(3,996

)

 

 

(5,298

)

 

 

1,302

 

Distributions to limited partners in consolidated partnerships, net

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(1,064

)

 

 

279

 

Dividend payments and operating partnership distributions

 

 

(101,033

)

 

 

(99,864

)

 

 

(1,169

)

Proceeds from unsecured credit facilities, net

 

 

 

 

 

485,000

 

 

 

(485,000

)

Debt repayment, including early redemption costs

 

 

(272,076

)

 

 

(6,438

)

 

 

(265,638

)

Payment of loan costs

 

 

(7,468

)

 

 

 

 

 

(7,468

)

Proceeds from sale of treasury stock, net

 

 

96

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

47

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

$

(385,262

)

 

 

498,158

 

 

 

(883,420

)

 

Significant financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, include the following:

 

 

We received proceeds of $125.8 million in March 2020 upon settling our forward equity sales under our ATM program.  

 

We repurchased for cash a portion of the common stock granted to employees for stock based compensation to satisfy employee tax withholding requirements, which totaled $4.0 million and $5.3 million during 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

We paid $1.2 million more in dividends as a result of an increase in the number of shares of our common stock outstanding.

 

We had the following debt related activity during 2021:

 

o

We paid $272.1 million for debt repayments, including:

 

$265 million to repay our outstanding term loan,

 

$4.0 million to repay a mortgage maturity, and

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$3.1 million in principal mortgage payments,

 

o

We paid $7.5 million of loan costs in connection with the renewal of our Line.  

 

We had the following debt related activity during 2020:

 

o

We borrowed, net of repayments, an additional $485.0 million on our Line, primarily to increase liquidity and financial flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic,

 

o

We paid $6.4 million in other debt repayments, including:

 

$3.9 million to repay a mortgage maturity, and

 

$2.5 million in principal mortgage payments.

Investments in Real Estate Partnerships

The following table is a summary of the unconsolidated combined assets and liabilities of our co-investment partnerships and our Pro-rata share:

 

 

 

Combined

 

 

Regency's Share (1)

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Number of Co-investment Partnerships

 

 

17

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regency’s Ownership

 

20% - 50%

 

 

20% - 50%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Properties

 

 

113

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

3,047,889

 

 

 

3,067,227

 

 

$

1,081,154

 

 

 

1,086,874

 

Liabilities

 

 

1,609,294

 

 

 

1,687,587

 

 

 

552,887

 

 

 

577,001

 

Equity

 

 

1,438,595

 

 

 

1,379,640

 

 

 

528,267

 

 

 

509,873

 

Negative investment in US Regency Retail I, LLC (USAA) (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,527

 

 

 

4,401

 

Basis difference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(48,369

)

 

 

(47,119

)

Investments in real estate partnerships

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

484,425

 

 

 

467,155

 

 

(1)

Pro-rata financial information is not, and is not intended to be, a presentation in accordance with GAAP. However, management believes that providing such information is useful to investors in assessing the impact of its investments in real estate partnership activities on our operations, which includes such items on a single line presentation under the equity method in our consolidated financial statements.

(2)

The USAA partnership has distributed proceeds from debt financing and real estate sales in excess of Regency's carrying value of its investment, resulting in a negative investment balance, which is classified within Accounts payable and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our equity method investments in real estate partnerships consist of the following:

 

(in thousands)

 

Regency's

Ownership

 

 

March 31,

2021

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

GRI - Regency, LLC (GRIR)

 

40.00%

 

 

$

181,451

 

 

 

179,728

 

New York Common Retirement Fund (NYC)

 

30.00%

 

 

 

43,130

 

 

 

27,627

 

Columbia Regency Retail Partners, LLC

   (Columbia I)

 

20.00%

 

 

 

7,401

 

 

 

8,699

 

Columbia Regency Partners II, LLC (Columbia II)

 

20.00%

 

 

 

39,013

 

 

 

37,882

 

Cameron Village, LLC (Cameron)

 

30.00%

 

 

 

10,026

 

 

 

10,108

 

RegCal, LLC (RegCal)

 

25.00%

 

 

 

25,735

 

 

 

25,908

 

Other investments in real estate partnerships

 

35.00% - 50.00%

 

 

 

177,669

 

 

 

177,203

 

Total Investment in real estate partnerships

 

 

 

 

 

$

484,425

 

 

 

467,155

 

US Regency Retail I, LLC (USAA) (1)

 

20.01%

 

 

 

(4,527

)

 

 

(4,401

)

Net Investment in real estate partnerships

 

 

 

 

 

$

479,898

 

 

 

462,754

 

 

 

(1)

The USAA partnership has distributed proceeds from debt financing and real estate sales in excess of Regency's carrying value of its investment, resulting in a negative investment balance, which is classified within Accounts payable and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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Notes Payable - Investments in Real Estate Partnerships

Scheduled principal repayments on notes payable held by our investments in real estate partnerships were as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

March 31, 2021

 

Scheduled Principal Payments and Maturities by Year:

 

Scheduled

Principal

Payments

 

 

Mortgage

Loan

Maturities

 

 

Unsecured

Maturities

 

 

Total

 

 

Regency’s

Pro-Rata

Share

 

2021

 

$

7,550

 

 

 

237,535

 

(1)

 

7,300

 

(1)

 

252,385

 

 

 

96,059

 

2022

 

 

7,736

 

 

 

254,893

 

 

 

 

 

 

262,629

 

 

 

97,472

 

2023

 

 

3,196

 

 

 

171,608

 

 

 

 

 

 

174,804

 

 

 

65,137

 

2024

 

 

1,796

 

 

 

33,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,486

 

 

 

14,217

 

2025

 

 

2,168

 

 

 

137,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,168

 

 

 

42,153

 

Beyond 5 Years

 

 

10,859

 

 

 

620,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

631,180

 

 

 

201,140

 

Net unamortized loan costs, debt premium / (discount)

 

 

 

 

 

(8,838

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8,838

)

 

 

(2,893

)

Total

 

$

33,305

 

 

 

1,446,209

 

 

 

7,300

 

 

 

1,486,814

 

 

 

513,285

 

 

(1) Subsequent to March 31, 2021, our real estate partnerships refinanced $151.4 million of the 2021 maturing mortgages, with new borrowings of $197.0 million maturing in 2031.  Additionally, the unsecured credit facility was extended to mature in 2022.

 

At March 31, 2021, our investments in real estate partnerships had notes payable of $1.5 billion maturing through 2034, of which 91.6% had a weighted average fixed interest rate of 4.0%. The remaining notes payable float with LIBOR and had a weighted average variable interest rate of 2.4%. These fixed and variable rate notes payable are all non-recourse, and our Pro-rata share was $513.3 million as of March 31, 2021. As notes payable mature, we expect they will be repaid from proceeds from new borrowings and/or partner capital contributions.

We believe that our partners are financially sound and have sufficient capital or access thereto to fund future capital requirements. In the event that a co-investment partner was unable to fund its share of the capital requirements of the co-investment partnership, we would have the right, but not the obligation, to loan the defaulting partner the amount of its capital call.

Management fee income

In addition to earning our Pro-rata share of net income or loss in each of these co-investment partnerships, we receive fees, as shown below:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Asset management, property management, leasing, and other transaction fees

 

$

6,384

 

 

 

6,807

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations as they apply to our shopping centers pertaining primarily to specific chemicals historically used by certain current and former dry cleaning tenants and the existence of asbestos in older shopping centers. We believe that the few tenants who currently operate dry cleaning plants or gas stations do so in accordance with current laws and regulations. Generally, we endeavor to require tenants to remove dry cleaning plants from our shopping centers or convert them to more environmentally friendly systems, in accordance with the terms of our leases. We have a blanket environmental insurance policy for third-party liabilities and remediation costs on shopping centers that currently have no known environmental contamination. We have also secured environmental insurance, where appropriate, on a relatively small number of specific properties with known contamination, in order to mitigate our environmental risk. We monitor the shopping centers containing environmental issues and in certain cases voluntarily remediate the sites. We also have legal obligations to remediate certain sites and we are in the process of doing so.

As of March 31, 2021, we had accrued liabilities of $7.8 million for our Pro-rata share of environmental remediation, including our Investments in real estate partnerships. We believe that the ultimate remediation of currently known environmental matters will not have a material effect on our financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.  We can give no assurance that existing environmental studies on our shopping centers have revealed all potential environmental contamination; that our estimate of liabilities will not change as more information becomes available; that any previous owner, occupant or tenant did not create any material environmental condition not known to us; that the current environmental condition of the shopping centers will not be affected by

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tenants and occupants, by the condition of nearby properties, or by unrelated third parties; or that changes in applicable environmental laws and regulations or their interpretation will not result in additional environmental liability to us.

Inflation/Deflation

Inflation has been historically low and has had a minimal impact on the operating performance of our shopping centers; however, inflation may become a greater concern in the future. Substantially all of our long-term leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation, which require tenants to pay their Pro-rata share of operating expenses, including common-area maintenance, real estate taxes, insurance and utilities, thereby reducing our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation. In addition, many of our leases are for terms of less than ten years, which permits us to seek increased rents upon re-rental at market rates. During deflationary periods or periods of economic weakness, minimum rents and percentage rents may decline as the supply of available retail space exceeds demand and consumer spending declines. Occupancy declines may also result in lower recovery rates of our operating expenses.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We continuously monitor the capital markets and evaluate our ability to issue new debt, to repay maturing debt, or fund our commitments.  Although the capital markets have experienced volatility related to the pandemic, we continue to believe, in light of our credit ratings, the capacity under our unsecured credit facility, and the number of high quality, unencumbered properties that we own which could collateralize borrowings, we will be able to successfully issue new secured or unsecured debt to fund maturing debt obligations.  However, the degree to which such capital market volatility will adversely impact the interest rates on any new debt that we may issue is uncertain.  Otherwise, there have been no material changes from the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk disclosed in item 7A of Part II of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Controls and Procedures (Regency Centers Corporation)

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Parent Company's management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, the Parent Company conducted an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation, the Parent Company's chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to ensure information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified in the SEC's rules and forms. These disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Parent Company in the reports it files or submits is accumulated and communicated to management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There have been no changes in the Parent Company's internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with this evaluation that occurred during the first quarter of 2021 which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

Controls and Procedures (Regency Centers, L.P.)

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Operating Partnership's management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of its general partner, the Operating Partnership conducted an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of its general partner concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to ensure information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified in the SEC's rules and forms. These disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Operating Partnership in the reports it files or submits is accumulated and communicated to management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of its general partner, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There have been no changes in the Operating Partnership's internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with this evaluation that occurred during the first quarter of 2021 which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are a party to various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently involved in any litigation nor to our knowledge, is any litigation threatened against us, the outcome of which would, in our judgment based on information currently available to us, have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.  However, no assurances can be given as to the outcome of any threatened or pending legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in item 1A. of Part I of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2021.

The following table represents information with respect to purchases by the Parent Company of its common stock, by month, during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

Period

 

Total number of shares purchased (1)

 

 

Average price paid per share

 

 

Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (2)

 

 

Maximum number or approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (2)

 

January 1 through January 31, 2021

 

 

1,307

 

 

$

45.59

 

 

 

 

 

$

250,000,000

 

February 1 through February 28, 2021

 

 

83,429

 

 

$

47.18

 

 

 

 

 

$

250,000,000

 

March 1 through March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

250,000,000

 

 

(1)

Consists of shares repurchased to cover payment of withholding taxes in connection with restricted stock vesting by participants under Regency’s Long-Term Omnibus Plan.

 

(2)

On February 3, 2021, the Company's Board authorized a common share repurchase program under which the Company may purchase, from time to time, up to a maximum of $250 million of shares of its outstanding common stock through open market purchases and/or in privately negotiated transactions. Any shares purchased will be retired. The program is set to expire on February 3, 2023. The timing and actual number of shares purchased under the program depend upon marketplace conditions and other factors. The program remains subject to the discretion of the Board. Through March 31, 2021, no shares have been repurchased under this program.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

In reviewing any agreements included as exhibits to this report, please remember they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about the Company, its subsidiaries or other parties to the agreements. Each agreement contains representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:

 

should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;

 

have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement;

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may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and

 

were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.

Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. We acknowledge that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, we are responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this report not misleading. Additional information about the Company may be found elsewhere in this report and the Company's other public files, which are available without charge through the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Unless otherwise indicated below, the Commission file number to the exhibit is No. 001-12298.

Ex #

Description

31.

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications.

 

31.1

Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Executive Officer for Regency Centers Corporation.

 

31.2

Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Financial Officer for Regency Centers Corporation.

 

31.3

Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Executive Officer for Regency Centers, L.P.

 

31.4

Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Financial Officer for Regency Centers, L.P.

32.

Section 1350 Certifications.

 

32.1 *

18 U.S.C. § 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer for Regency Centers Corporation.

 

32.2 *

18 U.S.C. § 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer for Regency Centers Corporation.

 

32.3 *

18 U.S.C. § 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer for Regency Centers, L.P.

 

32.4 *

18 U.S.C. § 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer for Regency Centers, L.P.

101.

Interactive Data Files

 

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document

 

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104.

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

*

Furnished, not filed.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

May 7, 2021

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

 

By:

/s/ Michael J. Mas

 

 

Michael J. Mas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Christian Leavitt

 

 

J. Christian Leavitt, Senior Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

May 7, 2021

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

 

By:

Regency Centers Corporation, General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael J. Mas

 

 

Michael J. Mas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Christian Leavitt

 

 

J. Christian Leavitt, Senior Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

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