10-Q

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

or

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

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ____________ TO _______________

COMMISSION FILE NO. 1-12494 (CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.)

COMMISSION FILE NO. 333-182515-01 (CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

______________

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

______________

DELAWARE (CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.)	62-1545718
DELAWARE (CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)	62-1542285
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

2030 Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 500, Chattanooga, TN  37421-6000

(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

423.855.0001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.	Yesx	Noo
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership	Yesx	Noo

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

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.	Yesx	No o
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership	Yesx	Noo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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. 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Large accelerated filerx	Accelerated filero
Non-accelerated filero	Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Large accelerated filero	Accelerated filero
Non-accelerated filerx	Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo

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.o

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

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.	Yeso	Nox
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership	Yes o	Nox

As of November 2, 2018, there were 172,669,152 shares of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This report combines the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and CBL & Associates Limited Partnership. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to the "Company" mean CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries. References to the "Operating Partnership" mean CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries. The terms "we," "us" and "our" refer to the Company or the Company and the Operating Partnership collectively, as the context requires.

The Company is a real estate investment trust ("REIT") whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is the 100% owner of two qualified REIT subsidiaries, CBL Holdings I, Inc. and CBL Holdings II, Inc. At September 30, 2018, CBL Holdings I, Inc., the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, owned a 1.0% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership and CBL Holdings II, Inc. owned an 85.6% limited partner interest for a combined interest held by the Company of 86.6%.

As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Company's subsidiary, CBL Holdings I, Inc., has exclusive control of the Operating Partnership's activities. Management operates the Company and the Operating Partnership as one business. The management of the Company consists of the same individuals that manage the Operating Partnership. The Company's only material asset is its indirect ownership of partnership interests of the Operating Partnership. As a result, the Company conducts substantially all its business through the Operating Partnership as described in the preceding paragraph. The Company also issues public equity from time to time and guarantees certain debt of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds all of the assets and indebtedness of the Company and, through affiliates, retains the ownership interests in the Company's joint ventures. Except for the net proceeds of offerings of equity by the Company, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for partnership units on a one-for-one basis, the Operating Partnership generates all remaining capital required by the Company's business through its operations and its incurrence of indebtedness.

We believe that combining the two quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the Company and the Operating Partnership provides the following benefits:

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

• eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation, since a substantial portion of the disclosure applies to both the Company and the Operating Partnership; and

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

To help investors understand the differences between the Company and the Operating Partnership, this report provides separate condensed consolidated financial statements for the Company and the Operating Partnership. Noncontrolling interests, shareholders' equity and partners' capital are the main areas of difference between the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company and those of the Operating Partnership. A single set of notes to condensed consolidated financial statements is presented that includes separate discussions for the Company and the Operating Partnership, when applicable. A combined Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section is also included that presents combined information and discrete information related to each entity, as applicable.

In order to highlight the differences between the Company and the Operating Partnership, this report includes the following sections that provide separate financial and other information for the Company and the Operating Partnership:

• condensed consolidated financial statements;

• certain accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements, including Note 6 - Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests; Note 7 - Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net; and Note 10 - Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit;

• controls and procedures in Item 4 of Part I of this report;

• information concerning unregistered sales of equity securities and use of proceeds in Item 2 of Part II of this report; and

• certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer included as Exhibits 31.1 through 32.4.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

Table of Contents

PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	1
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	5
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	8
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	9
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017	11
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	13
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	37
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	60
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	61
PART II	OTHER INFORMATION	61
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	61
Item1A.	Risk Factors	61
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	61
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	62
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	62
Item 5.	Other Information	62
Item 6.	Exhibits	63
	SIGNATURES	64

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1:   Financial Statements

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

ASSETS (1)	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Real estate assets:
Land	$	818,436		$	813,390
Buildings and improvements	6,544,019			6,723,194
	7,362,455			7,536,584
Accumulated depreciation	(2,514,904		)	(2,465,095		)
	4,847,551			5,071,489
Held for sale	14,807			—
Developments in progress	73,530			85,346
Net investment in real estate assets	4,935,888			5,156,835
Cash and cash equivalents	20,695			32,627
Receivables:
Tenant, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,214 and $2,011 in 2018 and 2017, respectively	77,095			83,552
Other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $838 in 2017	7,109			7,570
Mortgage and other notes receivable	8,171			8,945
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	275,884			249,192
Intangible lease assets and other assets	166,177			166,087
	$	5,491,019		$	5,704,808
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808		$	4,230,845
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	247,490			228,650
Total liabilities (1)	4,363,298			4,459,495
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7 and Note 11)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	6,228			8,835
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized:
7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred       Stock, 1,815,000 shares outstanding	18			18
6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred       Stock, 690,000 shares outstanding	7			7
Common stock, $.01 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 172,663,873 and 171,088,778 issued and outstanding in 2018 and 2017, respectively	1,727			1,711
Additional paid-in capital	1,967,882			1,974,537
Dividends in excess of cumulative earnings	(927,416		)	(836,269		)
Total shareholders' equity	1,042,218			1,140,004
Noncontrolling interests	79,275			96,474
Total equity	1,121,493			1,236,478
	$	5,491,019		$	5,704,808

(1) As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
REVENUES:
Minimum rents	$	142,248		$	150,836		$	441,097		$	468,195
Percentage rents	2,429			3,000			6,610			7,127
Other rents	2,347			3,790			6,898			11,171
Tenant reimbursements	55,374			63,055			172,601			192,577
Management, development and leasing fees	2,658			2,718			8,022			8,747
Other	1,822			1,251			6,448			4,079
Total revenues	206,878			224,650			641,676			691,896
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating	30,004			31,295			92,357			96,250
Depreciation and amortization	71,945			71,732			217,261			225,461
Real estate taxes	19,433			21,573			61,737			62,343
Maintenance and repairs	11,475			11,254			36,713			36,322
General and administrative	16,051			13,568			47,845			45,402
Loss on impairment	14,600			24,935			84,644			71,401
Other	38			132			377			5,151
Total operating expenses	163,546			174,489			540,934			542,330
Income from operations	43,332			50,161			100,742			149,566
Interest and other income (loss)	283			(200		)	714			1,235
Interest expense	(55,194		)	(53,913		)	(163,164		)	(165,179		)
Gain on extinguishment of debt	—			6,452			—			30,927
Gain (loss) on investments	—			(354		)	387			(6,197		)
Income tax benefit (provision)	(1,034		)	1,064			1,846			4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	1,762			4,706			9,869			16,404
Income (loss) from continuing operations before gain on sales of real estate assets	(10,851		)	7,916			(49,606		)	31,540
Gain on sales of real estate assets	7,880			1,383			15,998			86,904
Net income (loss)	(2,971		)	9,299			(33,608		)	118,444
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in:
Operating Partnership	1,628			81			8,978			(8,702		)
Other consolidated subsidiaries	(24		)	(415		)	369			(25,266		)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company	(1,367		)	8,965			(24,261		)	84,476
Preferred dividends	(11,223		)	(11,223		)	(33,669		)	(33,669		)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(12,590	)	$	(2,258	)	$	(57,930	)	$	50,807
Basic and diluted per share data attributable to common shareholders:
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.34	)	$	0.30
Weighted-average common and potential dilutive common shares outstanding	172,665			171,096			172,426			171,060
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.200		$	0.265		$	0.600		$	0.795

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(In thousands, except share data)

 (Unaudited)

				Equity
				Shareholders' Equity
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests			Preferred  Stock		Common  Stock		Additional  Paid-in  Capital			Dividends in Excess of Cumulative Earnings			Total Shareholders' Equity			Noncontrolling Interests			Total  Equity
Balance, January 1, 2017	$	17,996		$	25	$	1,708	$	1,969,059		$	(742,078	)	$	1,228,714		$	112,138		$	1,340,852
Net income	481			—		—		—			84,476			84,476			33,487			117,963
Dividends declared - common stock	—			—		—		—			(136,021		)	(136,021		)	—			(136,021		)
Dividends declared - preferred stock	—			—		—		—			(33,669		)	(33,669		)	—			(33,669		)
Issuances of 342,008 shares of common stock and restricted common stock	—			—		3		471			—			474			—			474
Cancellation of 37,758 shares of restricted common stock	—			—		—		(327		)	—			(327		)	—			(327		)
Performance stock units	—			—		—		1,115			—			1,115			—			1,115
Amortization of deferred compensation	—			—		—		3,135			—			3,135			—			3,135
Redemptions of Operating Partnership common units	—			—		—		—			—			—			(593		)	(593		)
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests	2,224			—		—		(5,635		)	—			(5,635		)	3,413			(2,222		)
Adjustment to record redeemable     noncontrolling interests at redemption value	(4,196		)	—		—		3,629			—			3,629			566			4,195
Deconsolidation of investment	—			—		—		—			—			—			(2,232		)	(2,232		)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	—			—		—		—			—			—			263			263
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(3,429		)	—		—		—			—			—			(48,477		)	(48,477		)
Balance, September 30, 2017	$	13,076		$	25	$	1,711	$	1,971,447		$	(827,292	)	$	1,145,891		$	98,565		$	1,244,456

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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

(Continued)

				Equity
				Shareholders' Equity
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests			Preferred  Stock		Common  Stock		Additional  Paid-in  Capital			Dividends in Excess of Cumulative Earnings			Total Shareholders' Equity			Noncontrolling  Interests			Total  Equity
Balance, January 1, 2018	$	8,835		$	25	$	1,711	$	1,974,537		$	(836,269	)	$	1,140,004		$	96,474		$	1,236,478
Net loss	(515		)	—		—		—			(24,261		)	(24,261		)	(8,832		)	(33,093		)
Cumulative effect of accounting change (Note 2)	—			—		—		—			11,433			11,433			—			11,433
Cumulative effect of accounting change (Note 3)	—			—		—		—			58,947			58,947			—			58,947
Dividends declared - common stock	—			—		—		—			(103,597		)	(103,597		)	—			(103,597		)
Dividends declared - preferred stock	—			—		—		—			(33,669		)	(33,669		)	—			(33,669		)
Issuances of 716,290 shares of common stock and restricted common stock	—			—		7		810			—			817			—			817
Conversion of 915,338 Operating Partnership common units into shares of common stock	—			—		9		3,050			—			3,059			(3,059		)	—
Redemptions of Operating Partnership common units	—			—		—		—			—			—			(2,246		)	(2,246		)
Cancellation of 56,533 shares of restricted common stock	—			—		—		(249		)	—			(249		)	—			(249		)
Performance stock units	—			—		—		993			—			993			—			993
Forfeiture of performance stock units	—			—		—		(250		)	—			(250		)	—			(250		)
Amortization of deferred compensation	—			—		—		2,846			—			2,846			—			2,846
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests	3,033			—		—		(15,329		)	—			(15,329		)	12,296			(3,033		)
Adjustment to record redeemable      noncontrolling interests at redemption value	(1,696		)	—		—		1,474			—			1,474			222			1,696
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	—			—		—		—			—			—			7,859			7,859
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(3,429		)	—		—		—			—			—			(23,439		)	(23,439		)
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	6,228		$	25	$	1,727	$	1,967,882		$	(927,416	)	$	1,042,218		$	79,275		$	1,121,493

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)	$	(33,608	)	$	118,444
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	217,261			225,461
Net amortization of deferred financing costs, debt premiums and discounts	5,451			2,904
Net amortization of intangible lease assets and liabilities	198			(1,235		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	(15,998		)	(86,904		)
(Gain) loss on investments	(387		)	6,197
Write-off of development projects	377			5,151
Share-based compensation expense	4,310			4,569
Loss on impairment	84,644			71,401
Gain on extinguishment of debt	—			(30,927		)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(9,869		)	(16,404		)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates	12,574			16,361
Provision for doubtful accounts	3,273			3,353
Change in deferred tax accounts	(2,706		)	2,911
Changes in:
Tenant and other receivables	3,493			(4,893		)
Other assets	(4,640		)	(12,368		)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	16,034			32,929
Net cash provided by operating activities	280,407			336,950
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to real estate assets	(107,981		)	(149,302		)
Acquisitions of real estate assets	(3,301		)	(79,799		)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets	70,419			201,291
Proceeds from disposal of investment	—			9,000
Additions to mortgage and other notes receivable	—			(4,118		)
Payments received on mortgage and other notes receivable	775			3,443
Additional investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates	(2,243		)	(17,199		)
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	33,909			15,743
Changes in other assets	(5,903		)	(14,471		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(14,325		)	(35,412		)

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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited) (Continued)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from mortgage and other indebtedness	$	530,679		$	1,097,006
Principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness	(649,904		)	(1,159,144		)
Additions to deferred financing costs	(238		)	(5,003		)
Prepayment fees on extinguishment of debt	—			(8,871		)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	117			150
Purchases of noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership	(2,246		)	(593		)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	7,859			263
Payment of tax withholdings for restricted stock awards	(271		)	(322		)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(27,156		)	(51,925		)
Dividends paid to holders of preferred stock	(33,669		)	(33,669		)
Dividends paid to common shareholders	(103,280		)	(135,941		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(278,109		)	(298,049		)
NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH	(12,027		)	3,489
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of period	68,172			65,069
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period	$	56,145		$	68,558
Reconciliation from condensed consolidated statements of cash flows to condensed consolidated balance sheets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,695		$	31,351
Restricted cash (1):
Restricted cash	4,681			944
Mortgage escrows	30,769			36,263
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period	$	56,145		$	68,558
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	$	136,301		$	150,816

(1) Included in intangible lease assets and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except unit data)

(Unaudited)

ASSETS (1)	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Real estate assets:
Land	$	818,436		$	813,390
Buildings and improvements	6,544,019			6,723,194
	7,362,455			7,536,584
Accumulated depreciation	(2,514,904		)	(2,465,095		)
	4,847,551			5,071,489
Held for sale	14,807			—
Developments in progress	73,530			85,346
Net investment in real estate assets	4,935,888			5,156,835
Cash and cash equivalents	20,695			32,627
Receivables:
Tenant, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,214 and $2,011 in 2018 and 2017, respectively	77,095			83,552
Other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $838 in 2017	7,061			7,520
Mortgage and other notes receivable	8,171			8,945
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	276,418			249,722
Intangible lease assets and other assets	166,057			165,967
	$	5,491,385		$	5,705,168
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE INTERESTS AND CAPITAL
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808		$	4,230,845
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	247,607			228,720
Total liabilities (1)	4,363,415			4,459,565
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7 and Note 11)
Redeemable common units	6,228			8,835
Partners' capital:
Preferred units	565,212			565,212
Common units:
General partner	5,540			6,735
Limited partners	539,191			655,120
Total partners' capital	1,109,943			1,227,067
Noncontrolling interests	11,799			9,701
Total capital	1,121,742			1,236,768
	$	5,491,385		$	5,705,168

(1) As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can only be used to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Operating Partnership. See Note 6.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except per unit data) (Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
REVENUES:
Minimum rents	$	142,248		$	150,836		$	441,097		$	468,195
Percentage rents	2,429			3,000			6,610			7,127
Other rents	2,347			3,790			6,898			11,171
Tenant reimbursements	55,374			63,055			172,601			192,577
Management, development and leasing fees	2,658			2,718			8,022			8,747
Other	1,822			1,251			6,448			4,079
Total revenues	206,878			224,650			641,676			691,896
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating	30,004			31,295			92,357			96,250
Depreciation and amortization	71,945			71,732			217,261			225,461
Real estate taxes	19,433			21,573			61,737			62,343
Maintenance and repairs	11,475			11,254			36,713			36,322
General and administrative	16,051			13,568			47,845			45,402
Loss on impairment	14,600			24,935			84,644			71,401
Other	38			132			377			5,151
Total operating expenses	163,546			174,489			540,934			542,330
Income from operations	43,332			50,161			100,742			149,566
Interest and other income (loss)	283			(200		)	714			1,235
Interest expense	(55,194		)	(53,913		)	(163,164		)	(165,179		)
Gain on extinguishment of debt	—			6,452			—			30,927
Gain (loss) on investments	—			(354		)	387			(6,197		)
Income tax benefit (provision)	(1,034		)	1,064			1,846			4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	1,762			4,706			9,869			16,404
Income (loss) from continuing operations before gain on sales of real estate assets	(10,851		)	7,916			(49,606		)	31,540
Gain on sales of real estate assets	7,880			1,383			15,998			86,904
Net income (loss)	(2,971		)	9,299			(33,608		)	118,444
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(24		)	(415		)	369			(25,266		)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Operating Partnership	(2,995		)	8,884			(33,239		)	93,178
Distributions to preferred unitholders	(11,223		)	(11,223		)	(33,669		)	(33,669		)
Net income (loss) attributable to common unitholders	$	(14,218	)	$	(2,339	)	$	(66,908	)	$	59,509
Basic and diluted per unit data attributable to common unitholders:
Net income (loss) attributable to common unitholders	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.34	)	$	0.30
Weighted-average common and potential dilutive common units outstanding	199,432			199,321			199,630			199,325
Distributions declared per common unit	$	0.209		$	0.273		$	0.627		$	0.819

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital

(In thousands)

 (Unaudited)

				Number of						Common Units
	Redeemable Common Units			Preferred Units	Common Units		Preferred Units			General Partner			Limited Partners			Total Partners' Capital			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Capital
Balance, January 1, 2017	$	17,996		25,050	199,085		$	565,212		$	7,781		$	756,083		$	1,329,076		$	12,103		$	1,341,179
Net income	481			—	—		33,669			607			58,421			92,697			25,266			117,963
Distributions declared - common units	(3,429		)	—	—		—			(1,600		)	(158,124		)	(159,724		)	—			(159,724		)
Distributions declared - preferred units	—			—	—		(33,669		)	—			—			(33,669		)	—			(33,669		)
Issuances of common units	—			—	342		—			—			474			474			—			474
Redemptions of common units	—			—	(73	)	—			—			(593		)	(593		)	—			(593		)
Cancellation of restricted common stock	—			—	(38	)	—			—			(327		)	(327		)	—			(327		)
Performance stock units	—			—	—		—			11			1,104			1,115			—			1,115
Amortization of deferred compensation	—			—	—		—			32			3,103			3,135			—			3,135
Allocation of partners' capital	2,224			—	—		—			(68		)	(2,191		)	(2,259		)	—			(2,259		)
Adjustment to record redeemable interests at redemption value	(4,196		)	—	—		—			43			4,152			4,195			—			4,195
Deconsolidation of investment	—			—	—		—			—			—			—			(2,232		)	(2,232		)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	—			—	—		—			—			—			—			263			263
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—			—	—		—			—			—			—			(24,774		)	(24,774		)
Balance, September 30, 2017	$	13,076		25,050	199,316		$	565,212		$	6,806		$	662,102		$	1,234,120		$	10,626		$	1,244,746

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CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

(Continued)

				Number of						Common Units
	Redeemable Common Units			Preferred Units	Common Units		Preferred Units			General Partner			Limited Partners			Total Partners' Capital			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Capital
Balance, January 1, 2018	$	8,835		25,050	199,297		$	565,212		$	6,735		$	655,120		$	1,227,067		$	9,701		$	1,236,768
Net income (loss)	(515		)	—	—		33,669			(682		)	(65,711		)	(32,724		)	(369		)	(33,093		)
Cumulative effect of accounting change (Note 2)	—			—	—		—			117			11,316			11,433			—			11,433
Cumulative effect of accounting change (Note 3)	—			—	—		—			605			58,342			58,947			—			58,947
Distributions declared - common units	(3,429		)	—	—		—			(1,207		)	(120,436		)	(121,643		)	—			(121,643		)
Distributions declared - preferred units	—			—	—		(33,669		)	—			—			(33,669		)	—			(33,669		)
Issuances of common units	—			—	715		—			—			817			817			—			817
Redemptions of common units	—			—	(527	)	—			—			(2,246		)	(2,246		)	—			(2,246		)
Cancellation of restricted common stock	—			—	(57	)	—			—			(249		)	(249		)	—			(249		)
Performance stock units	—			—	—		—			10			983			993			—			993
Forfeiture of performance stock units	—			—	—		—			(3		)	(247		)	(250		)	—			(250		)
Amortization of deferred compensation	—			—	—		—			29			2,817			2,846			—			2,846
Allocation of partners' capital	3,033			—	—		—			(81		)	(2,994		)	(3,075		)	—			(3,075		)
Adjustment to record redeemable interests at redemption value	(1,696		)	—	—		—			17			1,679			1,696			—			1,696
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	—			—	—		—			—			—			—			7,859			7,859
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—			—	—		—			—			—			—			(5,392		)	(5,392		)
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	6,228		25,050	199,428		$	565,212		$	5,540		$	539,191		$	1,109,943		$	11,799		$	1,121,742

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)	$	(33,608	)	$	118,444
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	217,261			225,461
Net amortization of deferred financing costs, debt premiums and discounts	5,451			2,904
Net amortization of intangible lease assets and liabilities	198			(1,235		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	(15,998		)	(86,904		)
(Gain ) loss on investments	(387		)	6,197
Write-off of development projects	377			5,151
Share-based compensation expense	4,310			4,569
Loss on impairment	84,644			71,401
Gain on extinguishment of debt	—			(30,927		)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(9,869		)	(16,404		)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates	12,569			16,362
Provision for doubtful accounts	3,273			3,353
Change in deferred tax accounts	(2,706		)	2,911
Changes in:
Tenant and other receivables	3,493			(4,893		)
Other assets	(4,640		)	(12,368		)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	16,039			32,935
Net cash provided by operating activities	280,407			336,957
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to real estate assets	(107,981		)	(149,302		)
Acquisition of real estate assets	(3,301		)	(79,799		)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets	70,419			201,291
Proceeds from disposal of investment	—			9,000
Additions to mortgage and other notes receivable	—			(4,118		)
Payments received on mortgage and other notes receivable	775			3,443
Additional investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates	(2,243		)	(17,199		)
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	33,909			15,743
Changes in other assets	(5,903		)	(14,471		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(14,325		)	(35,412		)

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CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited) (Continued)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from mortgage and other indebtedness	$	530,679		$	1,097,006
Principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness	(649,904		)	(1,159,144		)
Additions to deferred financing costs	(238		)	(5,003		)
Prepayment fees on extinguishment of debt	—			(8,871		)
Proceeds from issuances of common units	117			150
Redemptions of common units	(2,246		)	(593		)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	7,859			263
Payment of tax withholdings for restricted stock awards	(271		)	(322		)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(8,821		)	(28,203		)
Distributions to preferred unitholders	(33,669		)	(33,669		)
Distributions to common unitholders	(121,615		)	(159,663		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(278,109		)	(298,049		)
NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH	(12,027		)	3,496
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of period	68,172			65,061
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period	$	56,145		$	68,557
Reconciliation from condensed consolidated statements of cash flows to condensed consolidated balance sheets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,695		$	31,350
Restricted cash (1):
Restricted cash	4,681			944
Mortgage escrows	30,769			36,263
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period	$	56,145		$	68,557
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	$	136,301		$	150,816

(1) Included in intangible lease assets and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.

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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Dollars in thousands, except per share and per unit data)

Note 1 – Organization and Basis of Presentation

Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to the "Company" mean CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries. References to the "Operating Partnership" mean CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (“CBL”), a Delaware corporation, is a self-managed, self-administered, fully-integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that is engaged in the ownership, development, acquisition, leasing, management and operation of regional shopping malls, open-air and mixed-use centers, outlet centers, associated centers, community centers and office properties.  Its properties are located in 26 states, but are primarily in the southeastern and midwestern United States.

CBL conducts substantially all of its business through CBL & Associates Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which is a variable interest entity ("VIE"). The Operating Partnership consolidates the financial statements of all entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or where it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE.  

As of September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership owned interests in the following properties:

		Other Properties
	Malls (1)	Associated Centers	Community Centers	Office Buildings/Other		Total
Consolidated properties	59	20	3	5	(2)	87
Unconsolidated properties (3)	8	3	4	1		16
Total	67	23	7	6		103

(1) Category consists of regional malls, open-air centers and outlet centers (including one mixed-use center).

(2) Includes CBL's two corporate office buildings.

(3) The Operating Partnership accounts for these investments using the equity method because one or more of the other partners have substantive participating rights.

At September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership had interests in the following properties under development:

	Consolidated Properties		Unconsolidated Properties
	Malls	All Other	Malls	All Other
Development	—	—	—	2
Redevelopments	8	—	1	—

CBL is the 100% owner of two qualified REIT subsidiaries, CBL Holdings I, Inc. and CBL Holdings II, Inc. At September 30, 2018, CBL Holdings I, Inc., the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, owned a 1.0% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership and CBL Holdings II, Inc. owned an 85.6% limited partner interest for a combined interest held by CBL of 86.6%.

The noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership is held by CBL & Associates, Inc., its shareholders and affiliates and certain senior officers of the Company (collectively "CBL's Predecessor"), all of which contributed their interests in certain real estate properties and joint ventures to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a limited partner interest when the Operating Partnership was formed in November 1993, and by various third parties. At September 30, 2018, CBL’s Predecessor owned a 9.1% limited partner interest and third parties owned a 4.3% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership.  CBL's Predecessor also owned 4.0 million shares of CBL’s common stock at September 30, 2018, for a total combined effective interest of 11.1% in the Operating Partnership.

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The Operating Partnership conducts the Company’s property management and development activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, CBL & Associates Management, Inc. (the “Management Company”), to comply with certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”).

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, they have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring matters) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for these interim periods have been included. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The results for the interim period ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the full fiscal year.

These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to amounts in the Company's prior-year financial statements to conform to the current period presentation. The Company reclassified certain amounts related to restricted cash in its condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 upon the adoption of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-18, Restricted Cash ("ASU 2016-18") in the fourth quarter of 2017, which required the change in restricted cash to be reported with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning and ending amounts on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The guidance was applied retrospectively to the prior period presented. As a result, restricted cash reductions of $1,261, previously included in cash flows from investing activities, were reclassified to cash flows from financing activities to reflect $7,650 of principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness and the remaining $8,911 difference was reclassified to the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Note 2 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Guidance Adopted

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers,and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective (applied to contracts not completed as of the implementation date)	The objective of this guidance is to enable financial statement users to better understand and analyze revenue by replacing transaction and industry-specific guidance with a more principles-based approach to revenue recognition. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. The Company expects the adoption of the new guidance to be immaterial to its net income on an ongoing basis as the majority of the Company’s revenues relate to leasing. See Note 3 for further details and the cumulative adjustment recorded.
ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, when the sale or transfer occurs. The Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $11,433 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 related to certain 2017 asset sales from several of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries to the Management Company.
ASU 2017-05, Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	This guidance applies to the partial sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets, including real estate assets, to unconsolidated joint ventures and requires 100% of the gain to be recognized for nonfinancial assets transferred to an unconsolidated joint venture and any noncontrolling interest received in such nonfinancial assets to be measured at fair value. See Note 3 for further details including the impact of adoption and the cumulative adjustment recorded.

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Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting	January 1, 2018 - Prospective	The guidance clarifies the types of changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2016-02, Leases, and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2019 - Modified Retrospective (electing optional transition method to apply at adoption date and record cumulative-effect adjustment as of January 1, 2019)	The objective of the leasing guidance is to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. Lessees will be required to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The guidance applied by a lessor is substantially similar to existing GAAP and the Company expects substantially all leases will continue to be classified as operating leases under the new guidance. The Company expects to expense certain deferred lease costs due to the narrowed definition of indirect costs that may be capitalized. Of the $1,456 in deferred lease costs recorded in 2017, approximately $183 related to legal costs which would not be capitalized under the new guidance. The Company completed an inventory of its leases in which it is a lessee and expects to record right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities for ground leases. The Company has 10 ground lease arrangements in which it is the lessee for land. As of September 30, 2018, these ground leases have future contractual payments of approximately $14,767 with maturity dates ranging from February 2022 to July2089. Practical expedients and accounting policy elections: The Company plans to elect a package of practical expedients pursuant to which it will not reassess contracts to determine if they contain leases, will not reassess lease classification and will not reassess capitalization of initial direct costs related to expired or existing leases as of the adoption date. The Company also plans to use the land easements practical expedient and apply the short-term lease policy election to leases 12 months or less at inception. The Company expects to adopt the practical expedient which allows lessors to combine lease and non-lease components if certain conditions are met. The majority of the Company's revenues will continue to be classified as leasing revenues. The Company is assessing the potential impact the guidance may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	January 1, 2020 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance replaces the current incurred loss impairment model, which reflects credit events, with a current expected credit loss model, which recognizes an allowance for credit losses based on an entity's estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected. The Company is evaluating the impact that this update may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2018-15, Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract	January 1, 2020 - Prospective	The guidance addresses diversity in practice in accounting for the costs of implementation activities in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. Under the guidance, the Company is to follow Subtopic 350-40 on internal-use software to determine which implementation costs to capitalize and which to expense. The guidance also requires an entity to expense capitalized implementation costs over the term of the hosting arrangement and include that expense in the same line item as the fees associated with the service element of the arrangement. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

Note 3 – Revenues

Adoption of ASU 2014-09, and all related subsequent amendments, and ASU 2017-05

The Company adopted ASC 606 (which includes ASU 2014-09 and all related subsequent amendments) on January 1, 2018 and applied the guidance to contracts that were not complete as of January 1, 2018. The cumulative effect of adopting ASC 606 included an opening adjustment of $196 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 in the accounts noted below. Historical amounts for prior periods were not adjusted and will continue to be reported using the guidance in ASC 605, Revenue Recognition.

Sales of real estate assets are accounted for under ASC 610-20, Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets, which provides for revenue recognition based on the transfer of control. There should be no change in revenue recognition for sales in which the Company has no continuing involvement. ASU 2017-05 addresses revenue recognition related to property sales in which the Company has continuing involvement and may require full gain recognition.

In its adoption of ASU 2017-05, the Company identified one unconsolidated affiliate, CBL/T-C, LLC, in which the Company recorded a partial sale of real estate assets in 2011, and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment that represents a gain of $57,850 as of January 1, 2018. Additionally, in conjunction with the transfer of land in the formation of a new joint venture in 2017, the Company recorded $901 related to this transaction as a cumulative effect adjustment as of January 1, 2018.    

See Note 2 for additional information about these accounting standards.

Contract Balances

A summary of the Company's contract assets activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is presented below:

	Contract Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2018 (1)	$	460
Tenant openings	(375		)
Executed leases	525
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	610

(1) In conjunction with the initial entry to record contract assets, $166 was also recorded in investments in unconsolidated affiliates in the condensed consolidated balance sheets to eliminate the Company's portion related to two unconsolidated affiliates.

There was no change to the $98 contract liability, recorded on January 1, 2018, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

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The Company has the following contract balances as of September 30, 2018:

		As of September 30, 2018		Expected Settlement Period
Description	Financial Statement Line Item			2018			2019			2020		2023
Contract assets (1)	Management, development and leasing fees	$	610	$	(213	)	$	(389	)	(4	)	$	(4	)
Contract liability (2)	Other rents	98		(49		)	(49		)	—		—

(1) Represents leasing fees recognized as revenue in the period in which the lease is executed. Under third party and unconsolidated affiliates' contracts, the remaining 50% of the commissions are paid when the tenant opens. The tenant typically opens within a year, unless the project is in development.

(2) Relates to a contract in which the Company received advance payments in the initial year of the multi-year contract.

Revenues

Sales taxes are excluded from revenues. The following table presents the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
Leasing revenues (1)	$	200,731	$	621,016
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):
Operating expense reimbursements (2)	1,682		6,062
Management, development and leasing fees (3)	2,658		8,022
Marketing revenues (4)	1,124		3,374
	5,464		17,458
Other revenues	683		3,202
Total revenues	$	206,878	$	641,676

(1) Revenues from leases are accounted for in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.

(2) Includes $1,621 in the Malls segment and $61 in the All Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Includes $5,660 in the Malls segment and $402 in the All Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. See description below.

(3) Included in All Other segment.

(4) Includes $1,119 in the Malls segment and $5 in the All Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Includes $3,362 in the Malls segment and $12 in the All Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

See Note 9 for information on the Company's segments.

Leasing Revenues

The majority of the Company’s revenues are earned through the lease of space at its properties. Lease revenues include minimum rent, percentage rent, other rents and reimbursements from tenants for real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance ("CAM") and other operating expenses as provided in the lease agreements.

Minimum rental revenue from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the initial terms of the related leases. Certain tenants are required to pay percentage rent if their sales volumes exceed thresholds specified in their lease agreements. Percentage rent is recognized as revenue when the thresholds are achieved and the amounts become determinable.

The Company receives reimbursements from tenants for real estate taxes, insurance, CAM and other recoverable operating expenses as provided in the lease agreements. Tenant reimbursements are recognized when earned in accordance with the tenant lease agreements. Tenant reimbursements related to certain capital expenditures are billed to tenants over periods of 5 to 15 years and are recognized as revenue in accordance with the underlying lease terms.

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Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Operating expense reimbursements

Under operating and other agreements with third parties which own anchor or outparcel buildings at the Company's properties and pay no rent, the Company receives reimbursements for certain operating expenses such as utilities, ring road and parking lot maintenance, landscaping and other fees. These arrangements are primarily either set at a fixed rate with rate increases typically every five years or are on a variable (pro rata) basis, typically as a percentage of costs allocated based on square footage or sales. The majority of these contracts have an initial term and one or more extension options, which cumulatively approximate 50 or more years as historically the initial term and any extension options are reasonably certain of being executed by the third party. The standalone selling price of each performance obligation is determined based on the terms of the contract, which typically assign a price to each performance obligation that directly relates to the value the customer receives for the services being provided. Revenue is recognized as services are transferred to the customer. Variable consideration is based on historical experience and is generally recognized over time using the cost-to-cost method of measurement because it most accurately depicts the Company's performance in satisfying the performance obligation. The cumulative catch-up method is used to recognize any adjustments in variable consideration estimates. Under this method, any adjustment is recognized in the period it is identified.

Management, development and leasing fees

The Company earns revenue from contracts with third parties and unconsolidated affiliates for property management, leasing, development and other services. These contracts are accounted for on a month-to-month basis if the agreement does not contain substantive penalties for termination. The majority of the Company's contracts with customers are accounted for on a month-to-month basis. The standalone selling price of each performance obligation is determined based on the terms of the contract, which typically assign a price to each performance obligation that directly relates to the value the customer receives for the services being provided. These contracts generally are for the following:

• Management fees - Management fees are charged as a percentage of revenues (as defined in the contract) and recognized as revenue over time as services are provided.

• Leasing fees - Leasing fees are charged for newly executed leases and lease renewals and are recognized as revenue upon lease execution, when the performance obligation is completed. In cases for which the agreement specifies 50% of the leasing commission will be paid upon lease execution with the remainder paid when the tenant opens, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration it expects to receive by evaluating the likelihood of tenant openings using the most likely amount method and records the amount as an unbilled receivable (contract asset).

• Development fees - Development fees may be either set as a fixed rate in a separate agreement or be a variable rate based on a percentage of work costs. Variable consideration related to development fees is generally recognized over time using the cost-to-cost method of measurement because it most accurately depicts the Company's performance in satisfying the performance obligation. Contract estimates are based on various assumptions including the cost and availability of materials, anticipated performance and the complexity of the work to be performed. The cumulative catch-up method is used to recognize any adjustments in variable consideration estimates. Under this method, any adjustment is recognized in the period it is identified.

Development and leasing fees received from an unconsolidated affiliate are recognized as revenue only to the extent of the third-party partner’s ownership interest. The Company's share of such fees are recorded as a reduction to the Company’s investment in the unconsolidated affiliate.

Marketing revenues

The Company earns marketing revenues from advertising and sponsorship agreements. These fees may be for tangible items in which the Company provides advertising services and creates signs and other promotional materials for the tenant or may be arrangements in which the customer sponsors a play area or event and receives specified brand recognition and other benefits over a set period of time. Revenue related to advertising services is recognized as goods and services are provided to the customer. Sponsorship revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the time period specified in the contract.

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Performance obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer. If the contract does not specify the revenue by performance obligation, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. Such prices are generally determined using prices charged to customers or using the Company’s expected cost plus margin. Revenue is recognized as the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied over time, as services are provided, or at a point in time, such as leasing a space to earn a commission. Open performance obligations are those in which the Company has not fully or has partially provided the applicable good or services to the customer as specified in the contract. If consideration is received in advance of the Company’s performance, including amounts which are refundable, recognition of revenue is deferred until the performance obligation is satisfied or amounts are no longer refundable.

Practical Expedients

The Company does not disclose the value of open performance obligations for (1) contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less and (2) contracts for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice, which primarily relate to services performed for certain operating expense reimbursements and management, leasing and development activities, as described above. Performance obligations related to pro rata operating expense reimbursements for certain noncancellable contracts are disclosed below.

Outstanding Performance Obligations

The Company has outstanding performance obligations related to certain noncancellable contracts with customers for which it will receive pro rata operating expense reimbursements for providing certain maintenance and other services as described above. As of September 30, 2018, the Company expects to recognize these amounts as revenue over the following periods:

Performance obligation	Less than 5 years		5-20 years		Over 20 years		Total
Pro rata operating expense reimbursements	$	981	$	4,899	$	33,581	$	39,461

The Company evaluates its performance obligations each period and makes adjustments to reflect any known additions or cancellations. Performance obligations related to variable consideration which is based on sales is constrained.

Note 4 – Fair Value Measurements

The Company has categorized its financial assets and financial liabilities that are recorded at fair value into a hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, ("ASC 820") based on whether the inputs to valuation techniques are observable or unobservable.  The fair value hierarchy contains three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value as follows:

Level 1 – Inputs represent quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities as of the measurement date.

Level 2 – Inputs, other than those included in Level 1, represent observable measurements for similar instruments in active markets, or identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and observable measurements or market data for instruments with substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Inputs represent unobservable measurements, supported by little, if any, market activity, and require considerable assumptions that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability.  Market valuations must often be determined using discounted cash flow methodologies, pricing models or similar techniques based on the Company’s assumptions and best judgment.

The asset or liability's fair value within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Under ASC 820, fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability in an orderly transaction at the measurement date and under current market conditions. Valuation techniques used maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and consider assumptions such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.

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Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are reasonable estimates of their fair values because of the short-term nature of these financial instruments.  Based on the interest rates for similar financial instruments, the carrying value of mortgage and other notes receivable is a reasonable estimate of fair value.  The estimated fair value of mortgage and other indebtedness was $3,905,211 and $4,199,357 at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.  The fair value was calculated using Level 2 inputs by discounting future cash flows for mortgage and other indebtedness using estimated market rates at which similar loans would be made currently.

Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis

The Company measures the fair value of certain long-lived assets on a nonrecurring basis, through quarterly impairment testing or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company considers both quantitative and qualitative factors in its impairment analysis of long-lived assets. Significant quantitative factors include historical and forecasted information for each property such as net operating income ("NOI"), occupancy statistics and sales levels. Significant qualitative factors used include market conditions, age and condition of the property and tenant mix. Due to the significant unobservable estimates and assumptions used in the valuation of long-lived assets that experience impairment, the Company classifies such long-lived assets under Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Level 3 inputs primarily consist of sales and market data, independent valuations and discounted cash flow models.

Long-lived Assets Measured at Fair Value in 2018

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and related impairment charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Loss on Impairment
Long-lived assets	$	42,100	$	—	$	—	$	42,100	$	84,644

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recognized an impairment of real estate of $84,644 related to two malls and undeveloped land:

Impairment Date	Property	Location	Segment Classification	Loss on Impairment		Fair Value
March	Janesville Mall (1)	Janesville, WI	Malls	$	18,061	$	—
June	Cary Towne Center (2)	Cary, NC	Malls	51,985		34,000
September	Vacant land (3)	D'Iberville, MS	All Other	14,598		8,100
				$	84,644	$	42,100

(1) The Company adjusted the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value based upon a net sales price of $17,640 in a signed contract with a third party buyer, adjusted to reflect estimated disposition costs. The mall was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2018 until its sale in in July 2018. See Note 5 for additional information.

(2) In June 2018, the Company was notified by IKEA that, as a result of a shift in its corporate strategy, it was terminating the contract to purchase land at the mall upon which it would develop and open a store. Under the terms of the interest-only non-recourse loan secured by the mall, the loan matured on the date the IKEA contract terminated if that date was prior to the scheduled maturity date of March 5, 2019. The Company engaged in conversations with the lender regarding a potential restructure of the loan. Based on the results of these conversations, the Company concluded that an impairment was required because it was unlikely to recover the asset's net carrying value through future cash flows. Management determined the fair value of Cary Towne Center using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a 10-year holding period, a capitalization rate of 12.0% and a discount rate of 13%. See Note 7 for information related to the mortgage loan.

(3) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of land to its estimated value of $8,100. The Company evaluated comparable land parcel transactions and determined that $8,100 was the land's estimated fair value.

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Long-lived Assets Measured at Fair Value in 2017

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's assets, which are included in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018, that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and related impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2017:

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-lived assets	$	81,350	$	—	$	—	$	81,350

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company wrote down the book value of the following properties:

Impairment Date	Property	Location	Segment Classification	Loss on Impairment		Fair Value
June	Acadiana Mall (1)	Lafayette, LA	Malls	$	43,007	$	67,300
September	Hickory Point Mall (2)	Forsyth, IL	Malls	24,525		14,050
				$	67,532	$	81,350

(1) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value of $67,300. Management determined the fair value of Acadiana Mall using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 15.5% and a discount rate of 15.75%. The mall has experienced declining tenant sales and cash flows as a result of the downturn of the economy in its market area and was also impacted by an anchor's announcement in the second quarter 2017 that it would close its store later in 2017. The loan secured by Acadiana Mall matured in April 2017 and is in default. See Note 7 for additional information related to the mortgage loan.

(2) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value of $14,050. Management determined the fair value of Hickory Point Mall using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 18.0% and a discount rate of 19.0%.

Note 5 – Dispositions and Held for Sale

The Company evaluates its disposals utilizing the guidance in ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. Based on its analysis, the Company determined that the dispositions described below do not meet the criteria for classification as discontinued operations and are not considered to be significant disposals based on its quantitative and qualitative evaluation. Thus, the results of operations of the properties described below, as well as any related gains or losses, are included in net income for all periods presented, as applicable.

2018 Dispositions

Net proceeds realized from the 2018 dispositions listed below were used to reduce the outstanding balances on the Company's credit facilities unless otherwise noted.

The following is a summary of the Company's 2018 dispositions:

				Sales Price
Sales Date	Property	Property Type	Location	Gross		Net		Gain
March	Gulf Coast Town Center - Phase III	All Other	Ft. Myers, FL	$	9,000	$	8,769	$	2,236
July	Janesville Mall (1)	Malls	Janesville, WI	18,000		17,783		—
September	Statesboro Crossing (2)	All Other	Statesboro, GA	21,500		10,532		3,215
September	Prior sales adjustment	Malls		—		—		92
				$	48,500	$	37,084	$	5,543

(1) The Company recognized a loss on impairment of $18,061 in 2018 when it adjusted the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value

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based upon a contract with a third party buyer, adjusted to reflect estimated disposition costs. See Note 4. The mall was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2018 until its sale in July 2018.

(2) In conjunction with the sale of this 50/50 consolidated joint venture, the loan secured by the community center was retired. See Note 7 for more information. The Company received 100% of the net proceeds from the sale in accordance with the terms of the joint venture agreement.

The Company also realized a gain of $10,455 primarily related to the sale of 10 outparcels and proceeds from several outparcels sold through eminent domain proceedings during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.     

2018 Held for Sale

Parkway Plaza was classified as held for sale at September 30, 2018 and the $14,807 on the condensed consolidated balance sheets represents the Company's related net investment in real estate assets at September 30, 2018, which approximates 0.3% of the Company's total assets as of September 30, 2018. There are no other material assets or liabilities associated with this community center. The community center was sold subsequent to September 30, 2018. See Note 14 for additional information.

Note 6 – Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests

Unconsolidated Affiliates

Although the Company had majority ownership of certain joint ventures during 2018 and 2017, it evaluated the investments and concluded that the other partners or owners in these joint ventures had substantive participating rights, such as approvals of:

• the pro forma for the development and construction of the project and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• the site plan and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• the conceptual design of the project and the initial plans and specifications for the project and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• any acquisition/construction loans or any permanent financings/refinancings;

• the annual operating budgets and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• the initial leasing plan and leasing parameters and any material deviations or modifications thereto; and

• any material acquisitions or dispositions with respect to the project.

As a result of the joint control over these joint ventures, the Company accounts for these investments using the equity method of accounting.

At September 30, 2018, the Company had investments in 19 entities, which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company's ownership interest in these unconsolidated affiliates ranges from 10.0% to 65.0%. Of these entities, 14 are owned in 50/50 joint ventures.

2018 Activity - Unconsolidated Affiliates

G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC

In September 2018, G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC recognized an impairment of $89,826 to write down Triangle Town Center's net book value of $123,453 to its estimated fair value of approximately $33,600. Management determined the fair value using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 15% and a discount rate of 15%. The mall has experienced declining tenant sales over the past few years and is facing challenges from store closures. The Company recorded $1,022 as its share of the loss on impairment recognized by the unconsolidated joint venture, which reduced the carrying value of the Company's investment in the joint venture to zero as of September 30, 2018.

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Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC

In April 2018, the Company entered into a 50/50 joint venture, Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC, to develop a self-storage facility adjacent to Mid Rivers Mall. The Company recorded a $387 gain on investment related to land which it contributed to the joint venture. The unconsolidated affiliate is a VIE. See additional information in Variable Interest Entities below. In conjunction with the formation of the joint venture, the unconsolidated affiliate closed on a construction loan. See details below under 2018 Financings.

Condensed Combined Financial Statements - Unconsolidated Affiliates

Condensed combined financial statement information of the unconsolidated affiliates is as follows:

	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
ASSETS
Investment in real estate assets	$	2,025,289		$	2,089,262
Accumulated depreciation	(658,163		)	(618,922		)
	1,367,126			1,470,340
Developments in progress	68,768			36,765
Net investment in real estate assets	1,435,894			1,507,105
Other assets	186,912			201,114
Total assets	$	1,622,806		$	1,708,219
LIABILITIES
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	1,322,144		$	1,248,817
Other liabilities	42,986			41,291
Total liabilities	1,365,130			1,290,108
OWNERS' EQUITY
The Company	183,392			216,292
Other investors	74,284			201,819
Total owners' equity	257,676			418,111
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	1,622,806		$	1,708,219

	Total for the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Total revenues	$	54,579		$	57,395
Net income (loss) (1)	$	(85,136	)	$	7,868

(1) The Company's share of net income (loss) is $1,762 and $4,706 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

	Total for the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Total revenues	$	166,843		$	175,250
Net income (loss) (1)	$	(72,585	)	$	24,980

(1) The Company's share of net income (loss) is $9,869 and $16,404 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Financings - Unconsolidated Affiliates

All of the debt on the properties owned by the unconsolidated affiliates is non-recourse, except for debt secured by Ambassador Infrastructure, Hammock Landing, The Pavilion at Port Orange, The Shoppes at Eagle Point

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and the self-storage developments adjacent to EastGate Mall and Mid Rivers Mall. See Note 11 for a description of guarantees the Operating Partnership has issued related to these unconsolidated affiliates.     

2018 Financings

The Company's unconsolidated affiliates had the following loan activity in 2018:

Date	Property	Stated Interest Rate	Maturity Date		Amount Financed or Extended
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	4.839%	May 2028		$	155,000
April	Self-storage development - Mid Rivers Mall (2)	LIBOR + 2.75%	April 2023		5,987
May	Hammock Landing - Phase I	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	41,997
May	Hammock Landing - Phase II	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	16,217
May	The Pavilion at Port Orange	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	56,738

(1) CBL/T-C, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, closed on a non-recourse loan. Proceeds from the loan were used to retire a $97,732 loan, which was due to mature in June 2018. See 2018 Loan Repayment below for more information. The Company's share of excess proceeds were used to reduce outstanding balances on its credit facilities.

(2) Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, closed on a construction loan with a total borrowing capacity of up to $5,987 for the development of a climate controlled self-storage facility adjacent to Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters, MO. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed 100% of the loan. See Note 11 for more information.

(3) The loans were amended to extend the maturity dates to February 2021. Each loan has twoone-year extension options for an outside maturity date of February 2023. The interest rate increased from a variable rate of LIBOR plus 2.0%. The Operating Partnership's guaranty also increased to 50%.

2018 Loan Repayment

The loan, secured by the related unconsolidated property, was retired in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	6.98%	June 2018	$	97,732

(1) The loan secured by the property was retired using a portion of the net proceeds from a $155,000 fixed-rate loan. See 2018 Financings above for more information.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests consist of the following:

	As of
	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Noncontrolling interests:
Operating Partnership	$	67,476	$	86,773
Other consolidated subsidiaries	11,799		9,701
	$	79,275	$	96,474

Common Unit Activity

In the second quarter of 2018, the Operating Partnership elected to pay cash of $2,246 to two holders of 526,510 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership upon the exercise of their conversion rights.

In the first quarter of 2018, the Company issued 915,338 shares of common stock to a holder of 915,338 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership in connection with the exercise of the holder's contractual exchange rights.

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Variable Interest Entities

In accordance with the guidance in ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis,and ASU 2016-17, Interests Held Through Related Parties That Are under Common Control, the Operating Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries are deemed to have the characteristics of a VIE primarily because the limited partners of these entities do not collectively possess substantive kick-out or participating rights.

The Company consolidates the Operating Partnership, which is a VIE, for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company, through the Operating Partnership, consolidates all VIEs for which it is the primary beneficiary. Generally, a VIE is a legal entity in which the equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or the equity investors lack sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. A limited partnership is considered a VIE when the majority of the limited partners unrelated to the general partner possess neither the right to remove the general partner without cause, nor certain rights to participate in the decisions that most significantly affect the financial results of the partnership. In determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the Company considers qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of the Company's investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Company or other investors to provide financial support; and the similarity with and significance to the Company's business activities and the business activities of the other investors.     

Consolidated VIEs

As of September 30, 2018, the Company had investments in 19 consolidated VIEs with ownership interests ranging from 50% to 95%.

While the Company sold Statesboro Crossing in September 2018 (see Note 5 for additional information), Statesboro Crossing, LLC retained three outparcels which were not part of the sale and the consolidated joint venture is still classified as a VIE as of September 30, 2018.

Jarnigan Road II, LLC was wholly-owned by Jarnigan Road LP. During the second quarter of 2018, its ownership was restructured such that it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Management Company and is now a separate reportable VIE.

Unconsolidated VIEs

The table below lists the Company's unconsolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2018:

	Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships		Maximum Risk of Loss
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC (1)	$	—	$	10,605
EastGate Storage, LLC (1)	1,215		6,500
G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC (2)	—		—
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC (1)	1,061		5,987
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC (1)	17,519		36,400

(1) The debt is guaranteed by the Operating Partnership at 100%. See Note 11 for more information.

(2) In conjunction with a loss on impairment recorded in September 2018, as described above, the Company wrote down its investment in the unconsolidated 90/10 joint venture to zero. The maximum risk of loss is limited to the basis, which is zero.

Note 7 – Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net

Debt of the Company

CBL has no indebtedness. Either the Operating Partnership or one of its consolidated subsidiaries, that it has a direct or indirect ownership interest in, is the borrower on all of the Company's debt. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Senior Unsecured Notes (the "Notes"), as described below, for losses suffered solely by reason of fraud or willful misrepresentation by the Operating Partnership or its affiliates.

The Company also provides a similar limited guarantee of the Operating Partnership's obligations with respect to its unsecured credit facilities and three unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018.

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Debt of the Operating Partnership

Net mortgage and other indebtedness consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)
Fixed-rate debt:
Non-recourse loans on operating properties	$	1,797,080		5.33%	$	1,796,203		5.33%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 (2)	447,309			5.25%	446,976			5.25%
Senior unsecured notes due 2024 (3)	299,951			4.60%	299,946			4.60%
Senior unsecured notes due 2026 (4)	616,436			5.95%	615,848			5.95%
Total fixed-rate debt	3,160,776			5.37%	3,158,973			5.37%
Variable-rate debt:
Non-recourse loan on operating property (5)	—			—%	10,836			3.37%
Recourse loans on operating properties	74,150			4.73%	101,187			4.00%
Unsecured lines of credit	201,358			3.65%	93,787			2.56%
Unsecured term loans	695,000			3.96%	885,000			2.81%
Total variable-rate debt	970,508			3.95%	1,090,810			2.90%
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	4,131,284			5.04%	4,249,783			4.74%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)		(18,938		)
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808			$	4,230,845

(1) Weighted-average interest rate includes the effect of debt premiums and discounts, but excludes amortization of deferred financing costs.

(2) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $2,691 and $3,024 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(3) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $49 and $54 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(4) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $8,564 and $9,152 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(5) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property in September 2018. See Mortgages on Operating Properties section below.

Senior Unsecured Notes

Description	Issued (1)	Amount		Interest Rate (2)	Maturity Date (3)
2023 Notes	November 2013	$	450,000	5.25%	December 2023
2024 Notes	October 2014	300,000		4.60%	October 2024
2026 Notes	December 2016 / September 2017	625,000		5.95%	December 2026

(1) Issued by the Operating Partnership. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Operating Partnership's obligations under the Notes as described above.

(2) Interest is payable semiannually in arrears. The interest rate for the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes is subject to an increase ranging from 0.25% to 1.00% from time to time if, on or after January 1, 2016 and prior to January 1, 2020, the ratio of secured debt to total assets of the Company, as defined, is greater than 40% but less than 45%. The required ratio of secured debt to total assets for the 2026 Notes is 40% or less. As of September 30, 2018, this ratio was 24% as shown below.

(3) The Notes are redeemable at the Operating Partnership's election, in whole or in part from time to time, on not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days' notice to the holders of the Notes to be redeemed. The 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes may be redeemed prior to September 15, 2026, July 15, 2024, and September 1, 2023, respectively, for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date and a make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the indenture. On or after the respective dates noted above, the Notes are redeemable for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest. If redeemed prior to the respective dates noted above, each issuance of Notes is redeemable at the treasury rate plus 0.50%, 0.35% and 0.40% for the 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes, respectively.

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Unsecured Lines of Credit

The Company has three unsecured credit facilities that are used for retirement of secured loans, repayment of term loans, working capital, construction and acquisition purposes, as well as issuances of letters of credit.     

Each facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 0.875% to 1.550% based on the credit ratings for the Operating Partnership's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness. In August 2018, Standard & Poor's ("S&P") lowered its rating from BBB- to BB+, which caused the Company's interest rates to increase in September 2018. As of September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership's interest rate is LIBOR plus 1.550%, based on the credit ratings of its unsecured long-term indebtedness of Ba1 from Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's"), BB+ from S&P and BB+ from Fitch Ratings ("Fitch"). Additionally, the Company pays an annual facility fee that ranges from 0.125% to 0.300% of the total capacity of each facility based on the credit ratings described above. As of September 30, 2018, the annual facility fee was 0.30%. The three unsecured lines of credit had a weighted-average interest rate of 3.65% at September 30, 2018.

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured lines of credit as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Capacity			Total Outstanding			Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - Facility A	$	500,000	(1)	$	—		October 2019	October 2020	(2)
First Tennessee	100,000		(3)	47,695			October 2019	October 2020	(4)
Wells Fargo - Facility B	500,000		(1)	153,663		(5)	October 2020
	$	1,100,000	(6)	$	201,358

(1) Up to $30,000 of the capacity on this facility can be used for letters of credit.

(2) The extension option is at the Company's election, subject to continued compliance with the terms of the facility, and has a one-time extension fee of 0.15% of the commitment amount of the credit facility.

(3) Up to $20,000 of the capacity on this facility can be used for letters of credit.

(4) The extension option on the facility is at the Company's election, subject to continued compliance with the terms of the facility, and has a one-time extension fee of 0.20% of the commitment amount of the credit facility.

(5) There was $4,833 outstanding on this facility as of September 30, 2018 for letters of credit.

(6) See debt covenant section below for limitation on excess capacity.

Unsecured Term Loans

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Outstanding		Interest Rate Spread	Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - $350,000 term loan	$	350,000	LIBOR + 1.75%	3.85%	October 2018	October 2019	(1)
Wells Fargo - $300,000 term loan	300,000		LIBOR + 2.00%	4.10%	July 2020	July 2022	(2)
First Tennessee - $45,000 term loan	45,000		LIBOR + 1.65%	3.75%	June 2021	June 2022
	$	695,000

(1) Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the Company exercised the extension option. See Note 14.

(2) The loan has twoone-year extension options, the second of which is at the lender's discretion.

Financial Covenants and Restrictions

The agreements for the unsecured lines of credit, the Notes and unsecured term loans contain, among other restrictions, certain financial covenants including the maintenance of certain financial coverage ratios, minimum unencumbered asset and interest ratios, maximum secured indebtedness ratios, maximum total indebtedness ratios and limitations on cash flow distributions.  The Company believes that it was in compliance with all financial covenants and restrictions at September 30, 2018.

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Unsecured Lines of Credit and Unsecured Term Loans

The following presents the Company's compliance with key covenant ratios, as defined, of the credit facilities and term loans as of September 30, 2018:

Ratio	Required	Actual
Debt to total asset value	< 60%	53	%
Unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value	< 60%	49	%	(1)
Unencumbered NOI to unsecured interest expense	> 1.75x	2.6	x
EBITDA to fixed charges (debt service)	> 1.5x	2.3	x

(1) The debt covenant limits the total amount of unsecured indebtedness the Company may have outstanding, which varies over time based on the ratio. Based on the Company’s outstanding unsecured indebtedness as of September 30, 2018, the total amount available to the Company on its lines of credit was $697,627. Therefore, the Company had additional availability of $491,436 based on the outstanding balances of the lines of credit as of September 30, 2018.

The agreements for the unsecured credit facilities and unsecured term loans described above contain default provisions customary for transactions of this nature (with applicable customary grace periods). Additionally, any default in the payment of any recourse indebtedness greater than or equal to $50,000 or any non-recourse indebtedness greater than $150,000 (for the Company's ownership share) of CBL, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, as defined, will constitute an event of default under the agreements to the credit facilities. The credit facilities also restrict the Company's ability to enter into any transaction that could result in certain changes in its ownership or structure as described under the heading “Change of Control/Change in Management” in the agreements for the credit facilities.

Senior Unsecured Notes

The following presents the Company's compliance with key covenant ratios, as defined, of the Notes as of September 30, 2018:

Ratio	Required	Actual
Total debt to total assets	< 60%	52%
Secured debt to total assets	< 40% (1)	24%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt	> 150%	215%
Consolidated income available for debt service to annual debt service charge	> 1.5x	2.7x

(1) Secured debt to total assets must be less than 45% for the 2023 Notes and the 2024 Notes until January 1, 2020.

The agreements for the Notes described above contain default provisions customary for transactions of this nature (with applicable customary grace periods). Additionally, any default in the payment of any recourse indebtedness greater than or equal to $50,000 of the Operating Partnership will constitute an event of default under the Notes.

Mortgages on Operating Properties

2018 Financings

The following table presents the loan, secured by the related consolidated property, that was entered into in 2018:

Date	Property	Stated Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Amount Financed
September	The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso (1)	5.10%	October 2028	$	75,000

(1) The Company owns the property in a 75/25 consolidated joint venture. A portion of the proceeds from the non-recourse loan was used to retire a recourse loan secured by Phase II of The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso as described below.

In August 2018, the Company exercised an option to extend the $27,446 loan secured by Hickory Point Mall to December 2019.

Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the Company closed on a construction loan for the redevelopment of the former Sears store at Brookfield Square. See Note 14 for more information.

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2018 Loan Repayments

The Company repaid the following loans, secured by the related consolidated properties, in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid (1)
January	Kirkwood Mall	5.75%	April 2018	$	37,295
August	Statesboro Crossing (2)	4.24%	June 2019	10,753
September	The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso - Phase II (3)	4.73%	December 2018	6,525
				$	54,573

(1) The Company retired the loans with borrowings from its credit facilities unless otherwise noted.

(2) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property that secured the loan. See Note 5 for more information.

(3) In July 2018, the loan secured by the property was extended from July 2018 to December 2018. It was subsequently retired when the joint venture closed on a new loan in September 2018 as described above.

Other

On June 4, 2018, the Company was notified by IKEA that, as a result of a shift in its corporate strategy, it was terminating the contract to purchase land at Cary Towne Center, upon which it would develop and open a store. In accordance with the terms of the $43,716 interest-only non-recourse loan that is secured by the mall, the loan matured on the date of the IKEA contract termination and is in default as of September 30, 2018. In August 2018, the Company and the lender executed a forbearance agreement. See Note 4 for information on the loss on impairment of real estate that the Company recorded in June 2018.     

Scheduled Principal Payments

As of September 30, 2018, the scheduled principal amortization and balloon payments of the Company’s consolidated debt, excluding extensions available at the Company’s option, on all mortgage and other indebtedness, including construction loans and lines of credit, are as follows: 

2018	$	411,284
2019	309,346
2020	661,816
2021	499,321
2022	432,546
Thereafter	1,706,132
	4,020,445
Unamortized discounts	(11,304		)
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)
Principal balance of loan secured by Lender Mall in foreclosure (1)	122,143
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808

(1) Represents the principal balance of the non-recourse loan, secured by Acadiana Mall, which is in default. The loan matured in 2017.

Of the $411,284 of scheduled principal payments in 2018, $43,716 relates to the principal balance of the operating property loan secured by Cary Towne Center, $350,000 represents the principal balance of one unsecured term loan and $17,568 relates to scheduled principal amortization. In August 2018, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement with the lender on the loan secured by Cary Towne Center, which is in default. Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the unsecured term loan was extended. See Note 14 for more information.

The Company is in the process of refinancing the $350,000 unsecured term loan that matures in October 2019. The refinancing will also include the $300,000 unsecured term loan, the $45,000 unsecured term loan and the three unsecured lines of credit with an aggregate capacity of $1,100,000. The unsecured term loans and lines of credit will be converted from unsecured to secured facilities. The Company has agreed with Wells Fargo, as lead lender, on a pool of properties that will serve as collateral for the new secured term loans and secured lines of credit. The due diligence on these properties is ongoing and is expected to be completed by January 2019. Until due diligence is

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complete, the number and specific properties comprising the collateral pool may change. Wells Fargo will secure commitments from additional banks as participants in the new facilities; however, the composition of the lenders and the amount that each will hold will be subject to the final approval of each lender. As of the date of the filing of these financial statements, management has obtained the approval of the Board of Directors and has agreed to a non-binding term sheet with Wells Fargo that includes a longer-term maturity. It is expected that the refinancing will close in January 2019.

In the unlikely event the secured facility is not closed, management intends to utilize availability under the existing unsecured lines of credit to retire the $350,000 unsecured term loan that matures in October 2019. The $300,000 and the $45,000 term loans have a final maturity of July 2022 and June 2022, respectively, and the combined $1,100,000 lines of credit have a final maturity of October 2020.

The Company’s mortgage and other indebtedness had a weighted-average maturity of 3.9 years as of September 30, 2018 and 4.4 years as of December 31, 2017.

Note 8 – Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable

Each of the Company’s mortgage notes receivable is collateralized by either a first mortgage, a second mortgage, or by an assignment of 100% of the partnership interests that own the real estate assets.  Other notes receivable include amounts due from tenants or government-sponsored districts and unsecured notes received from third parties as whole or partial consideration for property or investments.

Mortgage and other notes receivable consist of the following:

		As of September 30, 2018			As of December 31, 2017
	Maturity Date	Interest Rate	Balance		Interest Rate	Balance
Mortgages:
Columbia Place Outparcel	Feb 2022	5.00%	$	288	5.00%	$	302
One Park Place	May 2022	5.00%	837		5.00%	1,010
Village Square (1)	Sep 2018	4.00%	1,554		4.00%	1,596
Other (2)	Dec 2016 - Jan 2047	4.73% - 9.50%	2,510		4.07% - 9.50%	2,510
			5,189			5,418
Other Notes Receivable:
ERMC	Sep 2021	4.00%	2,354		4.00%	2,855
Southwest Theaters LLC	Apr 2026	5.00%	628		5.00%	672
			2,982			3,527
			$	8,171		$	8,945

(1) The note was amended to extend the maturity date and restructure the monthly payment amount subsequent to September 30, 2018. See Note 14 for more information.

(2) The $1,100 note with D'Iberville Promenade, LLC, with a maturity date of December 2016, is in default.

Note 9 – Segment Information

The Company measures performance and allocates resources according to property type, which is determined based on certain criteria such as type of tenants, capital requirements, economic risks, leasing terms, and short and long-term returns on capital. Rental income and tenant reimbursements from tenant leases provide the majority of revenues from all segments.

The Company's segment information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 has been retrospectively revised from previously reported amounts to reflect a change in our reportable segments. The Company no longer separately presents quantitatively and qualitatively insignificant reportable segments. Malls represents the Company's only reportable segment and the All Other category is not significant.

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Information on the Company’s segments is presented as follows:

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	188,440		$	18,438		$	206,878
Property operating expenses (3)	(57,243		)	(3,669		)	(60,912		)
Interest expense	(24,665		)	(30,529		)	(55,194		)
Other expense	—			(38		)	(38		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	92			7,788			7,880
Segment profit (loss)	$	106,624		$	(8,010	)	98,614
Depreciation and amortization expense							(71,945		)
General and administrative expense							(16,051		)
Interest and other income							283
Loss on impairment							(14,600		)
Income tax provision							(1,034		)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							1,762
Net loss							$	(2,971	)
Capital expenditures (4)	$	38,512		$	2,671		$	41,183

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	205,020		$	19,630		$	224,650
Property operating expenses (3)	(59,602		)	(4,520		)	(64,122		)
Interest expense	(28,922		)	(24,991		)	(53,913		)
Other expense	—			(132		)	(132		)
Gain (loss) on sales of real estate assets	(1,994		)	3,377			1,383
Segment profit (loss)	$	114,502		$	(6,636	)	107,866
Depreciation and amortization expense							(71,732		)
General and administrative expense							(13,568		)
Interest and other income (loss)							(200		)
Gain on extinguishment of debt							6,452
Loss on impairment							(24,935		)
Loss on investment							(354		)
Income tax benefit							1,064
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							4,706
Net income							$	9,299
Capital expenditures (4)	$	47,246		$	1,035		$	48,281

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	585,097		$	56,579		$	641,676
Property operating expenses (3)	(179,012		)	(11,795		)	(190,807		)
Interest expense	(76,401		)	(86,763		)	(163,164		)
Other expense	(84		)	(293		)	(377		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	92			15,906			15,998
Segment profit (loss)	$	329,692		$	(26,366	)	303,326
Depreciation and amortization expense							(217,261		)
General and administrative expense							(47,845		)

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls		All Other (1)		Total
Interest and other income					714
Loss on impairment					(84,644		)
Gain on investment					387
Income tax benefit					1,846
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates					9,869
Net loss					$	(33,608	)
Capital expenditures (4)	$	105,593	$	10,063	$	115,656

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	632,830		$	59,066		$	691,896
Property operating expenses (3)	(182,926		)	(11,989		)	(194,915		)
Interest expense	(93,481		)	(71,698		)	(165,179		)
Other expense	—			(5,151		)	(5,151		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	75,434			11,470			86,904
Segment profit (loss)	$	431,857		$	(18,302	)	413,555
Depreciation and amortization expense							(225,461		)
General and administrative expense							(45,402		)
Interest and other income							1,235
Gain on extinguishment of debt							30,927
Loss on impairment							(71,401		)
Loss on investment							(6,197		)
Income tax benefit							4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							16,404
Net income							$	118,444
Capital expenditures (4)	$	126,290		$	5,588		$	131,878

Total Assets	Malls		All Other (1)		Total
September 30, 2018	$	4,979,583	$	511,436	$	5,491,019
December 31, 2017	$	5,152,789	$	552,019	$	5,704,808

(1) The All Other category includes associated centers, community centers, mortgage and other notes receivable, office buildings, self-storage facilities and the Management Company.

(2) Management, development and leasing fees are included in the All Other category. See Note 3 for information on the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source for each of the above segments.

(3) Property operating expenses include property operating, real estate taxes and maintenance and repairs.

(4) Amounts include acquisitions of real estate assets and investments in unconsolidated affiliates. Developments in progress are included in the All Other category.

Note 10 – Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit

Earnings per Share of the Company

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common stock for all potential dilutive common shares outstanding. The limited partners’ rights to convert their noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership into shares of common stock are not dilutive.

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Due to a net loss for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018, the computation of diluted EPS does not include contingently issuable shares due to their anti-dilutive nature. Had the Company reported net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the denominator for diluted EPS would have been 172,563,094, including 137,094 contingently issuable shares related to performance stock unit ("PSU") awards.

Earnings per Unit of the Operating Partnership

Basic earnings per unit (“EPU”) is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common unitholders by the weighted-average number of common units outstanding for the period. Diluted EPU assumes the issuance of common units for all potential dilutive common units outstanding.

Due to a net loss for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018, the computation of diluted EPU does not include contingently issuable units due to their anti-dilutive nature. Had the Operating Partnership reported net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the denominator for diluted EPU would have been 199,767,094, including 137,094 contingently issuable units related to PSU awards.

Note 11 – Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is currently involved in certain litigation that arises in the ordinary course of business, most of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance. Management makes assumptions and estimates concerning the likelihood and amount of any potential loss relating to these matters using the latest information available. The Company records a liability for litigation if an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. If an unfavorable outcome is probable and a reasonable estimate of the loss is a range, the Company accrues the best estimate within the range. If no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, the Company accrues the minimum amount within the range. If an unfavorable outcome is probable but the amount of the loss cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company discloses the nature of the litigation and indicates that an estimate of the loss or range of loss cannot be made. If an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible and the estimated loss is material, the Company discloses the nature and estimate of the possible loss of the litigation.

Based on current expectations, such matters, both individually and in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, results of operations, business or financial condition of the Company.    

Environmental Contingencies

The Company evaluates potential loss contingencies related to environmental matters using the same criteria described above related to litigation matters. Based on current information, an unfavorable outcome concerning such environmental matters, both individually and in the aggregate, is considered to be reasonably possible. However, the Company believes its maximum potential exposure to loss would not be material to its results of operations or financial condition.

The Company has a master insurance policy that provides coverage through 2022 for certain environmental claims up to $10,000 per occurrence and up to $50,000 in the aggregate, subject to deductibles and certain exclusions. At certain locations, individual policies are in place.

Guarantees

The Operating Partnership may guarantee the debt of a joint venture primarily because it allows the joint venture to obtain funding at a lower cost than could be obtained otherwise. This results in a higher return for the joint venture on its investment, and a higher return on the Operating Partnership’s investment in the joint venture.

The Operating Partnership may receive a fee from the joint venture for providing the guaranty. Additionally, when the Operating Partnership issues a guaranty, the terms of the joint venture agreement typically provide that the Operating Partnership may receive indemnification from the joint venture partner or have the ability to increase its ownership interest. The guarantees expire upon repayment of the debt, unless noted otherwise.

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The following table represents the Operating Partnership's guarantees of unconsolidated affiliates' debt as reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

	As of September 30, 2018										Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty
Unconsolidated Affiliate	Company's Ownership Interest	Outstanding Balance		Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership			Maximum Guaranteed Amount		Debt Maturity Date (1)		9/30/2018		12/31/2017
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase I (2)	50%	$	41,737	50	%	(3)	$	20,869	Feb-2021	(3)	$	209	$	86
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase II (2)	50%	16,097		50	%	(3)	8,049		Feb-2021	(3)	80		33
Port Orange I, LLC	50%	56,366		50	%	(3)	28,183		Feb-2021	(3)	282		116
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC	65%	10,605		100	%		10,605		Aug-2020		106		177
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC	50%	32,679		100	%	(4)	36,400		Oct-2020	(5)	364		364
EastGate Storage, LLC	50%	4,162		100	%	(6)	6,500		Dec-2022		65		65
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC (7)	50%	2,021		100	%		5,987		Apr-2023		60		—
				Total guaranty liability							$	1,166	$	841

(1) Excludes any extension options.

(2) The loan is secured by Hammock Landing - Phase I and Hammock Landing - Phase II, respectively.

(3) The loan was amended in May 2018 to extend the maturity date and increase the guaranty from 20%. The loan has two one-year extension options for an outside maturity date of February 2023. See Note 6 for more information.

(4) The guaranty will be reduced to 35% once construction is complete.

(5) The loan has onetwo-year extension option, at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of October 2022.

(6) Once construction is complete, the guaranty will be reduced to 50%. The guaranty will be further reduced to 25% once certain debt and operational metrics are met.

(7) The Company received a 1% fee for the guaranty when the loan was issued in April 2018. The guaranty will be reduced to 50% once construction is complete. The guaranty will be further reduced to 25% once certain debt and operational metrics are met. See Note 6 for additional information.    

The Company has guaranteed the lease performance of York Town Center, LP ("YTC"), an unconsolidated affiliate in which the Company owns a 50% interest, under the terms of an agreement with a third party that owns property as part of York Town Center. Under the terms of that agreement, YTC is obligated to cause performance of the third party’s obligations as landlord under its lease with its sole tenant, including, but not limited to, provisions such as co-tenancy and exclusivity requirements. Should YTC fail to cause performance, then the tenant under the third party landlord’s lease may pursue certain remedies ranging from rights to terminate its lease to receiving reductions in rent. The Company has guaranteed YTC’s performance under this agreement up to a maximum of $22,000, which decreases by $800 annually until the guaranteed amount is reduced to $10,000. The guaranty expires on December 31, 2020.  The maximum guaranteed obligation was $13,200 as of September 30, 2018.  The Company entered into an agreement with its joint venture partner under which the joint venture partner has agreed to reimburse the Company 50% of any amounts it is obligated to fund under the guaranty.  The Company did not include an obligation for this guaranty because it determined that the fair value of the guaranty was not material as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Performance Bonds

The Company has issued various bonds that it would have to satisfy in the event of non-performance. The total amount outstanding on these bonds was $17,309 and $16,998 at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. 

Note 12 – Share-Based Compensation

As of September 30, 2018, the Company has outstanding awards under the CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan ("the 2012 Plan"), which was approved by the Company's shareholders in May 2012. The 2012 Plan permits the Company to issue stock options and common stock to selected officers, employees and non-employee directors of the Company up to a total of 10,400,000 shares. As the primary operating subsidiary of the

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Company, the Operating Partnership participates in and bears the compensation expense associated with the Company's share-based compensation plan.

Restricted Stock Awards

The Company may make restricted stock awards to independent directors, officers and its employees under the 2012 Plan. These awards are generally granted based on the performance of the Company and its employees. None of these awards have performance requirements other than a service condition of continued employment, unless otherwise provided. Compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.

Share-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards was $787 and $812 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $3,263 and $3,175 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Share-based compensation cost capitalized as part of real estate assets was $36 and $94 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $260 and $308 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, is presented below: 

	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2018	642,359		$	13.23
Granted	693,064		$	4.55
Vested	(413,032	)	$	9.64
Forfeited	(8,852	)	$	9.36
Nonvested at September 30, 2018	913,539		$	8.30

As of September 30, 2018, there was $5,443 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards granted under the plans, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years.

Long-Term Incentive Program

In 2015, the Company adopted a long-term incentive program ("LTIP") for its named executive officers, which consists of PSU awards and annual restricted stock awards, that may be issued under the 2012 Plan. The number of shares related to the PSU awards that each named executive officer may receive upon the conclusion of a three-year performance period is determined based on the Company's achievement of specified levels of long-term total stockholder return ("TSR") performance relative to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") Retail Index, provided that at least a "Threshold" level must be attained for any shares to be earned.

Beginning with the 2018 PSUs, two-thirds of the quantitative portion of the award over the performance period will be based on the achievement of TSR relative to the NAREIT Retail Index while the remaining one-third will be based on the achievement of absolute TSR metrics. To maintain compliance with the 200,000 share annual equity grant limit under the 2012 Plan, beginning with the 2018 PSU grant, to the extent that a grant of PSUs could result in the issuance of a number of shares of common stock at the conclusion of the performance period that, when coupled with the number of shares of time-vesting restricted stock granted in the same year the PSUs were granted, would exceed the annual limit, any such excess will be converted to a cash bonus award with a value equivalent to the number of shares of common stock constituting such excess times the average of the high and low trading prices reported for CBL's common stock on the date such shares would otherwise have been issuable. Any such portion of the value of the 2018 PSUs earned payable as a cash bonus will be subject to the same vesting provisions as the issuance of common stock pursuant to the PSUs and is not expected to be significant. In addition, to the extent any cash is to be paid, the cash will be paid first relative to the vesting schedule, ahead of the issuance of shares of common stock with respect to the balance of PSUs earned.

Annual Restricted Stock Awards

Under the LTIP, annual restricted stock awards consist of shares of time-vested restricted stock awarded based on a qualitative evaluation of the performance of the Company and the named executive officer during the fiscal year. Annual restricted stock awards under the LTIP, which are included in the totals reflected in the preceding table, vest 20% on the date of grant with the remainder vesting in four equal annual installments.

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Performance Stock Units

A summary of the status of the Company’s PSU activity as of September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, is presented below: 

	PSUs		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2018	560,371		$	5.91
2018 PSUs granted	741,977		$	2.63
Forfeited	(138,899	)	$	4.22
Outstanding at September 30, 2018 (1)	1,163,449		$	4.55

(1) None of the PSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 were vested.

Shares earned pursuant to the PSU awards vest 60% at the conclusion of the performance period while the remaining 40% of the PSU award vests 20% on each of the first two anniversaries thereafter.

Compensation cost is recognized on a tranche-by-tranche basis using the accelerated attribution method. The resulting expense, for awards classified as equity, is recorded regardless of whether any PSU awards are earned as long as the required service period is met.

The fair value of the potential cash component related to the 2018 PSUs is measured at each reporting period, using the same methodology as was used at the initial grant date, and classified as a liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018 with an adjustment to compensation expense. If the performance criterion is not satisfied at the end of the performance period for the 2018 PSUs, previously recognized compensation expense related to the liability-classified awards would be reversed as there would be no value at the settlement date.

Share-based compensation expense related to the PSUs was $178 and $386 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $1,130 and $1,115 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Unrecognized compensation costs related to the PSUs was $3,141 as of September 30, 2018, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.7 years.

The following table summarizes the assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation pricing model related to the PSUs:

	2018 PSUs			2017 PSUs			2016 PSUs
Grant date	February 12, 2018			February 7, 2017			February 10, 2016
Fair value per share on valuation date (1)	$	4.76		$	6.86		$	4.98
Risk-free interest rate (2)	2.36		%	1.53		%	0.92		%
Expected share price volatility (3)	42.02		%	32.85		%	30.95		%

(1) The value of the PSU awards is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The valuation consists of computing the fair value using CBL's simulated stock price as well as TSR over a three-year performance period. The award is modeled as a contingent claim in that the expected return on the underlying shares is risk-free and the rate of discounting the payoff of the award is also risk-free. The weighted-average fair value per share related to the 2018 PSUs classified as equity consists of 240,164 shares at a fair value of $3.13 (which relate to relative TSR) and 120,064 shares at a fair value of $1.63 per share (which relate to absolute TSR). The weighted-average fair value per share related to the 2017 PSUs consists of 115,082 shares at a fair value of $5.62 per share and 162,294 shares at a fair value of $7.74 per share.

(2) The risk-free interest rate was based on the yield curve on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities in effect as of the valuation date, which is the respective grant date listed above.

(3) The computation of expected volatility was based on a blend of the historical volatility of CBL's shares of common stock based on annualized daily total continuous returns over a three-year period and implied volatility data based on the trailing month average of daily implied volatilities implied by stock call option contracts that were both closest to the terms shown and closest to the money.

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Note 13 – Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company’s noncash investing and financing activities were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Accrued dividends and distributions payable	$	41,657		$	54,375
Additions to real estate assets accrued but not yet paid	22,428			12,204
Conversion of Operating Partnership units for common stock (1)	3,059			—
Deconsolidation upon contribution/assignment of interests in joint venture: (1)
Decrease in real estate assets	(587		)	(9,131		)
Increase in investment in unconsolidated affiliates	974			—
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	—			2,466
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	—			1,286
Decrease in noncontrolling interest and joint venture interest	—			2,232
Transfer of real estate assets in settlement of mortgage debt obligation:
Decrease in real estate assets	—			(149,722		)
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	—			189,642
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	—			(122		)

(1) See Note 6 for more information.

Note 14 – Subsequent Events

In October 2018, the Company closed on the sale of Parkway Plaza, located in Fort Oglethorpe, GA. The community center sold for a gross sales price of $16,500. Net proceeds were used to reduce outstanding balances on the Company's unsecured lines of credit.

In October 2018, the Company exercised its option to extend the $350,000 unsecured term loan to October 2019.

The $1,554 mortgage note receivable secured by Village Square was amended in October 2018 to extend the maturity date to December 2018 and restructure the monthly payment amount.

In October 2018, the Company closed on a $29,400 construction loan. The three-year loan bears interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus 290 basis points. The loan has a one-year extension option for an outside maturity of October 2022. Funds from the loan will be used in the redevelopment of the former Sears location at Brookfield Square in Brookfield, WI.

ITEM 2:  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes that are included in this Form 10-Q.  Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations have the same meanings as defined in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements. In this discussion, the terms “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the Company or the Company and the Operating Partnership collectively, as the text requires.

Certain statements made in this section or elsewhere in this report may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact should be considered to be forward-looking statements. In many cases, these forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “goals,” “objectives,” “targets,” “predicts,” “plans,” “seeks,” and variations of these words and similar expressions.  Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this report.

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Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and we can give no assurance that these expectations will be attained.  It is possible that actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements due to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties.  In addition to the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, such known risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:

• general industry, economic and business conditions;

• interest rate fluctuations;

• costs and availability of capital and capital requirements;

• costs and availability of real estate;

• inability to consummate acquisition opportunities and other risks associated with acquisitions;

• competition from other companies and retail formats;

• changes in retail demand and rental rates in our markets;

• shifts in customer demands including the impact of online shopping;

• tenant bankruptcies or store closings;

• changes in vacancy rates at our properties;

• changes in operating expenses;

• changes in applicable laws, rules and regulations;

• sales of real property;

• cyber-attacks or acts of cyber-terrorism;

• changes in the credit ratings of the Operating Partnership's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness;

• the ability to obtain suitable equity and/or debt financing and the continued availability of financing, in the amounts and on the terms necessary to support our future refinancing requirements and business; and

• other risks referenced from time to time in filings with the SEC and those factors listed or incorporated by reference into this report

This list of risks and uncertainties is only a summary and is not intended to be exhaustive.  We disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in the factors affecting the forward-looking information. 

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

We are a self-managed, self-administered, fully integrated REIT that is engaged in the ownership, development, acquisition, leasing, management and operation of regional shopping malls, open-air and mixed-use centers, outlet centers, associated centers, community centers and office properties. See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information on our property interests as of September 30, 2018. We have elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

We had a net loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 of $3.0 million and $33.6 million, respectively, compared to net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $9.3 million and $118.4 million, respectively. We recorded a net loss attributable to common shareholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 of $12.6 million and $57.9 million, respectively, compared to a net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2017 of $2.3 million and net income of $50.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The year-to-date decline was primarily due to a decline in revenue related to the impact of late 2017 and early 2018 tenant bankruptcies, which impacted our overall portfolio, as well as a higher amount of gain on sales of real estate assets in the prior-year period.

Quarterly results were in-line with our expectations despite significant additional rent losses from unanticipated store closings. The Sears bankruptcy allows us to accelerate our redevelopment plans to further transform our properties into suburban town centers. The six additional Sears closures announced as part of the filing are expected to have minimal impact to our financial results for 2018. Three of these were stores we had purchased from Sears in a 2017 sale-leaseback transaction and already have redevelopment plans underway. We are utilizing a capital-lite

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development strategy for a number of redevelopment projects across our portfolio that require little or no investment by us in order to preserve capital. See the Liquidity and Capital Resources section for information on our development, expansion and redevelopment projects as of September 30, 2018.

We are strengthening our balance sheet by extending our maturity schedule. Funds from a 10-year fixed 5.103% fixed-rate loan secured by The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso coupled with net proceeds from the second quarter refinancing of CoolSprings Galleria, aggregating to approximately $94.0 million at our share, were used along with nearly $90.0 million in proceeds from dispositions to fund the majority of the $190 million term loan paydown in July. We have also made significant progress towards finalizing terms for the recast of our lines of credit and term loans. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for more information on financing activity.

As discussed last quarter, we have been evaluating preliminary projections for 2019 to ensure we have ample liquidity to fund redevelopments and debt reduction. To accomplish this goal, the Board has approved reducing the common dividend to an annualized rate of $0.30 per share from the prior annualized rate of $0.80 per share, beginning with the dividend payable on January 16, 2019. The dividend reduction will preserve an estimated $100 million of cash on an annual basis. Future dividends are subject to Board approval.

Same-center NOI and FFO are non-GAAP measures. For a description of same-center NOI, a reconciliation from net income (loss) to same-center NOI, and an explanation of why we believe this is a useful performance measure, see Non-GAAP Measure - Same-center Net Operating Income in “Results of Operations.” For a description of FFO, a reconciliation from net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders to FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders, and an explanation of why we believe this is a useful performance measure, see "Non-GAAP Measure - Funds from Operations."

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Properties that were in operation for the entire year during 2017 and the nine months ended September 30, 2018 are referred to as the “Comparable Properties.”  Since January 1, 2017, we have opened one outlet center development and one self-storage facility as follows: 

Property	Location	Date Opened
The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo (1)	Laredo, TX	April 2017
EastGate Mall - CubeSmart Self-storage (2)	Cincinnati, OH	September 2018

(1) The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo is a 65/35 joint venture.

(2) A 50/50 joint venture that is accounted for using the equity method of accounting and is included in equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.    

The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo is referred to as the "New Property" in the following discussion. Non-core properties are defined as Excluded Malls - see definition that follows under "Operational Review".

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017

Revenues

	Total for the Three Months Ended September 30,							Comparable Properties
	2018		2017		Change			Core			Non-core			New			Dispositions			Change
Minimum rents	$	142,248	$	150,836	$	(8,588	)	$	(6,978	)	$	(65	)	$	(141	)	$	(1,404	)	$	(8,588	)
Percentage rents	2,429		3,000		(571		)	(504		)	26			—			(93		)	(571		)
Other rents	2,347		3,790		(1,443		)	(1,277		)	(81		)	(46		)	(39		)	(1,443		)
Tenant reimbursements	55,374		63,055		(7,681		)	(7,400		)	4			24			(309		)	(7,681		)
	202,398		220,681		(18,283		)	(16,159		)	(116		)	(163		)	(1,845		)	(18,283		)
Management, development and leasing fees	2,658		2,718		(60		)	(60		)	—			—			—			(60		)
Other	1,822		1,251		571			746			27			(195		)	(7		)	571
Total revenues	$	206,878	$	224,650	$	(17,772	)	$	(15,473	)	$	(89	)	$	(358	)	$	(1,852	)	$	(17,772	)

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Third quarter results reflect the impact of retailer bankruptcy activity, which occurred in 2017and year-to-date 2018. Minimum rents and tenant reimbursements of the Comparable Properties declined primarily due to store closures and rent concessions for tenants with high occupancy cost levels, including tenants in bankruptcy.

Other revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2018 includes $1.2 million of marketing revenues, which upon the adoption of the new revenue guidance (see Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements) were classified under other revenues. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, these revenues were included in other rents in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Our cost recovery ratio was 90.9% compared to 98.3% in the prior-year period. The decline was primarily driven by lower occupancy and the bankruptcy activity noted above. The comparability of the ratio is also negatively impacted by the industry trend to move to gross leases.

Operating Expenses

	Total for the Three Months Ended September 30,							Comparable Properties
	2018		2017		Change			Core			Non-core			New			Dispositions			Change
Property operating	$	30,004	$	31,295	$	(1,291	)	$	(747	)	$	(53	)	$	(28	)	$	(463	)	$	(1,291	)
Real estate taxes	19,433		21,573		(2,140		)	(2,935		)	931			(55		)	(81		)	(2,140		)
Maintenance and repairs	11,475		11,254		221			392			(27		)	40			(184		)	221
Property operating expenses	60,912		64,122		(3,210		)	(3,290		)	851			(43		)	(728		)	(3,210		)
Depreciation and amortization	71,945		71,732		213			1,855			(1,069		)	268			(841		)	213
General and administrative	16,051		13,568		2,483			2,483			—			—			—			2,483
Loss on impairment	14,600		24,935		(10,335		)	14,598			(24,523		)	—			(410		)	(10,335		)
Other	38		132		(94		)	(94		)	—			—			—			(94		)
Total operating expenses	$	163,546	$	174,489	$	(10,943	)	$	15,552		$	(24,741	)	$	225		$	(1,979	)	$	(10,943	)

Property operating expenses at the Comparable Properties decreased primarily due to decreases in utilities expense and bad debt expense, which is included in property operating, and a decline in real estate taxes. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in maintenance and repairs expense which was primarily related to parking lot expenses.

The $0.8 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense related to the Comparable Properties primarily relates to an increase of $3.1 million in write-offs related to tenant improvements due to several closings primarily related to the Bon-Ton bankruptcies. Amortization expense related to tenant improvements also was approximately $1.4 million lower for the three months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to September 30, 2017, primarily due to write-offs of tenant improvements in the prior-year period. Additionally, depreciation expense decreased by $0.8 million for two non-core malls.

General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to expense related to the retirement of the Company's Chief Operating Officer and higher legal expenses. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expenses excluding the one-time retirement expense were 7.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to 6.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2017.

In the third quarter of 2018, we recognized a $14.6 million loss on impairment of real estate to write down the book value of vacant land. In the third quarter of 2017, we recognized a $24.9 million loss on impairment of real estate primarily to write down the book value of a mall. See Note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for more information.

Other Income and Expenses

Interest expense increased $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to a $4.4 million increase in corporate-level interest expenses which were at higher variable rates compared to the prior-year quarter, partially related to the change in our credit ratings that increased our interest rate spreads in September as well as increases in LIBOR. Additionally, corporate-level interest expense increased due to an additional $225.0 million issuance of the 2026 Notes in September 2017. These increases were partially offset by $3.5 million lower property-level interest expense, related to the retirement of higher-rate

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mortgage loans and property dispositions. Interest expense also declined $0.6 million due to an increase in capitalized interest related to development projects for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior-year period.

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded a $6.5 million gain on extinguishment of debt which primarily consisted of a $6.9 million gain, related to the conveyance of a mall to the lender in satisfaction of the non-recourse debt secured by the property. This was partially offset by a $0.4 million loss related to prepayment fees for the early retirement of debt.

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized a $0.4 million loss on investment related to the disposition of our 25% interest in an unconsolidated joint venture, which closed in the third quarter of 2017.

The income tax provision of $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 relates to the Management Company, which is a taxable REIT subsidiary, and consists of a current tax provision of $1.7 million and a deferred tax benefit of $0.7 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded an income tax benefit of $1.1 million, which consisted of a current tax benefit of $0.2 million and a deferred tax benefit of over $0.8 million.

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates decreased by $2.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior-year period. The $2.9 million decrease is primarily attributable to a $1.0 million loss on impairment related to our 10% investment in an unconsolidated affiliate, as described in Note 6, and decreases in base rent, percentage rent and tenant reimbursements at several malls primarily due to store closures and rent concessions for tenants with high occupancy cost levels, including tenants in bankruptcy.

During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized $7.9 million of gain on sales of real estate assets primarily related to the sale of a community center and five outparcels. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized $1.4 million of gain on sales of real estate assets, primarily related to the sale of two outparcels.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

Revenues

	Total for the Nine Months Ended September 30,							Comparable Properties
	2018		2017		Change			Core			Non-core			New			Dispositions			Change
Minimum rents	$	441,097	$	468,195	$	(27,098	)	$	(13,476	)	$	(1,362	)	$	860		$	(13,120	)	$	(27,098	)
Percentage rents	6,610		7,127		(517		)	(238		)	(23		)	8			(264		)	(517		)
Other rents	6,898		11,171		(4,273		)	(3,915		)	(174		)	(99		)	(85		)	(4,273		)
Tenant reimbursements	172,601		192,577		(19,976		)	(16,441		)	(1,213		)	881			(3,203		)	(19,976		)
	627,206		679,070		(51,864		)	(34,070		)	(2,772		)	1,650			(16,672		)	(51,864		)
Management, development and leasing fees	8,022		8,747		(725		)	(725		)	—			—			—			(725		)
Other	6,448		4,079		2,369			2,447			163			1			(242		)	2,369
Total revenues	$	641,676	$	691,896	$	(50,220	)	$	(32,348	)	$	(2,609	)	$	1,651		$	(16,914	)	$	(50,220	)

Revenues continue to reflect the impact of retailer bankruptcy activity, which occurred in 2017and year-to-date 2018. Minimum rents and tenant reimbursements of the Comparable Properties declined primarily due to store closures and rent concessions for tenants in bankruptcy.

The decrease in management, development and leasing fees was primarily due to terminated contracts for three malls owned by third parties, which we had been managing, that were sold to new owners.

Other revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 includes $3.4 million of marketing revenues, which upon the adoption of the new revenue guidance (see Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements) were classified under other revenues. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, these revenues were included in other rents in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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Our cost recovery ratio was 90.5% compared to 98.8% in the prior-year period. The decline was primarily driven by lower occupancy and the bankruptcy activity noted above as well as an increase of $1.4 million in snow removal expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The comparability of the ratio is also negatively impacted by the industry trend to move to gross leases.

Operating Expenses

	Total for the Nine Months Ended September 30,							Comparable Properties
	2018		2017		Change			Core			Non-core			New		Dispositions			Change
Property operating	$	92,357	$	96,250	$	(3,893	)	$	(1,375	)	$	(19	)	$	1,028	$	(3,527	)	$	(3,893	)
Real estate taxes	61,737		62,343		(606		)	(1,195		)	618			656		(685		)	(606		)
Maintenance and repairs	36,713		36,322		391			1,790			70			82		(1,551		)	391
Property operating expenses	190,807		194,915		(4,108		)	(780		)	669			1,766		(5,763		)	(4,108		)
Depreciation and amortization	217,261		225,461		(8,200		)	146			(3,074		)	1,609		(6,881		)	(8,200		)
General and administrative	47,845		45,402		2,443			2,443			—			—		—			2,443
Loss on impairment	84,644		71,401		13,243			32,659			(15,547		)	—		(3,869		)	13,243
Other	377		5,151		(4,774		)	(4,774		)	—			—		—			(4,774		)
Total operating expenses	$	540,934	$	542,330	$	(1,396	)	$	29,694		$	(17,952	)	$	3,375	$	(16,513	)	$	(1,396	)

Property operating expenses at the Comparable Properties decreased primarily due to a decrease in payroll and related expenses and utilities partially offset by an increase in marketing costs, which are all included in property operating, and a decrease in real estate taxes. These decreases were partially offset by higher snow removal costs, which are included in maintenance and repairs expense.

The $2.9 million decrease in depreciation and amortization expense related to the Comparable Properties primarily is attributable to a decline of $5.3 million in write-offs related to tenant improvements and in-place leases due to several closings related to tenant bankruptcies in the prior-year period, partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense related to capital expenditures for redevelopments and deferred maintenance.

General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to a decrease in capitalized overhead related to development projects and expense related to the retirement of the Company's Chief Operating Officer. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expenses excluding the one-time retirement expense were 7.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to 6.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized an $84.6 million loss on impairment of real estate to write down the book value of two malls and vacant land. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized a $71.4 million loss on impairment of real estate primarily to write down the book value of two malls, a parcel project near an outlet center and one outparcel. See Note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for more information.

Other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes $5.0 million of abandoned projects expense.

Other Income and Expenses

Interest and other income decreased $0.5 million for the     nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior-year period primarily due to $0.9 million received in the prior year as an insurance reimbursement for nonrecurring professional fees expense (which represent one-time expenses that are not part of our normal operations) related to the completed SEC investigation that occurred in 2016. This increase was partially offset by an increase in corporate interest income compared to the prior-year period.

Interest expense decreased $2.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior-year period. The decrease was primarily due to $18.1 million lower property-level interest expense, related to the retirement of higher-rate mortgage loans and property dispositions. This decrease was partially offset by an increase of $15.7 million in corporate-level interest expense as we used our credit lines to retire higher-rate secured debt.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded a $30.9 million gain on extinguishment of debt which primarily consisted of a $39.8 million gain related to the conveyance of three malls to the respective lenders in satisfaction of the non-recourse debt secured by the properties. This was partially offset by an $8.5 million loss related to prepayment fees for the early retirement of debt on mortgage loans secured by two malls.

The nine months ended September 30, 2018 includes a $0.4 million gain on investment related to the contribution of land to a new unconsolidated joint venture to construct a self-storage facility adjacent to a mall. See Note 6 for more information. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized a $6.2 million loss on investment related to the disposition of our 25% interest in an unconsolidated joint venture, which closed in the third quarter of 2017.

The income tax benefit of $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 relates to the Management Company, which is a taxable REIT subsidiary, and consists of a current tax provision of $0.9 million and a deferred tax benefit of $2.7 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded an income tax benefit of $4.8 million, which consisted of a current tax benefit of $7.7 million and a deferred tax provision of $2.9 million.

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates decreased by $6.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the prior-year period. The decrease is primarily attributable to a $1.0 million loss on impairment related to our 10% investment in an unconsolidated affiliate, as described in Note 6, and decreases in base rent, percentage rent and tenant reimbursements at several properties primarily due to store closures and rent concessions for tenants with high occupancy cost levels, including tenants in bankruptcy.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized $16.0 million of gain on sales of real estate assets including $5.5 million for the sale of two community centers and $10.5 million primarily related to the sale of 10 outparcels. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized $86.9 million of gain on sales of real estate assets, primarily related to the sale of an outlet center and eight outparcels.

Non-GAAP Measure

Same-center Net Operating Income

NOI is a supplemental non-GAAP measure of the operating performance of our shopping centers and other properties. We define NOI as property operating revenues (rental revenues, tenant reimbursements and other income) less property operating expenses (property operating, real estate taxes and maintenance and repairs).

We compute NOI based on the Operating Partnership's pro rata share of both consolidated and unconsolidated properties. We believe that presenting NOI and same-center NOI (described below) based on our Operating Partnership’s pro rata share of both consolidated and unconsolidated properties is useful since we conduct substantially all of our business through our Operating Partnership and, therefore, it reflects the performance of the properties in absolute terms regardless of the ratio of ownership interests of our common shareholders and the noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. Our definition of NOI may be different than that used by other companies, and accordingly, our calculation of NOI may not be comparable to that of other companies.

Since NOI includes only those revenues and expenses related to the operations of our shopping center properties, we believe that same-center NOI provides a measure that reflects trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, sales at the malls and operating costs and the impact of those trends on our results of operations. Our calculation of same-center NOI excludes lease termination income, straight-line rent adjustments, and amortization of above and below market lease intangibles and write-off of landlord inducement assets in order to enhance the comparability of results from one period to another.

We include a property in our same-center pool when we have owned all or a portion of the property since January 1 of the preceding calendar year and it has been in operation for both the entire preceding calendar year and current year-to-date period. New properties are excluded from same-center NOI, until they meet this criteria. Properties excluded from the same-center pool that would otherwise meet this criteria are properties which are being repositioned or properties where we are considering alternatives for repositioning, where we intend to renegotiate the terms of the debt secured by the related property or return the property to the lender and those in which we own a noncontrolling interest of 25% or less. Acadiana Mall and Cary Towne Center were classified as a Lender Malls at September 30, 2018. Hickory Point Mall is currently being considered for repositioning at September 30, 2018. We own a noncontrolling interest of 10% in Triangle Town Center at September 30, 2018.

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Due to the exclusions noted above, same-center NOI should only be used as a supplemental measure of our performance and not as an alternative to GAAP operating income (loss) or net income (loss). A reconciliation of our same-center NOI to net income (loss) for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net income (loss)	$	(2,971	)	$	9,299		$	(33,608	)	$	118,444
Adjustments: (1)
Depreciation and amortization	80,247			79,195			242,014			247,203
Interest expense	59,870			58,573			176,101			178,834
Abandoned projects expense	38			132			377			5,151
Gain on sales of real estate assets	(7,852		)	(1,610		)	(16,562		)	(60,454		)
(Gain) loss on investment	—			354			(387		)	6,197
Gain on extinguishment of debt	—			(6,452		)	—			(33,902		)
Loss on impairment	15,622			24,935			85,666			71,401
Income tax (benefit) provision	1,034			(1,064		)	(1,846		)	(4,784		)
Lease termination fees	(783		)	(879		)	(9,788		)	(1,990		)
Straight-line rent and above- and below-market lease amortization	822			(637		)	2,941			(3,685		)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in other consolidated subsidiaries	(24		)	(415		)	369			(25,266		)
General and administrative expenses	16,051			13,568			47,845			45,402
Management fees and non-property level revenues	(3,315		)	(2,762		)	(10,664		)	(10,312		)
Operating Partnership's share of property NOI	158,739			172,237			482,458			532,239
Non-comparable NOI	(5,623		)	(9,145		)	(20,112		)	(37,291		)
Total same-center NOI	$	153,116		$	163,092		$	462,346		$	494,948

(1) Adjustments are based on our Operating Partnership's pro rata ownership share, including our share of unconsolidated affiliates and excluding noncontrolling interests' share of consolidated properties.

Same-center NOI decreased 6.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the prior-year period. The $10.0 million decrease for the three month period ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 primarily consisted of a $12.3 million decrease in revenues partially offset by a $2.3 million decline in operating expenses. Minimum rents and tenant reimbursements declined $11.4 million during the quarter primarily due to lower occupancy from store closures as well as rent concessions for tenants with high occupancy cost levels, including tenants in bankruptcy. Percentage rents also declined $0.5 million compared to the prior-year quarter. The $2.3 million decrease in operating expenses was primarily driven by a decrease of $2.8 million in real estate tax expense, which was partially offset by a $0.5 million increase in maintenance and repairs expense.

The 6.6% decrease in same center NOI for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the prior-year period includes a $31.0 million decrease in revenues, primarily driven by a $29.5 million decline in minimum rents and tenant reimbursements due to lower occupancy and rent concessions for tenants in bankruptcy. Other rents and other income declined $1.4 million during the period while percentage rents decreased $0.1 million. Operating expenses increased $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to a $3.3 million increase in maintenance and repairs expense which was partially offset by decreases of $1.2 million in real estate tax expense and $0.6 million in property operating expense.

The decline in revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was impacted by a decrease of 0.9% in occupancy in our same-center mall portfolio. Average annual base rents for our same-center stabilized malls increased to $32.77 as of September 30, 2018 as compared to $32.64 for the prior-year period on a same-center basis.

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Operational Review

The shopping center business is, to some extent, seasonal in nature with tenants typically achieving the highest levels of sales during the fourth quarter due to the holiday season, which generally results in higher percentage rents in the fourth quarter. Additionally, the malls earn most of their rents from short-term tenants during the holiday period. Thus, occupancy levels and revenue production are generally the highest in the fourth quarter of each year. Results of operations realized in any one quarter may not be indicative of the results likely to be experienced over the course of the fiscal year.

We classify our regional malls into three categories:

(1) Stabilized Malls – Malls that have completed their initial lease-up and have been open for more than three complete calendar years.

(2) Non-stabilized Malls - Malls that are in their initial lease-up phase. After three complete calendar years of operation, they are reclassified on January 1 of the fourth calendar year to the stabilized mall category. The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo was classified as a non-stabilized mall as of September 30, 2018 and 2017. The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass was classified as a non-stabilized mall as of September 30, 2017.

(3) Excluded Malls - We exclude malls from our core portfolio if they fall in the following categories, for which operational metrics are excluded:

a. Lender Malls - Malls for which we are working or intend to work with the lender on a restructure of the terms of the loan secured by the property or convey the secured property to the lender. Acadiana Mall and Cary Towne Center were classified as Lender Malls as of September 30, 2018. There were no malls in this category as of September 30, 2017. Lender Malls are excluded from our same-center pool as decisions made while in discussions with the lender may lead to metrics that do not provide relevant information related to the condition of these properties or they may be under cash management agreements with the respective servicers.

b. Repositioning Malls - Malls that are currently being repositioned or where we have determined that the current format of the mall no longer represents the best use of the mall and we are in the process of evaluating alternative strategies for the mall. This may include major redevelopment or an alternative retail or non-retail format, or after evaluating alternative strategies for the mall, we may determine that the mall no longer meets our criteria for long-term investment. The steps taken to reposition these malls, such as signing tenants to short-term leases, which are not included in occupancy percentages, or leasing to regional or local tenants, which typically do not report sales, may lead to metrics which do not provide relevant information related to the condition of these malls. Therefore, traditional performance measures, such as occupancy percentages and leasing metrics, exclude Repositioning Malls. Hickory Point Mall was classified as a Repositioning Mall as of September 30, 2018 and 2017. Cary Towne Center was classified as a Repositioning Mall as of September 30, 2017 until a change in redevelopment plans caused it to be reclassified as a Lender Mall as of September 30, 2018.

c. Minority Interest Malls - Malls in which we have a 25% or less ownership interest. Triangle Town Center was classified as a Minority Interest Mall as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.

We derive the majority of our revenues from the mall properties. The sources of our revenues by property type were as follows: 

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018	2017
Malls	91.2%	91.5%
Other properties	8.8%	8.5%

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Mall Store Sales

Mall store sales include reporting mall tenants of 10,000 square feet or less for stabilized malls and exclude license agreements, which are retail contracts that are temporary or short-term in nature and generally last more than three months but less than twelve months. The following is a comparison of our same-center sales per square foot:

	Twelve Months Ended September 30,
	2018	2017	% Change
Stabilized mall same-center sales per square foot	$378	$376	0.5%
Stabilized mall sales per square foot	$378	$373	1.3%

Retailers are reporting positive sales results, which are reflected in the increase we are showing in trailing 12-month sales for the period. September sales at five properties were impacted by closures related to Hurricane Florence, including Mayfaire Town Center in Wilmington, NC, which was closed for 10 days. We expect sales at these centers to rebound and project to end the year with a positive holiday season.

Occupancy

Our portfolio occupancy as of September 30, 2018, as compared to portfolio occupancy both as of September 30, 2017, and as of the the end of the prior quarter of 2018, is summarized in the following table ⁽¹⁾:  

	As of September 30,		As of June 30,
	2018	2017	2018
Total portfolio	92.0%	93.1%	91.1%
Malls:
Total mall portfolio	90.5%	91.6%	89.2%
Same-center malls	90.8%	91.7%	89.6%
Stabilized malls	90.8%	91.7%	89.5%
Non-stabilized malls (2)	73.6%	87.9%	71.9%
Other properties:	97.1%	98.2%	97.4%
Associated centers	97.2%	98.2%	97.9%
Community centers	96.8%	98.2%	96.9%

(1) As noted above, excluded properties are not included in occupancy metrics. Occupancy for malls represents percentage of mall store gross leasable area occupied under 20,000 square feet. Occupancy for other properties represents percentage of gross leasable area occupied.

(2) Represents occupancy for The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo as of September 30, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Represents occupancy for The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass and The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo as of September 30, 2017.

Bankruptcy-related store closures impacted third quarter occupancy by approximately 77 basis points or 142,000 square feet. See Leasing below for an update on our progress made in replacing these stores.

Leasing

The following is a summary of the total square feet of leases signed in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the prior-year periods:

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018	2017	2018	2017
Operating portfolio:
New leases	154,968	178,332	763,104	916,442
Renewal leases	590,923	678,304	1,907,874	1,765,682
Development portfolio:
New leases	87,293	131,744	190,951	258,746
Total leased	833,184	988,380	2,861,929	2,940,870

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Average annual base rents per square foot are based on contractual rents in effect as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, including the impact of any rent concessions. Average annual base rents per square foot for comparable small shop space of less than 10,000 square feet were as follows for each property type ⁽¹⁾: 

	As of September 30,
	2018		2017
Malls:	$	32.69	$	32.61
Same-center stabilized malls	32.77		32.64
Stabilized malls	32.77		32.83
Non-stabilized malls (2)	25.48		26.25
Other properties:	15.16		15.03
Associated centers	13.68		13.85
Community centers	16.44		15.65
Office buildings	18.01		19.12

(1) As noted above, excluded properties are not included in base rent. Average base rents for associated centers, community centers and office buildings include all leased space, regardless of size.

(2) Represents average annual base rents for The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo as of September 30, 2018. Represents average annual base rents for The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass and The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo as of September 30, 2017.

Results from new and renewal leasing of comparable small shop space of less than 10,000 square feet during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2018 for spaces that were previously occupied, based on the contractual terms of the related leases inclusive of the impact of any rent concessions, are as follows: 

Property Type	Square Feet	Prior Gross Rent PSF		New Initial Gross Rent PSF		% Change Initial		New Average Gross Rent PSF (1)		% Change Average
Quarter:
All Property Types (2)	492,802	$	39.43	$	34.21	(13.2	)%	$	34.51	(12.5	)%
Stabilized malls	448,387	40.81		35.16		(13.8	)%	35.47		(13.1	)%
New leases (3)	59,188	51.77		44.45		(14.1	)%	46.83		(9.5	)%
Renewal leases	389,199	39.14		33.75		(13.8	)%	33.74		(13.8	)%
Year-to-Date:
All Property Types (2)	1,648,184	$	41.51	$	36.45	(12.2	)%	$	36.94	(11.0	)%
Stabilized malls	1,570,492	42.26		36.98		(12.5	)%	37.48		(11.3	)%
New leases (3)	237,018	44.94		41.46		(7.7	)%	43.55		(3.1	)%
Renewal leases	1,333,474	41.78		36.19		(13.4	)%	36.40		(12.9	)%

(1) Average gross rent does not incorporate allowable future increases for recoverable common area expenses.

(2) Includes stabilized malls, associated centers, community centers and office buildings.

(3) Excluding three leases executed during the third quarter of 2018, average new lease spreads would have been 0.6% and (0.2)% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

Spreads on new leases for stabilized malls declined 9% in the third quarter. We had three new leases signed where the prior rents were above market or we agreed to a lower rent due to the time the space has been vacant. Excluding these three deals, average spreads on new deals would have been positive for the quarter and flat year-to-date. We anticipate negative lease spreads again in the fourth quarter but are encouraged that the positive year-to-date sales in our portfolio will provide a more constructive leasing backdrop in the future.

Over 63% of our new leasing was executed with non-apparel tenants, including dining, entertainment and other uses. We have executed contracts, letters of intent or are in active negotiations with 50 restaurants, 14 entertainment venues, 9 hotels, 4 multi-family uses and 2 grocery stores. Additionally, other uses include fitness, medical office and self-storage facilities.

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New and renewal leasing activity of comparable small shop space of less than 10,000 square feet for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018 based on the lease commencement date is as follows:

	Number of Leases	Square Feet	Term (in years)	Initial Rent PSF		Average Rent PSF		Expiring Rent PSF		Initial Rent Spread					Average Rent Spread
Commencement 2018:
New	118	287,933	7.30	$	42.43	$	44.39	$	43.65	$	(1.22	)	(2.8	)%	$	0.74		1.7	%
Renewal	486	1,499,531	2.83	33.92		34.40		40.23		(6.31		)	(15.7	)%	(5.83		)	(14.5	)%
Commencement 2018 Total	604	1,787,464	3.71	35.29		36.01		40.78		(5.49		)	(13.5	)%	(4.77		)	(11.7	)%
Commencement 2019:
New	7	25,307	8.29	34.12		35.92		32.06		2.06			6.4	%	3.86			12.0	%
Renewal	106	399,843	3.38	31.25		31.57		34.34		(3.09		)	(9.0	)%	(2.77		)	(8.1	)%
Commencement 2019 Total	113	425,150	3.69	31.42		31.83		34.20		(2.78		)	(8.1	)%	(2.37		)	(6.9	)%
Total 2018/2019	717	2,212,614	3.70	$	34.55	$	35.20	$	39.52	$	(4.97	)	(12.6	)%	$	(4.32	)	(10.9	)%

At the end of the second quarter we had 38 Sears locations in our core portfolio, excluding the location at Janesville Mall, that was sold in July, and a property where we only have a 10% interest. Assuming all of the announced store closures occur by year-end, we anticipate having 21 operating locations. The 17 store closings include 10 leased locations, three owned by Seritage and four locations owned by Sears or third parties. One of the Seritage stores has already been substantially redeveloped and we understand they have plans in various stages on others. Of our 10 leased Sears locations, three are stores we purchased last year and have active redevelopments in planning stages with two set to commence within the next six months. We have leases executed or out for signature on two locations and letters of intent or active discussions on the remainder. We are also in active negotiations on a number of stores that are still operating in anticipation of any future closures. We expect that some of the stores owned by Sears will be sold for third party redevelopment.

Gross annual rent related to the Sears stores which are closing approximates $5.0 million. The majority of this rent relates to stores we proactively expected to terminate the leases on to begin redevelopment projects. Due to this, we do not expect any material unbudgeted revenue loss in 2018 related to these closures or co-tenancy.

For 2019, we are estimating co-tenancy loss related to the Sears closures in the $7.0 to $10.0 million range. While Sears has indicated at this time that they intend to pursue a reorganization, if we assume a Sears liquidation occurs sometime early in the year, we estimate the impact of the incremental co-tenancy to be in the $4.0 to $8.0 million range. Co-tenancy provisions are far from uniform; however most require two or more anchors to have closed before they are triggered. As we approach our redevelopments, one of our major priorities is to limit downtime in properties where more than one anchor has closed. Across our portfolio, we have identified 11 locations where we have a Sears and Bon-Ton anchor that has closed or are expected to close. We have activity occurring on all 11 properties, with eight leases executed or out-for-signature and three locations which have active letters of intent or are under negotiation with tenants.

In August, all Bon-Ton locations in our portfolio closed. After the sale of Janesville Mall in July, we had one location at a non-core mall and 14 locations in our core portfolio, including 10 leased and four owned by others. Of the 10 leased locations we have leases executed or out-for-signature for six and have letters of intent or are in active negotiations on the remainder. Two replacements are scheduled to open before year-end. Total redevelopment spend for all six boxes is currently estimated at $10.5 million. We expect total annual spend for our entire redevelopment program to be in the $75.0 to $125.0 million range for the next few years to complete all the necessary redevelopments in our portfolio.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES    

As of September 30, 2018, we had $201.4 million outstanding on our three unsecured credit facilities leaving $491.4 million of availability based on the terms of the credit facilities as well as unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $20.7 million. Our total pro rata share of debt at September 30, 2018 was $4.7 billion. Our consolidated unencumbered properties generated approximately 58.4% of total consolidated NOI for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 (excluding dispositions and Excluded Malls).

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In August 2018, we sold Statesboro Crossing, a community center located in Statesboro, GA for a gross sales price of $21.5 million. After a portion of the proceeds was used to retire a $10.8 million loan secured by the property, we received 100% of the net proceeds from the sale under the terms of the joint venture agreement. We also sold another community center, Parkway Plaza, subsequent to September 30, 2018 for a gross sales price of $16.5 million. Net proceeds from these sales as well as net proceeds of $17.8 million from the sale of Janesville Mall in addition to proceeds from outparcel sales and the first quarter sale of phase three of Gulf coast Town Center, all of which aggregate to nearly $90.0 million in net proceeds year-to-date, were used to fund the $190.0 million retirement of the portion of our $490.0 million unsecured term loan that was due in July 2018. Additionally, net proceeds from the second quarter refinancing of the loan secured by CoolSprings Galleria and a new $75.0 million 10-year loan secured by The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso, which aggregate to approximately $94.0 million at our share, were used towards the paydown. See Note 6 and Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for more information on these financings. We also exercised an extension option to extend the maturity date of the $27.4 million loan secured by Hickory Point Mall to December 2019.

The Sears bankruptcy filing and announced store closings affords us the opportunity to accelerate redevelopment plans already in place. A capital-lite development strategy is being applied to a number of redevelopment projects across our portfolio where we have been successful in replacing vacant anchor locations with new tenants that require little or no investment by us, allowing us to preserve capital.

We reduced our common dividend for 2019 to an annualized rate of $0.30 per share, which will provide approximately $100 million of additional cash on an annual basis to help fund redevelopments and debt reduction. Additionally, we have implemented a program to create efficiencies in operations and reduce overhead including executive compensation. We will continue to opportunistically dispose of assets to generate equity.

We derive a majority of our revenues from leases with retail tenants, which have historically been the primary source for funding short-term liquidity and capital needs such as operating expenses, debt service, tenant construction allowances, recurring capital expenditures, dividends and distributions. We believe that the combination of cash flows generated from our operations, combined with our debt and equity sources and the availability under our credit facilities and proceeds from dispositions will, for the foreseeable future, provide adequate liquidity to meet our cash needs.  In addition to these factors, we have options available to us to generate additional liquidity, including but not limited to, debt and equity offerings, joint venture investments, issuances of noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership, and decreasing expenditures related to tenant construction allowances and other capital expenditures. We also generate revenues from sales of peripheral land at our properties and from sales of real estate assets when it is determined that we can realize an optimal value for the assets.

Cash Flows - Operating, Investing and Financing Activities

There was $56.1 million of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of September 30, 2018, a decrease of $12.0 million from December 31, 2017. Of this amount, $20.7 million was unrestricted cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2018.

Our net cash flows are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			Change
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	280,407		$	336,950		$	(56,543	)
Net cash used in investing activities	(14,325		)	(35,412		)	21,087
Net cash used in financing activities	(278,109		)	(298,049		)	19,940
Net cash flows	$	(12,027	)	$	3,489		$	(15,516	)

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities decreased $56.5 million primarily due to a decline in rental revenues during the quarter related to store closures and rent concessions for tenants with high occupancy cost levels, including tenants in bankruptcy, and the disposition of properties.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities decreased $21.1 million compared to the prior year. The cash outflow

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for 2018 was primarily related to redevelopment expenditures as we continue to transform our properties by adding new retailers and new uses. These expenditures were partially offset by proceeds from the sales of outparcels, a mall and two community centers, as well as our share of the net proceeds from the refinancing of the CoolSprings Galleria loan. Cash used in investing activities in 2017 was due to the acquisition of Macy's and Sears locations at several malls in the first quarter of 2017 and expenditures related to renovations and redevelopments.

Cash Used in Financing Activities

Cash flows used in financing activities in 2018 reflect the reduction in the common stock dividend from $0.265 per share to $0.200 per share for each quarter of 2018 as compared to the corresponding quarters of 2017, as well as a net reduction in debt of $119.2 million with cash primarily generated from operating activities. Cash flows used in financing activities in 2017 reflect the higher dividend rate of $0.265 per share for each quarter of 2017 and a higher amount of distributions to noncontrolling interest as a result of distributing the partner’s share of net proceeds from the sale of a consolidated joint venture. Additionally, the reduction in debt during the 2017 period was lower as a greater amount of cash flows from operating activities were used to fund redevelopment activities and the acquisition Macy’s and Sears locations at several malls.

Debt

Debt of the Company

CBL has no indebtedness. Either the Operating Partnership or one of its consolidated subsidiaries, that it has a direct or indirect ownership interest in, is the borrower on all of our debt. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Notes, as described in Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, for losses suffered solely by reason of fraud or willful misrepresentation by the Operating Partnership or its affiliates. We also provide a similar limited guarantee of the Operating Partnership's obligations with respect to our unsecured credit facilities and three unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018.

Debt of the Operating Partnership

The following tables summarize debt based on our pro rata ownership share, including our pro rata share of unconsolidated affiliates and excluding noncontrolling investors’ share of consolidated properties, because we believe this provides investors and lenders a clearer understanding of our total debt obligations and liquidity (in thousands): 

September 30, 2018	Consolidated			Noncontrolling Interests			Unconsolidated Affiliates			Total			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)
Fixed-rate debt:
Non-recourse loans on operating properties (2)	$	1,797,080		$	(94,787	)	$	542,734		$	2,245,027		5.01%
Recourse loan on operating property (3)	—			—			10,605			10,605			3.74%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 (4)	447,309			—			—			447,309			5.25%
Senior unsecured notes due 2024 (5)	299,951			—			—			299,951			4.60%
Senior unsecured notes due 2026 (6)	616,436			—			—			616,436			5.95%
Total fixed-rate debt	3,160,776			(94,787		)	553,339			3,619,328			5.16%
Variable-rate debt:
Recourse loans on operating properties	74,150			—			61,898			136,048			4.57%
Construction loans	—			—			34,700			34,700			4.96%
Unsecured lines of credit	201,358			—			—			201,358			3.65%
Unsecured term loans	695,000			—			—			695,000			3.96%
Total variable-rate debt	970,508			—			96,598			1,067,106			4.01%
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	4,131,284			(94,787		)	649,937			4,686,434			4.90%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)	611			(2,826		)	(17,691		)
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808		$	(94,176	)	$	647,111		$	4,668,743

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December 31, 2017	Consolidated			Noncontrolling Interests			Unconsolidated Affiliates			Total			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)
Fixed-rate debt:
Non-recourse loans on operating properties (2)	$	1,796,203		$	(77,155	)	$	521,731		$	2,240,779		5.06%
Recourse loans on operating properties (3)	—			—			11,035			11,035			3.74%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 (4)	446,976			—			—			446,976			5.25%
Senior unsecured notes due 2024 (5)	299,946			—			—			299,946			4.60%
Senior unsecured notes due 2026 (6)	615,848			—			—			615,848			5.95%
Total fixed-rate debt	3,158,973			(77,155		)	532,766			3,614,584			5.19%
Variable-rate debt:
Non-recourse loan on operating property	10,836			(5,418		)	—			5,418			3.37%
Recourse loans on operating properties	101,187			—			58,478			159,665			3.77%
Construction loan	—			—			5,977			5,977			4.28%
Unsecured lines of credit	93,787			—			—			93,787			2.56%
Unsecured term loans	885,000			—			—			885,000			2.81%
Total variable-rate debt	1,090,810			(5,418		)	64,455			1,149,847			2.93%
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	4,249,783			(82,573		)	597,221			4,764,431			4.65%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(18,938		)	687			(2,441		)	(20,692		)
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,230,845		$	(81,886	)	$	594,780		$	4,743,739

(1) Weighted-average interest rate includes the effect of debt premiums and discounts, but excludes amortization of deferred financing costs.

(2) An unconsolidated affiliate has an interest rate swap on a notional amount outstanding of $45,165 as of September 30, 2018 and $46,054 as of December 31, 2017 related to a variable-rate loan on Ambassador Town Center to effectively fix the interest rate on this loan to a fixed-rate of 3.22%.

(3) The unconsolidated affiliate has an interest rate swap on a notional amount outstanding of $10,605 as of September 30, 2018 and $11,035 as of December 31, 2017 related to a variable-rate loan on Ambassador Town Center - Infrastructure Improvements to effectively fix the interest rate on this loan to a fixed-rate of 3.74%.

(4) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $2,691 and $3,024 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(5) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $49 and $54 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.    

(6) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $8,564 and $9,152 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

The weighted-average remaining term of our total share of consolidated and unconsolidated debt was 4.2 years and 4.6 years at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The weighted-average remaining term of our pro rata share of fixed-rate debt was 5.0 years and 5.4 years at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, our pro rata share of consolidated and unconsolidated variable-rate debt represented 22.9% and 24.2%, respectively, of our total pro rata share of debt. As of September 30, 2018, our share of consolidated and unconsolidated variable-rate debt represented 17.5% of our total market capitalization (see Equity below) as compared to 17.6% as of December 31, 2017.

We are in the process of refinancing the $350.0 million unsecured term loan that matures in October 2019 as well as the $300.0 million unsecured term loan, the $45.0 million unsecured term loan and the three unsecured lines of credit with an aggregate capacity of $1.1 billion. The unsecured term loans and lines of credit will be converted from unsecured to secured facilities. We have agreed with Wells Fargo, as lead lender, on a pool of properties that will serve as collateral for the new secured term loans and secured lines of credit. The due diligence on these properties is ongoing and is expected to be completed by January 2019. Until due diligence is complete, the number and specific properties comprising the collateral pool may change. Wells Fargo will secure commitments from additional banks as participants in the new facilities; however, the composition of the lenders and the amount that each will hold will be subject to the final approval of each lender. As of the date of the filing of these financial statements, management has obtained the approval of the Board of Directors and has agreed to a non-binding term sheet with Wells Fargo that includes a longer-term maturity. It is expected that the refinancing will close in January 2019.

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In the unlikely event the secured facility is not closed, management intends to utilize availability under the existing unsecured lines of credit to retire the $350.0 million unsecured term loan that matures in October 2019. The $300.0 million and the $45.0 million term loans have a final maturity of July 2022 and June 2022, respectively, and the combined $1.1 billion lines of credit have a final maturity of October 2020.

Our Board of Directors has also reduced the annualized dividend rate for 2019 to ensure ample liquidity is available to meet our capital needs. The dividend reduction will preserve an estimated $100 million of cash on an annual basis.

We anticipate the foreclosure of the $122.1 million loan secured by Acadiana Mall will be complete in 2019 and have executed a forbearance agreement with the lender concerning the $43.7 million loan secured by Cary Towne Center. We are working with the lender on a potential sale of the property that may occur in 2019. See Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information concerning the amount and terms of our outstanding indebtedness and compliance with applicable covenants and restrictions as of September 30, 2018 as well as mortgage activity related to consolidated property loans.

See Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information related to financing activity related to unconsolidated affiliates.

Credit Ratings

The Operating Partnership's credit ratings of its unsecured long-term indebtedness were as follows as of September 30, 2018:

Rating Agency	Rating	Outlook	Investment Grade
Fitch	BB+	Negative	No
Moody's	Ba1	Negative	No
S&P (1)	BB+	Negative	No

(1) In August 2018, S&P lowered its rating to BB+. The change impacted our interest rates beginning September 1, 2018. The current interest rates are listed below.

We made a one-time irrevocable election to use our credit ratings, as defined above, to determine the interest rate on our three unsecured credit facilities and two unsecured term loans. Due to a downgrade from S&P in August 2018, our interest rates on our credit facilities and two term loans bear interest at a higher rate as of September 1, 2018. Borrowings under our three unsecured credit facilities bear interest at LIBOR plus 155 basis points and our unsecured term loans bear interest at LIBOR plus 175 and 200 basis points, respectively, based on the credit ratings noted above. Our facility fee also increased to 0.30% of the total capacity of each facility based on the credit ratings described above. The change in our credit ratings may also impact terms and conditions of future borrowings in addition to adversely affecting our ability to access the public debt markets.

Unencumbered Consolidated Portfolio Statistics

(Dollars in thousands, except sales per square foot data)

	Sales Per Square Foot for the Twelve Months Ended (1) (2)				Occupancy (2)				% of Consolidated Unencumbered NOI for the Nine Months Ended 9/30/18 (3)
	09/30/18		09/30/17		09/30/18		09/30/17
Unencumbered consolidated properties:
Tier 1 Malls	$	402	$	430	94.2	%	95.8	%	21.0	%
Tier 2 Malls	338		338		90.4	%	91.4	%	54.5	%
Tier 3 Malls	280		286		88.2	%	89.5	%	12.6	%
Total Malls	339		345		90.5	%	91.7	%	88.1	%
Total Associated Centers	N/A		N/A		96.8	%	97.7	%	7.5	%

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	Sales Per Square Foot for the Twelve Months Ended (1) (2)				Occupancy (2)				% of Consolidated Unencumbered NOI for the Nine Months Ended 9/30/18 (3)
	09/30/18		09/30/17		09/30/18		09/30/17
Total Community Centers	N/A		N/A		99.0	%	98.9	%	3.3	%
Total Office Buildings and Other	N/A		N/A		90.0	%	94.2	%	1.1	%
Total Unencumbered Consolidated Portfolio	$	339	$	345	92.2	%	93.3	%	100.0	%

(1) Represents same-center sales per square foot for mall tenants 10,000 square feet or less for stabilized malls.

(2) Operating metrics are included for unencumbered operating properties and do not include sales or occupancy of unencumbered outparcels.

(3) Our consolidated unencumbered properties generated approximately 58.4% of total consolidated NOI of $418,506,986 (which excludes NOI related to dispositions) for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Equity

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we paid dividends of $136.9 million to holders of CBL's common stock and preferred stock, as well as $27.2 million in distributions to the noncontrolling interest investors in the Operating Partnership and other consolidated subsidiaries. The Operating Partnership paid distributions of $33.7 million and $121.6 million on the preferred units and common units, respectively, as well as distributions of $8.8 million to the noncontrolling interests in other consolidated subsidiaries.

The following table represents our common stock dividend activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

Period	Dividend Amount	Declaration Date	Date Paid
First Quarter	$0.20	February 22, 2018	April 17, 2018
Second Quarter	$0.20	May 31, 2018	July 16, 2018
Third Quarter	$0.20	August 24, 2018	October 16, 2018

Future dividends payable will be determined by our Board of Directors based upon circumstances at the time of declaration. The dividend will has been reduced to an annualized rate of $0.30 per share beginning with the dividend payable in January 2019 from the prior annualized rate of $0.80 per share. The dividend reduction will preserve an estimated $100 million of cash on an annual basis to ensure we have ample liquidity for redevelopment activity and debt reduction. Our dividend payout ratio, in relation to FFO, as adjusted, per diluted common share, was 49.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. See "Non-GAAP Measure - Funds from Operations" below for additional information concerning the calculation of FFO, as adjusted, per diluted common share.

As a publicly traded company and, as a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, we have access to capital through both the public equity and debt markets. We currently have a shelf registration statement on file with the SEC authorizing us to publicly issue senior and/or subordinated debt securities, shares of preferred stock (or depositary shares representing fractional interests therein), shares of common stock, warrants or rights to purchase any of the foregoing securities, and units consisting of two or more of these classes or series of securities and limited guarantees of debt securities issued by the Operating Partnership.  Pursuant to the shelf registration statement, the Operating Partnership is also authorized to publicly issue unsubordinated debt securities. There is no limit to the offering price or number of securities that we may issue under this shelf registration statement.

Debt-To-Total Market Capitalization

Our strategy is to maintain a conservative debt-to-total-market capitalization ratio in order to enhance our access to the broadest range of capital markets, both public and private. Based on our share of total consolidated and unconsolidated debt and the market value of equity, our debt-to-total-market capitalization (debt plus market value of

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equity) ratio was 76.7% at September 30, 2018, compared to 67.4% at September 30, 2017. The increase in the debt-to-total-market capitalization ratio is primarily due to a decrease in CBL's stock price to $3.99 at September 28, 2018 from $8.39 at September 29, 2017. Our debt-to-total-market capitalization ratio at September 30, 2018 was computed as follows (in thousands, except stock prices): 

	Shares Outstanding	Stock Price (1)		Value
Common stock and operating partnership units	199,430	$	3.99	$	795,726
7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	1,815	250.00		453,750
6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	690	250.00		172,500
Total market equity				1,421,976
Company’s share of total debt, excluding unamortized deferred financing costs				4,686,434
Total market capitalization				$	6,108,410
Debt-to-total-market capitalization ratio				76.7		%

(1) Stock price for common stock and Operating Partnership units equals the closing price of CBL's common stock on September 28, 2018. The stock prices for the preferred stock represent the liquidation preference of each respective series of preferred stock.

Capital Expenditures

Deferred maintenance expenditures are generally billed to tenants as CAM expense, and most are recovered over a 5 to 15-year period. Renovation expenditures are primarily for remodeling and upgrades of malls, of which a portion is recovered from tenants over a 5 to 15-year period.  We recover these costs through fixed amounts with annual increases or pro rata cost reimbursements based on the tenant’s occupied space.

The following table, which excludes expenditures for developments and expansions, summarizes these capital expenditures, including our share of unconsolidated affiliates' capital expenditures, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same periods in 2017 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Tenant allowances (1)	$	6,978	$	9,658	$	35,199	$	29,774
Renovations	—		5,190		563		9,255
Deferred maintenance:
Parking lot and parking lot lighting	206		4,060		871		8,321
Roof repairs and replacements	270		1,544		3,694		4,607
Other capital expenditures	5,255		5,616		15,035		15,833
Total deferred maintenance	5,731		11,220		19,600		28,761
Capitalized overhead	832		1,370		4,123		5,661
Capitalized interest	1,198		452		2,736		1,676
Total capital expenditures	$	14,739	$	27,890	$	62,221	$	75,127

(1) Tenant allowances primarily relate to new leases. Tenant allowances related to renewal leases were not material for the periods presented.

Our total investment in renovations that are scheduled for 2018 is projected to be $9.6 million, which includes floor renovations, as well as other eco-friendly green renovations.Annual capital expenditures budgets are prepared for each of our properties that are intended to provide for all necessary recurring and non-recurring capital expenditures. We believe that property operating cash flows, which include reimbursements from tenants for certain expenses, will provide the necessary funding for these expenditures.

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Developments, Expansions and Redevelopments

The following tables summarize our development, expansion and redevelopment projects as of September 30, 2018.

Properties Opened During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

				CBL's Share of
Property	Location	CBL Ownership Interest	Total Project Square Feet	Total Cost (1)		Cost to Date (2)		2018 YTD Cost		Opening Date	Initial Unleveraged Yield
Mall Expansion:
Parkdale Mall - Restaurant Addition	Beaumont, TX	100%	4,700	$	1,315	$	1,409	$	266	Feb-18/ Mar-18	10.4%
Other - Outparcel Development:
EastGate Mall - CubeSmart Self-storage (3) (4)	Cincinnati, OH	50%	93,501	4,514		3,234		2,380		Sep-18	9.9%
Laurel Park Place - Panera Bread (3)	Livonia, MI	100%	4,500	1,772		1,592		351		May-18	9.7%
			98,001	6,286		4,826		2,731
Total Properties Opened			102,701	$	7,601	$	6,235	$	2,997
(1) Total Cost is presented net of reimbursements to be received.
(2) Cost to Date does not reflect reimbursements until they are received.
(3) Outparcel development adjacent to the mall.
(4) Yield is based on the expected yield of the stabilized project.

We opened our first self-storage facility in late September. This joint venture project is located adjacent to EastGate Mall. We contributed land as our share of equity which limited the amount of cash investment required.

Redevelopments Completed During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

				CBL's Share of
Property	Location	CBL Ownership Interest	Total Project Square Feet	Total Cost (1)		Cost to Date (2)		2018 YTD Cost		Opening Date	Initial Unleveraged Yield
Mall Redevelopments:
East Towne Mall - Flix Brewhouse	Madison, WI	100%	40,795	$	9,966	$	9,742	$	3,869	Jul-18	8.4%
Frontier Mall - Sports Authority Redevelopment (Planet Fitness)	Cheyenne, WY	100%	24,750	1,385		901		679		Feb-18	29.8%
York Galleria - Partial JC Penney Redevelopment (Marshalls)	York, PA	100%	21,026	2,870		2,408		1,930		Apr-18	11.0%
Total Redevelopments Completed			86,571	$	14,221	$	13,051	$	6,478
(1) Total Cost is presented net of reimbursements to be received.
(2) Cost to Date does not reflect reimbursements until they are received.

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Properties Under Development at September 30, 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

				CBL's Share of
Property	Location	CBL Ownership Interest	Total Project Square Feet	Total Cost (1)		Cost to Date (2)		2018 YTD Cost		Expected Opening Date	Initial Unleveraged Yield
Other Developments:
Mid Rivers Mall - CubeSmart Self-storage (3) (4)	St. Peters, MO	50%	93,540	$	4,122	$	1,632	$	1,632	Dec-18	9.0%
The Shoppes at Eagle Point (5)	Cookeville, TN	50%	233,696	45,541		44,484		24,151		Aug-18/Nov-18	8.1%
			327,236	49,663		46,116		25,783
Mall Redevelopments:
Brookfield Square - Sears Redevelopment (Whirlyball/ Marcus Theatres) (6)	Brookfield, WI	100%	126,710	26,717		11,658		11,072		Summer-19	10.7%
Eastland Mall - JC Penney Redevelopment (H&M/Outback/Planet Fitness)	Bloomington, IL	100%	52,827	10,999		6,831		6,339		Fall-18	6.3%
East Towne Mall - Portillo's	Madison, WI	100%	9,000	2,956		2,405		1,884		Winter-18	8.0%
Friendly Center - O2 Fitness	Greensboro, NC	50%	27,048	2,285		1,397		1,281		Winter-18	10.3%
Hanes Mall - Dave & Buster's	Winston-Salem, NC	100%	44,922	5,963		1,854		1,657		Spring-19	11.0%
Jefferson Mall - Macy's Redevelopment (Round 1)	Louisville, KY	100%	50,070	9,392		5,270		4,192		Nov-18	6.9%
Northgate Mall - Sears Auto Center Redevelopment (Aubrey's/Panda Express)	Chattanooga, TN	100%	10,000	1,797		427		247		Winter-18	7.6%
Parkdale Mall - Macy's Redevelopment (Dick's Sporting Goods/Five Below/HomeGoods) (6)	Beaumont, TX	100%	86,136	20,899		2,489		1,967		Spring-19	6.4%
Volusia Mall - Sears Auto Center Redevelopment (Bonefish Grill/Metro Diner)	Daytona Beach, FL	100%	23,341	9,635		5,090		3,963		Winter-18	8.0%
			430,054	90,643		37,421		32,602
Total Properties Under Development			757,290	$	140,306	$	83,537	$	58,385
(1) Total Cost is presented net of reimbursements to be received.
(2) Cost to Date does not reflect reimbursements until they are received.
(3) Yield is based on the expected yield of the stabilized project.
(4) Outparcel development adjacent to the mall.
(5) We will fund 100% of the required equity contribution so costs in the above table are shown at 100%. A portion of the community center project will be funded through a construction loan with a total borrowing capacity of $36,400.
(6) The return reflected represents a pro forma incremental return as Total Cost excludes the cost related to the acquisition of the Sears (Brookfield) and Macy's (Parkdale)buildings in 2017.

Construction is in progress on the first phase of redevelopment of the former Sears building at Brookfield Square, which includes new dining and entertainment options such as the BistroPlex dine-in movie experience from Marcus Theaters and Whirlyball entertainment center. In July, we completed the sale of a portion of the Sears parcel to the city for the development of a hotel and convention center. Construction on the hotel commenced in October.

Except for the projects presented above, we do not have any other material capital commitments as of September 30, 2018.    

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Unconsolidated Affiliates

We have ownership interests in 19 unconsolidated affiliates as of September 30, 2018 that are described in Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The unconsolidated affiliates are accounted for using the equity method of accounting and are reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as investments in unconsolidated affiliates.  

The following are circumstances when we may consider entering into a joint venture with a third party:

• Third parties may approach us with opportunities in which they have obtained land and performed some pre-development activities, but they may not have sufficient access to the capital resources or the development and leasing expertise to bring the project to fruition. We enter into such arrangements when we determine such a project is viable and we can achieve a satisfactory return on our investment. We typically earn development fees from the joint venture and provide management and leasing services to the property for a fee once the property is placed in operation.

• We determine that we may have the opportunity to capitalize on the value we have created in a property by selling an interest in the property to a third party. This provides us with an additional source of capital that can be used to develop or acquire additional real estate assets that we believe will provide greater potential for growth. When we retain an interest in an asset rather than selling a 100% interest, it is typically because this allows us to continue to manage the property, which provides us the ability to earn fees for management, leasing, development and financing services provided to the joint venture.

Guarantees

We may guarantee the debt of a joint venture primarily because it allows the joint venture to obtain funding at a lower cost than could be obtained otherwise. This results in a higher return for the joint venture on its investment, and a higher return on our investment in the joint venture. We may receive a fee from the joint venture for providing the guaranty. Additionally, when we issue a guaranty, the terms of the joint venture agreement typically provide that we may receive indemnification from the joint venture or have the ability to increase our ownership interest.

See Note 11 to the condensed consolidated statements for information related to our guarantees of unconsolidated affiliates' debt as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the financial statements and disclosures. Some of these estimates and assumptions require application of difficult, subjective, and/or complex judgment about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and that may change in subsequent periods. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 contains a discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section. There have been no material changes to these policies and estimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information on recently issued accounting pronouncements.

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Impact of Inflation and Deflation

Deflation can result in a decline in general price levels, often caused by a decrease in the supply of money or credit.  The predominant effects of deflation are high unemployment, credit contraction and weakened consumer demand.  Restricted lending practices could impact our ability to obtain financings or refinancings for our properties and our tenants’ ability to obtain credit.  Decreases in consumer demand can have a direct impact on our tenants and the rents we receive.

During inflationary periods, substantially all of our tenant leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the impact of inflation.  These provisions include clauses enabling us to receive percentage rent based on tenants' gross sales, which generally increase as prices rise, and/or escalation clauses, which generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases.  In addition, many of the leases are for terms of less than 10 years, which may provide us the opportunity to replace existing leases with new leases at higher base and/or percentage rent if rents of the existing leases are below the then existing market rate.  Most of the leases require the tenants to pay a fixed amount, subject to annual increases, for their share of operating expenses, including CAM, real estate taxes, insurance and certain capital expenditures, which reduces our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.

Non-GAAP Measure

Funds from Operations

FFO is a widely used non-GAAP measure of the operating performance of real estate companies that supplements net income (loss) determined in accordance with GAAP. NAREIT defines FFO as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains or losses on sales of depreciable operating properties and impairment losses of depreciable properties, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures and noncontrolling interests. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures and noncontrolling interests are calculated on the same basis. We define FFO as defined above by NAREIT less dividends on preferred stock of the Company or distributions on preferred units of the Operating Partnership, as applicable. Our method of calculating FFO may be different from methods used by other REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs.

We believe that FFO provides an additional indicator of the operating performance of our properties without giving effect to real estate depreciation and amortization, which assumes the value of real estate assets declines predictably over time. Since values of real estate assets have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, we believe that FFO, which excludes historical cost depreciation and amortization, enhances investors’ understanding of our operating performance. The use of FFO as an indicator of financial performance is influenced not only by the operations of our properties and interest rates, but also by our capital structure.

We present both FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders and FFO allocable to common shareholders, as we believe that both are useful performance measures.  We believe FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders is a useful performance measure since we conduct substantially all of our business through our Operating Partnership and, therefore, it reflects the performance of the properties in absolute terms regardless of the ratio of ownership interests of our common shareholders and the noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership.  We believe FFO allocable to common shareholders is a useful performance measure because it is the performance measure that is most directly comparable to net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders.

In our reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders to FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders that is presented below, we make an adjustment to add back noncontrolling interest in income (loss) of our Operating Partnership in order to arrive at FFO of the Operating Partnership common unitholders.  We then apply a percentage to FFO of the Operating Partnership common unitholders to arrive at FFO allocable to common shareholders. The percentage is computed by taking the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period and dividing it by the sum of the weighted-average number of common shares and the weighted-average number of Operating Partnership units held by noncontrolling interests during the period.     

FFO does not represent cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP, is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) for purposes of evaluating our operating performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity.

The Company believes that it is important to identify the impact of certain significant items on its FFO measures for a reader to have a complete understanding of the Company’s results of operations. Therefore, the Company has also presented adjusted FFO measures excluding these significant items from the applicable periods. Please refer to

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the reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders to FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders below for a description of these adjustments.

FFO of the Operating Partnership decreased 24.7% to $77.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to $102.9 million for the prior-year period, and decreased 22.4% to $252.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to $325.5 million for the prior-year period. Excluding the adjustments noted below, FFO of the Operating Partnership, as adjusted, decreased 19.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2018 to $79.2 million compared to $98.7 million for the same period in 2017, and decreased 15.1% to $255.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to $301.4 million for the prior-year period. The decrease in FFO, as adjusted, was primarily driven by lower property-level NOI resulting from lower occupancy and tenant bankruptcies, dilution from asset sales, higher net interest expense and higher general and administrative expense, primarily related to one-time expense from the retirement of our Chief Operating Officer. These increases were partially offset by a decline in abandoned projects costs as compared to the prior-year period.

The reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders to FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(12,590	)	$	(2,258	)	$	(57,930	)	$	50,807
Noncontrolling interest in income (loss) of Operating Partnership	(1,628		)	(81		)	(8,978		)	8,702
Depreciation and amortization expense of:
Consolidated properties	71,945			71,732			217,261			225,461
Unconsolidated affiliates	10,438			9,633			31,177			28,533
Non-real estate assets	(910		)	(934		)	(2,748		)	(2,590		)
Noncontrolling interests' share of depreciation and amortization	(2,136		)	(2,170		)	(6,424		)	(6,791		)
Loss on impairment, net of taxes	14,600			24,935			84,644			70,185
Loss on impairment of unconsolidated affiliates	1,022			—			1,022			—
(Gain) loss on depreciable property, net of taxes and noncontrolling interests' share	(3,307		)	1,995			(5,543		)	(48,761		)
FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders	77,434			102,852			252,481			325,546
Litigation expenses (1)	—			17			—			69
Nonrecurring professional fees reimbursement (1)	—			—			—			(919		)
(Gain) loss on investments, net of taxes (2)	—			354			(287		)	6,197
Non-cash default interest expense (3)	1,784			1,904			3,616			4,398
Gain on extinguishment of debt, net of noncontrolling interests' share (4)	—			(6,452		)	—			(33,902		)
FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders, as adjusted	$	79,218		$	98,675		$	255,810		$	301,389
FFO per diluted share	$	0.39		$	0.52		$	1.26		$	1.63
FFO, as adjusted, per diluted share	$	0.40		$	0.50		$	1.28		$	1.51
Weighted-average common and potential dilutive common shares outstanding with Operating Partnership units fully converted	199,432			199,321			199,630			199,325
(1) Litigation expenses are included in general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Nonrecurring professional fees reimbursement is included in interest and other income in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
(2) The nine months ended September 30, 2018 also includes a gain on investment related to the land we contributed to the Self Storage at Mid Rivers 50/50 joint venture. The three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017 represents a loss on investment related to the write down of our 25% interest in River Ridge Mall based on the contract price to sell such interest to our joint venture partner. The sale closed in August 2017.
(3) The three months and nine months ended September 30, 2018 includes default interest expense related to Acadiana Mall and Cary Town Center. The three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes default interest expense related to Acadiana Mall and Wausau Center. The nine months ended September 30, 2017 also includes default interest expense related to Chesterfield Mall and Midland Mall.

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(4) The three months ended September 30, 2017 primarily represents a $6,851 gain on extinguishment of debt related to the non-recourse loan secured by Wausau Center, which was conveyed to the lender in the third quarter of 2017, which was partially offset by a loss on extinguishment of debt related to a prepayment fee of $371 related to the early retirement of a mortgage loan. Additionally, the nine months ended September 30, 2017 also includes a gain on extinguishment of debt related to the non-recourse loan secured by Chesterfield Mall, which was conveyed to the lender in the second quarter of 2017, a loss on extinguishment of debt related to a prepayment fee on the early retirement of the loans secured by The Outlet Shoppes at Oklahoma City, which was sold in the second quarter of 2017, and a gain on extinguishment of debt related to the non-recourse loan secured by Midland Mall, which was conveyed to the lender in the first quarter of 2017.

The reconciliation of diluted EPS to FFO per diluted share is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Diluted EPS attributable to common shareholders	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.34	)	$	0.30
Eliminate amounts per share excluded from FFO:
Depreciation and amortization expense, including amounts from consolidated properties, unconsolidated affiliates, non-real estate assets and excluding amounts allocated to noncontrolling interests	0.40			0.40			1.20			1.23
Loss on impairment, net of taxes	0.08			0.13			0.43			0.35
Gain on depreciable property, net of taxes and noncontrolling interests' share	(0.02		)	—			(0.03		)	(0.25		)
FFO per diluted share	$	0.39		$	0.52		$	1.26		$	1.63

The reconciliations of FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders to FFO allocable to common shareholders, including and excluding the adjustments noted above, are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders	$	77,434		$	102,852		$	252,481		$	325,546
Percentage allocable to common shareholders (1)	86.58		%	85.84		%	86.37		%	85.82		%
FFO allocable to common shareholders	$	67,042		$	88,288		$	218,068		$	279,384
FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders, as adjusted	$	79,218		$	98,675		$	255,810		$	301,389
Percentage allocable to common shareholders (1)	86.58		%	85.84		%	86.37		%	85.82		%
FFO allocable to common shareholders, as adjusted	$	68,587		$	84,703		$	220,943		$	258,652

(1) Represents the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period divided by the sum of the weighted-average number of common shares and the weighted-average number of Operating Partnership units held by noncontrolling interests during the period.

ITEM 3:    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to various market risk exposures, including interest rate risk. The following discussion regarding our risk management activities includes forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties.  Estimates of future performance and economic conditions are reflected assuming certain changes in interest rates.  Caution should be used in evaluating our overall market risk from the information presented below, as actual results may differ.  

Interest Rate Risk

Based on our proportionate share of consolidated and unconsolidated variable-rate debt at September 30, 2018, a 0.5% increase or decrease in interest rates on variable-rate debt would decrease or increase annual cash flows by approximately $5.3 million and increase or decrease annual interest expense, after the effect of capitalized interest, by approximately $5.2 million.

Based on our proportionate share of total consolidated and unconsolidated debt at September 30, 2018, a 0.5% increase in interest rates would decrease the fair value of debt by approximately $64.1 million, while a 0.5% decrease in interest rates would increase the fair value of debt by approximately $66.0 million. 

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ITEM 4:    Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and with the participation of our management, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company's and the Operating Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information that the Company and the Operating Partnership are required to disclose in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms and to ensure that information we are required to disclose is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

In conjunction with the implementation of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which was adopted on January 1, 2018, we modified some revenue recognition processes and related control activities based on the five-step model provided in the new revenue standard. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our results of operations as most of the Company's revenues are related to leasing which is not under the scope of ASC 606. There have been no other changes in the Company's or the Operating Partnership's internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1:    Legal Proceedings

We are currently involved in certain litigation that arises in the ordinary course of business, most of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance. Based on current expectations, such matters, both individually and in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, results of operations, business or financial condition.     

ITEM 1A.    Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risks that could materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations that are discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. There have been no material changes to suchrisk factors since the filing of our Annual Report.

ITEM 2:    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)	Average Price Paid per Share (2)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Plan	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan
July 1 – 31, 2018	166	$	5.80	—	$	—
August 1 - 31, 2018	744	5.10		—	—
September 1 - 30, 2018	—	—		—	—
Total	910	$	5.23	—	$	—

(1) Represents shares surrendered to the Company by employees to satisfy federal and state income tax requirements related to the vesting of shares of restricted stock.

(2) Represents the market value of the common stock on the vesting date for the shares of restricted stock, which was used to determine the number of shares required to be surrendered to satisfy income tax withholding requirements.

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Operating Partnership Units

There is no established public trading market for the Operating Partnership’s common units and they are not registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each limited partner in the Operating Partnership has the right to exchange all or a portion of its common units for shares of the Company’s common stock, or at the Company’s election, their cash equivalent.

ITEM 3:    Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None. 

ITEM 4:    Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable. 

ITEM 5:    Other Information

None.

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ITEM 6:    Exhibits

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit  Number	Description
10.2.13	Retirement and General Release Agreement, dated September 27, 2018, between the Company and Gus Stephas (1)
31.1	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) by the Chief Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
31.2	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) by the Chief Financial Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
31.3	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) by the Chief Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
31.4	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) by the Chief Financial Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
32.1	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) by the Chief Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
32.2	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) by the Chief Financial Officer as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
32.3	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) by the Chief Executive Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
32.4	Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) by the Chief Financial Officer, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

(1) Incorporated by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September 27, 2018 and filed on October 3, 2018. Commission File No. 1-12494 and 333-182515-01

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

_____________________________________

Farzana Khaleel

Executive Vice President -

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By: CBL HOLDINGS I, INC., its general partner

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

_____________________________________

Farzana Khaleel

Executive Vice President -

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 9, 2018

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen D. Lebovitz, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2018

/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz

____________________________________

Stephen D. Lebovitz, Director and

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Farzana Khaleel, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2018

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

_______________________________________

Farzana Khaleel, Executive Vice President -

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-31.3

Exhibit 31.3

CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen D. Lebovitz, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CBL & Associates Limited Partnership;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2018

/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz

____________________________________

Stephen D. Lebovitz, Director and

Chief Executive Officer of

CBL Holdings I, Inc.,

the sole general partner of

CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

EX-31.4

Exhibit 31.4

CERTIFICATION

I, Farzana Khaleel, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CBL & Associates Limited Partnership;

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5) The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2018

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

_______________________________________

Farzana Khaleel, Executive Vice President -

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of

CBL Holdings I, Inc.,

the sole general partner of

CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. (the “Company”) on Form 10‑Q for the nine months ending September 30, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Stephen D. Lebovitz, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz

____________________________________

Stephen D. Lebovitz, Director and

Chief Executive Officer

November 9, 2018

____________________________________

Date

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. (the “Company”) on Form 10‑Q for the nine months ending September 30, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Farzana Khaleel, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

_______________________________________

Farzana Khaleel, Executive Vice President -

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

November 9, 2018

____________________________________

Date

EX-32.3

Exhibit 32.3

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Operating Partnership”) on Form 10-Q for the nine months ending September 30, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Stephen D. Lebovitz, Chief Executive Officer of CBL Holdings I, Inc., the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Operating Partnership.

/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz

____________________________________

Stephen D. Lebovitz, Director and

Chief Executive Officer of

CBL Holdings I, Inc.,

the sole general partner of

CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

November 9, 2018

____________________________________

Date

EX-32.4

Exhibit 32.4

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Operating Partnership”) on Form 10-Q for the nine months ending September 30, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Farzana Khaleel, Chief Financial Officer of CBL Holdings I, Inc., the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Operating Partnership.

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

_______________________________________

Farzana Khaleel, Executive Vice President -

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of

CBL Holdings I, Inc.,

the sole general partner of

CBL & Associates Limited Partnership

November 9, 2018

____________________________________

Date

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017
Real estate assets:
Land	[1]	$ 818,436		$ 813,390
Buildings and improvements	[1]	6,544,019		6,723,194
Real estate investment property, at cost	[1]	7,362,455		7,536,584
Accumulated depreciation	[1]	(2,514,904)		(2,465,095)
Real estate investment property, net, before developments in progress	[1]	4,847,551		5,071,489
Held for sale	[1]	14,807		0
Developments in progress	[1]	73,530		85,346
Net investment in real estate assets	[1]	4,935,888		5,156,835
Cash and cash equivalents		20,695	[2]	32,627	[1]
Receivables:
Tenant, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,214 and $2,011 in 2018 and 2017, respectively	[1]	77,095		83,552
Other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $838 in 2017	[1]	7,109		7,570
Mortgage and other notes receivable	[1]	8,171		8,945
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	[1]	275,884		249,192
Intangible lease assets and other assets	[1]	166,177		166,087
Total assets	[1]	5,491,019		5,704,808
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net		4,115,808		4,230,845
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		247,490		228,650
Total liabilities	[1]	4,363,298		4,459,495
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7 and Note 11)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		6,228		8,835
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized:
Common stock, $.01 par value, 350,000,000 shares authorized, 172,663,873 and 171,088,778 issued and outstanding in 2018 and 2017, respectively		1,727		1,711
Partners' capital:
Additional paid-in capital		1,967,882		1,974,537
Dividends in excess of cumulative earnings		(927,416)		(836,269)
Total shareholders' equity		1,042,218		1,140,004
Noncontrolling interests		79,275		96,474
Total equity		1,121,493		1,236,478
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity		5,491,019		5,704,808
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Real estate assets:
Land	[3]	818,436		813,390
Buildings and improvements	[3]	6,544,019		6,723,194
Real estate investment property, at cost	[3]	7,362,455		7,536,584
Accumulated depreciation	[3]	(2,514,904)		(2,465,095)
Real estate investment property, net, before developments in progress	[3]	4,847,551		5,071,489
Held for sale	[1]	14,807		0
Developments in progress	[3]	73,530		85,346
Net investment in real estate assets	[3]	4,935,888		5,156,835
Cash and cash equivalents		20,695		32,627	[3]
Receivables:
Tenant, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,214 and $2,011 in 2018 and 2017, respectively	[3]	77,095		83,552
Other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $838 in 2017	[3]	7,061		7,520
Mortgage and other notes receivable	[3]	8,171		8,945
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	[3]	276,418		249,722
Intangible lease assets and other assets	[3]	166,057		165,967
Total assets	[3]	5,491,385		5,705,168
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net		4,115,808		4,230,845
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		247,607		228,720
Total liabilities	[3]	4,363,415		4,459,565
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7 and Note 11)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		6,228		8,835
Partners' capital:
Preferred units		565,212		565,212
General partner		5,540		6,735
Limited partners		539,191		655,120
Total partners' capital		1,109,943		1,227,067
Noncontrolling interests		11,799		9,701
Total capital		1,121,742		1,236,768
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity		5,491,385		5,705,168
Series D Preferred Stock
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized:
Preferred stock outstanding		18		18
Series E Preferred Stock
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized:
Preferred stock outstanding		$ 7		$ 7

[1] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

[2] Included in intangible lease assets and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

[3] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can only be used to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Operating Partnership. See Note 6.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Tenant receivables allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 2,214	$ 2,011
Other receivables allowance for doubtful accounts		$ 838
Preferred stock, par value (USD per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock authorized (shares)	15,000,000	15,000,000
Common stock, par value (USD per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock authorized (shares)	350,000,000	350,000,000
Common stock issued (shares)	172,663,873	171,088,778
Common stock outstanding (shares)	172,663,873	171,088,778
Series D Preferred Stock
Preferred stock outstanding (shares)	1,815,000	1,815,000
Dividend rate of preferred stock (as a percent)	7.375%	7.375%
Series E Preferred Stock
Preferred stock outstanding (shares)	690,000	690,000
Dividend rate of preferred stock (as a percent)	6.625%	6.625%
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Tenant receivables allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 2,214	$ 2,011
Other receivables allowance for doubtful accounts	0	$ 838
Assets related to consolidated variable interest entities	621,616
Liabilities related to consolidated variable interest entities	$ 414,923

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
REVENUES:
Minimum rents	$ 142,248	$ 150,836	$ 441,097	$ 468,195
Percentage rents	2,429	3,000	6,610	7,127
Other rents	2,347	3,790	6,898	11,171
Tenant reimbursements	55,374	63,055	172,601	192,577
Management, development and leasing fees	2,658	2,718	8,022	8,747
Other	1,822	1,251	6,448	4,079
Total revenues	206,878	224,650	641,676	691,896
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating	30,004	31,295	92,357	96,250
Depreciation and amortization	71,945	71,732	217,261	225,461
Real estate taxes	19,433	21,573	61,737	62,343
Maintenance and repairs	11,475	11,254	36,713	36,322
General and administrative	16,051	13,568	47,845	45,402
Loss on impairment	14,600	24,935	84,644	71,401
Other	38	132	377	5,151
Total operating expenses	163,546	174,489	540,934	542,330
Income from operations	43,332	50,161	100,742	149,566
Interest and other income (loss)	283	(200)	714	1,235
Interest expense	(55,194)	(53,913)	(163,164)	(165,179)
Gain on extinguishment of debt	0	6,452	0	30,927
Gain (loss) on investments	0	(354)	387	(6,197)
Income tax benefit (provision)	(1,034)	1,064	1,846	4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	1,762	4,706	9,869	16,404
Income (loss) from continuing operations before gain on sales of real estate assets	(10,851)	7,916	(49,606)	31,540
Gain on sales of real estate assets	7,880	1,383	15,998	86,904
Net income (loss)	(2,971)	9,299	(33,608)	118,444
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in:
Operating Partnership	1,628	81	8,978	(8,702)
Other consolidated subsidiaries/Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(24)	(415)	369	(25,266)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company/Operating Partnership	(1,367)	8,965	(24,261)	84,476
Preferred dividends/distributions to preferred unitholders	(11,223)	(11,223)	(33,669)	(33,669)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders/unitholders	$ (12,590)	$ (2,258)	$ (57,930)	$ 50,807
Basic and diluted per share data attributable to common shareholders:
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders/unitholders (USD per share)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.01)	$ (0.34)	$ 0.30
Weighted-average common and potential dilutive common shares/units outstanding (shares)	172,665	171,096	172,426	171,060
Dividends declared per common share/unit (USD per share)	$ 0.2	$ 0.265	$ 0.6	$ 0.795
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
REVENUES:
Minimum rents	$ 142,248	$ 150,836	$ 441,097	$ 468,195
Percentage rents	2,429	3,000	6,610	7,127
Other rents	2,347	3,790	6,898	11,171
Tenant reimbursements	55,374	63,055	172,601	192,577
Management, development and leasing fees	2,658	2,718	8,022	8,747
Other	1,822	1,251	6,448	4,079
Total revenues	206,878	224,650	641,676	691,896
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Property operating	30,004	31,295	92,357	96,250
Depreciation and amortization	71,945	71,732	217,261	225,461
Real estate taxes	19,433	21,573	61,737	62,343
Maintenance and repairs	11,475	11,254	36,713	36,322
General and administrative	16,051	13,568	47,845	45,402
Loss on impairment	14,600	24,935	84,644	71,401
Other	38	132	377	5,151
Total operating expenses	163,546	174,489	540,934	542,330
Income from operations	43,332	50,161	100,742	149,566
Interest and other income (loss)	283	(200)	714	1,235
Interest expense	(55,194)	(53,913)	(163,164)	(165,179)
Gain on extinguishment of debt	0	6,452	0	30,927
Gain (loss) on investments	0	(354)	387	(6,197)
Income tax benefit (provision)	(1,034)	1,064	1,846	4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	1,762	4,706	9,869	16,404
Income (loss) from continuing operations before gain on sales of real estate assets	(10,851)	7,916	(49,606)	31,540
Gain on sales of real estate assets	7,880	1,383	15,998	86,904
Net income (loss)	(2,971)	9,299	(33,608)	118,444
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in:
Other consolidated subsidiaries/Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(24)	(415)	369	(25,266)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company/Operating Partnership	(2,995)	8,884	(33,239)	93,178
Preferred dividends/distributions to preferred unitholders	(11,223)	(11,223)	(33,669)	(33,669)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders/unitholders	$ (14,218)	$ (2,339)	$ (66,908)	$ 59,509
Basic and diluted per share data attributable to common shareholders:
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders/unitholders (USD per share)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.01)	$ (0.34)	$ 0.30
Weighted-average common and potential dilutive common shares/units outstanding (shares)	199,432	199,321	199,630	199,325
Dividends declared per common share/unit (USD per share)	$ 0.209	$ 0.273	$ 0.627	$ 0.819

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity/Capital - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	Dividends in Excess of Cumulative Earnings	Total Shareholders' Equity/Partners' Capital	Noncontrolling Interests	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Total Shareholders' Equity/Partners' Capital	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Preferred Units	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Common Units	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership General Partner	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Limited Partners	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Noncontrolling Interests	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership Redeemable Common Units
Beginning balance of redeemable noncontrolling partnership interests at Dec. 31, 2016								$ 17,996								$ 17,996
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Net income (loss)								481								481
Distributions declared - common units	$ (136,021)				$ (136,021)	$ (136,021)			$ (159,724)	$ (159,724)			$ (1,600)	$ (158,124)		(3,429)
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests	(2,222)			$ (5,635)		(5,635)	$ 3,413	2,224
Allocation of partners' capital									(2,259)	(2,259)			(68)	(2,191)		2,224
Adjustment to record redeemable interests at redemption value	4,195			3,629		3,629	566	(4,196)	4,195	4,195			43	4,152		(4,196)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(48,477)						(48,477)	(3,429)	(24,774)						$ (24,774)
Ending balance of redeemable noncontrolling partnership interests at Sep. 30, 2017								13,076								13,076
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2016	1,340,852	$ 25	$ 1,708	1,969,059	(742,078)	1,228,714	112,138
Beginning balance of units (shares) at Dec. 31, 2016											25,050,000	199,085,000
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2016									1,341,179	1,329,076	$ 565,212		7,781	756,083	12,103
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	117,963				84,476	84,476	33,487		117,963	92,697	33,669		607	58,421	25,266
Dividends/Distributions declared - common stock/units	(136,021)				(136,021)	(136,021)			(159,724)	(159,724)			(1,600)	(158,124)		(3,429)
Dividends/Distributions declared - preferred stock/units	(33,669)				(33,669)	(33,669)			(33,669)	(33,669)	$ (33,669)
Issuance of common stock and restricted common stock	$ 474		3	471		474
Issuances of common units (shares)	342,008											342,000
Issuances of common units									474	474				474
Redemptions of Operating Partnership common units	$ (593)						(593)
Redemptions of common units (shares)												(73,000)
Redemptions of common units									(593)	(593)				(593)
Cancellation of restricted common stock/units (shares)	(37,758)											(38,000)
Cancellation of restricted common stock/units	$ (327)			(327)		(327)			(327)	(327)				(327)
Performance stock units	1,115			1,115		1,115			1,115	1,115			11	1,104
Amortization of deferred compensation	3,135			3,135		3,135			3,135	3,135			32	3,103
Allocation of partners' capital									(2,259)	(2,259)			(68)	(2,191)		2,224
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests	(2,222)			(5,635)		(5,635)	3,413	2,224
Adjustment to record redeemable noncontrolling interests at redemption value	4,195			3,629		3,629	566	(4,196)	4,195	4,195			43	4,152		(4,196)
Deconsolidation of investment	(2,232)						(2,232)		(2,232)						(2,232)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	263						263		263						263
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(48,477)						(48,477)	(3,429)	(24,774)						(24,774)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2017	1,244,456	25	1,711	1,971,447	(827,292)	1,145,891	98,565
Ending balance of units (shares) at Sep. 30, 2017											25,050,000	199,316,000
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2017									1,244,746	1,234,120	$ 565,212		6,806	662,102	10,626
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Cumulative effect of accounting change | Accounting Standards Update 2016-16	11,433				11,433	11,433			11,433	11,433			117	11,316
Cumulative effect of accounting change | Accounting Standard Update 2014-09 and Accounting Standard Update 2017-05	58,947				58,947	58,947			58,947	58,947			605	58,342
Beginning balance of redeemable noncontrolling partnership interests at Dec. 31, 2017	8,835							8,835	8,835							8,835
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Net income (loss)								(515)								(515)
Distributions declared - common units	(103,597)				(103,597)	(103,597)			(121,643)	(121,643)			(1,207)	(120,436)		(3,429)
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests	(3,033)			(15,329)		(15,329)	12,296	3,033
Allocation of partners' capital									(3,075)	(3,075)			(81)	(2,994)		3,033
Adjustment to record redeemable interests at redemption value	1,696			1,474		1,474	222	(1,696)	1,696	1,696			17	1,679		(1,696)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(23,439)						(23,439)	(3,429)	(5,392)						(5,392)
Ending balance of redeemable noncontrolling partnership interests at Sep. 30, 2018	6,228							6,228	6,228							6,228
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017	1,236,478	25	1,711	1,974,537	(836,269)	1,140,004	96,474
Beginning balance of units (shares) at Dec. 31, 2017											25,050,000	199,297,000
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017									1,236,768	1,227,067	$ 565,212		6,735	655,120	9,701
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)	(33,093)				(24,261)	(24,261)	(8,832)		(33,093)	(32,724)	33,669		(682)	(65,711)	(369)
Dividends/Distributions declared - common stock/units	(103,597)				(103,597)	(103,597)			(121,643)	(121,643)			(1,207)	(120,436)		(3,429)
Dividends/Distributions declared - preferred stock/units	(33,669)				(33,669)	(33,669)			(33,669)	(33,669)	$ (33,669)
Issuance of common stock and restricted common stock	817		7	810		817
Conversion of 915,338 Operating Partnership common units into shares of common stock	$ 0		9	3,050		3,059	(3,059)
Issuances of common units (shares)	716,290											715,000
Issuances of common units									817	817				817
Redemptions of Operating Partnership common units	$ (2,246)						(2,246)
Redemptions of common units (shares)												(527,000)
Redemptions of common units									(2,246)	(2,246)				(2,246)
Cancellation of restricted common stock/units (shares)	(56,533)											(57,000)
Cancellation of restricted common stock/units	$ (249)			(249)		(249)			(249)	(249)				(249)
Performance stock units	993			993		993			993	993			10	983
Forfeiture of performance stock units	(250)			(250)		(250)			(250)	(250)			(3)	(247)
Amortization of deferred compensation	2,846			2,846		2,846			2,846	2,846			29	2,817
Allocation of partners' capital									(3,075)	(3,075)			(81)	(2,994)		3,033
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests	(3,033)			(15,329)		(15,329)	12,296	3,033
Adjustment to record redeemable noncontrolling interests at redemption value	1,696			1,474		1,474	222	(1,696)	1,696	1,696			17	1,679		$ (1,696)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	7,859						7,859		7,859						7,859
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(23,439)						(23,439)	$ (3,429)	(5,392)						(5,392)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2018	$ 1,121,493	$ 25	$ 1,727	$ 1,967,882	$ (927,416)	$ 1,042,218	$ 79,275
Ending balance of units (shares) at Sep. 30, 2018											25,050,000	199,428,000
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2018									$ 1,121,742	$ 1,109,943	$ 565,212		$ 5,540	$ 539,191	$ 11,799

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity/Capital (Parenthetical)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 shares
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Issuances of common and restricted stock, shares (shares)	716,290
Cancellation of restricted common stock/units (shares)	56,533
Stock converted (shares)	915,338

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2018		Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018		Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017		Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)		$ (2,971)		$ 9,299	$ (33,608)		$ 118,444
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization					217,261		225,461
Net amortization of deferred financing costs, debt premiums and discounts					5,451		2,904
Net amortization of intangible lease assets and liabilities					198		(1,235)
Gain on sales of real estate assets					(15,998)		(86,904)
(Gain) loss on investments		0		354	(387)		6,197
Write-off of development projects					377		5,151
Share-based compensation expense					4,310		4,569
Loss on impairment		14,600		24,935	84,644		71,401	$ 67,532
Gain on extinguishment of debt					0		(30,927)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates		(1,762)		(4,706)	(9,869)		(16,404)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates					12,574		16,361
Provision for doubtful accounts					3,273		3,353
Change in deferred tax accounts					(2,706)		2,911
Changes in:
Tenant and other receivables					3,493		(4,893)
Other assets					(4,640)		(12,368)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities					16,034		32,929
Net cash provided by operating activities					280,407		336,950
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to real estate assets					(107,981)		(149,302)
Acquisitions of real estate assets					(3,301)		(79,799)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets					70,419		201,291
Proceeds from disposal of investment					0		9,000
Additions to mortgage and other notes receivable					0		(4,118)
Payments received on mortgage and other notes receivable					775		3,443
Additional investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates					(2,243)		(17,199)
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates					33,909		15,743
Changes in other assets					(5,903)		(14,471)
Net cash used in investing activities					(14,325)		(35,412)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from mortgage and other indebtedness					530,679		1,097,006
Principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness					(649,904)		(1,159,144)
Additions to deferred financing costs					(238)		(5,003)
Prepayment fees on extinguishment of debt					0		(8,871)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock					117		150
Purchases of noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership					(2,246)		(593)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests					7,859		263
Payment of tax withholdings for restricted stock awards					(271)		(322)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests					(27,156)		(51,925)
Dividends paid to holders of preferred stock					(33,669)		(33,669)
Dividends paid to common shareholders					(103,280)		(135,941)
Net cash used in financing activities					(278,109)		(298,049)
NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH					(12,027)		3,489
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of period					68,172		65,069	65,069
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period		56,145		68,558	56,145		68,558	68,172
Reconciliation from condensed consolidated statements of cash flows to condensed consolidated balance sheets:
Cash and cash equivalents		20,695	[1]	31,351	20,695	[1]	31,351	32,627	[2]
Restricted cash
Restricted cash										$ 4,681	$ 944
Mortgage escrows										30,769	36,263
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period		56,145		68,558	68,172		65,069	65,069		56,145	68,558
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized					136,301		150,816
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)		(2,971)		9,299	(33,608)		118,444
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization					217,261		225,461
Net amortization of deferred financing costs, debt premiums and discounts					5,451		2,904
Net amortization of intangible lease assets and liabilities					198		(1,235)
Gain on sales of real estate assets					(15,998)		(86,904)
(Gain) loss on investments		0		354	(387)		6,197
Write-off of development projects					377		5,151
Share-based compensation expense					4,310		4,569
Loss on impairment		14,600		24,935	84,644		71,401
Gain on extinguishment of debt					0		(30,927)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates		(1,762)		(4,706)	(9,869)		(16,404)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates					12,569		16,362
Provision for doubtful accounts					3,273		3,353
Change in deferred tax accounts					(2,706)		2,911
Changes in:
Tenant and other receivables					3,493		(4,893)
Other assets					(4,640)		(12,368)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities					16,039		32,935
Net cash provided by operating activities					280,407		336,957
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to real estate assets					(107,981)		(149,302)
Acquisitions of real estate assets					(3,301)		(79,799)
Proceeds from sales of real estate assets					70,419		201,291
Proceeds from disposal of investment					0		9,000
Additions to mortgage and other notes receivable					0		(4,118)
Payments received on mortgage and other notes receivable					775		3,443
Additional investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates					(2,243)		(17,199)
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates					33,909		15,743
Changes in other assets					(5,903)		(14,471)
Net cash used in investing activities					(14,325)		(35,412)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from mortgage and other indebtedness					530,679		1,097,006
Principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness					(649,904)		(1,159,144)
Additions to deferred financing costs					(238)		(5,003)
Prepayment fees on extinguishment of debt					0		(8,871)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock					117		150
Redemptions of common units					(2,246)		(593)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests					7,859		263
Payment of tax withholdings for restricted stock awards					(271)		(322)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests					(8,821)		(28,203)
Dividends paid to holders of preferred stock					(33,669)		(33,669)
Dividends paid to common shareholders					(121,615)		(159,663)
Net cash used in financing activities					(278,109)		(298,049)
NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH					(12,027)		3,496
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of period					68,172		65,061	65,061
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period		56,145		68,557	56,145		68,557	68,172
Reconciliation from condensed consolidated statements of cash flows to condensed consolidated balance sheets:
Cash and cash equivalents		20,695		31,350	20,695		31,350	32,627	[3]
Restricted cash
Restricted cash	[4]									4,681	944
Mortgage escrows	[4]									30,769	36,263
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period		$ 56,145		$ 68,557	68,172		65,061	$ 65,061		$ 56,145	$ 68,557
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized					$ 136,301		$ 150,816

[1] Included in intangible lease assets and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

[2] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

[3] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can only be used to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Operating Partnership. See Note 6.

[4] Included in intangible lease assets and other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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Organization and Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization and Basis of Presentation

Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to the "Company" mean CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries. References to the "Operating Partnership" mean CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (“CBL”), a Delaware corporation, is a self-managed, self-administered, fully-integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that is engaged in the ownership, development, acquisition, leasing, management and operation of regional shopping malls, open-air and mixed-use centers, outlet centers, associated centers, community centers and office properties.  Its properties are located in 26 states, but are primarily in the southeastern and midwestern United States.

CBL conducts substantially all of its business through CBL & Associates Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which is a variable interest entity ("VIE"). The Operating Partnership consolidates the financial statements of all entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or where it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE.  

As of September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership owned interests in the following properties:

		Other Properties
	Malls (1)	Associated Centers	Community Centers	Office Buildings/Other		Total
Consolidated properties	59	20	3	5	(2)	87
Unconsolidated properties (3)	8	3	4	1		16
Total	67	23	7	6		103

(1) Category consists of regional malls, open-air centers and outlet centers (including one mixed-use center).

(2) Includes CBL's two corporate office buildings.

(3) The Operating Partnership accounts for these investments using the equity method because one or more of the other partners have substantive participating rights.

At September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership had interests in the following properties under development:

	Consolidated Properties		Unconsolidated Properties
	Malls	All Other	Malls	All Other
Development	—	—	—	2
Redevelopments	8	—	1	—

CBL is the 100% owner of two qualified REIT subsidiaries, CBL Holdings I, Inc. and CBL Holdings II, Inc. At September 30, 2018, CBL Holdings I, Inc., the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, owned a 1.0% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership and CBL Holdings II, Inc. owned an 85.6% limited partner interest for a combined interest held by CBL of 86.6%.

The noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership is held by CBL & Associates, Inc., its shareholders and affiliates and certain senior officers of the Company (collectively "CBL's Predecessor"), all of which contributed their interests in certain real estate properties and joint ventures to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a limited partner interest when the Operating Partnership was formed in November 1993, and by various third parties. At September 30, 2018, CBL’s Predecessor owned a 9.1% limited partner interest and third parties owned a 4.3% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership.  CBL's Predecessor also owned 4.0 million shares of CBL’s common stock at September 30, 2018, for a total combined effective interest of 11.1% in the Operating Partnership.

The Operating Partnership conducts the Company’s property management and development activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, CBL & Associates Management, Inc. (the “Management Company”), to comply with certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”).

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, they have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring matters) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for these interim periods have been included. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The results for the interim period ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the full fiscal year.

These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to amounts in the Company's prior-year financial statements to conform to the current period presentation. The Company reclassified certain amounts related to restricted cash in its condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 upon the adoption of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-18, Restricted Cash ("ASU 2016-18") in the fourth quarter of 2017, which required the change in restricted cash to be reported with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning and ending amounts on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The guidance was applied retrospectively to the prior period presented. As a result, restricted cash reductions of $1,261, previously included in cash flows from investing activities, were reclassified to cash flows from financing activities to reflect $7,650 of principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness and the remaining $8,911 difference was reclassified to the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Guidance Adopted

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers,and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective (applied to contracts not completed as of the implementation date)	The objective of this guidance is to enable financial statement users to better understand and analyze revenue by replacing transaction and industry-specific guidance with a more principles-based approach to revenue recognition. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. The Company expects the adoption of the new guidance to be immaterial to its net income on an ongoing basis as the majority of the Company’s revenues relate to leasing. See Note 3 for further details and the cumulative adjustment recorded.
ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, when the sale or transfer occurs. The Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $11,433 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 related to certain 2017 asset sales from several of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries to the Management Company.
ASU 2017-05, Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	This guidance applies to the partial sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets, including real estate assets, to unconsolidated joint ventures and requires 100% of the gain to be recognized for nonfinancial assets transferred to an unconsolidated joint venture and any noncontrolling interest received in such nonfinancial assets to be measured at fair value. See Note 3 for further details including the impact of adoption and the cumulative adjustment recorded.

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting	January 1, 2018 - Prospective	The guidance clarifies the types of changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2016-02, Leases, and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2019 - Modified Retrospective (electing optional transition method to apply at adoption date and record cumulative-effect adjustment as of January 1, 2019)	The objective of the leasing guidance is to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. Lessees will be required to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The guidance applied by a lessor is substantially similar to existing GAAP and the Company expects substantially all leases will continue to be classified as operating leases under the new guidance. The Company expects to expense certain deferred lease costs due to the narrowed definition of indirect costs that may be capitalized. Of the $1,456 in deferred lease costs recorded in 2017, approximately $183 related to legal costs which would not be capitalized under the new guidance. The Company completed an inventory of its leases in which it is a lessee and expects to record right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities for ground leases. The Company has 10 ground lease arrangements in which it is the lessee for land. As of September 30, 2018, these ground leases have future contractual payments of approximately $14,767 with maturity dates ranging from February 2022 to July2089. Practical expedients and accounting policy elections: The Company plans to elect a package of practical expedients pursuant to which it will not reassess contracts to determine if they contain leases, will not reassess lease classification and will not reassess capitalization of initial direct costs related to expired or existing leases as of the adoption date. The Company also plans to use the land easements practical expedient and apply the short-term lease policy election to leases 12 months or less at inception. The Company expects to adopt the practical expedient which allows lessors to combine lease and non-lease components if certain conditions are met. The majority of the Company's revenues will continue to be classified as leasing revenues. The Company is assessing the potential impact the guidance may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	January 1, 2020 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance replaces the current incurred loss impairment model, which reflects credit events, with a current expected credit loss model, which recognizes an allowance for credit losses based on an entity's estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected. The Company is evaluating the impact that this update may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2018-15, Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract	January 1, 2020 - Prospective	The guidance addresses diversity in practice in accounting for the costs of implementation activities in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. Under the guidance, the Company is to follow Subtopic 350-40 on internal-use software to determine which implementation costs to capitalize and which to expense. The guidance also requires an entity to expense capitalized implementation costs over the term of the hosting arrangement and include that expense in the same line item as the fees associated with the service element of the arrangement. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

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Revenues

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenues

Revenues

Adoption of ASU 2014-09, and all related subsequent amendments, and ASU 2017-05

The Company adopted ASC 606 (which includes ASU 2014-09 and all related subsequent amendments) on January 1, 2018 and applied the guidance to contracts that were not complete as of January 1, 2018. The cumulative effect of adopting ASC 606 included an opening adjustment of $196 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 in the accounts noted below. Historical amounts for prior periods were not adjusted and will continue to be reported using the guidance in ASC 605, Revenue Recognition.

Sales of real estate assets are accounted for under ASC 610-20, Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets, which provides for revenue recognition based on the transfer of control. There should be no change in revenue recognition for sales in which the Company has no continuing involvement. ASU 2017-05 addresses revenue recognition related to property sales in which the Company has continuing involvement and may require full gain recognition.

In its adoption of ASU 2017-05, the Company identified one unconsolidated affiliate, CBL/T-C, LLC, in which the Company recorded a partial sale of real estate assets in 2011, and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment that represents a gain of $57,850 as of January 1, 2018. Additionally, in conjunction with the transfer of land in the formation of a new joint venture in 2017, the Company recorded $901 related to this transaction as a cumulative effect adjustment as of January 1, 2018.    

See Note 2 for additional information about these accounting standards.

Contract Balances

A summary of the Company's contract assets activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is presented below:

	Contract Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2018 (1)	$	460
Tenant openings	(375		)
Executed leases	525
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	610

(1) In conjunction with the initial entry to record contract assets, $166 was also recorded in investments in unconsolidated affiliates in the condensed consolidated balance sheets to eliminate the Company's portion related to two unconsolidated affiliates.

There was no change to the $98 contract liability, recorded on January 1, 2018, during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

The Company has the following contract balances as of September 30, 2018:

		As of September 30, 2018		Expected Settlement Period
Description	Financial Statement Line Item			2018			2019			2020		2023
Contract assets (1)	Management, development and leasing fees	$	610	$	(213	)	$	(389	)	(4	)	$	(4	)
Contract liability (2)	Other rents	98		(49		)	(49		)	—		—

(1) Represents leasing fees recognized as revenue in the period in which the lease is executed. Under third party and unconsolidated affiliates' contracts, the remaining 50% of the commissions are paid when the tenant opens. The tenant typically opens within a year, unless the project is in development.

(2) Relates to a contract in which the Company received advance payments in the initial year of the multi-year contract.

Revenues

Sales taxes are excluded from revenues. The following table presents the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
Leasing revenues (1)	$	200,731	$	621,016
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):
Operating expense reimbursements (2)	1,682		6,062
Management, development and leasing fees (3)	2,658		8,022
Marketing revenues (4)	1,124		3,374
	5,464		17,458
Other revenues	683		3,202
Total revenues	$	206,878	$	641,676

(1) Revenues from leases are accounted for in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.

(2) Includes $1,621 in the Malls segment and $61 in the All Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Includes $5,660 in the Malls segment and $402 in the All Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. See description below.

(3) Included in All Other segment.

(4) Includes $1,119 in the Malls segment and $5 in the All Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Includes $3,362 in the Malls segment and $12 in the All Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

See Note 9 for information on the Company's segments.

Leasing Revenues

The majority of the Company’s revenues are earned through the lease of space at its properties. Lease revenues include minimum rent, percentage rent, other rents and reimbursements from tenants for real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance ("CAM") and other operating expenses as provided in the lease agreements.

Minimum rental revenue from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the initial terms of the related leases. Certain tenants are required to pay percentage rent if their sales volumes exceed thresholds specified in their lease agreements. Percentage rent is recognized as revenue when the thresholds are achieved and the amounts become determinable.

The Company receives reimbursements from tenants for real estate taxes, insurance, CAM and other recoverable operating expenses as provided in the lease agreements. Tenant reimbursements are recognized when earned in accordance with the tenant lease agreements. Tenant reimbursements related to certain capital expenditures are billed to tenants over periods of 5 to 15 years and are recognized as revenue in accordance with the underlying lease terms.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Operating expense reimbursements

Under operating and other agreements with third parties which own anchor or outparcel buildings at the Company's properties and pay no rent, the Company receives reimbursements for certain operating expenses such as utilities, ring road and parking lot maintenance, landscaping and other fees. These arrangements are primarily either set at a fixed rate with rate increases typically every five years or are on a variable (pro rata) basis, typically as a percentage of costs allocated based on square footage or sales. The majority of these contracts have an initial term and one or more extension options, which cumulatively approximate 50 or more years as historically the initial term and any extension options are reasonably certain of being executed by the third party. The standalone selling price of each performance obligation is determined based on the terms of the contract, which typically assign a price to each performance obligation that directly relates to the value the customer receives for the services being provided. Revenue is recognized as services are transferred to the customer. Variable consideration is based on historical experience and is generally recognized over time using the cost-to-cost method of measurement because it most accurately depicts the Company's performance in satisfying the performance obligation. The cumulative catch-up method is used to recognize any adjustments in variable consideration estimates. Under this method, any adjustment is recognized in the period it is identified.

Management, development and leasing fees

The Company earns revenue from contracts with third parties and unconsolidated affiliates for property management, leasing, development and other services. These contracts are accounted for on a month-to-month basis if the agreement does not contain substantive penalties for termination. The majority of the Company's contracts with customers are accounted for on a month-to-month basis. The standalone selling price of each performance obligation is determined based on the terms of the contract, which typically assign a price to each performance obligation that directly relates to the value the customer receives for the services being provided. These contracts generally are for the following:

• Management fees - Management fees are charged as a percentage of revenues (as defined in the contract) and recognized as revenue over time as services are provided.

• Leasing fees - Leasing fees are charged for newly executed leases and lease renewals and are recognized as revenue upon lease execution, when the performance obligation is completed. In cases for which the agreement specifies 50% of the leasing commission will be paid upon lease execution with the remainder paid when the tenant opens, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration it expects to receive by evaluating the likelihood of tenant openings using the most likely amount method and records the amount as an unbilled receivable (contract asset).

• Development fees - Development fees may be either set as a fixed rate in a separate agreement or be a variable rate based on a percentage of work costs. Variable consideration related to development fees is generally recognized over time using the cost-to-cost method of measurement because it most accurately depicts the Company's performance in satisfying the performance obligation. Contract estimates are based on various assumptions including the cost and availability of materials, anticipated performance and the complexity of the work to be performed. The cumulative catch-up method is used to recognize any adjustments in variable consideration estimates. Under this method, any adjustment is recognized in the period it is identified.

Development and leasing fees received from an unconsolidated affiliate are recognized as revenue only to the extent of the third-party partner’s ownership interest. The Company's share of such fees are recorded as a reduction to the Company’s investment in the unconsolidated affiliate.

Marketing revenues

The Company earns marketing revenues from advertising and sponsorship agreements. These fees may be for tangible items in which the Company provides advertising services and creates signs and other promotional materials for the tenant or may be arrangements in which the customer sponsors a play area or event and receives specified brand recognition and other benefits over a set period of time. Revenue related to advertising services is recognized as goods and services are provided to the customer. Sponsorship revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the time period specified in the contract.

Performance obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer. If the contract does not specify the revenue by performance obligation, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. Such prices are generally determined using prices charged to customers or using the Company’s expected cost plus margin. Revenue is recognized as the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied over time, as services are provided, or at a point in time, such as leasing a space to earn a commission. Open performance obligations are those in which the Company has not fully or has partially provided the applicable good or services to the customer as specified in the contract. If consideration is received in advance of the Company’s performance, including amounts which are refundable, recognition of revenue is deferred until the performance obligation is satisfied or amounts are no longer refundable.

Practical Expedients

The Company does not disclose the value of open performance obligations for (1) contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less and (2) contracts for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice, which primarily relate to services performed for certain operating expense reimbursements and management, leasing and development activities, as described above. Performance obligations related to pro rata operating expense reimbursements for certain noncancellable contracts are disclosed below.

Outstanding Performance Obligations

The Company has outstanding performance obligations related to certain noncancellable contracts with customers for which it will receive pro rata operating expense reimbursements for providing certain maintenance and other services as described above. As of September 30, 2018, the Company expects to recognize these amounts as revenue over the following periods:

Performance obligation	Less than 5 years		5-20 years		Over 20 years		Total
Pro rata operating expense reimbursements	$	981	$	4,899	$	33,581	$	39,461

The Company evaluates its performance obligations each period and makes adjustments to reflect any known additions or cancellations. Performance obligations related to variable consideration which is based on sales is constrained.

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Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

The Company has categorized its financial assets and financial liabilities that are recorded at fair value into a hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, ("ASC 820") based on whether the inputs to valuation techniques are observable or unobservable.  The fair value hierarchy contains three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value as follows:

Level 1 – Inputs represent quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities as of the measurement date.

Level 2 – Inputs, other than those included in Level 1, represent observable measurements for similar instruments in active markets, or identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and observable measurements or market data for instruments with substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Inputs represent unobservable measurements, supported by little, if any, market activity, and require considerable assumptions that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability.  Market valuations must often be determined using discounted cash flow methodologies, pricing models or similar techniques based on the Company’s assumptions and best judgment.

The asset or liability's fair value within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Under ASC 820, fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability in an orderly transaction at the measurement date and under current market conditions. Valuation techniques used maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and consider assumptions such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are reasonable estimates of their fair values because of the short-term nature of these financial instruments.  Based on the interest rates for similar financial instruments, the carrying value of mortgage and other notes receivable is a reasonable estimate of fair value.  The estimated fair value of mortgage and other indebtedness was $3,905,211 and $4,199,357 at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.  The fair value was calculated using Level 2 inputs by discounting future cash flows for mortgage and other indebtedness using estimated market rates at which similar loans would be made currently.

Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis

The Company measures the fair value of certain long-lived assets on a nonrecurring basis, through quarterly impairment testing or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company considers both quantitative and qualitative factors in its impairment analysis of long-lived assets. Significant quantitative factors include historical and forecasted information for each property such as net operating income ("NOI"), occupancy statistics and sales levels. Significant qualitative factors used include market conditions, age and condition of the property and tenant mix. Due to the significant unobservable estimates and assumptions used in the valuation of long-lived assets that experience impairment, the Company classifies such long-lived assets under Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Level 3 inputs primarily consist of sales and market data, independent valuations and discounted cash flow models.

Long-lived Assets Measured at Fair Value in 2018

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and related impairment charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Loss on Impairment
Long-lived assets	$	42,100	$	—	$	—	$	42,100	$	84,644

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recognized an impairment of real estate of $84,644 related to two malls and undeveloped land:

Impairment Date	Property	Location	Segment Classification	Loss on Impairment		Fair Value
March	Janesville Mall (1)	Janesville, WI	Malls	$	18,061	$	—
June	Cary Towne Center (2)	Cary, NC	Malls	51,985		34,000
September	Vacant land (3)	D'Iberville, MS	All Other	14,598		8,100
				$	84,644	$	42,100

(1) The Company adjusted the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value based upon a net sales price of $17,640 in a signed contract with a third party buyer, adjusted to reflect estimated disposition costs. The mall was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2018 until its sale in in July 2018. See Note 5 for additional information.

(2) In June 2018, the Company was notified by IKEA that, as a result of a shift in its corporate strategy, it was terminating the contract to purchase land at the mall upon which it would develop and open a store. Under the terms of the interest-only non-recourse loan secured by the mall, the loan matured on the date the IKEA contract terminated if that date was prior to the scheduled maturity date of March 5, 2019. The Company engaged in conversations with the lender regarding a potential restructure of the loan. Based on the results of these conversations, the Company concluded that an impairment was required because it was unlikely to recover the asset's net carrying value through future cash flows. Management determined the fair value of Cary Towne Center using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a 10-year holding period, a capitalization rate of 12.0% and a discount rate of 13%. See Note 7 for information related to the mortgage loan.

(3) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of land to its estimated value of $8,100. The Company evaluated comparable land parcel transactions and determined that $8,100 was the land's estimated fair value.

Long-lived Assets Measured at Fair Value in 2017

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's assets, which are included in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018, that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and related impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2017:

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-lived assets	$	81,350	$	—	$	—	$	81,350

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company wrote down the book value of the following properties:

Impairment Date	Property	Location	Segment Classification	Loss on Impairment		Fair Value
June	Acadiana Mall (1)	Lafayette, LA	Malls	$	43,007	$	67,300
September	Hickory Point Mall (2)	Forsyth, IL	Malls	24,525		14,050
				$	67,532	$	81,350

(1) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value of $67,300. Management determined the fair value of Acadiana Mall using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 15.5% and a discount rate of 15.75%. The mall has experienced declining tenant sales and cash flows as a result of the downturn of the economy in its market area and was also impacted by an anchor's announcement in the second quarter 2017 that it would close its store later in 2017. The loan secured by Acadiana Mall matured in April 2017 and is in default. See Note 7 for additional information related to the mortgage loan.

(2) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value of $14,050. Management determined the fair value of Hickory Point Mall using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 18.0% and a discount rate of 19.0%.

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Dispositions and Held for Sale

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Business Combinations, Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] [Abstract]

Dispositions and Held for Sale

Dispositions and Held for Sale

The Company evaluates its disposals utilizing the guidance in ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. Based on its analysis, the Company determined that the dispositions described below do not meet the criteria for classification as discontinued operations and are not considered to be significant disposals based on its quantitative and qualitative evaluation. Thus, the results of operations of the properties described below, as well as any related gains or losses, are included in net income for all periods presented, as applicable.

2018 Dispositions

Net proceeds realized from the 2018 dispositions listed below were used to reduce the outstanding balances on the Company's credit facilities unless otherwise noted.

The following is a summary of the Company's 2018 dispositions:

				Sales Price
Sales Date	Property	Property Type	Location	Gross		Net		Gain
March	Gulf Coast Town Center - Phase III	All Other	Ft. Myers, FL	$	9,000	$	8,769	$	2,236
July	Janesville Mall (1)	Malls	Janesville, WI	18,000		17,783		—
September	Statesboro Crossing (2)	All Other	Statesboro, GA	21,500		10,532		3,215
September	Prior sales adjustment	Malls		—		—		92
				$	48,500	$	37,084	$	5,543

(1) The Company recognized a loss on impairment of $18,061 in 2018 when it adjusted the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value based upon a contract with a third party buyer, adjusted to reflect estimated disposition costs. See Note 4. The mall was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2018 until its sale in July 2018.

(2) In conjunction with the sale of this 50/50 consolidated joint venture, the loan secured by the community center was retired. See Note 7 for more information. The Company received 100% of the net proceeds from the sale in accordance with the terms of the joint venture agreement.

The Company also realized a gain of $10,455 primarily related to the sale of 10 outparcels and proceeds from several outparcels sold through eminent domain proceedings during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.     

2018 Held for Sale

Parkway Plaza was classified as held for sale at September 30, 2018 and the $14,807 on the condensed consolidated balance sheets represents the Company's related net investment in real estate assets at September 30, 2018, which approximates 0.3% of the Company's total assets as of September 30, 2018. There are no other material assets or liabilities associated with this community center. The community center was sold subsequent to September 30, 2018. See Note 14 for additional information.

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests

Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests

Unconsolidated Affiliates

Although the Company had majority ownership of certain joint ventures during 2018 and 2017, it evaluated the investments and concluded that the other partners or owners in these joint ventures had substantive participating rights, such as approvals of:

• the pro forma for the development and construction of the project and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• the site plan and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• the conceptual design of the project and the initial plans and specifications for the project and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• any acquisition/construction loans or any permanent financings/refinancings;

• the annual operating budgets and any material deviations or modifications thereto;

• the initial leasing plan and leasing parameters and any material deviations or modifications thereto; and

• any material acquisitions or dispositions with respect to the project.

As a result of the joint control over these joint ventures, the Company accounts for these investments using the equity method of accounting.

At September 30, 2018, the Company had investments in 19 entities, which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company's ownership interest in these unconsolidated affiliates ranges from 10.0% to 65.0%. Of these entities, 14 are owned in 50/50 joint ventures.

2018 Activity - Unconsolidated Affiliates

G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC

In September 2018, G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC recognized an impairment of $89,826 to write down Triangle Town Center's net book value of $123,453 to its estimated fair value of approximately $33,600. Management determined the fair value using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 15% and a discount rate of 15%. The mall has experienced declining tenant sales over the past few years and is facing challenges from store closures. The Company recorded $1,022 as its share of the loss on impairment recognized by the unconsolidated joint venture, which reduced the carrying value of the Company's investment in the joint venture to zero as of September 30, 2018.

Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC

In April 2018, the Company entered into a 50/50 joint venture, Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC, to develop a self-storage facility adjacent to Mid Rivers Mall. The Company recorded a $387 gain on investment related to land which it contributed to the joint venture. The unconsolidated affiliate is a VIE. See additional information in Variable Interest Entities below. In conjunction with the formation of the joint venture, the unconsolidated affiliate closed on a construction loan. See details below under 2018 Financings.

Condensed Combined Financial Statements - Unconsolidated Affiliates

Condensed combined financial statement information of the unconsolidated affiliates is as follows:

	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
ASSETS
Investment in real estate assets	$	2,025,289		$	2,089,262
Accumulated depreciation	(658,163		)	(618,922		)
	1,367,126			1,470,340
Developments in progress	68,768			36,765
Net investment in real estate assets	1,435,894			1,507,105
Other assets	186,912			201,114
Total assets	$	1,622,806		$	1,708,219
LIABILITIES
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	1,322,144		$	1,248,817
Other liabilities	42,986			41,291
Total liabilities	1,365,130			1,290,108
OWNERS' EQUITY
The Company	183,392			216,292
Other investors	74,284			201,819
Total owners' equity	257,676			418,111
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	1,622,806		$	1,708,219

	Total for the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Total revenues	$	54,579		$	57,395
Net income (loss) (1)	$	(85,136	)	$	7,868

(1) The Company's share of net income (loss) is $1,762 and $4,706 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

	Total for the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Total revenues	$	166,843		$	175,250
Net income (loss) (1)	$	(72,585	)	$	24,980

(1) The Company's share of net income (loss) is $9,869 and $16,404 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Financings - Unconsolidated Affiliates

All of the debt on the properties owned by the unconsolidated affiliates is non-recourse, except for debt secured by Ambassador Infrastructure, Hammock Landing, The Pavilion at Port Orange, The Shoppes at Eagle Point and the self-storage developments adjacent to EastGate Mall and Mid Rivers Mall. See Note 11 for a description of guarantees the Operating Partnership has issued related to these unconsolidated affiliates.     

2018 Financings

The Company's unconsolidated affiliates had the following loan activity in 2018:

Date	Property	Stated Interest Rate	Maturity Date		Amount Financed or Extended
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	4.839%	May 2028		$	155,000
April	Self-storage development - Mid Rivers Mall (2)	LIBOR + 2.75%	April 2023		5,987
May	Hammock Landing - Phase I	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	41,997
May	Hammock Landing - Phase II	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	16,217
May	The Pavilion at Port Orange	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	56,738

(1) CBL/T-C, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, closed on a non-recourse loan. Proceeds from the loan were used to retire a $97,732 loan, which was due to mature in June 2018. See 2018 Loan Repayment below for more information. The Company's share of excess proceeds were used to reduce outstanding balances on its credit facilities.

(2) Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, closed on a construction loan with a total borrowing capacity of up to $5,987 for the development of a climate controlled self-storage facility adjacent to Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters, MO. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed 100% of the loan. See Note 11 for more information.

(3) The loans were amended to extend the maturity dates to February 2021. Each loan has twoone-year extension options for an outside maturity date of February 2023. The interest rate increased from a variable rate of LIBOR plus 2.0%. The Operating Partnership's guaranty also increased to 50%.

2018 Loan Repayment

The loan, secured by the related unconsolidated property, was retired in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	6.98%	June 2018	$	97,732

(1) The loan secured by the property was retired using a portion of the net proceeds from a $155,000 fixed-rate loan. See 2018 Financings above for more information.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests consist of the following:

	As of
	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Noncontrolling interests:
Operating Partnership	$	67,476	$	86,773
Other consolidated subsidiaries	11,799		9,701
	$	79,275	$	96,474

Common Unit Activity

In the second quarter of 2018, the Operating Partnership elected to pay cash of $2,246 to two holders of 526,510 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership upon the exercise of their conversion rights.

In the first quarter of 2018, the Company issued 915,338 shares of common stock to a holder of 915,338 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership in connection with the exercise of the holder's contractual exchange rights.

Variable Interest Entities

In accordance with the guidance in ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis,and ASU 2016-17, Interests Held Through Related Parties That Are under Common Control, the Operating Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries are deemed to have the characteristics of a VIE primarily because the limited partners of these entities do not collectively possess substantive kick-out or participating rights.

The Company consolidates the Operating Partnership, which is a VIE, for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company, through the Operating Partnership, consolidates all VIEs for which it is the primary beneficiary. Generally, a VIE is a legal entity in which the equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or the equity investors lack sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. A limited partnership is considered a VIE when the majority of the limited partners unrelated to the general partner possess neither the right to remove the general partner without cause, nor certain rights to participate in the decisions that most significantly affect the financial results of the partnership. In determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the Company considers qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of the Company's investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Company or other investors to provide financial support; and the similarity with and significance to the Company's business activities and the business activities of the other investors.     

Consolidated VIEs

As of September 30, 2018, the Company had investments in 19 consolidated VIEs with ownership interests ranging from 50% to 95%.

While the Company sold Statesboro Crossing in September 2018 (see Note 5 for additional information), Statesboro Crossing, LLC retained three outparcels which were not part of the sale and the consolidated joint venture is still classified as a VIE as of September 30, 2018.

Jarnigan Road II, LLC was wholly-owned by Jarnigan Road LP. During the second quarter of 2018, its ownership was restructured such that it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Management Company and is now a separate reportable VIE.

Unconsolidated VIEs

The table below lists the Company's unconsolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2018:

	Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships		Maximum Risk of Loss
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC (1)	$	—	$	10,605
EastGate Storage, LLC (1)	1,215		6,500
G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC (2)	—		—
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC (1)	1,061		5,987
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC (1)	17,519		36,400

(1) The debt is guaranteed by the Operating Partnership at 100%. See Note 11 for more information.

(2) In conjunction with a loss on impairment recorded in September 2018, as described above, the Company wrote down its investment in the unconsolidated 90/10 joint venture to zero. The maximum risk of loss is limited to the basis, which is zero.

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net

Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net

Debt of the Company

CBL has no indebtedness. Either the Operating Partnership or one of its consolidated subsidiaries, that it has a direct or indirect ownership interest in, is the borrower on all of the Company's debt. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Senior Unsecured Notes (the "Notes"), as described below, for losses suffered solely by reason of fraud or willful misrepresentation by the Operating Partnership or its affiliates.

The Company also provides a similar limited guarantee of the Operating Partnership's obligations with respect to its unsecured credit facilities and three unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018.

Debt of the Operating Partnership

Net mortgage and other indebtedness consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)
Fixed-rate debt:
Non-recourse loans on operating properties	$	1,797,080		5.33%	$	1,796,203		5.33%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 (2)	447,309			5.25%	446,976			5.25%
Senior unsecured notes due 2024 (3)	299,951			4.60%	299,946			4.60%
Senior unsecured notes due 2026 (4)	616,436			5.95%	615,848			5.95%
Total fixed-rate debt	3,160,776			5.37%	3,158,973			5.37%
Variable-rate debt:
Non-recourse loan on operating property (5)	—			—%	10,836			3.37%
Recourse loans on operating properties	74,150			4.73%	101,187			4.00%
Unsecured lines of credit	201,358			3.65%	93,787			2.56%
Unsecured term loans	695,000			3.96%	885,000			2.81%
Total variable-rate debt	970,508			3.95%	1,090,810			2.90%
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	4,131,284			5.04%	4,249,783			4.74%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)		(18,938		)
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808			$	4,230,845

(1) Weighted-average interest rate includes the effect of debt premiums and discounts, but excludes amortization of deferred financing costs.

(2) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $2,691 and $3,024 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(3) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $49 and $54 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(4) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $8,564 and $9,152 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(5) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property in September 2018. See Mortgages on Operating Properties section below.

Senior Unsecured Notes

Description	Issued (1)	Amount		Interest Rate (2)	Maturity Date (3)
2023 Notes	November 2013	$	450,000	5.25%	December 2023
2024 Notes	October 2014	300,000		4.60%	October 2024
2026 Notes	December 2016 / September 2017	625,000		5.95%	December 2026

(1) Issued by the Operating Partnership. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Operating Partnership's obligations under the Notes as described above.

(2) Interest is payable semiannually in arrears. The interest rate for the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes is subject to an increase ranging from 0.25% to 1.00% from time to time if, on or after January 1, 2016 and prior to January 1, 2020, the ratio of secured debt to total assets of the Company, as defined, is greater than 40% but less than 45%. The required ratio of secured debt to total assets for the 2026 Notes is 40% or less. As of September 30, 2018, this ratio was 24% as shown below.

(3) The Notes are redeemable at the Operating Partnership's election, in whole or in part from time to time, on not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days' notice to the holders of the Notes to be redeemed. The 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes may be redeemed prior to September 15, 2026, July 15, 2024, and September 1, 2023, respectively, for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date and a make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the indenture. On or after the respective dates noted above, the Notes are redeemable for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest. If redeemed prior to the respective dates noted above, each issuance of Notes is redeemable at the treasury rate plus 0.50%, 0.35% and 0.40% for the 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes, respectively.

Unsecured Lines of Credit

The Company has three unsecured credit facilities that are used for retirement of secured loans, repayment of term loans, working capital, construction and acquisition purposes, as well as issuances of letters of credit.     

Each facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 0.875% to 1.550% based on the credit ratings for the Operating Partnership's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness. In August 2018, Standard & Poor's ("S&P") lowered its rating from BBB- to BB+, which caused the Company's interest rates to increase in September 2018. As of September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership's interest rate is LIBOR plus 1.550%, based on the credit ratings of its unsecured long-term indebtedness of Ba1 from Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's"), BB+ from S&P and BB+ from Fitch Ratings ("Fitch"). Additionally, the Company pays an annual facility fee that ranges from 0.125% to 0.300% of the total capacity of each facility based on the credit ratings described above. As of September 30, 2018, the annual facility fee was 0.30%. The three unsecured lines of credit had a weighted-average interest rate of 3.65% at September 30, 2018.

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured lines of credit as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Capacity			Total Outstanding			Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - Facility A	$	500,000	(1)	$	—		October 2019	October 2020	(2)
First Tennessee	100,000		(3)	47,695			October 2019	October 2020	(4)
Wells Fargo - Facility B	500,000		(1)	153,663		(5)	October 2020
	$	1,100,000	(6)	$	201,358

(1) Up to $30,000 of the capacity on this facility can be used for letters of credit.

(2) The extension option is at the Company's election, subject to continued compliance with the terms of the facility, and has a one-time extension fee of 0.15% of the commitment amount of the credit facility.

(3) Up to $20,000 of the capacity on this facility can be used for letters of credit.

(4) The extension option on the facility is at the Company's election, subject to continued compliance with the terms of the facility, and has a one-time extension fee of 0.20% of the commitment amount of the credit facility.

(5) There was $4,833 outstanding on this facility as of September 30, 2018 for letters of credit.

(6) See debt covenant section below for limitation on excess capacity.

Unsecured Term Loans

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Outstanding		Interest Rate Spread	Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - $350,000 term loan	$	350,000	LIBOR + 1.75%	3.85%	October 2018	October 2019	(1)
Wells Fargo - $300,000 term loan	300,000		LIBOR + 2.00%	4.10%	July 2020	July 2022	(2)
First Tennessee - $45,000 term loan	45,000		LIBOR + 1.65%	3.75%	June 2021	June 2022
	$	695,000

(1) Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the Company exercised the extension option. See Note 14.

(2) The loan has twoone-year extension options, the second of which is at the lender's discretion.

Financial Covenants and Restrictions

The agreements for the unsecured lines of credit, the Notes and unsecured term loans contain, among other restrictions, certain financial covenants including the maintenance of certain financial coverage ratios, minimum unencumbered asset and interest ratios, maximum secured indebtedness ratios, maximum total indebtedness ratios and limitations on cash flow distributions.  The Company believes that it was in compliance with all financial covenants and restrictions at September 30, 2018.

Unsecured Lines of Credit and Unsecured Term Loans

The following presents the Company's compliance with key covenant ratios, as defined, of the credit facilities and term loans as of September 30, 2018:

Ratio	Required	Actual
Debt to total asset value	< 60%	53	%
Unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value	< 60%	49	%	(1)
Unencumbered NOI to unsecured interest expense	> 1.75x	2.6	x
EBITDA to fixed charges (debt service)	> 1.5x	2.3	x

(1) The debt covenant limits the total amount of unsecured indebtedness the Company may have outstanding, which varies over time based on the ratio. Based on the Company’s outstanding unsecured indebtedness as of September 30, 2018, the total amount available to the Company on its lines of credit was $697,627. Therefore, the Company had additional availability of $491,436 based on the outstanding balances of the lines of credit as of September 30, 2018.

The agreements for the unsecured credit facilities and unsecured term loans described above contain default provisions customary for transactions of this nature (with applicable customary grace periods). Additionally, any default in the payment of any recourse indebtedness greater than or equal to $50,000 or any non-recourse indebtedness greater than $150,000 (for the Company's ownership share) of CBL, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, as defined, will constitute an event of default under the agreements to the credit facilities. The credit facilities also restrict the Company's ability to enter into any transaction that could result in certain changes in its ownership or structure as described under the heading “Change of Control/Change in Management” in the agreements for the credit facilities.

Senior Unsecured Notes

The following presents the Company's compliance with key covenant ratios, as defined, of the Notes as of September 30, 2018:

Ratio	Required	Actual
Total debt to total assets	< 60%	52%
Secured debt to total assets	< 40% (1)	24%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt	> 150%	215%
Consolidated income available for debt service to annual debt service charge	> 1.5x	2.7x

(1) Secured debt to total assets must be less than 45% for the 2023 Notes and the 2024 Notes until January 1, 2020.

The agreements for the Notes described above contain default provisions customary for transactions of this nature (with applicable customary grace periods). Additionally, any default in the payment of any recourse indebtedness greater than or equal to $50,000 of the Operating Partnership will constitute an event of default under the Notes.

Mortgages on Operating Properties

2018 Financings

The following table presents the loan, secured by the related consolidated property, that was entered into in 2018:

Date	Property	Stated Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Amount Financed
September	The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso (1)	5.10%	October 2028	$	75,000

(1) The Company owns the property in a 75/25 consolidated joint venture. A portion of the proceeds from the non-recourse loan was used to retire a recourse loan secured by Phase II of The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso as described below.

In August 2018, the Company exercised an option to extend the $27,446 loan secured by Hickory Point Mall to December 2019.

Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the Company closed on a construction loan for the redevelopment of the former Sears store at Brookfield Square. See Note 14 for more information.

2018 Loan Repayments

The Company repaid the following loans, secured by the related consolidated properties, in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid (1)
January	Kirkwood Mall	5.75%	April 2018	$	37,295
August	Statesboro Crossing (2)	4.24%	June 2019	10,753
September	The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso - Phase II (3)	4.73%	December 2018	6,525
				$	54,573

(1) The Company retired the loans with borrowings from its credit facilities unless otherwise noted.

(2) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property that secured the loan. See Note 5 for more information.

(3) In July 2018, the loan secured by the property was extended from July 2018 to December 2018. It was subsequently retired when the joint venture closed on a new loan in September 2018 as described above.

Other

On June 4, 2018, the Company was notified by IKEA that, as a result of a shift in its corporate strategy, it was terminating the contract to purchase land at Cary Towne Center, upon which it would develop and open a store. In accordance with the terms of the $43,716 interest-only non-recourse loan that is secured by the mall, the loan matured on the date of the IKEA contract termination and is in default as of September 30, 2018. In August 2018, the Company and the lender executed a forbearance agreement. See Note 4 for information on the loss on impairment of real estate that the Company recorded in June 2018.     

Scheduled Principal Payments

As of September 30, 2018, the scheduled principal amortization and balloon payments of the Company’s consolidated debt, excluding extensions available at the Company’s option, on all mortgage and other indebtedness, including construction loans and lines of credit, are as follows: 

2018	$	411,284
2019	309,346
2020	661,816
2021	499,321
2022	432,546
Thereafter	1,706,132
	4,020,445
Unamortized discounts	(11,304		)
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)
Principal balance of loan secured by Lender Mall in foreclosure (1)	122,143
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808

(1) Represents the principal balance of the non-recourse loan, secured by Acadiana Mall, which is in default. The loan matured in 2017.

Of the $411,284 of scheduled principal payments in 2018, $43,716 relates to the principal balance of the operating property loan secured by Cary Towne Center, $350,000 represents the principal balance of one unsecured term loan and $17,568 relates to scheduled principal amortization. In August 2018, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement with the lender on the loan secured by Cary Towne Center, which is in default. Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the unsecured term loan was extended. See Note 14 for more information.

The Company is in the process of refinancing the $350,000 unsecured term loan that matures in October 2019. The refinancing will also include the $300,000 unsecured term loan, the $45,000 unsecured term loan and the three unsecured lines of credit with an aggregate capacity of $1,100,000. The unsecured term loans and lines of credit will be converted from unsecured to secured facilities. The Company has agreed with Wells Fargo, as lead lender, on a pool of properties that will serve as collateral for the new secured term loans and secured lines of credit. The due diligence on these properties is ongoing and is expected to be completed by January 2019. Until due diligence is complete, the number and specific properties comprising the collateral pool may change. Wells Fargo will secure commitments from additional banks as participants in the new facilities; however, the composition of the lenders and the amount that each will hold will be subject to the final approval of each lender. As of the date of the filing of these financial statements, management has obtained the approval of the Board of Directors and has agreed to a non-binding term sheet with Wells Fargo that includes a longer-term maturity. It is expected that the refinancing will close in January 2019.

In the unlikely event the secured facility is not closed, management intends to utilize availability under the existing unsecured lines of credit to retire the $350,000 unsecured term loan that matures in October 2019. The $300,000 and the $45,000 term loans have a final maturity of July 2022 and June 2022, respectively, and the combined $1,100,000 lines of credit have a final maturity of October 2020.

The Company’s mortgage and other indebtedness had a weighted-average maturity of 3.9 years as of September 30, 2018 and 4.4 years as of December 31, 2017.

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Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable

Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable

Each of the Company’s mortgage notes receivable is collateralized by either a first mortgage, a second mortgage, or by an assignment of 100% of the partnership interests that own the real estate assets.  Other notes receivable include amounts due from tenants or government-sponsored districts and unsecured notes received from third parties as whole or partial consideration for property or investments.

Mortgage and other notes receivable consist of the following:

		As of September 30, 2018			As of December 31, 2017
	Maturity Date	Interest Rate	Balance		Interest Rate	Balance
Mortgages:
Columbia Place Outparcel	Feb 2022	5.00%	$	288	5.00%	$	302
One Park Place	May 2022	5.00%	837		5.00%	1,010
Village Square (1)	Sep 2018	4.00%	1,554		4.00%	1,596
Other (2)	Dec 2016 - Jan 2047	4.73% - 9.50%	2,510		4.07% - 9.50%	2,510
			5,189			5,418
Other Notes Receivable:
ERMC	Sep 2021	4.00%	2,354		4.00%	2,855
Southwest Theaters LLC	Apr 2026	5.00%	628		5.00%	672
			2,982			3,527
			$	8,171		$	8,945

(1) The note was amended to extend the maturity date and restructure the monthly payment amount subsequent to September 30, 2018. See Note 14 for more information.

(2) The $1,100 note with D'Iberville Promenade, LLC, with a maturity date of December 2016, is in default.

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company measures performance and allocates resources according to property type, which is determined based on certain criteria such as type of tenants, capital requirements, economic risks, leasing terms, and short and long-term returns on capital. Rental income and tenant reimbursements from tenant leases provide the majority of revenues from all segments.

The Company's segment information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 has been retrospectively revised from previously reported amounts to reflect a change in our reportable segments. The Company no longer separately presents quantitatively and qualitatively insignificant reportable segments. Malls represents the Company's only reportable segment and the All Other category is not significant.

Information on the Company’s segments is presented as follows:

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	188,440		$	18,438		$	206,878
Property operating expenses (3)	(57,243		)	(3,669		)	(60,912		)
Interest expense	(24,665		)	(30,529		)	(55,194		)
Other expense	—			(38		)	(38		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	92			7,788			7,880
Segment profit (loss)	$	106,624		$	(8,010	)	98,614
Depreciation and amortization expense							(71,945		)
General and administrative expense							(16,051		)
Interest and other income							283
Loss on impairment							(14,600		)
Income tax provision							(1,034		)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							1,762
Net loss							$	(2,971	)
Capital expenditures (4)	$	38,512		$	2,671		$	41,183

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	205,020		$	19,630		$	224,650
Property operating expenses (3)	(59,602		)	(4,520		)	(64,122		)
Interest expense	(28,922		)	(24,991		)	(53,913		)
Other expense	—			(132		)	(132		)
Gain (loss) on sales of real estate assets	(1,994		)	3,377			1,383
Segment profit (loss)	$	114,502		$	(6,636	)	107,866
Depreciation and amortization expense							(71,732		)
General and administrative expense							(13,568		)
Interest and other income (loss)							(200		)
Gain on extinguishment of debt							6,452
Loss on impairment							(24,935		)
Loss on investment							(354		)
Income tax benefit							1,064
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							4,706
Net income							$	9,299
Capital expenditures (4)	$	47,246		$	1,035		$	48,281

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	585,097		$	56,579		$	641,676
Property operating expenses (3)	(179,012		)	(11,795		)	(190,807		)
Interest expense	(76,401		)	(86,763		)	(163,164		)
Other expense	(84		)	(293		)	(377		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	92			15,906			15,998
Segment profit (loss)	$	329,692		$	(26,366	)	303,326
Depreciation and amortization expense							(217,261		)
General and administrative expense							(47,845		)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls		All Other (1)		Total
Interest and other income					714
Loss on impairment					(84,644		)
Gain on investment					387
Income tax benefit					1,846
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates					9,869
Net loss					$	(33,608	)
Capital expenditures (4)	$	105,593	$	10,063	$	115,656

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	632,830		$	59,066		$	691,896
Property operating expenses (3)	(182,926		)	(11,989		)	(194,915		)
Interest expense	(93,481		)	(71,698		)	(165,179		)
Other expense	—			(5,151		)	(5,151		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	75,434			11,470			86,904
Segment profit (loss)	$	431,857		$	(18,302	)	413,555
Depreciation and amortization expense							(225,461		)
General and administrative expense							(45,402		)
Interest and other income							1,235
Gain on extinguishment of debt							30,927
Loss on impairment							(71,401		)
Loss on investment							(6,197		)
Income tax benefit							4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							16,404
Net income							$	118,444
Capital expenditures (4)	$	126,290		$	5,588		$	131,878

Total Assets	Malls		All Other (1)		Total
September 30, 2018	$	4,979,583	$	511,436	$	5,491,019
December 31, 2017	$	5,152,789	$	552,019	$	5,704,808

(1) The All Other category includes associated centers, community centers, mortgage and other notes receivable, office buildings, self-storage facilities and the Management Company.

(2) Management, development and leasing fees are included in the All Other category. See Note 3 for information on the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source for each of the above segments.

(3) Property operating expenses include property operating, real estate taxes and maintenance and repairs.

(4) Amounts include acquisitions of real estate assets and investments in unconsolidated affiliates. Developments in progress are included in the All Other category.

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Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit

Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit

Earnings per Share of the Company

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common stock for all potential dilutive common shares outstanding. The limited partners’ rights to convert their noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership into shares of common stock are not dilutive.

Due to a net loss for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018, the computation of diluted EPS does not include contingently issuable shares due to their anti-dilutive nature. Had the Company reported net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the denominator for diluted EPS would have been 172,563,094, including 137,094 contingently issuable shares related to performance stock unit ("PSU") awards.

Earnings per Unit of the Operating Partnership

Basic earnings per unit (“EPU”) is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common unitholders by the weighted-average number of common units outstanding for the period. Diluted EPU assumes the issuance of common units for all potential dilutive common units outstanding.

Due to a net loss for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018, the computation of diluted EPU does not include contingently issuable units due to their anti-dilutive nature. Had the Operating Partnership reported net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the denominator for diluted EPU would have been 199,767,094, including 137,094 contingently issuable units related to PSU awards.

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Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contingencies

Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is currently involved in certain litigation that arises in the ordinary course of business, most of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance. Management makes assumptions and estimates concerning the likelihood and amount of any potential loss relating to these matters using the latest information available. The Company records a liability for litigation if an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. If an unfavorable outcome is probable and a reasonable estimate of the loss is a range, the Company accrues the best estimate within the range. If no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, the Company accrues the minimum amount within the range. If an unfavorable outcome is probable but the amount of the loss cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company discloses the nature of the litigation and indicates that an estimate of the loss or range of loss cannot be made. If an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible and the estimated loss is material, the Company discloses the nature and estimate of the possible loss of the litigation.

Based on current expectations, such matters, both individually and in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, results of operations, business or financial condition of the Company.    

Environmental Contingencies

The Company evaluates potential loss contingencies related to environmental matters using the same criteria described above related to litigation matters. Based on current information, an unfavorable outcome concerning such environmental matters, both individually and in the aggregate, is considered to be reasonably possible. However, the Company believes its maximum potential exposure to loss would not be material to its results of operations or financial condition.

The Company has a master insurance policy that provides coverage through 2022 for certain environmental claims up to $10,000 per occurrence and up to $50,000 in the aggregate, subject to deductibles and certain exclusions. At certain locations, individual policies are in place.

Guarantees

The Operating Partnership may guarantee the debt of a joint venture primarily because it allows the joint venture to obtain funding at a lower cost than could be obtained otherwise. This results in a higher return for the joint venture on its investment, and a higher return on the Operating Partnership’s investment in the joint venture.

The Operating Partnership may receive a fee from the joint venture for providing the guaranty. Additionally, when the Operating Partnership issues a guaranty, the terms of the joint venture agreement typically provide that the Operating Partnership may receive indemnification from the joint venture partner or have the ability to increase its ownership interest. The guarantees expire upon repayment of the debt, unless noted otherwise.

The following table represents the Operating Partnership's guarantees of unconsolidated affiliates' debt as reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

	As of September 30, 2018										Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty
Unconsolidated Affiliate	Company's Ownership Interest	Outstanding Balance		Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership			Maximum Guaranteed Amount		Debt Maturity Date (1)		9/30/2018		12/31/2017
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase I (2)	50%	$	41,737	50	%	(3)	$	20,869	Feb-2021	(3)	$	209	$	86
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase II (2)	50%	16,097		50	%	(3)	8,049		Feb-2021	(3)	80		33
Port Orange I, LLC	50%	56,366		50	%	(3)	28,183		Feb-2021	(3)	282		116
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC	65%	10,605		100	%		10,605		Aug-2020		106		177
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC	50%	32,679		100	%	(4)	36,400		Oct-2020	(5)	364		364
EastGate Storage, LLC	50%	4,162		100	%	(6)	6,500		Dec-2022		65		65
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC (7)	50%	2,021		100	%		5,987		Apr-2023		60		—
				Total guaranty liability							$	1,166	$	841

(1) Excludes any extension options.

(2) The loan is secured by Hammock Landing - Phase I and Hammock Landing - Phase II, respectively.

(3) The loan was amended in May 2018 to extend the maturity date and increase the guaranty from 20%. The loan has two one-year extension options for an outside maturity date of February 2023. See Note 6 for more information.

(4) The guaranty will be reduced to 35% once construction is complete.

(5) The loan has onetwo-year extension option, at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of October 2022.

(6) Once construction is complete, the guaranty will be reduced to 50%. The guaranty will be further reduced to 25% once certain debt and operational metrics are met.

(7) The Company received a 1% fee for the guaranty when the loan was issued in April 2018. The guaranty will be reduced to 50% once construction is complete. The guaranty will be further reduced to 25% once certain debt and operational metrics are met. See Note 6 for additional information.    

The Company has guaranteed the lease performance of York Town Center, LP ("YTC"), an unconsolidated affiliate in which the Company owns a 50% interest, under the terms of an agreement with a third party that owns property as part of York Town Center. Under the terms of that agreement, YTC is obligated to cause performance of the third party’s obligations as landlord under its lease with its sole tenant, including, but not limited to, provisions such as co-tenancy and exclusivity requirements. Should YTC fail to cause performance, then the tenant under the third party landlord’s lease may pursue certain remedies ranging from rights to terminate its lease to receiving reductions in rent. The Company has guaranteed YTC’s performance under this agreement up to a maximum of $22,000, which decreases by $800 annually until the guaranteed amount is reduced to $10,000. The guaranty expires on December 31, 2020.  The maximum guaranteed obligation was $13,200 as of September 30, 2018.  The Company entered into an agreement with its joint venture partner under which the joint venture partner has agreed to reimburse the Company 50% of any amounts it is obligated to fund under the guaranty.  The Company did not include an obligation for this guaranty because it determined that the fair value of the guaranty was not material as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Performance Bonds

The Company has issued various bonds that it would have to satisfy in the event of non-performance. The total amount outstanding on these bonds was $17,309 and $16,998 at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

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Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

As of September 30, 2018, the Company has outstanding awards under the CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan ("the 2012 Plan"), which was approved by the Company's shareholders in May 2012. The 2012 Plan permits the Company to issue stock options and common stock to selected officers, employees and non-employee directors of the Company up to a total of 10,400,000 shares. As the primary operating subsidiary of the Company, the Operating Partnership participates in and bears the compensation expense associated with the Company's share-based compensation plan.

Restricted Stock Awards

The Company may make restricted stock awards to independent directors, officers and its employees under the 2012 Plan. These awards are generally granted based on the performance of the Company and its employees. None of these awards have performance requirements other than a service condition of continued employment, unless otherwise provided. Compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.

Share-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards was $787 and $812 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $3,263 and $3,175 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Share-based compensation cost capitalized as part of real estate assets was $36 and $94 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $260 and $308 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, is presented below: 

	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2018	642,359		$	13.23
Granted	693,064		$	4.55
Vested	(413,032	)	$	9.64
Forfeited	(8,852	)	$	9.36
Nonvested at September 30, 2018	913,539		$	8.30

As of September 30, 2018, there was $5,443 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards granted under the plans, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years.

Long-Term Incentive Program

In 2015, the Company adopted a long-term incentive program ("LTIP") for its named executive officers, which consists of PSU awards and annual restricted stock awards, that may be issued under the 2012 Plan. The number of shares related to the PSU awards that each named executive officer may receive upon the conclusion of a three-year performance period is determined based on the Company's achievement of specified levels of long-term total stockholder return ("TSR") performance relative to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") Retail Index, provided that at least a "Threshold" level must be attained for any shares to be earned.

Beginning with the 2018 PSUs, two-thirds of the quantitative portion of the award over the performance period will be based on the achievement of TSR relative to the NAREIT Retail Index while the remaining one-third will be based on the achievement of absolute TSR metrics. To maintain compliance with the 200,000 share annual equity grant limit under the 2012 Plan, beginning with the 2018 PSU grant, to the extent that a grant of PSUs could result in the issuance of a number of shares of common stock at the conclusion of the performance period that, when coupled with the number of shares of time-vesting restricted stock granted in the same year the PSUs were granted, would exceed the annual limit, any such excess will be converted to a cash bonus award with a value equivalent to the number of shares of common stock constituting such excess times the average of the high and low trading prices reported for CBL's common stock on the date such shares would otherwise have been issuable. Any such portion of the value of the 2018 PSUs earned payable as a cash bonus will be subject to the same vesting provisions as the issuance of common stock pursuant to the PSUs and is not expected to be significant. In addition, to the extent any cash is to be paid, the cash will be paid first relative to the vesting schedule, ahead of the issuance of shares of common stock with respect to the balance of PSUs earned.

Annual Restricted Stock Awards

Under the LTIP, annual restricted stock awards consist of shares of time-vested restricted stock awarded based on a qualitative evaluation of the performance of the Company and the named executive officer during the fiscal year. Annual restricted stock awards under the LTIP, which are included in the totals reflected in the preceding table, vest 20% on the date of grant with the remainder vesting in four equal annual installments.

Performance Stock Units

A summary of the status of the Company’s PSU activity as of September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, is presented below: 

	PSUs		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2018	560,371		$	5.91
2018 PSUs granted	741,977		$	2.63
Forfeited	(138,899	)	$	4.22
Outstanding at September 30, 2018 (1)	1,163,449		$	4.55

(1) None of the PSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 were vested.

Shares earned pursuant to the PSU awards vest 60% at the conclusion of the performance period while the remaining 40% of the PSU award vests 20% on each of the first two anniversaries thereafter.

Compensation cost is recognized on a tranche-by-tranche basis using the accelerated attribution method. The resulting expense, for awards classified as equity, is recorded regardless of whether any PSU awards are earned as long as the required service period is met.

The fair value of the potential cash component related to the 2018 PSUs is measured at each reporting period, using the same methodology as was used at the initial grant date, and classified as a liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018 with an adjustment to compensation expense. If the performance criterion is not satisfied at the end of the performance period for the 2018 PSUs, previously recognized compensation expense related to the liability-classified awards would be reversed as there would be no value at the settlement date.

Share-based compensation expense related to the PSUs was $178 and $386 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $1,130 and $1,115 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Unrecognized compensation costs related to the PSUs was $3,141 as of September 30, 2018, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.7 years.

The following table summarizes the assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation pricing model related to the PSUs:

	2018 PSUs			2017 PSUs			2016 PSUs
Grant date	February 12, 2018			February 7, 2017			February 10, 2016
Fair value per share on valuation date (1)	$	4.76		$	6.86		$	4.98
Risk-free interest rate (2)	2.36		%	1.53		%	0.92		%
Expected share price volatility (3)	42.02		%	32.85		%	30.95		%

(1) The value of the PSU awards is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The valuation consists of computing the fair value using CBL's simulated stock price as well as TSR over a three-year performance period. The award is modeled as a contingent claim in that the expected return on the underlying shares is risk-free and the rate of discounting the payoff of the award is also risk-free. The weighted-average fair value per share related to the 2018 PSUs classified as equity consists of 240,164 shares at a fair value of $3.13 (which relate to relative TSR) and 120,064 shares at a fair value of $1.63 per share (which relate to absolute TSR). The weighted-average fair value per share related to the 2017 PSUs consists of 115,082 shares at a fair value of $5.62 per share and 162,294 shares at a fair value of $7.74 per share.

(2) The risk-free interest rate was based on the yield curve on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities in effect as of the valuation date, which is the respective grant date listed above.

(3) The computation of expected volatility was based on a blend of the historical volatility of CBL's shares of common stock based on annualized daily total continuous returns over a three-year period and implied volatility data based on the trailing month average of daily implied volatilities implied by stock call option contracts that were both closest to the terms shown and closest to the money.

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Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company’s noncash investing and financing activities were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Accrued dividends and distributions payable	$	41,657		$	54,375
Additions to real estate assets accrued but not yet paid	22,428			12,204
Conversion of Operating Partnership units for common stock (1)	3,059			—
Deconsolidation upon contribution/assignment of interests in joint venture: (1)
Decrease in real estate assets	(587		)	(9,131		)
Increase in investment in unconsolidated affiliates	974			—
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	—			2,466
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	—			1,286
Decrease in noncontrolling interest and joint venture interest	—			2,232
Transfer of real estate assets in settlement of mortgage debt obligation:
Decrease in real estate assets	—			(149,722		)
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	—			189,642
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	—			(122		)

(1) See Note 6 for more information.

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Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

In October 2018, the Company closed on the sale of Parkway Plaza, located in Fort Oglethorpe, GA. The community center sold for a gross sales price of $16,500. Net proceeds were used to reduce outstanding balances on the Company's unsecured lines of credit.

In October 2018, the Company exercised its option to extend the $350,000 unsecured term loan to October 2019.

The $1,554 mortgage note receivable secured by Village Square was amended in October 2018 to extend the maturity date to December 2018 and restructure the monthly payment amount.

In October 2018, the Company closed on a $29,400 construction loan. The three-year loan bears interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus 290 basis points. The loan has a one-year extension option for an outside maturity of October 2022. Funds from the loan will be used in the redevelopment of the former Sears location at Brookfield Square in Brookfield, WI.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity

CBL conducts substantially all of its business through CBL & Associates Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which is a variable interest entity ("VIE"). The Operating Partnership consolidates the financial statements of all entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or where it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. 

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, they have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring matters) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for these interim periods have been included. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The results for the interim period ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the full fiscal year.

These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Guidance Adopted

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers,and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective (applied to contracts not completed as of the implementation date)	The objective of this guidance is to enable financial statement users to better understand and analyze revenue by replacing transaction and industry-specific guidance with a more principles-based approach to revenue recognition. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. The Company expects the adoption of the new guidance to be immaterial to its net income on an ongoing basis as the majority of the Company’s revenues relate to leasing. See Note 3 for further details and the cumulative adjustment recorded.
ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, when the sale or transfer occurs. The Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $11,433 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 related to certain 2017 asset sales from several of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries to the Management Company.
ASU 2017-05, Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	This guidance applies to the partial sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets, including real estate assets, to unconsolidated joint ventures and requires 100% of the gain to be recognized for nonfinancial assets transferred to an unconsolidated joint venture and any noncontrolling interest received in such nonfinancial assets to be measured at fair value. See Note 3 for further details including the impact of adoption and the cumulative adjustment recorded.

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting	January 1, 2018 - Prospective	The guidance clarifies the types of changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2016-02, Leases, and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2019 - Modified Retrospective (electing optional transition method to apply at adoption date and record cumulative-effect adjustment as of January 1, 2019)	The objective of the leasing guidance is to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. Lessees will be required to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The guidance applied by a lessor is substantially similar to existing GAAP and the Company expects substantially all leases will continue to be classified as operating leases under the new guidance. The Company expects to expense certain deferred lease costs due to the narrowed definition of indirect costs that may be capitalized. Of the $1,456 in deferred lease costs recorded in 2017, approximately $183 related to legal costs which would not be capitalized under the new guidance. The Company completed an inventory of its leases in which it is a lessee and expects to record right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities for ground leases. The Company has 10 ground lease arrangements in which it is the lessee for land. As of September 30, 2018, these ground leases have future contractual payments of approximately $14,767 with maturity dates ranging from February 2022 to July2089. Practical expedients and accounting policy elections: The Company plans to elect a package of practical expedients pursuant to which it will not reassess contracts to determine if they contain leases, will not reassess lease classification and will not reassess capitalization of initial direct costs related to expired or existing leases as of the adoption date. The Company also plans to use the land easements practical expedient and apply the short-term lease policy election to leases 12 months or less at inception. The Company expects to adopt the practical expedient which allows lessors to combine lease and non-lease components if certain conditions are met. The majority of the Company's revenues will continue to be classified as leasing revenues. The Company is assessing the potential impact the guidance may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	January 1, 2020 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance replaces the current incurred loss impairment model, which reflects credit events, with a current expected credit loss model, which recognizes an allowance for credit losses based on an entity's estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected. The Company is evaluating the impact that this update may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2018-15, Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract	January 1, 2020 - Prospective	The guidance addresses diversity in practice in accounting for the costs of implementation activities in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. Under the guidance, the Company is to follow Subtopic 350-40 on internal-use software to determine which implementation costs to capitalize and which to expense. The guidance also requires an entity to expense capitalized implementation costs over the term of the hosting arrangement and include that expense in the same line item as the fees associated with the service element of the arrangement. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company has categorized its financial assets and financial liabilities that are recorded at fair value into a hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, ("ASC 820") based on whether the inputs to valuation techniques are observable or unobservable.  The fair value hierarchy contains three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value as follows:

Level 1 – Inputs represent quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities as of the measurement date.

Level 2 – Inputs, other than those included in Level 1, represent observable measurements for similar instruments in active markets, or identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and observable measurements or market data for instruments with substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Inputs represent unobservable measurements, supported by little, if any, market activity, and require considerable assumptions that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability.  Market valuations must often be determined using discounted cash flow methodologies, pricing models or similar techniques based on the Company’s assumptions and best judgment.

The asset or liability's fair value within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Under ASC 820, fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability in an orderly transaction at the measurement date and under current market conditions. Valuation techniques used maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and consider assumptions such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.

Contingencies

The Company is currently involved in certain litigation that arises in the ordinary course of business, most of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance. Management makes assumptions and estimates concerning the likelihood and amount of any potential loss relating to these matters using the latest information available. The Company records a liability for litigation if an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. If an unfavorable outcome is probable and a reasonable estimate of the loss is a range, the Company accrues the best estimate within the range. If no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, the Company accrues the minimum amount within the range. If an unfavorable outcome is probable but the amount of the loss cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company discloses the nature of the litigation and indicates that an estimate of the loss or range of loss cannot be made. If an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible and the estimated loss is material, the Company discloses the nature and estimate of the possible loss of the litigation.

Based on current expectations, such matters, both individually and in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, results of operations, business or financial condition of the Company.

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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Properties Owned by Operating Partnership

As of September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership owned interests in the following properties:

		Other Properties
	Malls (1)	Associated Centers	Community Centers	Office Buildings/Other		Total
Consolidated properties	59	20	3	5	(2)	87
Unconsolidated properties (3)	8	3	4	1		16
Total	67	23	7	6		103

(1) Category consists of regional malls, open-air centers and outlet centers (including one mixed-use center).

(2) Includes CBL's two corporate office buildings.

(3) The Operating Partnership accounts for these investments using the equity method because one or more of the other partners have substantive participating rights.

Schedule of Properties under Development

At September 30, 2018, the Operating Partnership had interests in the following properties under development:

	Consolidated Properties		Unconsolidated Properties
	Malls	All Other	Malls	All Other
Development	—	—	—	2
Redevelopments	8	—	1	—

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

Accounting Guidance Adopted

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers,and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective (applied to contracts not completed as of the implementation date)	The objective of this guidance is to enable financial statement users to better understand and analyze revenue by replacing transaction and industry-specific guidance with a more principles-based approach to revenue recognition. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. The Company expects the adoption of the new guidance to be immaterial to its net income on an ongoing basis as the majority of the Company’s revenues relate to leasing. See Note 3 for further details and the cumulative adjustment recorded.
ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of intercompany sales or transfers of assets, other than inventory, when the sale or transfer occurs. The Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $11,433 to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 related to certain 2017 asset sales from several of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries to the Management Company.
ASU 2017-05, Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets	January 1, 2018 - Modified Retrospective	This guidance applies to the partial sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets, including real estate assets, to unconsolidated joint ventures and requires 100% of the gain to be recognized for nonfinancial assets transferred to an unconsolidated joint venture and any noncontrolling interest received in such nonfinancial assets to be measured at fair value. See Note 3 for further details including the impact of adoption and the cumulative adjustment recorded.

Description	Date Adopted & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting	January 1, 2018 - Prospective	The guidance clarifies the types of changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2016-02, Leases, and related subsequent amendments	January 1, 2019 - Modified Retrospective (electing optional transition method to apply at adoption date and record cumulative-effect adjustment as of January 1, 2019)	The objective of the leasing guidance is to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. Lessees will be required to recognize a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The guidance applied by a lessor is substantially similar to existing GAAP and the Company expects substantially all leases will continue to be classified as operating leases under the new guidance. The Company expects to expense certain deferred lease costs due to the narrowed definition of indirect costs that may be capitalized. Of the $1,456 in deferred lease costs recorded in 2017, approximately $183 related to legal costs which would not be capitalized under the new guidance. The Company completed an inventory of its leases in which it is a lessee and expects to record right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities for ground leases. The Company has 10 ground lease arrangements in which it is the lessee for land. As of September 30, 2018, these ground leases have future contractual payments of approximately $14,767 with maturity dates ranging from February 2022 to July2089. Practical expedients and accounting policy elections: The Company plans to elect a package of practical expedients pursuant to which it will not reassess contracts to determine if they contain leases, will not reassess lease classification and will not reassess capitalization of initial direct costs related to expired or existing leases as of the adoption date. The Company also plans to use the land easements practical expedient and apply the short-term lease policy election to leases 12 months or less at inception. The Company expects to adopt the practical expedient which allows lessors to combine lease and non-lease components if certain conditions are met. The majority of the Company's revenues will continue to be classified as leasing revenues. The Company is assessing the potential impact the guidance may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	January 1, 2020 - Modified Retrospective	The guidance replaces the current incurred loss impairment model, which reflects credit events, with a current expected credit loss model, which recognizes an allowance for credit losses based on an entity's estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected. The Company is evaluating the impact that this update may have on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Description	Expected Adoption Date & Application Method	Financial Statement Effect and Other Information
ASU 2018-15, Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract	January 1, 2020 - Prospective	The guidance addresses diversity in practice in accounting for the costs of implementation activities in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. Under the guidance, the Company is to follow Subtopic 350-40 on internal-use software to determine which implementation costs to capitalize and which to expense. The guidance also requires an entity to expense capitalized implementation costs over the term of the hosting arrangement and include that expense in the same line item as the fees associated with the service element of the arrangement. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

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Revenues (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Contract Assets and Liabilities

A summary of the Company's contract assets activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is presented below:

	Contract Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2018 (1)	$	460
Tenant openings	(375		)
Executed leases	525
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	610

(1) In conjunction with the initial entry to record contract assets, $166 was also recorded in investments in unconsolidated affiliates in the condensed consolidated balance sheets to eliminate the Company's portion related to two unconsolidated affiliates.

The Company has the following contract balances as of September 30, 2018:

		As of September 30, 2018		Expected Settlement Period
Description	Financial Statement Line Item			2018			2019			2020		2023
Contract assets (1)	Management, development and leasing fees	$	610	$	(213	)	$	(389	)	(4	)	$	(4	)
Contract liability (2)	Other rents	98		(49		)	(49		)	—		—

(1) Represents leasing fees recognized as revenue in the period in which the lease is executed. Under third party and unconsolidated affiliates' contracts, the remaining 50% of the commissions are paid when the tenant opens. The tenant typically opens within a year, unless the project is in development.

(2) Relates to a contract in which the Company received advance payments in the initial year of the multi-year contract.

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
Leasing revenues (1)	$	200,731	$	621,016
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):
Operating expense reimbursements (2)	1,682		6,062
Management, development and leasing fees (3)	2,658		8,022
Marketing revenues (4)	1,124		3,374
	5,464		17,458
Other revenues	683		3,202
Total revenues	$	206,878	$	641,676

(1) Revenues from leases are accounted for in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.

(2) Includes $1,621 in the Malls segment and $61 in the All Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Includes $5,660 in the Malls segment and $402 in the All Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. See description below.

(3) Included in All Other segment.

(4) Includes $1,119 in the Malls segment and $5 in the All Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Includes $3,362 in the Malls segment and $12 in the All Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Schedule of Expected Recognition of Remaining Performance Obligation

he Company has outstanding performance obligations related to certain noncancellable contracts with customers for which it will receive pro rata operating expense reimbursements for providing certain maintenance and other services as described above. As of September 30, 2018, the Company expects to recognize these amounts as revenue over the following periods:

Performance obligation	Less than 5 years		5-20 years		Over 20 years		Total
Pro rata operating expense reimbursements	$	981	$	4,899	$	33,581	$	39,461

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's assets, which are included in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018, that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and related impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2017:

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Long-lived assets	$	81,350	$	—	$	—	$	81,350

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and related impairment charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Loss on Impairment
Long-lived assets	$	42,100	$	—	$	—	$	42,100	$	84,644

Schedule of Impairment on Real Estate Properties

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company wrote down the book value of the following properties:

Impairment Date	Property	Location	Segment Classification	Loss on Impairment		Fair Value
June	Acadiana Mall (1)	Lafayette, LA	Malls	$	43,007	$	67,300
September	Hickory Point Mall (2)	Forsyth, IL	Malls	24,525		14,050
				$	67,532	$	81,350

(1) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value of $67,300. Management determined the fair value of Acadiana Mall using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 15.5% and a discount rate of 15.75%. The mall has experienced declining tenant sales and cash flows as a result of the downturn of the economy in its market area and was also impacted by an anchor's announcement in the second quarter 2017 that it would close its store later in 2017. The loan secured by Acadiana Mall matured in April 2017 and is in default. See Note 7 for additional information related to the mortgage loan.

(2) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value of $14,050. Management determined the fair value of Hickory Point Mall using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a holding period of 10 years, with a sale at the end of the holding period, a capitalization rate of 18.0% and a discount rate of 19.0%.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recognized an impairment of real estate of $84,644 related to two malls and undeveloped land:

Impairment Date	Property	Location	Segment Classification	Loss on Impairment		Fair Value
March	Janesville Mall (1)	Janesville, WI	Malls	$	18,061	$	—
June	Cary Towne Center (2)	Cary, NC	Malls	51,985		34,000
September	Vacant land (3)	D'Iberville, MS	All Other	14,598		8,100
				$	84,644	$	42,100

(1) The Company adjusted the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value based upon a net sales price of $17,640 in a signed contract with a third party buyer, adjusted to reflect estimated disposition costs. The mall was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2018 until its sale in in July 2018. See Note 5 for additional information.

(2) In June 2018, the Company was notified by IKEA that, as a result of a shift in its corporate strategy, it was terminating the contract to purchase land at the mall upon which it would develop and open a store. Under the terms of the interest-only non-recourse loan secured by the mall, the loan matured on the date the IKEA contract terminated if that date was prior to the scheduled maturity date of March 5, 2019. The Company engaged in conversations with the lender regarding a potential restructure of the loan. Based on the results of these conversations, the Company concluded that an impairment was required because it was unlikely to recover the asset's net carrying value through future cash flows. Management determined the fair value of Cary Towne Center using a discounted cash flow methodology. The discounted cash flow used assumptions including a 10-year holding period, a capitalization rate of 12.0% and a discount rate of 13%. See Note 7 for information related to the mortgage loan.

(3) In accordance with the Company's quarterly impairment review process, the Company wrote down the book value of land to its estimated value of $8,100. The Company evaluated comparable land parcel transactions and determined that $8,100 was the land's estimated fair value.

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Dispositions and Held for Sale (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Business Combinations, Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] [Abstract]

Schedule of Dispositions

The following is a summary of the Company's 2018 dispositions:

				Sales Price
Sales Date	Property	Property Type	Location	Gross		Net		Gain
March	Gulf Coast Town Center - Phase III	All Other	Ft. Myers, FL	$	9,000	$	8,769	$	2,236
July	Janesville Mall (1)	Malls	Janesville, WI	18,000		17,783		—
September	Statesboro Crossing (2)	All Other	Statesboro, GA	21,500		10,532		3,215
September	Prior sales adjustment	Malls		—		—		92
				$	48,500	$	37,084	$	5,543

(1) The Company recognized a loss on impairment of $18,061 in 2018 when it adjusted the book value of the mall to its estimated fair value based upon a contract with a third party buyer, adjusted to reflect estimated disposition costs. See Note 4. The mall was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2018 until its sale in July 2018.

(2) In conjunction with the sale of this 50/50 consolidated joint venture, the loan secured by the community center was retired. See Note 7 for more information. The Company received 100% of the net proceeds from the sale in accordance with the terms of the joint venture agreement.

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Schedule of Condensed Combined Financial Statements of Unconsolidated Affiliates

The Company's unconsolidated affiliates had the following loan activity in 2018:

Date	Property	Stated Interest Rate	Maturity Date		Amount Financed or Extended
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	4.839%	May 2028		$	155,000
April	Self-storage development - Mid Rivers Mall (2)	LIBOR + 2.75%	April 2023		5,987
May	Hammock Landing - Phase I	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	41,997
May	Hammock Landing - Phase II	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	16,217
May	The Pavilion at Port Orange	LIBOR + 2.25%	February 2021	(3)	56,738

(1) CBL/T-C, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, closed on a non-recourse loan. Proceeds from the loan were used to retire a $97,732 loan, which was due to mature in June 2018. See 2018 Loan Repayment below for more information. The Company's share of excess proceeds were used to reduce outstanding balances on its credit facilities.

(2) Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, closed on a construction loan with a total borrowing capacity of up to $5,987 for the development of a climate controlled self-storage facility adjacent to Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters, MO. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed 100% of the loan. See Note 11 for more information.

(3) The loans were amended to extend the maturity dates to February 2021. Each loan has twoone-year extension options for an outside maturity date of February 2023. The interest rate increased from a variable rate of LIBOR plus 2.0%. The Operating Partnership's guaranty also increased to 50%.

Condensed combined financial statement information of the unconsolidated affiliates is as follows:

	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
ASSETS
Investment in real estate assets	$	2,025,289		$	2,089,262
Accumulated depreciation	(658,163		)	(618,922		)
	1,367,126			1,470,340
Developments in progress	68,768			36,765
Net investment in real estate assets	1,435,894			1,507,105
Other assets	186,912			201,114
Total assets	$	1,622,806		$	1,708,219
LIABILITIES
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	1,322,144		$	1,248,817
Other liabilities	42,986			41,291
Total liabilities	1,365,130			1,290,108
OWNERS' EQUITY
The Company	183,392			216,292
Other investors	74,284			201,819
Total owners' equity	257,676			418,111
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	1,622,806		$	1,708,219

	Total for the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Total revenues	$	54,579		$	57,395
Net income (loss) (1)	$	(85,136	)	$	7,868

(1) The Company's share of net income (loss) is $1,762 and $4,706 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

	Total for the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Total revenues	$	166,843		$	175,250
Net income (loss) (1)	$	(72,585	)	$	24,980

(1) The Company's share of net income (loss) is $9,869 and $16,404 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Schedule of Repayments of Loans

The loan, secured by the related unconsolidated property, was retired in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	6.98%	June 2018	$	97,732

(1) The loan secured by the property was retired using a portion of the net proceeds from a $155,000 fixed-rate loan. See 2018 Financings above for more information.

Net mortgage and other indebtedness consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)
Fixed-rate debt:
Non-recourse loans on operating properties	$	1,797,080		5.33%	$	1,796,203		5.33%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 (2)	447,309			5.25%	446,976			5.25%
Senior unsecured notes due 2024 (3)	299,951			4.60%	299,946			4.60%
Senior unsecured notes due 2026 (4)	616,436			5.95%	615,848			5.95%
Total fixed-rate debt	3,160,776			5.37%	3,158,973			5.37%
Variable-rate debt:
Non-recourse loan on operating property (5)	—			—%	10,836			3.37%
Recourse loans on operating properties	74,150			4.73%	101,187			4.00%
Unsecured lines of credit	201,358			3.65%	93,787			2.56%
Unsecured term loans	695,000			3.96%	885,000			2.81%
Total variable-rate debt	970,508			3.95%	1,090,810			2.90%
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	4,131,284			5.04%	4,249,783			4.74%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)		(18,938		)
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808			$	4,230,845

(1) Weighted-average interest rate includes the effect of debt premiums and discounts, but excludes amortization of deferred financing costs.

(2) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $2,691 and $3,024 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(3) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $49 and $54 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(4) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $8,564 and $9,152 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(5) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property in September 2018. See Mortgages on Operating Properties section below.

Description	Issued (1)	Amount		Interest Rate (2)	Maturity Date (3)
2023 Notes	November 2013	$	450,000	5.25%	December 2023
2024 Notes	October 2014	300,000		4.60%	October 2024
2026 Notes	December 2016 / September 2017	625,000		5.95%	December 2026

(1) Issued by the Operating Partnership. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Operating Partnership's obligations under the Notes as described above.

(2) Interest is payable semiannually in arrears. The interest rate for the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes is subject to an increase ranging from 0.25% to 1.00% from time to time if, on or after January 1, 2016 and prior to January 1, 2020, the ratio of secured debt to total assets of the Company, as defined, is greater than 40% but less than 45%. The required ratio of secured debt to total assets for the 2026 Notes is 40% or less. As of September 30, 2018, this ratio was 24% as shown below.

(3) The Notes are redeemable at the Operating Partnership's election, in whole or in part from time to time, on not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days' notice to the holders of the Notes to be redeemed. The 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes may be redeemed prior to September 15, 2026, July 15, 2024, and September 1, 2023, respectively, for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date and a make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the indenture. On or after the respective dates noted above, the Notes are redeemable for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest. If redeemed prior to the respective dates noted above, each issuance of Notes is redeemable at the treasury rate plus 0.50%, 0.35% and 0.40% for the 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes, respectively.

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Outstanding		Interest Rate Spread	Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - $350,000 term loan	$	350,000	LIBOR + 1.75%	3.85%	October 2018	October 2019	(1)
Wells Fargo - $300,000 term loan	300,000		LIBOR + 2.00%	4.10%	July 2020	July 2022	(2)
First Tennessee - $45,000 term loan	45,000		LIBOR + 1.65%	3.75%	June 2021	June 2022
	$	695,000

(1) Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the Company exercised the extension option. See Note 14.

(2) The loan has twoone-year extension options, the second of which is at the lender's discretion.

Schedule of Limited Partners' Capital Account by Class

Noncontrolling interests consist of the following:

	As of
	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Noncontrolling interests:
Operating Partnership	$	67,476	$	86,773
Other consolidated subsidiaries	11,799		9,701
	$	79,275	$	96,474

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities

The table below lists the Company's unconsolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2018:

	Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships		Maximum Risk of Loss
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC (1)	$	—	$	10,605
EastGate Storage, LLC (1)	1,215		6,500
G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC (2)	—		—
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC (1)	1,061		5,987
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC (1)	17,519		36,400

(1) The debt is guaranteed by the Operating Partnership at 100%. See Note 11 for more information.

(2) In conjunction with a loss on impairment recorded in September 2018, as described above, the Company wrote down its investment in the unconsolidated 90/10 joint venture to zero. The maximum risk of loss is limited to the basis, which is zero.

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Mortgage and Other Indebtedness

The loan, secured by the related unconsolidated property, was retired in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid
April	CoolSprings Galleria (1)	6.98%	June 2018	$	97,732

(1) The loan secured by the property was retired using a portion of the net proceeds from a $155,000 fixed-rate loan. See 2018 Financings above for more information.

Net mortgage and other indebtedness consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)	Amount			Weighted- Average Interest Rate (1)
Fixed-rate debt:
Non-recourse loans on operating properties	$	1,797,080		5.33%	$	1,796,203		5.33%
Senior unsecured notes due 2023 (2)	447,309			5.25%	446,976			5.25%
Senior unsecured notes due 2024 (3)	299,951			4.60%	299,946			4.60%
Senior unsecured notes due 2026 (4)	616,436			5.95%	615,848			5.95%
Total fixed-rate debt	3,160,776			5.37%	3,158,973			5.37%
Variable-rate debt:
Non-recourse loan on operating property (5)	—			—%	10,836			3.37%
Recourse loans on operating properties	74,150			4.73%	101,187			4.00%
Unsecured lines of credit	201,358			3.65%	93,787			2.56%
Unsecured term loans	695,000			3.96%	885,000			2.81%
Total variable-rate debt	970,508			3.95%	1,090,810			2.90%
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	4,131,284			5.04%	4,249,783			4.74%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)		(18,938		)
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808			$	4,230,845

(1) Weighted-average interest rate includes the effect of debt premiums and discounts, but excludes amortization of deferred financing costs.

(2) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $2,691 and $3,024 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(3) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $49 and $54 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(4) The balance is net of an unamortized discount of $8,564 and $9,152 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

(5) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property in September 2018. See Mortgages on Operating Properties section below.

Description	Issued (1)	Amount		Interest Rate (2)	Maturity Date (3)
2023 Notes	November 2013	$	450,000	5.25%	December 2023
2024 Notes	October 2014	300,000		4.60%	October 2024
2026 Notes	December 2016 / September 2017	625,000		5.95%	December 2026

(1) Issued by the Operating Partnership. CBL is a limited guarantor of the Operating Partnership's obligations under the Notes as described above.

(2) Interest is payable semiannually in arrears. The interest rate for the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes is subject to an increase ranging from 0.25% to 1.00% from time to time if, on or after January 1, 2016 and prior to January 1, 2020, the ratio of secured debt to total assets of the Company, as defined, is greater than 40% but less than 45%. The required ratio of secured debt to total assets for the 2026 Notes is 40% or less. As of September 30, 2018, this ratio was 24% as shown below.

(3) The Notes are redeemable at the Operating Partnership's election, in whole or in part from time to time, on not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days' notice to the holders of the Notes to be redeemed. The 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes may be redeemed prior to September 15, 2026, July 15, 2024, and September 1, 2023, respectively, for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date and a make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the indenture. On or after the respective dates noted above, the Notes are redeemable for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest. If redeemed prior to the respective dates noted above, each issuance of Notes is redeemable at the treasury rate plus 0.50%, 0.35% and 0.40% for the 2026 Notes, the 2024 Notes and the 2023 Notes, respectively.

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured term loans as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Outstanding		Interest Rate Spread	Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - $350,000 term loan	$	350,000	LIBOR + 1.75%	3.85%	October 2018	October 2019	(1)
Wells Fargo - $300,000 term loan	300,000		LIBOR + 2.00%	4.10%	July 2020	July 2022	(2)
First Tennessee - $45,000 term loan	45,000		LIBOR + 1.65%	3.75%	June 2021	June 2022
	$	695,000

(1) Subsequent to September 30, 2018, the Company exercised the extension option. See Note 14.

(2) The loan has twoone-year extension options, the second of which is at the lender's discretion.

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities

The following summarizes certain information about the Company's unsecured lines of credit as of September 30, 2018: 

	Total Capacity			Total Outstanding			Maturity Date	Extended Maturity Date
Wells Fargo - Facility A	$	500,000	(1)	$	—		October 2019	October 2020	(2)
First Tennessee	100,000		(3)	47,695			October 2019	October 2020	(4)
Wells Fargo - Facility B	500,000		(1)	153,663		(5)	October 2020
	$	1,100,000	(6)	$	201,358

(1) Up to $30,000 of the capacity on this facility can be used for letters of credit.

(2) The extension option is at the Company's election, subject to continued compliance with the terms of the facility, and has a one-time extension fee of 0.15% of the commitment amount of the credit facility.

(3) Up to $20,000 of the capacity on this facility can be used for letters of credit.

(4) The extension option on the facility is at the Company's election, subject to continued compliance with the terms of the facility, and has a one-time extension fee of 0.20% of the commitment amount of the credit facility.

(5) There was $4,833 outstanding on this facility as of September 30, 2018 for letters of credit.

(6) See debt covenant section below for limitation on excess capacity.

Schedule of Covenant Compliance

The following presents the Company's compliance with key covenant ratios, as defined, of the Notes as of September 30, 2018:

Ratio	Required	Actual
Total debt to total assets	< 60%	52%
Secured debt to total assets	< 40% (1)	24%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt	> 150%	215%
Consolidated income available for debt service to annual debt service charge	> 1.5x	2.7x

(1) Secured debt to total assets must be less than 45% for the 2023 Notes and the 2024 Notes until January 1, 2020.

The following presents the Company's compliance with key covenant ratios, as defined, of the credit facilities and term loans as of September 30, 2018:

Ratio	Required	Actual
Debt to total asset value	< 60%	53	%
Unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value	< 60%	49	%	(1)
Unencumbered NOI to unsecured interest expense	> 1.75x	2.6	x
EBITDA to fixed charges (debt service)	> 1.5x	2.3	x

(1) The debt covenant limits the total amount of unsecured indebtedness the Company may have outstanding, which varies over time based on the ratio. Based on the Company’s outstanding unsecured indebtedness as of September 30, 2018, the total amount available to the Company on its lines of credit was $697,627. Therefore, the Company had additional availability of $491,436 based on the outstanding balances of the lines of credit as of September 30, 2018.

Schedule of Fixed Rate Loans

The following table presents the loan, secured by the related consolidated property, that was entered into in 2018:

Date	Property	Stated Interest Rate	Maturity Date	Amount Financed
September	The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso (1)	5.10%	October 2028	$	75,000

(1) The Company owns the property in a 75/25 consolidated joint venture. A portion of the proceeds from the non-recourse loan was used to retire a recourse loan secured by Phase II of The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso as described below.

The Company repaid the following loans, secured by the related consolidated properties, in 2018:

Date	Property	Interest Rate at Repayment Date	Scheduled Maturity Date	Principal Balance Repaid (1)
January	Kirkwood Mall	5.75%	April 2018	$	37,295
August	Statesboro Crossing (2)	4.24%	June 2019	10,753
September	The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso - Phase II (3)	4.73%	December 2018	6,525
				$	54,573

(1) The Company retired the loans with borrowings from its credit facilities unless otherwise noted.

(2) The loan was retired in conjunction with the sale of the property that secured the loan. See Note 5 for more information.

(3) In July 2018, the loan secured by the property was extended from July 2018 to December 2018. It was subsequently retired when the joint venture closed on a new loan in September 2018 as described above.

Schedule of Principal Repayments

As of September 30, 2018, the scheduled principal amortization and balloon payments of the Company’s consolidated debt, excluding extensions available at the Company’s option, on all mortgage and other indebtedness, including construction loans and lines of credit, are as follows: 

2018	$	411,284
2019	309,346
2020	661,816
2021	499,321
2022	432,546
Thereafter	1,706,132
	4,020,445
Unamortized discounts	(11,304		)
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476		)
Principal balance of loan secured by Lender Mall in foreclosure (1)	122,143
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$	4,115,808

(1) Represents the principal balance of the non-recourse loan, secured by Acadiana Mall, which is in default. The loan matured in 2017.

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Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable

Mortgage and other notes receivable consist of the following:

		As of September 30, 2018			As of December 31, 2017
	Maturity Date	Interest Rate	Balance		Interest Rate	Balance
Mortgages:
Columbia Place Outparcel	Feb 2022	5.00%	$	288	5.00%	$	302
One Park Place	May 2022	5.00%	837		5.00%	1,010
Village Square (1)	Sep 2018	4.00%	1,554		4.00%	1,596
Other (2)	Dec 2016 - Jan 2047	4.73% - 9.50%	2,510		4.07% - 9.50%	2,510
			5,189			5,418
Other Notes Receivable:
ERMC	Sep 2021	4.00%	2,354		4.00%	2,855
Southwest Theaters LLC	Apr 2026	5.00%	628		5.00%	672
			2,982			3,527
			$	8,171		$	8,945

(1) The note was amended to extend the maturity date and restructure the monthly payment amount subsequent to September 30, 2018. See Note 14 for more information.

(2) The $1,100 note with D'Iberville Promenade, LLC, with a maturity date of December 2016, is in default.

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Information on Reportable Segments

Information on the Company’s segments is presented as follows:

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	188,440		$	18,438		$	206,878
Property operating expenses (3)	(57,243		)	(3,669		)	(60,912		)
Interest expense	(24,665		)	(30,529		)	(55,194		)
Other expense	—			(38		)	(38		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	92			7,788			7,880
Segment profit (loss)	$	106,624		$	(8,010	)	98,614
Depreciation and amortization expense							(71,945		)
General and administrative expense							(16,051		)
Interest and other income							283
Loss on impairment							(14,600		)
Income tax provision							(1,034		)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							1,762
Net loss							$	(2,971	)
Capital expenditures (4)	$	38,512		$	2,671		$	41,183

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	205,020		$	19,630		$	224,650
Property operating expenses (3)	(59,602		)	(4,520		)	(64,122		)
Interest expense	(28,922		)	(24,991		)	(53,913		)
Other expense	—			(132		)	(132		)
Gain (loss) on sales of real estate assets	(1,994		)	3,377			1,383
Segment profit (loss)	$	114,502		$	(6,636	)	107,866
Depreciation and amortization expense							(71,732		)
General and administrative expense							(13,568		)
Interest and other income (loss)							(200		)
Gain on extinguishment of debt							6,452
Loss on impairment							(24,935		)
Loss on investment							(354		)
Income tax benefit							1,064
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							4,706
Net income							$	9,299
Capital expenditures (4)	$	47,246		$	1,035		$	48,281

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	585,097		$	56,579		$	641,676
Property operating expenses (3)	(179,012		)	(11,795		)	(190,807		)
Interest expense	(76,401		)	(86,763		)	(163,164		)
Other expense	(84		)	(293		)	(377		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	92			15,906			15,998
Segment profit (loss)	$	329,692		$	(26,366	)	303,326
Depreciation and amortization expense							(217,261		)
General and administrative expense							(47,845		)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018	Malls		All Other (1)		Total
Interest and other income					714
Loss on impairment					(84,644		)
Gain on investment					387
Income tax benefit					1,846
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates					9,869
Net loss					$	(33,608	)
Capital expenditures (4)	$	105,593	$	10,063	$	115,656

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017	Malls			All Other (1)			Total
Revenues (2)	$	632,830		$	59,066		$	691,896
Property operating expenses (3)	(182,926		)	(11,989		)	(194,915		)
Interest expense	(93,481		)	(71,698		)	(165,179		)
Other expense	—			(5,151		)	(5,151		)
Gain on sales of real estate assets	75,434			11,470			86,904
Segment profit (loss)	$	431,857		$	(18,302	)	413,555
Depreciation and amortization expense							(225,461		)
General and administrative expense							(45,402		)
Interest and other income							1,235
Gain on extinguishment of debt							30,927
Loss on impairment							(71,401		)
Loss on investment							(6,197		)
Income tax benefit							4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates							16,404
Net income							$	118,444
Capital expenditures (4)	$	126,290		$	5,588		$	131,878

Total Assets	Malls		All Other (1)		Total
September 30, 2018	$	4,979,583	$	511,436	$	5,491,019
December 31, 2017	$	5,152,789	$	552,019	$	5,704,808

(1) The All Other category includes associated centers, community centers, mortgage and other notes receivable, office buildings, self-storage facilities and the Management Company.

(2) Management, development and leasing fees are included in the All Other category. See Note 3 for information on the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source for each of the above segments.

(3) Property operating expenses include property operating, real estate taxes and maintenance and repairs.

(4) Amounts include acquisitions of real estate assets and investments in unconsolidated affiliates. Developments in progress are included in the All Other category.

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Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Guarantees

The following table represents the Operating Partnership's guarantees of unconsolidated affiliates' debt as reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

	As of September 30, 2018										Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty
Unconsolidated Affiliate	Company's Ownership Interest	Outstanding Balance		Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership			Maximum Guaranteed Amount		Debt Maturity Date (1)		9/30/2018		12/31/2017
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase I (2)	50%	$	41,737	50	%	(3)	$	20,869	Feb-2021	(3)	$	209	$	86
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase II (2)	50%	16,097		50	%	(3)	8,049		Feb-2021	(3)	80		33
Port Orange I, LLC	50%	56,366		50	%	(3)	28,183		Feb-2021	(3)	282		116
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC	65%	10,605		100	%		10,605		Aug-2020		106		177
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC	50%	32,679		100	%	(4)	36,400		Oct-2020	(5)	364		364
EastGate Storage, LLC	50%	4,162		100	%	(6)	6,500		Dec-2022		65		65
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC (7)	50%	2,021		100	%		5,987		Apr-2023		60		—
				Total guaranty liability							$	1,166	$	841

(1) Excludes any extension options.

(2) The loan is secured by Hammock Landing - Phase I and Hammock Landing - Phase II, respectively.

(3) The loan was amended in May 2018 to extend the maturity date and increase the guaranty from 20%. The loan has two one-year extension options for an outside maturity date of February 2023. See Note 6 for more information.

(4) The guaranty will be reduced to 35% once construction is complete.

(5) The loan has onetwo-year extension option, at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of October 2022.

(6) Once construction is complete, the guaranty will be reduced to 50%. The guaranty will be further reduced to 25% once certain debt and operational metrics are met.

(7) The Company received a 1% fee for the guaranty when the loan was issued in April 2018. The guaranty will be reduced to 50% once construction is complete. The guaranty will be further reduced to 25% once certain debt and operational metrics are met. See Note 6 for additional information.

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Schedule of Company Stock Award

A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, is presented below: 

	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2018	642,359		$	13.23
Granted	693,064		$	4.55
Vested	(413,032	)	$	9.64
Forfeited	(8,852	)	$	9.36
Nonvested at September 30, 2018	913,539		$	8.30

A summary of the status of the Company’s PSU activity as of September 30, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, is presented below: 

	PSUs		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2018	560,371		$	5.91
2018 PSUs granted	741,977		$	2.63
Forfeited	(138,899	)	$	4.22
Outstanding at September 30, 2018 (1)	1,163,449		$	4.55

(1) None of the PSUs outstanding at September 30, 2018 were vested.

Schedule of Assumptions Used in the Monte Carlo Simulation Pricing Model

The following table summarizes the assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation pricing model related to the PSUs:

	2018 PSUs			2017 PSUs			2016 PSUs
Grant date	February 12, 2018			February 7, 2017			February 10, 2016
Fair value per share on valuation date (1)	$	4.76		$	6.86		$	4.98
Risk-free interest rate (2)	2.36		%	1.53		%	0.92		%
Expected share price volatility (3)	42.02		%	32.85		%	30.95		%

(1) The value of the PSU awards is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The valuation consists of computing the fair value using CBL's simulated stock price as well as TSR over a three-year performance period. The award is modeled as a contingent claim in that the expected return on the underlying shares is risk-free and the rate of discounting the payoff of the award is also risk-free. The weighted-average fair value per share related to the 2018 PSUs classified as equity consists of 240,164 shares at a fair value of $3.13 (which relate to relative TSR) and 120,064 shares at a fair value of $1.63 per share (which relate to absolute TSR). The weighted-average fair value per share related to the 2017 PSUs consists of 115,082 shares at a fair value of $5.62 per share and 162,294 shares at a fair value of $7.74 per share.

(2) The risk-free interest rate was based on the yield curve on zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities in effect as of the valuation date, which is the respective grant date listed above.

(3) The computation of expected volatility was based on a blend of the historical volatility of CBL's shares of common stock based on annualized daily total continuous returns over a three-year period and implied volatility data based on the trailing month average of daily implied volatilities implied by stock call option contracts that were both closest to the terms shown and closest to the money.

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Noncash Investing and Financing Activities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company’s noncash investing and financing activities were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017
Accrued dividends and distributions payable	$	41,657		$	54,375
Additions to real estate assets accrued but not yet paid	22,428			12,204
Conversion of Operating Partnership units for common stock (1)	3,059			—
Deconsolidation upon contribution/assignment of interests in joint venture: (1)
Decrease in real estate assets	(587		)	(9,131		)
Increase in investment in unconsolidated affiliates	974			—
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	—			2,466
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	—			1,286
Decrease in noncontrolling interest and joint venture interest	—			2,232
Transfer of real estate assets in settlement of mortgage debt obligation:
Decrease in real estate assets	—			(149,722		)
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	—			189,642
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	—			(122		)

(1) See Note 6 for more information.

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Organization and Basis of Presentation - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) state subsidiary shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Number of states in which entity operates | state	26
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$ 14,325	$ 35,412
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(278,109)	(298,049)
Principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness	649,904	1,159,144
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents	$ 56,145	68,558	$ 68,172	$ 65,069
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Number of subsidiaries owned by the company | subsidiary	2
Ownership of the sole general partner in partnership (as a percent)	1.00%
Limited partnership interest owned by CBL Holdings II, Inc. in the operating partnership (as a percent)	85.60%
Combined ownership by the subsidiaries in operating partnership (as a percent)	86.60%
Consolidated Properties
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Non-controlling limited partner interest ownership of CBL's Predecessor in the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	9.10%
Non-controlling limited partner interest of third parties in Operating partnership (as a percent)	4.30%
Common stock owned by CBL's Predecessor (shares) | shares	4.0
Total combined effective interest of CBL's Predecessor in Operating Partnership (as a percent)	11.10%
Accounting Standards Update 2016-18
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		1,261
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(1,261)
Principal payments on mortgage and other indebtedness		7,650
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents		$ (8,911)
CBL Holdings | Consolidated Properties
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Ownership interest in qualified subsidiaries (as a percent)	100.00%

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Organization and Basis of Presentation - Properties Owned by Operating Partnership (Details)	Sep. 30, 2018 property associated_center mixed_use_center mall community_center office_building
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Malls | mall	67
Associated Centers | associated_center	23
Community Centers | community_center	7
Office Buildings/Other	6
Total Properties | property	103
Consolidated Properties
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Malls | mall	59
Associated Centers | associated_center	20
Community Centers | community_center	3
Office Buildings/Other	5
Total Properties | property	87
Number of mixed-use centers owned | mixed_use_center	1
Consolidated Properties | CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Office Buildings/Other	2
Unconsolidated Properties
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Malls | mall	8
Associated Centers | associated_center	3
Community Centers | community_center	4
Office Buildings/Other	1
Total Properties | property	16

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Organization and Basis of Presentation - Interest Held in Properties (Details)	Sep. 30, 2018 mall other_property
Consolidated Properties
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Development, Malls | mall	0
Redevelopments, Malls | mall	8
Development, All Other | other_property	0
Redevelopments, All Other | other_property	0
Unconsolidated Properties
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Development, Malls | mall	0
Redevelopments, Malls | mall	1
Development, All Other | other_property	2
Redevelopments, All Other | other_property	0

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) lease	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of properties subject to ground leases | lease		10
Future contractual lease payments		$ 14,767
Accounting Standards Update 2016-16
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Cumulative effect of accounting change	$ 11,433
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Deferred lease costs	1,456
Legal costs	$ 183
Retained Earnings | Accounting Standards Update 2016-16
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Cumulative effect of accounting change			$ 11,433

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Revenues - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($) affiliate	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Dividends in excess of cumulative earnings		$ (927,416)	$ (836,269)
Number of unconsolidated affiliates included in partial sale of real estate assets | affiliate	1
Tenant reimbursements period related to certain capital expenditure minimum		5 years
Tenant reimbursements period related to certain capital expenditure maximum		15 years
Lease commission recognized upon lease execution (as a percent)		50.00%
Accounting Standards Update 2017-05, Unconsolidated Affiliate Impact
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Effect of change on operating results	$ 57,850
Accounting Standards Update 2017-05, Joint Venture Impact
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Effect of change on operating results	901
Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Dividends in excess of cumulative earnings	$ 196

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Revenues - Contract Balances (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Contract Assets Activity [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 460,000
Tenant openings	(375,000)
Executed leases	525,000
Balance at end of period	610,000
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates				$ 166,000
Increase (decrease) in contract with customer liability	0
Contract with Customer, Liability [Abstract]
Contract with customer - asset	$ 460,000	$ 610,000		$ 460,000
Contract with customer - asset - remainder of 2018		(213,000)
Contract with customer - asset - 2019		(389,000)
Contract with customer - asset - 2020		(4,000)
Contract with customer - asset - 2023		(4,000)
Contract with customer - liability		98,000	$ 98,000
Lease commission recognized upon tenant opening (as a percent)	50.00%
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2018-10-01
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ (49,000)
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		3 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2018-10-02
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ (981,000)
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		5 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2019-01-01
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ (49,000)
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-01-01
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ 0
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ 0
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-10-01
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ (4,899,000)
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		15 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2038-10-01
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ (33,581,000)
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation		0 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2038-10-02
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract with customer - liability		$ (39,461,000)
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation

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Revenues - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Leasing revenues	$ 200,731		$ 621,016
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	5,464		17,458
Other revenues	1,822	$ 1,251	6,448	$ 4,079
Total revenues	206,878	224,650	641,676	691,896
Malls
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	188,440	205,020	585,097	632,830
All Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	18,438	$ 19,630	56,579	$ 59,066
Operating expense reimbursements
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	1,682		6,062
Operating expense reimbursements | Malls
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	1,621		5,660
Operating expense reimbursements | All Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	61		402
Management, development and leasing fees
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	2,658		8,022
Marketing
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	1,124		3,374
Marketing | Malls
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	1,119		3,362
Marketing | All Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues from contracts with customers (ASC 606):	5		12
Other revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 683		$ 3,202

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Revenues - Remaining Performance Obligations (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2018-10-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 49
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	3 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2018-10-02
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 981
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	5 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2019-01-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 49
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-01-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 0
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 0
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-10-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 4,899
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	15 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2038-10-01
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 33,581
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation	0 years
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2038-10-02
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Remaining performance obligation	$ 39,461
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing of satisfaction of remaining performance obligation

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Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Fair value of long-term debt	$ 3,905,211	$ 4,199,357

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Fair Value Measurements - Assets Measured at Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	$ 42,100		$ 42,100		$ 81,350
Total Loss on Impairment	14,600	$ 24,935	84,644	$ 71,401	67,532
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	0		0		0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	0		0		0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	$ 42,100		$ 42,100		$ 81,350

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Fair Value Measurements - Impairment of Real Estate Properties (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) yr	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) yr mall	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) yr
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment	$ 14,600	$ 24,935	$ 84,644	$ 71,401	$ 67,532
Number of malls with impairment | mall			2
Fair Value	42,100		$ 42,100		81,350
Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			84,644
Fair Value	42,100		42,100
Outlet Mall and Outparcel Sale
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			84,644
Janesville Mall
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Net sales price	17,640		17,640
Janesville Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			18,061
Fair Value	0		0
Cary Towne Center | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			51,985
Fair Value	34,000		34,000
Vacant land | Other
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			14,598
Fair Value	$ 8,100		$ 8,100
Acadiana Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment					43,007
Fair Value					67,300
Fair value of equity method investments					67,300
Hickory Point Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Loss on impairment					24,525
Fair Value					$ 14,050
Expected Term | Cary Towne Center | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input | yr	10		10
Expected Term | Acadiana Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input | yr					10
Expected Term | Hickory Point Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input | yr					10
Cap Rate | Cary Towne Center | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input	0.120		0.120
Cap Rate | Acadiana Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input					0.155
Cap Rate | Hickory Point Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input					0.180
Discount Rate | Cary Towne Center | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input	0.13		0.13
Discount Rate | Acadiana Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input					0.1575
Discount Rate | Hickory Point Mall | Malls
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input					0.190

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Dispositions and Held for Sale - Summary (Details) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) outparcel	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sales price, gross		$ 48,500
Sales price, net		37,084
Gain		5,543
Gain on sales of real estate assets		15,998	$ 86,904
Held for sale	[1]	$ 14,807		$ 0
Real estate held-for-sale relative to total assets (as a percent)		0.31188%
Outparcel Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sales of real estate assets		$ 10,455
Number of properties disposed | outparcel		10
Other | Gulf Coast Town Center - Phase III
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sales price, gross		$ 9,000
Sales price, net		8,769
Gain		2,236
Other | Statesboro Crossing
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sales price, gross		21,500
Sales price, net		10,532
Gain		3,215
Malls | Janesville Mall
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sales price, gross		18,000
Sales price, net		17,783
Gain		0
Gain (loss) on impairments		(18,061)
Malls | Prior sales adjustment
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sales price, gross		0
Sales price, net		0
Gain		$ 92

[1] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) yr entity	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) yr holder entity shares	Mar. 31, 2018 shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) yr entity shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of equity method investment entities | entity	19		19			19
Number of joint ventures | entity	14		14			14
Loss on impairment			$ 14,600,000		$ 24,935,000	$ 84,644,000	$ 71,401,000	$ 67,532,000
Gain on investment related to land contributed to joint venture		$ 387,000
Cash paid upon conversion of common units			$ 2,246,000
Number of holders of common units | holder			2
Issuances of common units (shares) | shares						716,290	342,008
Number of variable interest entities | entity						19
Ownership in variable interest entity (as a percent)						50.00%
Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest in real estate property (as a percent)	10.00%		10.00%			10.00%
Maximum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest in real estate property (as a percent)	65.00%		65.00%			65.00%
Ownership in variable interest entity (as a percent)						95.00%
Unconsolidated Properties
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Issuances of common units (shares) | shares			526,510	915,338
G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Loss on impairment	$ 89,826,000					$ 1,022,000
Real estate investment	0		$ 0			0
Fair value of joint venture	$ 33,600,000		$ 33,600,000			$ 33,600,000			$ 123,453,000
Expected Term | G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input | yr	10		10			10
Cap Rate | G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input	0.15		0.15			0.15
Discount Rate | G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fair value measurement input	0.15		0.15			0.15

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests - Unconsolidated Affiliates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
ASSETS
Investment in real estate assets	$ 2,025,289		$ 2,025,289		$ 2,089,262
Accumulated depreciation	(658,163)		(658,163)		(618,922)
Real estate investment net, before development in process	1,367,126		1,367,126		1,470,340
Developments in progress	68,768		68,768		36,765
Net investment in real estate assets	1,435,894		1,435,894		1,507,105
Other assets	186,912		186,912		201,114
Total assets	1,622,806		1,622,806		1,708,219
LIABILITIES
Mortgage and other indebtedness, net	1,322,144		1,322,144		1,248,817
Other liabilities	42,986		42,986		41,291
Total liabilities	1,365,130		1,365,130		1,290,108
OWNERS' EQUITY
The Company	183,392		183,392		216,292
Other investors	74,284		74,284		201,819
Total owners' equity	257,676		257,676		418,111
Total liabilities and owners' equity	1,622,806		1,622,806		$ 1,708,219
Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Income Statement [Abstract]
Total revenues	54,579	$ 57,395	166,843	$ 175,250
Net income	(85,136)	7,868	(72,585)	24,980
Parent Company
Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Income Statement [Abstract]
Net income	$ 1,762	$ 4,706	$ 9,869	$ 16,404

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests - Loan Activity of Unconsolidated Affiliate (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 extension_option
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of extensions | extension_option				2
Length of extension				1 year
LIBOR
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)				2.00%
CoolSprings Galleria
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)			4.839%	6.98%
Amount Financed or Extended			$ 155,000
Repayments of debt	$ 97,732
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Amount Financed or Extended			$ 5,987
Amount guaranteed by the operating partnership (as a percent)				100.00%
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC | LIBOR
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)			2.75%
Hammock Landing - Phase I
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Amount Financed or Extended		$ 41,997
Hammock Landing - Phase I | LIBOR
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)		2.25%
Hammock Landing - Phase II
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Amount Financed or Extended		$ 16,217
Hammock Landing - Phase II | LIBOR
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)		2.25%
The Pavilion at Port Orange
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Amount Financed or Extended		$ 56,738
Amount guaranteed by the operating partnership (as a percent)				50.00%
The Pavilion at Port Orange | LIBOR
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)		2.25%

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests - Loan Repayment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Apr. 30, 2018
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Net proceeds from fixed-rate loan		$ 155,000
CoolSprings Galleria
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		6.98%	4.839%
Repayments of debt	$ 97,732

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests - Noncontrolling Interests (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Operating Partnership
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interests	$ 67,476	$ 86,773
Other consolidated subsidiaries
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interests	11,799	9,701
Unconsolidated Properties
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interests	$ 79,275	$ 96,474

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Unconsolidated Affiliates and Noncontrolling Interests - Variable Interest Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships	$ 0
Maximum Risk of Loss	$ 10,605
Debt guaranteed (as a percent)	100.00%
EastGate Storage, LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships	$ 1,215
Maximum Risk of Loss	6,500
G&I VIII CBL Triangle LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships	0
Maximum Risk of Loss	0
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships	1,061
Maximum Risk of Loss	5,987
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships	17,519
Maximum Risk of Loss	$ 36,400

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) extension_option loan credit_line	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 04, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		5.04%	4.74%
Principal maturities in 2018		$ 411,284,000
Principal maturities in 2020		$ 661,816,000
Weighted-average maturity period		3 years 10 months 10 days	4 years 4 months 24 days
Unsecured lines of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of unsecured term loans | credit_line		3
Variable rate (as a percent)		1.55%
Annual facility fee (as a percent)		0.30%
Aggregate capacity of the three unsecured lines of credit		$ 1,100,000,000
Unsecured lines of credit | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)		0.875%
Annual facility fee (as a percent)		0.125%
Unsecured lines of credit | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)		1.55%
Annual facility fee (as a percent)		0.30%
Unsecured Term Loan 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)		1.75%
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 350,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.85%
Unsecured Term Loan 1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)		2.00%
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 300,000,000
Option extension term of debt instrument		1 year
Interest rate (as a percent)		4.10%
Number of extension options available | extension_option		2
Unsecured Term Loan 3
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)		1.65%
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 45,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.75%
Operating property loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal maturities in 2018		$ 43,716,000
Unsecured Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of unsecured term loans | loan		1
Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		5.37%	5.37%
Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		3.95%	2.90%
Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of unsecured term loans | loan		3
Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 625,000,000
Senior Notes Due 2026 | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		5.95%	5.95%
Senior Notes Due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 300,000,000
Senior Notes Due 2024 | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		4.60%	4.60%
Unsecured lines of credit | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		3.65%	2.56%
Non-recourse loans on operating properties
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument				$ 43,716,000
Default minimum of debt instrument		$ 50,000,000
Non-recourse loans on operating properties | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		5.33%	5.33%
Non-recourse loans on operating properties | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		0.00%	3.37%
Recourse loans on operating properties
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Default minimum of debt instrument		$ 150,000,000
Recourse loans on operating properties | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)		4.73%	4.00%
Principal amortization
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal maturities in 2018		$ 17,568,000
Cary Towne Center | Unsecured Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal maturities in 2018		$ 350,000,000
Hickory Point Mall
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount financed	$ 27,446,000

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Mortgage and Other Indebtedness (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) extension_option	Jun. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed-rate debt, Amount	$ 3,160,776,000		$ 3,158,973,000
Variable-rate debt, Amount	970,508,000		1,090,810,000
Total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt	$ 4,131,284,000		$ 4,249,783,000
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.04%		4.74%
Unamortized deferred financing costs	$ (15,476,000)		$ (18,938,000)
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$ 4,115,808,000		$ 4,230,845,000
Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.37%		5.37%
Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	3.95%		2.90%
Unsecured Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 695,000,000
Variable-rate debt, Amount	$ 695,000,000		$ 885,000,000
Unsecured Term Loan | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	3.96%		2.81%
Non-recourse loans on operating properties
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 43,716,000
Fixed-rate debt, Amount	$ 1,797,080,000		$ 1,796,203,000
Variable-rate debt, Amount	$ 0		$ 10,836,000
Non-recourse loans on operating properties | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.33%		5.33%
Non-recourse loans on operating properties | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	0.00%		3.37%
Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 450,000,000
Fixed-rate debt, Amount	447,309,000		$ 446,976,000
Unamortized debt discount	$ 2,691,000		$ 3,024,000
Senior Notes Due 2023 | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.25%		5.25%
Senior Notes Due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 300,000,000
Fixed-rate debt, Amount	299,951,000		$ 299,946,000
Unamortized debt discount	$ 49,000		$ 54,000
Senior Notes Due 2024 | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	4.60%		4.60%
Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 625,000,000
Fixed-rate debt, Amount	616,436,000		$ 615,848,000
Unamortized debt discount	$ 8,564,000		$ 9,152,000
Senior Notes Due 2026 | Fixed Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.95%		5.95%
Recourse loans on operating properties
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable-rate debt, Amount	$ 74,150,000		$ 101,187,000
Recourse loans on operating properties | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	4.73%		4.00%
Unsecured lines of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable-rate debt, Amount	$ 201,358,000		$ 93,787,000
Unsecured lines of credit | Variable Rate Interest
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	3.65%		2.56%
Unsecured Term Loan 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 350,000,000
Variable rate (as a percent)	1.75%
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.85%
Unsecured Term Loan 1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 300,000,000
Variable rate (as a percent)	2.00%
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.10%
Number of extension options available | extension_option	2
Option extension term of debt instrument	1 year
Unsecured Term Loan 3
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument	$ 45,000,000
Variable rate (as a percent)	1.65%
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.75%

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Senior Unsecured Notes (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.04%	4.74%
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notice required to redeem debt, term	30 days
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notice required to redeem debt, term	60 days
Interest Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.37%	5.37%
Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount	$ 450,000,000
Senior Notes Due 2023 | Treasury Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Derivative, basis spread on variable rate	0.40%
Senior Notes Due 2023 | Interest Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.25%	5.25%
Senior Notes Due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount	$ 300,000,000
Senior Notes Due 2024 | Treasury Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Derivative, basis spread on variable rate	0.35%
Senior Notes Due 2024 | Interest Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	4.60%	4.60%
Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount	$ 625,000,000
Senior Notes Due 2026 | Treasury Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Derivative, basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Senior Notes Due 2026 | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	40.00%
Senior Notes Due 2026 | Interest Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)	5.95%	5.95%
Senior Notes Due 2023 and 2024 | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	40.00%
Senior Notes Due 2023 and 2024 | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	45.00%
Senior Notes Due 2023 and 2024 | Interest Rate | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, increase in variable interest rate	0.25%
Senior Notes Due 2023 and 2024 | Interest Rate | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, increase in variable interest rate	1.00%
Senior Unsecured Notes | Actual
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	24.00%

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Unsecured Lines of Credit (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Outstanding	$ 970,508,000	$ 1,090,810,000
Wells Fargo Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extension fee rate (as a percent)	0.15%
Wells Fargo Bank | Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	$ 30,000,000
First Tennessee Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	20,000,000
Wells Fargo - Facility A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	500,000,000
Total Outstanding	0
First Tennessee
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	100,000,000
Total Outstanding	$ 47,695,000
First Tennessee | Wells Fargo Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extension fee rate (as a percent)	0.20%
Wells Fargo - Facility B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	$ 500,000,000
Total Outstanding	153,663,000
Wells Fargo - Facility B | Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	4,833,000
Unsecured lines of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	1,100,000,000
Total Outstanding	$ 201,358,000

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Compliance with Key Covenant Ratios of Credit Facilities and Term Loans (Details) - Unsecured Credit Facility and Term Loan $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Unsecured Term Loan 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remaining borrowing capacity of credit facility	$ 697,627
Current borrowing capacity of credit facility	$ 491,436
Required
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt to total asset value (as a percent)	60.00%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (as a percent)	60.00%
Unencumbered NOI to unsecured interest expense (as a percent)	175.00%
EBITDA to fixed charges (debt service) (as a percent)	150.00%
Actual
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt to total asset value (as a percent)	53.00%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (as a percent)	49.00%
Unencumbered NOI to unsecured interest expense (as a percent)	260.00%
EBITDA to fixed charges (debt service) (as a percent)	230.00%

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Compliance with Key Covenant Ratios of Notes (Details)	Sep. 30, 2018
Minimum | Senior Notes Due 2023 and 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	40.00%
Minimum | Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	40.00%
Maximum | Senior Notes Due 2023 and 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	45.00%
Required | Senior Unsecured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt to total assets (as a percent)	60.00%
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	40.00%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (as a percent)	150.00%
Consolidated income available for debt service to annual debt service charge (as a percent)	150.00%
Actual | Senior Unsecured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt to total assets (as a percent)	52.00%
Secured debt to total assets (as a percent)	24.00%
Total unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (as a percent)	215.00%
Consolidated income available for debt service to annual debt service charge (as a percent)	270.00%

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Financings (Details) - The Outlet Shoppes At El Paso - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated Interest Rate (as a percent)		5.10%
Amount Financed	$ 75,000

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Repaid Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal Balance Repaid		$ 54,573
Malls | Kirkwood Mall
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.75%
Principal Balance Repaid	$ 37,295
Malls | The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso - Phase II
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.73%
Principal Balance Repaid	$ 6,525
Other | Statesboro Crossing
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.24%
Principal Balance Repaid	$ 10,753

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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net - Principal Payments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of principal repayments [Abstract]
2018	$ 411,284
2019	309,346
2020	661,816
2021	499,321
2022	432,546
Thereafter	1,706,132
Mortgage and other indebtedness	4,020,445
Unamortized discounts	(11,304)
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(15,476)	$ (18,938)
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	4,115,808	$ 4,230,845
Acadiana Mall | Mortgages
Schedule of principal repayments [Abstract]
Total mortgage and other indebtedness, net	$ 122,143

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Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable - Summary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]
Assignment of the partnership interest (as a percent)		100.00%
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Balance	[1]	$ 8,171	$ 8,945
Mortgages
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Balance		$ 5,189	$ 5,418
Mortgages | Columbia Place Outparcel
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		5.00%	5.00%
Balance		$ 288	$ 302
Mortgages | One Park Place
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		5.00%	5.00%
Balance		$ 837	$ 1,010
Mortgages | Village Square
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		4.00%	4.00%
Balance		$ 1,554	$ 1,596
Mortgages | Other
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Balance		$ 2,510	$ 2,510
Mortgages | Other | Minimum
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		4.73%	4.07%
Mortgages | Other | Maximum
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		9.50%	9.50%
Mortgages | The Promenade at Dlberville
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Balance		$ 1,100
Other Notes Receivable
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Balance		$ 2,982	$ 3,527
Other Notes Receivable | ERMC
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		4.00%	4.00%
Balance		$ 2,354	$ 2,855
Other Notes Receivable | Southwest Theaters LLC
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items]
Interest Rate (as a percent)		5.00%	5.00%
Balance		$ 628	$ 672

[1] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

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Segment Information - Summary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 206,878	$ 224,650	$ 641,676	$ 691,896
Property operating expenses		(60,912)	(64,122)	(190,807)	(194,915)
Interest expense		(55,194)	(53,913)	(163,164)	(165,179)
Other expense		(38)	(132)	(377)	(5,151)
Gain on sales of real estate assets		7,880	1,383	15,998	86,904
Segment profit (loss)		98,614	107,866	303,326	413,555
Depreciation and amortization expense		(71,945)	(71,732)	(217,261)	(225,461)
General and administrative expense		(16,051)	(13,568)	(47,845)	(45,402)
Interest and other income (loss)		283	(200)	714	1,235
Gain on extinguishment of debt		0	6,452	0	30,927
Loss on impairment		(14,600)	(24,935)	(84,644)	(71,401)	$ (67,532)
Gain (loss) on investments		0	(354)	387	(6,197)
Income tax benefit (provision)		(1,034)	1,064	1,846	4,784
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates		1,762	4,706	9,869	16,404
Net loss		(2,971)	9,299	(33,608)	118,444
Capital expenditures		41,183	48,281	115,656	131,878
Total Assets	[1]	5,491,019		5,491,019		5,704,808
Malls
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		188,440	205,020	585,097	632,830
Property operating expenses		(57,243)	(59,602)	(179,012)	(182,926)
Interest expense		(24,665)	(28,922)	(76,401)	(93,481)
Other expense		0	0	(84)	0
Gain on sales of real estate assets		92	(1,994)	92	75,434
Segment profit (loss)		106,624	114,502	329,692	431,857
Capital expenditures		38,512	47,246	105,593	126,290
Total Assets		4,979,583		4,979,583		5,152,789
All Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues		18,438	19,630	56,579	59,066
Property operating expenses		(3,669)	(4,520)	(11,795)	(11,989)
Interest expense		(30,529)	(24,991)	(86,763)	(71,698)
Other expense		(38)	(132)	(293)	(5,151)
Gain on sales of real estate assets		7,788	3,377	15,906	11,470
Segment profit (loss)		(8,010)	(6,636)	(26,366)	(18,302)
Capital expenditures		2,671	$ 1,035	10,063	$ 5,588
Total Assets		$ 511,436		$ 511,436		$ 552,019

[1] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

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Earnings per Share and Earnings per Unit - Narrative (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 shares
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of EPS (shares)	172,563,094
CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of EPS (shares)	199,767,094
Performance Stock Units
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Contingently issuable stock (shares)	137,094
Performance Stock Units | CBL & Associates Limited Partnership
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Contingently issuable stock (shares)	137,094

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Contingencies - Environmental Contingencies (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Environmental liability insurance, maximum coverage per incident (up to)	$ 10,000,000
Environmental liability insurance, annual coverage limit (up to)	$ 50,000,000

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Contingencies - Guarantees (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) extension_option	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 1,166,000	$ 841,000
Total amount outstanding on bonds	$ 17,309,000	16,998,000
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase I
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 41,737,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	50.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 20,869,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 209,000	86,000
West Melbourne I, LLC - Phase II
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 16,097,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	50.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 8,049,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 80,000	33,000
Port Orange I, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 56,366,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	50.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 28,183,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 282,000	116,000
Ambassador Infrastructure, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	65.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 10,605,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	100.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 10,605,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 106,000	177,000
Shoppes at Eagle Point, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 32,679,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	100.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 36,400,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 364,000	364,000
Reduction of guarantor obligations once construction is complete (as a percent)	35.00%
Number of extension options available | extension_option	1
Option extension term of debt instrument	2 years
EastGate Storage, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 4,162,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	100.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 6,500,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 65,000	65,000
Reduction of guarantor obligations once construction is complete (as a percent)	50.00%
Reduction of guarantor obligations once certain debt and operational metrics are met (as a percent)	25.00%
Self Storage at Mid Rivers, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Outstanding Balance	$ 2,021,000
Percentage Guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (as a percent)	100.00%
Maximum Guaranteed Amount	$ 5,987,000
Obligation Recorded to Reflect Guaranty	$ 60,000	$ 0
Reduction of guarantor obligations once construction is complete (as a percent)	50.00%
Reduction of guarantor obligations once certain debt and operational metrics are met (as a percent)	25.00%
Guaranty fee (as a percent)	1.00%
York Town Center, LP
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Company's Ownership Interest (as a percent)	50.00%
Maximum guaranteed amount of YTC's performance	$ 22,000,000
Annual reductions to guarantors obligations	800,000
Guaranteed minimum exposure amount	10,000,000
Maximum guaranteed obligation	$ 13,200,000
Reimburse obligations (as a percent)	50.00%

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Share-Based Compensation - Summary (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 12, 2018 $ / shares shares	Feb. 07, 2017 $ / shares shares	Feb. 10, 2016 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) installment $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized under plan (shares)				10,400,000		10,400,000
Share-based compensation cost capitalized as part of real estate assets | $				$ 36	$ 94	$ 260	$ 308
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards | $				$ 5,443		$ 5,443
Compensation cost to be recognized over a weighted-average period						2 years 6 months 25 days
Number of shares authorized to be granted annually (shares)				200,000		200,000
Vested at conclusion of performance period
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Vesting rate (as a percent)						60.00%
Remaining percentage after performance period
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Vesting rate (as a percent)						40.00%
Vested each year for the first two anniversaries after conclusion of performance period
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Vesting rate (as a percent)						20.00%
Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense | $				$ 787	812	$ 3,263	3,175
Shares
Nonvested, beginning of period (shares)						642,359
Granted (shares)						693,064
Vested (shares)						(413,032)
Forfeited (shares)						(8,852)
Nonvested, end of period (shares)				913,539		913,539
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted-average grant date fair value, nonvested, beginning of period (USD per share) | $ / shares						$ 13.23
Weighted-average grant date fair value, granted (USD per share) | $ / shares						4.55
Weighted-average grant date fair value, vested (USD per share) | $ / shares						9.64
Weighted-average grant date fair value, forfeited (USD per share) | $ / shares						9.36
Weighted-average grant date fair value, nonvested, end of period (USD per share) | $ / shares				$ 8.30		$ 8.30
Number of annual installment for awards to vest (installment) | installment						4
Restricted Stock Awards | Vested on date of grant
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Vesting rate (as a percent)						20.00%
Performance Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense | $				$ 178	$ 386	$ 1,130	$ 1,115
Shares
Nonvested, beginning of period (shares)						560,371
Granted (shares)						741,977
Forfeited (shares)						(138,899)
Nonvested, end of period (shares)				1,163,449		1,163,449
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted-average grant date fair value, nonvested, beginning of period (USD per share) | $ / shares						$ 5.91
Weighted-average grant date fair value, granted (USD per share) | $ / shares						2.63
Weighted-average grant date fair value, forfeited (USD per share) | $ / shares						4.22
Weighted-average grant date fair value, nonvested, end of period (USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 4.76	$ 6.86	$ 4.98	$ 4.55		$ 4.55
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards | $				$ 3,141		$ 3,141
Compensation cost to be recognized over a weighted-average period						3 years 7 months 40 days
Performance period						3 years		3 years
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	2.36%	1.53%	0.92%
Expected share price volatility (as a percent)	42.02%	32.85%	30.95%
Total stockholder return to the national association of real estate investment trusts retail index (as a percent)						66.67%
Absolute total stockholder return metrics (as a percent)						33.33%
Performance Stock Units | Chief Executive Officer
Shares
Granted (shares)	240,164	115,082
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted-average grant date fair value, nonvested, end of period (USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 3.13	$ 5.62
Performance Stock Units | Officer
Shares
Granted (shares)	120,064	162,294
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted-average grant date fair value, nonvested, end of period (USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.63	$ 7.74

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Noncash Investing and Financing Activities - Summary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Real Estate Investments, Net [Abstract]
Accrued dividends and distributions payable	$ 41,657	$ 54,375
Additions to real estate assets accrued but not yet paid	22,428	12,204
Conversion of Operating Partnership units for common stock	3,059	0
Deconsolidation upon contribution/assignment of interests in joint venture:
Decrease in noncontrolling interest and joint venture interest		2,232
Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta - Ridgewalk
Deconsolidation upon contribution/assignment of interests in joint venture:
Decrease in real estate assets	0	(149,722)
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	0	189,642
Transfer of real estate assets in settlement of mortgage debt obligation:
Decrease in real estate assets	0	(149,722)
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	0	189,642
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	0	(122)
Corporate Joint Venture
Deconsolidation upon contribution/assignment of interests in joint venture:
Decrease in real estate assets	(587)	(9,131)
Increase in investment in unconsolidated affiliates	974	0
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	0	2,466
Decrease in operating assets and liabilities	0	1,286
Decrease in noncontrolling interest and joint venture interest	0	2,232
Transfer of real estate assets in settlement of mortgage debt obligation:
Decrease in real estate assets	(587)	(9,131)
Decrease in mortgage and other indebtedness	$ 0	$ 2,466

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Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
		Oct. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Sales price, gross			$ 48,500,000
Mortgage and other notes receivable	[1]		8,171,000	$ 8,945,000
Unsecured Term Loan 2
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument			$ 350,000,000
Variable rate (as a percent)			1.75%
Other | Parkway Plaza | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Sales price, gross		$ 16,500,000
Mortgages
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Mortgage and other notes receivable			$ 5,189,000	5,418,000
Mortgages | Village Square
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Mortgage and other notes receivable			$ 1,554,000	$ 1,596,000
Construction Loans | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount of debt instrument		$ 29,400,000
Term of debt instrument		3 years
Option extension term of debt instrument		1 year
LIBOR | Construction Loans | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)		2.90%

[1] As of September 30, 2018, includes $621,616 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $414,923 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.