The following table provides a brief description of recently adopted accounting pronouncements:

The following table provides a brief description of recently issued accounting pronouncements:



Accounting Pronouncement	Description	Effective Date	Effect on financial statements
ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Issued May 2014)	ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model requiring a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration (i.e., payment) to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In adopting ASU 2014-09, companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach.	In July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 along with the right of early adoption as of the original effective date.	We have identified our revenue streams and are in the process of evaluating the impact on our consolidated financial statements and internal accounting processes; however, the majority of our revenues are derived from real estate lease contracts, as discussed in relation to ASU 2016-02 below. We will adopt ASU 2014-09 effective January 1, 2018 using the retrospective approach and the adoption is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2016-02 Leases (Issued February 2016)	ASU 2016-02 will supersede the existing guidance for lease accounting and states that companies will be required to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 requires qualitative and quantitative disclosures to supplement the amounts recorded in the financial statements so that users can understand the nature of the entity’s leasing activities, including significant judgments and changes in judgments. Within ASU 2016-02 lessor accounting remained fairly unchanged. In adopting ASU 2016-02, companies will be required to use a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements.	ASU 2016-02 is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted.	We will adopt ASU 2016-02 as of January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the full impact of ASU 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures, however, we anticipate there to be a significant increase in our assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets due to the recognition of our current ground leases which represented rental expense of $7.6 million and have an average remaining term of 48.2 years for the year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, we anticipate there to be a material impact on our consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations as certain leasing costs will no longer qualify for capitalization over the life of the lease, but instead will be required to be expensed as incurred.
ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Issued June 2016)	ASU 2016-13 is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring more timely recognition of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments that are not accounted for at fair value through net income, including loans held for investment, held-to-maturity debt securities, trade and other receivables, net investment in leases and other such commitments. ASU 2016-13 requires that financial statement assets measured at an amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected through an allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis.	ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted.	We do not anticipate early adoption or for there to be a material impact, however, we are evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2016-15 Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (Issued August 2016)	ASU 2016-15 includes multiple provisions intended to clarify various aspects of cash flow presentation by making eight targeted changes to how cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows.	ASU 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted.	We will adopt ASU 2016-15 as of the year ended December 31, 2017. We do not anticipate there to be a material impact, however, we are still evaluating the impact ASU 2016-15 will have on our consolidated financial statements.



Accounting Pronouncement	Description	Effective Date	Effect on financial statements
ASU 2016-18 Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash (Issued November 2016)	ASU 2016-18 requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows.	ASU 2016-18 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted.	We will adopt ASU 2016-18 as of the year ended December 31, 2017. We do not anticipate there to be a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, however, we are still evaluating the impact ASU 2016-18 will have on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2017-05 Other Income: Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets (Issued February 2017)	ASU 2017-05 defines an in-substance nonfinancial asset, unifies guidance related to partial sales of nonfinancial assets, eliminates rules specifically addressing the sales of real estate, removes exception to the financial asset derecognition model and clarifies the accounting for contributions of nonfinancial assets to joint ventures.	ASU 2017-05 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted.	We do not anticipate early adoption, however, we are evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2017-05 on our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Pronouncement

Description

Effective Date

Effect on financial statements

ASU 2017-01
Business Combinations:
Clarifying the Definition of a Business
(Issued January 2017)

ASU 2017-01 clarifies the definition of a business by adding guidance to assist entities evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, disposals, goodwill and consolidation.

ASU 2017-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted.

We adopted ASU 2017-01 as of January 1, 2017 on a prospective basis. We expect that the majority of our future investments in real estate will be accounted for as asset acquisitions under ASU 2017-01. The adoption of ASU 2017-01 will impact how we account for acquisition-related expenses and contingent consideration which may result in lower acquisition-related expenses and eliminate fair value adjustments related to future contingent consideration arrangements.