Property Dispositions

From time to time, we may decide to sell a property. We have an active capital recycling program, with a goal of extending the average lease term through reinvestment, improving portfolio credit quality through dispositions and acquisitions of assets, increasing the asset criticality factor in our portfolio, and/or executing strategic dispositions of assets. We may decide to dispose of a property due to vacancy, tenants electing not to renew their leases, tenant insolvency, or lease rejection in the bankruptcy process. In such cases, we assess whether we can obtain the highest value from the property by selling it, as opposed to re-leasing it. We may also sell a property when we receive an unsolicited offer or negotiate a price for an investment that is consistent with our strategy for that investment. When it is appropriate to do so, we classify the property as an asset held for sale on our consolidated balance sheet.

Property Dispositions

The results of operations for properties that have been sold or classified as held for sale are included in the consolidated financial statements and are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017		2016			2017			2016
Revenues	$	—	$	10,680		$	7,245		$	32,611
Expenses	—		(7,243		)	(4,258		)	(23,041		)
Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax	—		82,287			2,805			132,703
Impairment charges	—		(29,183		)	—			(29,183		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	—		(8,218		)	(1,364		)	(15,807		)
Provision for income taxes	—		(1		)	(2		)	(24		)
Equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investments in real estate	—		1,154			(688		)	(2,336		)
Income from properties sold or classified as held for sale, net of income taxes	$	—	$	49,476		$	3,738		$	94,923

2017 Dispositions

During the second quarter of 2017, we sold three properties for total proceeds of $14.6 million, net of selling costs, and recorded an aggregate gain on sale of $1.2 million (amounts are based on the euro exchange rate on the applicable date of disposition), which was recorded under the full accrual method.

In March 2017, we sold one of our net-lease properties to the developer that constructed the I-drive Property for net proceeds of $23.5 million, inclusive of $34.0 million of financing provided by us to the developer in the form of a mezzanine loan. This sale was accounted for under the cost recovery method. As a result, we recorded a deferred gain on sale of $2.1 million, which will be recognized into income upon recovery of the cost of the property (Note 4, Note 5). The developer repaid the $60.0 million non-recourse mortgage loan encumbering the I-drive Property at closing (Note 10). In addition, in connection with the I-drive Wheel restructuring, we also recorded a deferred gain of $16.4 million, which will be recognized into income upon recovery of the cost of the Wheel Loan (Note 5).

In August 2016, we simultaneously entered into two agreements with one of our tenants, KBR, Inc., to amend the lease at one property and terminate the lease at another property, both located in Houston, Texas. The lease modification and lease termination were contingent upon one another and became effective upon disposing of one net-lease property on March 13, 2017, which was previously classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2016 prior to its sale in the first quarter of 2017. Upon disposition, we received proceeds of $14.1 million, net of closing costs, and recognized a gain on sale of $1.6 million, which was recorded under the full accrual method. In addition, as a result of the aforementioned lease modification, contractual rents were renegotiated to be at market and the existing below-market rent lease liability of $15.7 million was written off and recognized in Rental income during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 (Note 7). In addition, as a result of the termination of the lease noted above, we accelerated the below-market lease intangible liabilities of $3.3 million that were also recognized in Rental income during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. At September 30, 2016, the land and building for this property were classified as held for sale and we recognized an impairment charge of $29.2 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 to reduce the carrying value of the property to its estimated fair value (Note 8).

2016 Dispositions

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we sold 22 self-storage properties for total proceeds of $151.3 million, net of closing costs, and recognized a gain on sale of $82.3 million. Proceeds from the sale were used to repay a non-recourse mortgage loan encumbering the properties with an outstanding principal balance of $41.8 million, and as a result, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $8.2 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we sold 34 self-storage properties for total proceeds of $259.1 million, net of closing costs, and recognized a gain on sale of $132.7 million in the aggregate. Proceeds from the sales were used to repay non-recourse mortgage loans encumbering the properties with outstanding principal balances aggregating $84.7 million, and as a result, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $15.8 million.