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UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTMENTS UNCONSOLIDATED INVESTMENTS
Kennedy Wilson has a number of joint venture interests including commingled funds and separate accounts, generally ranging from 5% to 50%, that were formed to acquire, manage, develop, service and/or sell real estate. Kennedy Wilson has significant influence over these entities, but not control. Accordingly, these investments are accounted for under the equity method.
Joint Venture and Fund Holdings
The following table details Kennedy Wilson's investments in joint ventures by investment type and geographic location as of December 31, 2019:
(Dollars in millions)
Multifamily
Commercial
Hotel
Funds
Residential and Other
Total
Western U.S.
$
230.5

$
78.1

$
72.8

$
139.6

$
246.8

$
767.8

Ireland
378.7

139.4




518.1

United Kingdom

48.7




48.7

Total
$
609.2

$
266.2

$
72.8

$
139.6

$
246.8

$
1,334.6

    
The following table details the Kennedy Wilson's investments in joint ventures by investment type and geographic location as of December 31, 2018:
(Dollars in millions)
Multifamily
Commercial
Hotel
Funds
Residential and Other
Total
Western U.S.
$
184.1

$
47.0

$
70.9

$
102.5

$
193.8

$
598.3

Ireland
216.5

35.2





251.7

United Kingdom

9.9





9.9

Total
$
400.6

$
92.1

$
70.9

$
102.5

$
193.8

$
859.9

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the change in unconsolidated investments primarily relates to $266.0 million of cash contributions to unconsolidated investments, $218.0 million of non-cash contributions to unconsolidated investments, $189.1 million of distributions from unconsolidated investments, $179.7 million of income from unconsolidated investments with the remainder relating to other items which primarily related to foreign exchange movements as described in more detail below.
As of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, $1,107.4 million and $662.2 million of unconsolidated investments were accounted for at fair value. See Note 5 for more detail.
Contributions to Joint Ventures
During the year ended December 31, 2019, Kennedy Wilson contributed $266.0 million to joint ventures, primarily for separate account arrangements for three office properties, four multifamily properties and three note investments in the Western United States, one office property in the United Kingdom, and contributions to Kennedy Wilson Real Estate Fund VI, LP ("Fund VI") and existing development projects in Ireland and Hawaii.
In addition to the cash contributions during the year ended December 31, 2019, the deconsolidation and contribution to the AXA Joint Venture of the State Street office building, Capital Dock office buildings, Capital Dock residential tower, Vantage residential towers and Alto Vetro residential building in Dublin, Ireland, comprised the $218.0 million of non-cash contributions.
Distributions from Joint Ventures
The following table details cash distributions by investment type and geographic location for the year ended December 31, 2019:
 
Multifamily
Commercial
Funds
Residential and Other
Total
(Dollars in millions)
Operating
Investing
Operating
Investing
Operating
Investing
Operating
Investing
Operating
Investing
Western U.S.
$
50.6

$
91.5

$
3.4

$
1.0

$
11.2

$
13.6

$
1.4

$
5.1

$
66.6

$
111.2

Ireland
6.4


1.1

3.8





7.5

3.8

Total
$
57.0

$
91.5

$
4.5

$
4.8

$
11.2

$
13.6

$
1.4

$
5.1

$
74.1

$
115.0


Investing distributions resulted primarily from the sale of three multifamily properties and residential lots in the Western United States. Operating distributions resulted operating cash flow generated by the joint venture investments.
Income from Unconsolidated Investments
The following table presents income from unconsolidated investments recognized by Kennedy Wilson during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Income from unconsolidated investments - operating performance
 
$
35.5

 
$
18.8

 
$
16.4

Income from unconsolidated investments - realized gains
 
53.5

 
22.1

 
14.0

Income from unconsolidated investments - fair value
 
64.7

 
10.4

 
38.6

Income from unconsolidated investments - performance fees
 
36.3

 
27.4

 
8.8

Income from unconsolidated investments - impairment
 
(10.3
)
 

 

 
 
$
179.7

 
$
78.7

 
$
77.8


Operating performance is related to underlying performance from unconsolidated investments. Realized gains are related to asset sales primarily from the sale of three multifamily properties in the Western United States. Fair value gains and performance fees are primarily related to resyndications under the Company's VHH partnership, cap rate compression, asset sales, and improved property performance by the Company's FV Option investments and investments held within the Funds managed by the Company. The fair value gains were partially offset by foreign exchange fair value losses on multifamily and development joint ventures in Ireland. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded an other than temporary impairment loss on a residential project in the Western United States owned by an unconsolidated investment.
Vintage Housing Holdings ("VHH")
As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying value of the Company's investment in VHH was $142.8 million and $101.5 million, respectively. Fair value gains in the current period primarily relate to improved property performance and cap rate compression as a result of declines in borrowing rates and conversions. Prior period fair value gains are due to resyndications in which VHH dissolves an existing partnership and recapitalizes into a new partnership with tax exempt bonds and tax credits that are sold to a new tax credit partner and, in many cases, yields cash back to VHH. Upon resyndication, VHH retains a GP
interest in the partnership and receives various future streams of cash flows including: development fees, asset management fees, other GP management fees and distributions from operations.
Consolidation Considerations
The Company determines the appropriate accounting method with respect to all investments that are not VIEs based on the control-based framework (controlled entities are consolidated) provided by the consolidations guidance in ASC Topic 810. The Company accounts for joint ventures where it is deemed that the Company does not have control through the equity method of accounting while joint ventures that the Company controls are consolidated in Kennedy Wilson's financial statements.
Changes in Control
Refer to the description of the AXA Joint Venture in Note 3 for a discussion of the change in control transactions that occurred during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying value of the Company's investment in AXA Joint Venture was $479.4 million and $209.2 million, respectively.
There was no such activity in 2017.

Meyers Research Sale
In December 2018, Kennedy Wilson sold Meyers Research for $48.0 million and recognized a gain on sale of business of $40.4 million. Kennedy Wilson used part of the proceeds from such sale to reinvest $15.0 million for an 11% ownership interest in a new partnership between Meyers Research and another premiere residential real estate construction service company. Kennedy Wilson no longer controls Meyers Research and treats the investment as an unconsolidated investment.