Goodwill and Intangibles

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Goodwill and Intangibles

Goodwill and Intangibles

8. Goodwill and Intangibles

Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment annually in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. Management considered the general economic decline and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not identify any such event or circumstances. However, future changes in the expectations of the impact of COVID-19 on our operations, financial performance and cash flows could cause our goodwill to be impaired.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

The Infrastructure Lending Segment’s goodwill of $119.4 million at both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of net assets acquired on September 19, 2018 and October 15, 2018. The goodwill recognized is attributable to value embedded in the acquired Infrastructure Lending Segment’s lending platform.

LNR Property LLC (“LNR”)

The Investing and Servicing Segment’s goodwill of $140.4 million at both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of net assets of LNR acquired on April 19, 2013. The goodwill recognized is attributable to value embedded in LNR’s existing platform, which includes a network of commercial real estate asset managers, work-out specialists, underwriters and administrative support professionals as well as proprietary historical performance data on commercial real estate assets.

Intangible Assets

Servicing Rights Intangibles

In connection with the LNR acquisition, we identified domestic servicing rights that existed at the purchase date, based upon the expected future cash flows of the associated servicing contracts. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the balance of the domestic servicing intangible was net of $42.9 million and $41.4 million, respectively, which was eliminated in consolidation pursuant to ASC 810 against VIE assets in connection with our consolidation of securitization VIEs. Before VIE consolidation, as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the domestic servicing intangible had a balance of $55.3 million and $54.6 million, respectively, which represents our economic interest in this asset.

Lease Intangibles

In connection with our acquisitions of commercial real estate, we recognized in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets associated with certain non-cancelable operating leases of the acquired properties.

The following table summarizes our intangible assets, which are comprised of servicing rights intangibles and lease intangibles, as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (amounts in thousands):

	As of March 31, 2021						As of December 31, 2020
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Value		Amortization		Value		Value		Amortization		Value
Domestic servicing rights, at fair value	$	12,406	$	—	$	12,406	$	13,202	$	—	$	13,202
In-place lease intangible assets		133,203		(94,726)		38,477		133,203		(92,540)		40,663
Favorable lease intangible assets		24,181		(8,292)		15,889		24,181		(7,929)		16,252
Total net intangible assets	$	169,790	$	(103,018)	$	66,772	$	170,586	$	(100,469)	$	70,117

The following table summarizes the activity within intangible assets for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (amounts in thousands):

	Domestic		In-place Lease		Favorable Lease
	Servicing		Intangible		Intangible
	Rights		Assets		Assets		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2021	$	13,202	$	40,663	$	16,252	$	70,117
Amortization		—		(2,186)		(363)		(2,549)
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions		(796)		—		—		(796)
Balance as of March 31, 2021	$	12,406	$	38,477	$	15,889	$	66,772

The following table sets forth the estimated aggregate amortization of our in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter (amounts in thousands):

2021 (remainder of)	$	7,094
2022		7,862
2023		6,115
2024		4,722
2025		3,846
Thereafter		24,727
Total	$	54,366