ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020


3.			ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Acquisitions

New York, New York

During the first quarter of 2020, we acquired 57 completed vacation ownership units, as well as office and ancillary space, located at our Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, New York City property for $89 million, of which $22 million was a prepayment for future tranches of completed vacation ownership units and $20 million was paid in December 2019. We accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition with the purchase price allocated to Other assets ($22 million) and Property and equipment ($67 million). See Footnote 11 “Contingencies and Commitments” for information on our remaining commitment to purchase future inventory and Footnote 16 “Variable Interest Entities” for additional information on this transaction and our activities relating to the VIE involved in this transaction.

San Francisco, California

During the first quarter of 2020, we acquired 34 completed vacation ownership units located at our Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, San Francisco property for $26 million, of which $5 million was a prepayment for future tranches of completed vacation ownership units. We accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition with the purchase price allocated to Inventory ($18 million), Other assets ($5 million), and Property and equipment ($3 million). See Footnote 11 “Contingencies and Commitments” for information on our remaining commitment to purchase future inventory and Footnote 16 “Variable Interest Entities” for additional information on this transaction and our activities relating to the VIE involved in this transaction.

During the third quarter of 2019, we acquired 78 completed vacation ownership units and a sales gallery located at our Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, San Francisco property for $58 million. We accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition with the purchase price allocated to Inventory ($48 million) and Property & equipment ($10 million).

Dispositions

During the third quarter of 2020, we recorded a loss of $5 million in the (Losses) gains and other (expense) income, net line on our Income Statement for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 relating to the redemption of our interest in a joint venture in our Exchange & Third-Party Management segment which was consolidated under the voting interest model. We received nominal cash proceeds and a note receivable which we measured at a fair value of $1 million using Level 3 inputs.

Additionally, during the third quarter of 2020, we disposed of excess Vacation Ownership segment land parcels in Orlando, Florida and Steamboat Springs, Colorado for combined proceeds of $15 million, as part of our strategic decision to reduce holdings in markets where we have excess supply. We recorded a combined net gain of $6 million in the (Losses) gains and other (expense) income, net line on our Income Statement for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 relating to these transactions.