Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

Lessor

We lease various spaces to tenants over terms ranging from one to 21 years. Certain leases have renewal options for additional terms. The leases provide for base monthly rentals and reimbursements for real estate taxes, escalations linked to the consumer price index or common area maintenance known as operating expense escalation. Operating expense reimbursements are reflected in our December 31, 2019 consolidated statement of income as rental revenue and in our December 31, 2018 consolidated statement of income as tenant expense reimbursement.

Rental revenue includes fixed and variable payments. Fixed payments primarily relate to base rent and variable payments primarily relate to tenant expense reimbursements for certain property operating costs. The components of rental revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Fixed payments	$	510,799
Variable payments	75,615
Total rental revenue	$	586,414

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we were entitled to the following future contractual minimum lease payments (excluding operating expense reimbursements) on non-cancellable operating leases to be received which expire on various dates through 2038 (amounts in thousands):    

    

2019			2018
2020	$	498,840	2019	$	485,441
2021	484,956		2020	460,127
2022	462,656		2021	423,365
2023	436,467		2022	391,395
2024	399,587		2023	362,738
Thereafter	1,865,058		Thereafter	1,536,461
	$	4,147,564		$	3,659,527

The above future minimum lease payments exclude tenant recoveries, amortization of deferred rent receivables and the net accretion of above-below-market lease intangibles. Some leases are subject to termination options generally upon payment of a termination fee. The preceding table is prepared assuming such options are not exercised.

Lessee

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Our operating lease agreements relate to three ground lease assets and are reflected in right-of-use assets of $29.3 million and lease liabilities of $29.3 million in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Variable lease payments are excluded from the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred.

We make payments under ground leases related to three of our properties. The ground leases are due to expire between the years 2050 and 2077, inclusive of extension options, and have no variable payments or residual value guarantees. As our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we determined our incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the date of adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), in determining the present value of lease payments. The weighted average incremental borrowing rate used to calculate the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019 was 4.5%. Rent expense for lease payments related to our operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable term of the leases. The weighted average remaining lease term as of December 31, 2019 was 50.3 years.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the following table summarizes our future minimum lease payments with amounts for 2019 discounted by our incremental borrowing rates to calculate the lease liabilities of our leases (amounts in thousands):    

2019				2018
2020	$	1,518		2019	$	1,518
2021	1,518			2020	1,518
2022	1,518			2021	1,518
2023	1,518			2022	1,518
2024	1,518			2023	1,518
Thereafter	66,780			Thereafter	68,298
Total undiscounted lease payments	74,370			Total undiscounted lease payments	$	75,888
Present value discount	(45,063		)
Ground lease liabilities	$	29,307

Leases

Leases

Lessor

We lease various spaces to tenants over terms ranging from one to 21 years. Certain leases have renewal options for additional terms. The leases provide for base monthly rentals and reimbursements for real estate taxes, escalations linked to the consumer price index or common area maintenance known as operating expense escalation. Operating expense reimbursements are reflected in our December 31, 2019 consolidated statement of income as rental revenue and in our December 31, 2018 consolidated statement of income as tenant expense reimbursement.

Rental revenue includes fixed and variable payments. Fixed payments primarily relate to base rent and variable payments primarily relate to tenant expense reimbursements for certain property operating costs. The components of rental revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Fixed payments	$	510,799
Variable payments	75,615
Total rental revenue	$	586,414

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we were entitled to the following future contractual minimum lease payments (excluding operating expense reimbursements) on non-cancellable operating leases to be received which expire on various dates through 2038 (amounts in thousands):    

    

2019			2018
2020	$	498,840	2019	$	485,441
2021	484,956		2020	460,127
2022	462,656		2021	423,365
2023	436,467		2022	391,395
2024	399,587		2023	362,738
Thereafter	1,865,058		Thereafter	1,536,461
	$	4,147,564		$	3,659,527

The above future minimum lease payments exclude tenant recoveries, amortization of deferred rent receivables and the net accretion of above-below-market lease intangibles. Some leases are subject to termination options generally upon payment of a termination fee. The preceding table is prepared assuming such options are not exercised.

Lessee

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Our operating lease agreements relate to three ground lease assets and are reflected in right-of-use assets of $29.3 million and lease liabilities of $29.3 million in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Variable lease payments are excluded from the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred.

We make payments under ground leases related to three of our properties. The ground leases are due to expire between the years 2050 and 2077, inclusive of extension options, and have no variable payments or residual value guarantees. As our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we determined our incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the date of adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), in determining the present value of lease payments. The weighted average incremental borrowing rate used to calculate the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019 was 4.5%. Rent expense for lease payments related to our operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable term of the leases. The weighted average remaining lease term as of December 31, 2019 was 50.3 years.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the following table summarizes our future minimum lease payments with amounts for 2019 discounted by our incremental borrowing rates to calculate the lease liabilities of our leases (amounts in thousands):    

2019				2018
2020	$	1,518		2019	$	1,518
2021	1,518			2020	1,518
2022	1,518			2021	1,518
2023	1,518			2022	1,518
2024	1,518			2023	1,518
Thereafter	66,780			Thereafter	68,298
Total undiscounted lease payments	74,370			Total undiscounted lease payments	$	75,888
Present value discount	(45,063		)
Ground lease liabilities	$	29,307