Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial position and results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Although the Company has interests in variable interest entities, it is not the primary beneficiary, with the exception of the Operating Partnership (see Note 7), as the Company does not have any elements of power in the decision making process of these entities, and therefore does not consolidate the entities. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, which are necessary for the fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the requirements for interim financial information. Accordingly, these interim financial statements have not been audited and exclude certain disclosures required for annual financial statements. Also, the operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed. Such estimates are based on management’s historical experience and best judgment after considering past, current and expected events and economic conditions. Actual results could differ from management’s estimates. Significant Accounting Policies The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on the basis of the accounting principles described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, among others. Recent Accounting Pronouncements On May 28, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a new standard that provides a single, comprehensive model for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers. The new standard could change the way the Company recognizes revenue from construction and development contracts with third party customers. The new standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new revenue recognition standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On March 17, 2016, the FASB issued guidance to clarify the principal versus agent guidance in its new revenue recognition standard. The new guidance clarifies how an entity should identify the unit of accounting for the principal versus agent evaluation and how it should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangement, such as service transactions. The new guidance also reframes the indicators to focus on evidence that an entity is acting as a principal rather than as an agent, revises examples in the new standard and adds new ones. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued new consolidation guidance that changes: (i) the identification of variable interests, (ii) the variable interest entity (“VIE”) characteristics for a limited partnership or similar entity and (iii) primary beneficiary determination. The amended guidance also eliminates the presumption that a general partner controls a limited partnership. The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2016 with no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On February 25, 2016, the FASB issued a new lease standard that requires lessees to recognize most leases in their balance sheets as lease liabilities with corresponding right-of-use assets. The new standard also makes targeted changes to lessor accounting. The new standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 and requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all lease existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application with an option to use certain transition relief. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new lease standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On March 10, 2016, the FASB issued new guidance clarifying that the novation of a derivative contract in a hedge accounting relationship does not, in and of itself, require dedesignation of that hedge accounting relationship. Hedge accounting relationships could continue as long as all of the other hedge accounting criteria are met, including the expectation that the hedge will be highly effective when the creditworthiness of the new counterparty to the derivative contract is considered. The new guidance will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2017, and may be applied prospectively, or the Company may use a modified retrospective approach. Management does not expect the adoption of the new guidance to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. On March 17, 2016, the FASB issued new guidance eliminating the requirement that an investor retrospectively apply equity method accounting when an investment that it had accounted for by another method initially qualifies for the equity method. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On March 30, 2016, the FASB issued new guidance that will change the accounting for certain aspects of share-based payments to employees. Entities will be required to recognize the income tax effects of awards in the income statement when the awards vest or are settled. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial position and results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Although the Company has interests in variable interest entities, it is not the primary beneficiary, with the exception of the Operating Partnership (see Note 7), as the Company does not have any elements of power in the decision making process of these entities, and therefore does not consolidate the entities. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, which are necessary for the fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations for the interim periods presented.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the requirements for interim financial information. Accordingly, these interim financial statements have not been audited and exclude certain disclosures required for annual financial statements. Also, the operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed. Such estimates are based on management’s historical experience and best judgment after considering past, current and expected events and economic conditions. Actual results could differ from management’s estimates.

Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on the basis of the accounting principles described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, among others.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On May 28, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a new standard that provides a single, comprehensive model for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers. The new standard could change the way the Company recognizes revenue from construction and development contracts with third party customers. The new standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new revenue recognition standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. On March 17, 2016, the FASB issued guidance to clarify the principal versus agent guidance in its new revenue recognition standard. The new guidance clarifies how an entity should identify the unit of accounting for the principal versus agent evaluation and how it should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangement, such as service transactions. The new guidance also reframes the indicators to focus on evidence that an entity is acting as a principal rather than as an agent, revises examples in the new standard and adds new ones. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued new consolidation guidance that changes: (i) the identification of variable interests, (ii) the variable interest entity (“VIE”) characteristics for a limited partnership or similar entity and (iii) primary beneficiary determination. The amended guidance also eliminates the presumption that a general partner controls a limited partnership. The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2016 with no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On February 25, 2016, the FASB issued a new lease standard that requires lessees to recognize most leases in their balance sheets as lease liabilities with corresponding right-of-use assets. The new standard also makes targeted changes to lessor accounting. The new standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 and requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all lease existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application with an option to use certain transition relief. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new lease standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On March 10, 2016, the FASB issued new guidance clarifying that the novation of a derivative contract in a hedge accounting relationship does not, in and of itself, require dedesignation of that hedge accounting relationship. Hedge accounting relationships could continue as long as all of the other hedge accounting criteria are met, including the expectation that the hedge will be highly effective when the creditworthiness of the new counterparty to the derivative contract is considered. The new guidance will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2017, and may be applied prospectively, or the Company may use a modified retrospective approach. Management does not expect the adoption of the new guidance to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

On March 17, 2016, the FASB issued new guidance eliminating the requirement that an investor retrospectively apply equity method accounting when an investment that it had accounted for by another method initially qualifies for the equity method. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On March 30, 2016, the FASB issued new guidance that will change the accounting for certain aspects of share-based payments to employees. Entities will be required to recognize the income tax effects of awards in the income statement when the awards vest or are settled. The new guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.