Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTSThe Company determines fair value based on quoted prices when available or through the use of alternative approaches, such as discounting the expected cash flows using market interest rates commensurate with the credit quality and duration of the investment. GAAP guidance defines three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability or can be corroborated with observable market data for substantially the entire contractual term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in the pricing of the asset or liability and are consequently not based on market activity, but rather through particular valuation techniques.

The determination of where an asset or liability falls in the hierarchy requires significant judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company evaluates its hierarchy disclosures each quarter and, depending on various factors, it is possible that an asset or liability may be classified differently from quarter to quarter. Changes in the type of inputs may result in a reclassification for certain assets. The Company does not expect that changes in classifications between levels will be frequent.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those instruments fall (dollars in thousands):


	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Balance as of June 30, 2022
Assets:
Senior secured loan receivable	$	—	$	—	$	75,018	$	75,018
Mezzanine loans receivable	—		—		40,150		40,150


	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Balance as of December 31, 2021
Assets:
Mezzanine loan receivable	$	—	$	—	$	15,155	$	15,155

The following table details the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs (dollars in thousands):


	Investments in Senior Secured Loan		Investments in Mezzanine Loans
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	—	$	15,155
Loan originations	75,000		25,000
Accrued interest, net	18		(5)
Balance as of June 30, 2022	$	75,018	$	40,150

Senior secured and mezzanine loans receivables: The fair value of the senior secured and mezzanine loans receivables were estimated using an internal valuation model that considered the expected future cash flows of the investment, the underlying collateral value, market interest rates and other credit enhancements. As such, the Company classifies each instrument as Level 3 due to the significant unobservable inputs used in determining market interest rates for investments with similar terms. As of June 30, 2022, the fair values of the senior secured loan receivable and the mezzanine loan receivable originated in June 2022 are not sensitive to market interest rates due to the recent issuance of the loans at market interest rates. Future changes in market interest rates could materially impact the estimated discounted cash flows. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any loans measured at fair value that were 90 days or more past due.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, there were no classification changes in assets and liabilities with Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

Items Disclosed at Fair Value

Considerable judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value disclosure of financial instruments. The estimates of fair value presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized upon disposition of the financial instruments. A summary of the face value, carrying amount and fair value of the Notes (as defined in Note 7, Debt, below) as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 using Level 2 inputs is as follows (dollars in thousands):


		June 30, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Level	Face Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Face Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value



Financial liabilities:
Senior unsecured notes payable	2	$	400,000	$	394,706	$	336,000	$	400,000	$	394,262	$	410,500

Cash and cash equivalents, accounts and other receivables, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities: The carrying values for these instruments approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Senior unsecured notes payable: The fair value of the Notes was determined using third-party quotes derived from orderly trades.

Unsecured revolving credit facility and senior unsecured term loan: The fair values approximate their carrying values as the interest rates are variable and approximate prevailing market interest rates for similar debt arrangements.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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