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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Significant Accounting Policies

There were no material changes to our significant accounting policies disclosed in our Annual Report.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. The most significant of these estimates include: (i) the underlying cash flows and holding periods used in assessing impairment of our real estate assets; (ii) the determination of useful lives for tangible and intangible assets; and (iii) the assessment of the collectability of receivables, including deferred rent receivables. Longer estimated holding periods for real estate assets directly reduce the likelihood of recording an impairment loss. If there is a change in the strategy for an asset or if market conditions dictate an earlier sale date, an impairment loss may be recognized, and such loss could be material.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform ("Topic 848"). Topic 848 contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. The guidance in Topic 848 is optional and may be elected over the period of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022 as reference rate reform activities occur. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients that allows us to (i) continue to amortize previously deferred gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to terminated hedges into earnings in accordance with the underlying hedged forecasted transactions, (ii) modify loan agreements to replace the reference rate without treating the change as a contract modification and (iii) modify the reference rate of the hedging instruments without it being considered a change in critical terms requiring redesignation. We have elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients related to (i) the assertion that our hedged forecasted transactions remain probable and (ii) the assessments of effectiveness for future London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") indexed cash flows to assume that the index upon which future hedged transactions will be based matches the index on the corresponding derivatives. Application of these expedients preserves the past presentation of our derivatives. We will continue to evaluate the impact of the guidance and may apply other elections, as applicable.