REAL ESTATE SOLD AND HELD FOR SALE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Real Estate Sold and Held For Sale and Discontinued Operations

REAL ESTATE SOLD AND HELD FOR SALE

The Company considers a real estate property to be held for sale when it meets the criteria established under ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, including when it is probable that the property will be sold within a year. Real estate properties held for sale are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less estimated costs to sell and are not depreciated while they are held for sale. The Company did not classify any properties as held for sale as of March 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owned one operating property that was classified as held for sale on the December 31, 2021 Consolidated Balance Sheet. The property was sold, and a gain on the sale was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2022.

In accordance with FASB ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360), Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, the Company would report a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component or group of components meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale or when the component or group of components is disposed of by sale or other than by sale. In addition, the Company would provide additional disclosures about both discontinued operations and the disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations presentation in the financial statements. EastGroup performs an analysis of properties sold to determine whether the sales qualify for discontinued operations presentation.

The Company sold operating properties during the three months ended March 31, 2022, as shown in the table below. The results of operations and gains and losses on sales for the properties sold are reported in continuing operations on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. The gains and losses on sales are included in Gain on sales of real estate investments. The Company did not consider its sales in 2022 to be disposals of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity representing a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the entity’s operations and financial results.

A summary of Gain on sales of real estate investments for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 follows:

REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES SOLD	Location	Size	Date Sold	Net Sales Price		Basis	Recognized Gain
		(In square feet)		(In thousands)
2022
Metro Business Park	Phoenix, AZ	189,000	01/06/2022	$	32,851	5,880	26,971
Cypress Creek Business Park (1)	Fort Lauderdale, FL	56,000	03/31/2022	5,282		1,901	3,381
Total for 2022		245,000		$	38,133	7,781	30,352
2021
Jetport Commerce Park	Tampa, FL	284,000	11/09/2021	$	44,260	5,401	38,859

(1)    Cypress Creek Business Park is located on a ground lease. In conjunction with the sale of the property, the Company fully amortized the associated right-of-use asset and liability of $1,745,000.

The Company had no sales during the three months ended March 31, 2021.