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Real Estate Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Real Estate Transactions [Abstract]  
Real Estate Transactions NOTE 5 – REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Discussed below are the real estate transactions affecting the presentation in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the profitability determination in our consolidated statements of income for the three years ended December 31, 2020:

Real Estate Landholding Held for Sale during the Reporting Period

As of December 31, 2020, we classified our landholdings at Coachella, California, and Manukau, New Zealand as held for sale. Both landholdings are part of our Real Estate operating segment.

Coachella, California

Shadow View Land and Farming LLC, a 50% non-controlling interest of which we are the Manager, owns certain non-income producing land at Coachella, California. As detailed at Note 21 – Related Parties, the Audit and Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors is charged with overseeing our Management Shadow View Land and Farming.

In December 2020, we classified the non-income producing land at Coachella as held for sale as part of our strategy to monetize certain real estate assets in order to provide the necessary cash to support our Company during the period affected by COVID-19. This disposal unit, which consists of land and certain improvements to that land, was transferred to Land Held for Sale at its book value of $4.5 million, being the lower of cost and fair value less costs to sell. No adjustments to the book value of this asset were required. The sale of this land was completed on March 5, 2021 for $11.0 million. As a 50% member in Shadow View Land & Farming LLC, the Company received 50% of the sale proceeds. These actions were approved by Shadow View Land and Farming LLC and the Audit and Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors.

Manukau, New Zealand

In December 2020, we classified our non-income producing land at Manukau, New Zealand, as held for sale as part of our strategy to monetize real estate certain assets in order provide the necessary cash to support our Company during the period affected by COVID-19. This disposal unit, which consists of land and certain improvements to that land, was transferred to Land Held for Sale at its book value of $13.4 million, being the lower of cost and fair value less costs to sell. No adjustments to the book value of this asset were required. The sale of this land was completed on March 4, 2021, for NZ$77.2 million, of which NZ$1.0 million was received on February 23, 2021 and the balance of funds was received on March 4, 2021.

Real Estate Asset Groups Held for Sale after the Reporting Period

After December 31, 2020, but before these financial statements were issued, we classified our Auburn Redyard and Royal George Theatre properties, and their associated asset groups, as held for sale. The anticipated sales are expected to be concluded in or around the second quarter of 2021 and are consistent with our strategy to provide the Company with adequate cash flow during the period affected by COVID-19.

Real Estate Acquisitions

Exercise of Option to Acquire Ground Lessee’s Interest in Ground Lease and Improvements Constituting the Village East Cinema

On August 28, 2019, we exercised our option to acquire the ground lessee’s interest in the 13-year ground lease underlying and the real property assets constituent with our Village East Cinema in Manhattan. The purchase price under the option is $5.9 million. It was initially agreed that the transaction would close on or about May 31, 2021.

On March 12, 2020, we amended the original agreement to (i) extend the term of the Citadel Cinemas, Inc. lease with Sutton Hill to January 31, 2022 and extend the put option to December 4, 2021 and (ii) at SHC’s request, in connection with our deferral of the closing date for our acquisition of SHC’s interest in the Village East Cinema, the Company reinstated and extended until December 4, 2021 SHC’s right to put that interest to us. That put right had previously expired on December 4, 2019. We were advised by SHC that it wanted this reinstatement and extension in order to assure itself that, in the event of the non-performance by us of our current contractual obligation to close our purchase of the interest in the ground lease on or about the extended date of May 31, 2021, that it could (as, in effect, an additional remedy) exercise this reinstated and extended put right. We believe that the reinstatement and extension of this put right is immaterial to our Company, since we have in fact already exercised our option, are in fact under contract with SHC to acquire SHC’s interest in the Village East Cinema and have every intention of completing that acquisition. On March 29, 2021, we extended this closing date to January 1, 2023.