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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2023
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Abstract]  
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities Investments in Unconsolidated EntitiesWe have investments in various unconsolidated entities and our ownership interest in these investments ranges from 5.0% to 50%. These entities are structured as joint ventures and either: (i) develop land for the joint venture participants and for sale to outside builders (“Land Development Joint Ventures”); (ii) develop for-sale homes (“Home Building Joint Ventures”); (iii) develop luxury for-rent residential apartments and single family homes, commercial space, and a hotel (“Rental Property Joint Ventures”); or (iv) provide financing and land banking to residential builders and developers for the acquisition and development of land and home sites (“Gibraltar Joint Ventures”).
The table below provides information as of July 31, 2023, regarding active joint ventures that we are invested in, by joint venture category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Gibraltar
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of unconsolidated entities
16343365
Investment in unconsolidated entities (1)
$346,404 $66,367 $479,083 $8,509 $900,363 
Number of unconsolidated entities with funding commitments by the Company
92333
Company’s remaining funding commitment to unconsolidated entities (2)
$209,064 $— $124,166 $12,148 $345,378 
(1)    Our total investment includes $101.1 million related to 11 unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs and our maximum exposure to losses related to these VIEs is approximately $202.9 million as of July 31, 2023. Our ownership interest in such unconsolidated Joint Venture VIEs ranges from 20% to 50%.
(2)    Our remaining funding commitment includes approximately $107.9 million related to our unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs.
The table below provides information as of October 31, 2022, regarding active joint ventures that we are invested in, by joint venture category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Gibraltar
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of unconsolidated entities
15341463
Investment in unconsolidated entities (1)
$343,314 $49,385 $441,399 $18,216 $852,314 
Number of unconsolidated entities with funding commitments by the Company
911829
Company’s remaining funding commitment to unconsolidated entities (2)
$180,812 $20,072 $90,900 $12,533 $304,317 
(1)    Our total investment includes $100.2 million related to 13 unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs and our maximum exposure to losses related to these VIEs is approximately $200.0 million as of October 31, 2022. Our ownership interest in such unconsolidated Joint Venture VIEs ranges from 20% to 50%.
(2)    Our remaining funding commitment includes approximately $105.0 million related to our unconsolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs.
Certain joint ventures in which we have investments obtained debt financing to finance a portion of their activities. The table below provides information at July 31, 2023, regarding the debt financing obtained by category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of joint ventures with debt financing
1124053
Aggregate loan commitments$576,938 $219,650 $3,637,428 $4,434,016 
Amounts borrowed under loan commitments
$394,033 $103,271 $2,100,888 $2,598,192 
The table below provides information at October 31, 2022, regarding the debt financing obtained by category ($ amounts in thousands):
 Land
Development
Joint Ventures
Home Building
Joint Ventures
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
Total
Number of joint ventures with debt financing
1023547
Aggregate loan commitments$557,185 $219,650 $3,317,261 $4,094,096 
Amounts borrowed under loan commitments$444,306 $17,583 $1,774,567 $2,236,456 
More specific and/or recent information regarding our investments in, advances to, and future commitments to these entities is provided below.
New Joint Ventures
The table below provides information on joint ventures entered into during the nine-months ended July 31, 2023 ($ amounts in thousands):
Land Development Joint VenturesHome Building Joint VenturesRental Property Joint Ventures
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures entered into during the period1— 3
Investment balance at July 31, 2023$12,808 $— $7,096 
Number of consolidated joint ventures entered into during the period— 
Carrying value of consolidated joint ventures’ assets at July 31, 2023$— $5,000 $10,604 
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated joint ventures at July 31, 2023$— $835 $2,651 
The table below provides information on joint ventures entered into during the nine-months ended July 31, 2022 ($ amounts in thousands):
Land Development Joint VenturesRental Property Joint VenturesGibraltar Joint Ventures
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures entered into during the period311 
Investment balance at July 31, 2022$44,500 $118,600 $2,400 
Results of Operations and Intra-entity Transactions
From time to time, certain of our land development and rental property joint ventures sell assets to unrelated parties or to our joint venture partners. In the three and nine-month periods ended July 31, 2023, one of our joint ventures sold its assets and we recognized $35.0 million in “Income from unconsolidated entities” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2022, one of our joint ventures sold its assets and we recognized $21.0 million in “Income from unconsolidated entities” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
In the three-month periods ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, we purchased land from unconsolidated entities, principally related to our acquisition of lots from our Land Development Joint Ventures, totaling $25.7 million and $2.4 million, respectively. In the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, we purchased land from unconsolidated entities, principally related to our acquisition of lots from our Land Development Joint Ventures, totaling $94.8 million and $40.3 million, respectively. Our share of income from the lots we acquired was insignificant in each period. In the three-month period ended July 31, 2022, we sold land to unconsolidated entities, which principally involved land sales to our Rental Property Joint Ventures, totaling $159.7 million. No similar land sales to our Rental Property Joint Ventures occurred during the the three months ended July 31, 2023. In the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, we sold land to unconsolidated entities, which principally involved land sales to our Rental Property Joint Ventures, totaling $8.2 million and $311.5 million, respectively. These amounts are included in “Land sales and other revenue” on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and are generally sold at or near our land basis.
Guarantees
The unconsolidated entities in which we have investments generally finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In some instances, we have guaranteed portions of the debt of unconsolidated entities. These guarantees may include any or all of the following: (i) project completion guarantees, including any cost overruns; (ii) repayment guarantees, generally covering a percentage of the outstanding loan; (iii) carry cost guarantees, which cover costs such as interest, real estate taxes, and insurance; (iv) an environmental indemnity provided to the lender that holds the lender harmless from and against losses arising from the discharge of hazardous materials from the property and non-compliance with applicable environmental laws; and (v) indemnification of the lender from “bad boy acts” of the unconsolidated entity or its partners.
In some instances, we and our joint venture partner have provided joint and several guarantees in connection with loans to unconsolidated entities. In these situations, we generally seek to implement a reimbursement agreement with our partner that provides that neither party is responsible for more than its proportionate share or agreed upon share of the guarantee; however, we are not always successful. In addition, if the joint venture partner does not have adequate financial resources to meet its obligations under such a reimbursement agreement, we may be liable for more than our proportionate share.
We believe that, as of July 31, 2023, in the event we become legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of an obligation of an unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event, the collateral in such entity should be sufficient to repay a significant portion of the obligation. If it is not, we and our partners would need to contribute additional capital to the venture.
Information with respect to certain of the Company’s unconsolidated entities’ outstanding debt obligations, loan commitments and our guarantees thereon are as follows ($ amounts in thousands):
July 31, 2023October 31, 2022
Loan commitments in the aggregate$3,180,600 $2,858,800 
Our maximum estimated exposure under repayment and carry cost guarantees if the full amount of the debt obligations were borrowed (1)
$642,200 $597,800 
Debt obligations borrowed in the aggregate$1,505,900 $1,110,900 
Our maximum estimated exposure under repayment and carry cost guarantees of the debt obligations borrowed$509,800 $390,500 
Estimated fair value of guarantees provided by us related to debt and other obligations$18,500 $16,900 
Terms of guarantees
1 month -
3.9 years
1 month -
3.7 years
(1)    At July 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022, our maximum estimated exposure under repayment and carry cost guarantees includes approximately $95.0 million related to our unconsolidated Joint Venture VIEs.

The maximum exposure estimates presented above do not take into account any recoveries from the underlying collateral or any reimbursement from our partners. In addition, they do not include any potential exposures related to project completion guarantees or the indemnities noted above, which are not estimable. We have not made payments under any of the outstanding guarantees, nor have we been called upon to do so.
Variable Interest Entities

We have both unconsolidated and consolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs. Information regarding our involvement in unconsolidated joint-venture related variable interests in VIEs has been disclosed throughout information presented above.

The table below provides information as of July 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022, regarding our consolidated joint venture-related variable interests in VIEs ($ amounts in thousands):
Balance Sheet ClassificationJuly 31,
2023
October 31,
2022
Number of Joint Venture VIEs that the Company is the primary beneficiary and consolidates
Carrying value of consolidated VIEs assetsInventory and investments in unconsolidated entities$89,700 $81,300 
Our partners’ interests in consolidated VIEsNoncontrolling interest$11,300 $9,700 
Our ownership interest in the above consolidated Joint Venture VIEs ranges from 75% to 98%.
As shown above, we are the primary beneficiary of certain VIEs due to our controlling financial interest in such ventures as we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the joint ventures’ performance and the obligation to absorb expected losses or receive benefits from the joint ventures. The assets of these VIEs can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs. In addition, in certain of the joint ventures, in the event additional contributions are required to be funded to the joint ventures prior to the admission of any additional investor at a future date, we will fund 100% of such contributions, including our partner’s pro rata share, which we expect would be funded through an interest-bearing loan. For other VIEs, we are not the primary beneficiary because the power to direct the activities of such VIEs that most significantly impact their performance was either shared by us and such VIE’s other partners or such activities were controlled by our partner. For VIEs where the power to direct significant activities is shared, business plans, budgets, and other major decisions are required to be unanimously approved by all partners. Management and other fees earned by us are nominal and believed to be at market rates, and there is no significant economic disproportionality between us and other partners.
Joint Venture Condensed Combined Financial Information
The Condensed Combined Balance Sheets, as of the dates indicated, and the Condensed Combined Statements of Operations, for the periods indicated, for the unconsolidated entities in which we have an investment are included below (in thousands):
Condensed Combined Balance Sheets:
 July 31,
2023
October 31,
2022
Cash and cash equivalents$155,474 $254,884 
Inventory1,316,961 1,256,215 
Loans receivable – net17,024 48,217 
Rental properties2,045,502 1,702,690 
Rental properties under development1,571,296 1,413,607 
Other assets384,604 305,250 
Total assets$5,490,861 $4,980,863 
Debt – net of deferred financing costs$2,590,381 $2,248,754 
Other liabilities469,411 399,818 
Partners’ equity2,431,069 2,332,291 
Total liabilities and equity$5,490,861 $4,980,863 
Company’s net investment in unconsolidated entities (1)
$900,363 $852,314 
(1)    Our underlying equity in the net assets of the unconsolidated entities was less than our net investment in unconsolidated entities by $28.4 million and $18.5 million as of July 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022, respectively, and these differences are primarily a result of distributions from entities in excess of the carrying amount of our net investment; unrealized gains on our retained joint venture interests; interest capitalized on our investments; other than temporary impairments we have recognized; gains recognized from the sale of our ownership interests; and the estimated fair value of the guarantees provided to the joint ventures.
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations:
 Three months ended July 31,Nine months ended July 31,
 2023202220232022
Revenues$186,669 $114,542 $429,647 $401,065 
Cost of revenues124,414 60,566 266,593 256,256 
Other expenses67,195 45,967 187,336 128,742 
Total expenses191,609 106,533 453,929 384,998 
Loss on disposition of loans and real estate owned— — — (113)
(Loss) income from operations(4,940)8,009 (24,282)15,954 
Other income (2)
79,857 3,919 76,251 44,156 
Income before income taxes74,917 11,928 51,969 60,110 
Income tax expense1,195 37 1,030 194 
Net income73,722 11,891 50,939 59,916 
Company’s income from unconsolidated entities (3)
$30,548 $2,984 $20,813 $27,954 
(2)    The three and nine months ended July 31, 2023 includes gains of $78.8 million related to the sale of assets by one of our Rental Property Joint Ventures. The nine months ended July 31, 2022 includes gains of $29.9 million related to the sale of assets by one of our Rental Property Joint Ventures.
(3)    Differences between our (loss) income from unconsolidated entities and the underlying net (loss) income of the entities are primarily a result of distributions from entities in excess of the carrying amount of our investment; promote earned on the gains recognized by joint ventures and those promoted cash flows being distributed; other than temporary impairments we have recognized; recoveries of previously incurred charges; unrealized gains on our retained joint venture interests; gains recognized from the sale of our investment to our joint venture partner; and our share of the entities’ profits related to home sites purchased by us which reduces our cost basis of the home sites acquired.