Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]

Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]

A summary of our consolidated VIEs is as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2016		2015
Assets Held by VIEs ⁽¹⁾	$	504,293	$	289,558
Assets Held as Collateral for Debt ⁽²⁾	46,136		57,735
Maximum Risk of Loss ⁽²⁾	29,784		37,178

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(1)	Upon adoption of ASU No. 2015-02, "Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis," prior year's amount was made to conform to the current year presentation. See Note 2 for additional information.


(2)	Represents the amount of debt and related assets held as collateral associated with the bottom dollar guaranty at one real estate joint venture.

Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]

Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]

Summary Of Variable Interest Entities

A summary of our unconsolidated VIEs is as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2016		2015
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships, net ^{(1) (2)}	$	886	$	10,497
Maximum Risk of Loss ⁽³⁾	34,000		10,992

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(1)	The carrying amount of the investment represents our contributions to the real estate joint ventures, net of any distributions made and our portion of the equity in earnings of the joint ventures.


(2)	As of December 31, 2016, the carrying amount of the investment for one VIE is $(9) million, which is included in Other Liabilities and results from the distribution of proceeds from the issuance of debt.


(3)	The maximum risk of loss has been determined to be limited to our debt exposure for the real estate joint ventures.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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