Note 4 - Investments In and Advances to Real Estate Joint Ventures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Investments and Advances In Real Estate Joint Ventures [Text Block]

4. Investments in and Advances to Real Estate Joint Ventures

The Company has investments in and advances to various real estate joint ventures. These joint ventures are engaged primarily in the operation of shopping centers which are either owned or held under long-term operating leases. The Company and the joint venture partners have joint approval rights for major decisions, including those regarding property operations. As such, the Company holds noncontrolling interests in these joint ventures and accounts for them under the equity method of accounting.

The table below presents joint venture investments for which the Company held an ownership interest at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (dollars in millions):

	Ownership	The Company’s Investment
Joint Venture	Interest	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Prudential Investment Program (1)	15.0%	$	169.6	$	169.5
Kimco Income Opportunity Portfolio (“KIR”) (1)	48.6%		177.7		175.0
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP”) (1)	55.0%		156.6		151.7
Other Joint Venture Programs	Various		81.7		81.9
Total*		$	585.6	$	578.1

* Representing 98 property interests and 21.3 million square feet of GLA, as of both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

(1) The Company manages these joint venture investments and, where applicable, earns property management fees, construction management fees, property acquisition and disposition fees, leasing management fees and asset management fees.

The table below presents the Company’s share of net income for the above investments which is included in Equity in income of joint ventures, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Joint Venture	2020		2019
Prudential Investment Program	$	2.6	$	2.9
KIR		9.8		14.5
CPP		1.0		1.4
Other Joint Venture Programs		0.2		-
Total	$	13.6	$	18.8

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, certain of the Company’s real estate joint ventures disposed of four operating properties, in separate transactions, for an aggregate sales price of $54.5 million. These transactions resulted in an aggregate net gain to the Company of $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The table below presents debt balances within the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture investments for which the Company held noncontrolling ownership interests at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (dollars in millions):

	As of March 31, 2020							As of December 31, 2019
Joint Venture	Mortgages and Notes Payable, Net		Weighted Average Interest Rate			Weighted Average Remaining Term (months)*		Mortgages and Notes Payable, Net		Weighted Average Interest Rate			Weighted Average Remaining Term (months)*
Prudential Investment Program	$	537.0		2.91	%		43.8	$	538.1		3.46	%		46.8
KIR		561.4		4.15	%		32.0		556.0		4.39	%		28.4
CPP		84.9		3.25	%		39.0		84.8		3.25	%		42.0
Other Joint Venture Programs		414.4		3.62	%		78.5		415.2		3.87	%		80.9
Total	$	1,597.7						$	1,594.1

* Includes extension options