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Variable Interest Entities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary, Does Not Hold Majority Voting Interest, Disclosures [Abstract]  
Variable Interest Entities

15. Variable Interest Entities

 

The Company consolidates certain VIEs in which it has determined it is the primary beneficiary. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had identified nine consolidated VIEs, including the Operating Partnership and the Funds.

 

Excluding the Operating Partnership and the Funds, the Company’s consolidated VIEs include four in-service Core Portfolio properties: the Williamsburg Portfolio, 239 Greenwich Avenue, 8833 Beverly Boulevard, and the Renaissance Portfolio.

 

The Operating Partnership is considered a VIE because the limited partners lack substantive kick-out or participating rights. The Company is deemed the primary beneficiary of each consolidated VIE because it: (i) has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, and (ii) has the obligation to absorb the losses or right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The interest of third parties in these consolidated VIEs are presented as noncontrolling interests or redeemable noncontrolling interests in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and in Note 10.

 

The operations of these VIEs are primarily funded through fees earned from investment activities or cash flows generated from the underlying properties. The Company has not provided financial support to any of these VIEs beyond its existing contractual obligations, which primarily include funding capital commitments, capital expenditures necessary to maintain operations, and covering any operating cash shortfalls.

 

Since the Company conducts its business through the Operating Partnership and substantially all of its assets and liabilities are held by the Operating Partnership, the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, primarily reflect the assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership, including those of its consolidated VIEs. The following table presents the assets and liabilities of the consolidated VIEs included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets (in thousands):

 

(in thousands)

 

June 30, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

VIE ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating real estate, net

 

$

1,828,630

 

 

$

1,640,071

 

Real estate under development

 

 

33,168

 

 

 

31,514

 

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates

 

 

64,429

 

 

 

74,361

 

Other assets, net

 

 

88,623

 

 

 

79,381

 

Right-of-use assets - operating leases, net

 

 

1,752

 

 

 

1,978

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

28,215

 

 

 

15,934

 

Restricted cash

 

 

13,784

 

 

 

11,013

 

Rents receivable, net

 

 

27,964

 

 

 

27,317

 

Total VIE assets (a)

 

$

2,086,565

 

 

$

1,881,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIE LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage and other notes payable, net

 

$

904,487

 

 

$

799,734

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

 

130,004

 

 

 

120,088

 

Lease liability - operating leases, net

 

 

1,843

 

 

 

2,077

 

Total VIE liabilities (a)

 

$

1,036,334

 

 

$

921,899

 

(a)
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, total VIE assets of $670.4 million and $705.6 million, respectively, and total VIE liabilities of $235.8 million and $235.1 million, respectively, include third-party mortgage debt collateralized by the real estate assets of City Point, a Fund II property, and 27 East 61st Street, 801 Madison Avenue, and 1035 Third Avenue, all Fund IV properties, of which $72.5 million is guaranteed by the Operating Partnership (Note 9). The remaining VIE assets are generally encumbered by third-party non-recourse mortgage debt and serve as collateral under the respective property mortgage loans. These assets are restricted and may only be used to settle the corresponding obligations of the VIEs. Similarly, the remaining VIE liabilities are obligations of these consolidated VIEs and do not have recourse to the Operating Partnership or the Company.

 

Unconsolidated VIEs

 

The Company holds variable interests in certain entities that are considered VIEs but are not consolidated because the Company is not the primary beneficiary. Although the Company may be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of these entities, it does not have unilateral power over the activities that, when taken together, most significantly impact the respective VIE’s economic performance. As such, the Company does not meet the criteria for consolidation.

 

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had interests in two unconsolidated VIEs: 1238 Wisconsin Avenue and the Georgetown Portfolio. The Company’s involvement in these entities consists of direct and indirect equity interests and contractual fee arrangements. These investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting (Note 4). The Company’s maximum exposure to loss in these unconsolidated VIEs is limited to: (i) the carrying amount of its equity investment, and (ii) any debt guarantees provided (Note 9). As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s investment in the assets of these unconsolidated VIEs was $43.1 million and $44.2 million, respectively. The Company’s share of the liabilities of these unconsolidated VIEs was $39.0 million and $39.1 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

 

The Company also holds a preferred equity investment in a VIE that is structured with characteristics that are substantially similar to a debt instrument and is accounted for as a note receivable. The Company is not the primary beneficiary as it does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, and therefore does not consolidate the VIE. As of June 30, 2025, the carrying value of the investment was $82.9 million, which represents the Company’s maximum exposure to loss related to this VIE.