Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Business Overview

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the “Company”) is a real estate investment trust ("REIT") that owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The Company had gross investments of approximately $3.8 billion in 201 real estate properties, construction in progress, land held for development and corporate property as of December 31, 2017. The Company’s 201 owned real estate properties are located in 27 states and total approximately 14.6 million square feet. The Company provided property management services to approximately 11.5 million square feet nationwide. Square footage and property count disclosures in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are unaudited.

Principles of Consolidation

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures, partnerships and consolidated variable interest entities (“VIE”) where the Company controls the operating activities of the VIE.

In accordance with the consolidation accounting standards, the Company must evaluate each contractual relationship it has with its lessees, borrowers, or others to determine whether or not the contractual arrangement creates a variable interest in those entities. If the Company determines that it has a variable interest and the entity is a VIE, then management must determine whether or not the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, resulting in consolidation of the VIE if the Company is the primary beneficiary. A primary beneficiary has the power to direct those activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance and has the obligation to absorb the losses of, or receive the benefits from, the VIE. The Company had no VIEs as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

The Company's investments in its unconsolidated joint ventures are included in other assets and the related equity income is recognized in other income (expense) on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 7 for additional information.

All significant intercompany accounts, transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Use of Estimates in the Consolidated Financial Statements

Preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Company owns, leases, acquires, manages, finances, develops and redevelops outpatient and other healthcare-related properties. The Company is managed as one reporting unit, rather than multiple reporting units, for internal reporting purposes and for internal decision-making. Therefore, the Company discloses its operating results in a single reportable segment.

Real Estate Properties

Real estate properties are recorded at cost or at fair value if acquired in a transaction that is a business combination under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations. Cost or fair value at the time of acquisition is allocated among land, buildings, tenant improvements, lease and other intangibles, and personal property as applicable. The Company’s gross real estate assets, on a financial reporting basis, totaled approximately $3.8 billion as of December 31, 2017 and $3.6 billion as of December 31, 2016.

During 2017 and 2016, the Company eliminated against accumulated depreciation approximately $10.2 million and $6.7 million, respectively, of fully amortized real estate intangibles that were initially recorded as a component of certain real estate acquisitions. Also during 2017 and 2016, approximately $2.6 million and $0.1 million of fully depreciated tenant and capital improvements that were no longer in service were eliminated against accumulated depreciation.

Depreciation expense for the three years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 was $129.4 million, $116.5 million and $106.5 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and liabilities in place as of December 31, 2017, is provided for on a straight-line basis over the asset’s estimated useful life:



Land improvements	5.0 to 39.0 years
Buildings and improvements	3.3 to 39.0 years
Lease intangibles (including ground lease intangibles)	2.1 to 99.0 years
Personal property	2.8 to 20.0 years

The Company capitalizes direct costs, including costs such as construction costs and professional services, and indirect costs, including capitalized interest and overhead costs, associated with the development and construction of real estate assets while substantive activities are ongoing to prepare the assets for their intended use. Capitalized interest cost is calculated using the weighted average interest rate of the Company's unsecured debt or the interest rate on project specific debt, if applicable. The Company continues to capitalize interest on the unoccupied portion of the properties in stabilization for up to one year after the buildings have been placed into service, at which time the capitalization of interest must cease.

Land Held for Development

Land held for development includes parcels of land owned by the Company, upon which the Company intends to develop and own outpatient healthcare facilities. The Company’s investment in six parcels of land held for development located adjacent to certain of the Company's existing medical office buildings in Texas, Iowa and Tennessee totaled approximately $20.1 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Asset Impairment

The Company assesses the potential for impairment of identifiable, definite-lived, intangible assets and long-lived assets, including real estate properties, whenever events occur or a change in circumstances indicates that the carrying value might not be fully recoverable. Indicators of impairment may include significant underperformance of an asset relative to historical or expected operating results; significant changes in the Company’s use of assets or the strategy for its overall business; plans to sell an asset before its depreciable life has ended; the expiration of a significant portion of leases in a property; or significant negative economic trends or negative industry trends for the Company or its operators. In addition, the Company reviews for possible impairment, those assets subject to purchase options and those impacted by casualties, such as tornadoes and hurricanes. If management determines that the carrying value of the Company’s assets may not be fully recoverable based on the existence of any of the factors above, or others, management would measure and record an impairment charge based on the estimated fair value of the property or the estimated fair value less costs to sell the property.

Acquisitions of Real Estate Properties with In-Place Leases

Acquisitions of real estate properties with in-place leases are accounted for at relative fair value. When a building with in-place leases is acquired, the cost of the acquisition must be allocated between the tangible real estate assets "as-if-vacant" and the intangible real estate assets related to in-place leases based on their estimated fair values. Where appropriate, the intangible assets recorded could include goodwill or customer relationship assets. The values related to above- or below-market in-place lease intangibles are amortized over the remaining term of the leases upon acquisition to rental income where the Company is the lessor and to property operating expense where the Company is the lessee, and are amortized over the remaining term of the leases upon acquisition.

The Company considers whether any of the in-place lease rental rates are above- or below-market. An asset (if the actual rental rate is above-market) or a liability (if the actual rental rate is below-market) is calculated and recorded in an amount equal to the present value of the future cash flows that represent the difference between the actual lease rate and the average market rate. If an in-place lease is identified as a below-market rental rate, the Company would also evaluate any renewal options associated with that lease to determine if the intangible should include those periods.

The Company also estimates an absorption period, which can vary by property, assuming the building is vacant and must be leased up to the actual level of occupancy when acquired. During that absorption period, the owner would incur direct costs, such as tenant improvements, and would suffer lost rental income. Likewise, the owner would have acquired a measurable asset in that, assuming the building was vacant, certain fixed costs would be avoided because the actual in-place lessees would reimburse a certain portion of fixed costs through expense reimbursements during the absorption period.

All of these intangible assets (above- or below-market lease, tenant improvement costs avoided, leasing costs avoided, rental income lost, and expenses recovered through in-place lessee reimbursements) are estimated and recorded in amounts equal to the present value of estimated future cash flows. The actual purchase price is allocated based on the various asset fair values described above.

The building and tenant improvement components of the purchase price are depreciated over the estimated useful life of the building or the weighted average remaining term of the in-places leases. The at-market, in-place lease intangibles are amortized to amortization expense over the weighted average remaining term of the leases, customer relationship assets are amortized to amortization expense over terms applicable to each acquisition, and any goodwill recorded would be reviewed for impairment at least annually.

The fair values of at-market in-place lease and other intangible assets are amortized and reflected in amortization expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. See Note 8 for more details on the Company’s intangible assets.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. In calculating fair value, a company must maximize the use of observable market inputs, minimize the use of unobservable market inputs and disclose in the form of an outlined hierarchy the details of such fair value measurements.

A hierarchy of valuation techniques is defined to determine whether the inputs to a fair value measurement are considered to be observable or unobservable in a marketplace. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. This hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available. These inputs have created the following fair value hierarchy:


•	Level 1 – quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;


•	Level 2 – quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and


•	Level 3 – fair value measurements derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

Executed purchase and sale agreements, that are binding agreements, are categorized as level one inputs. Brokerage estimates, letters of intent, or unexecuted purchase and sale agreements are considered to be level three as they are nonbinding in nature.

During 2017, in connection with the sale of a medical office building, the Company recorded an impairment charge in continuing operations of approximately $5.1 million based on the contractual sales price, a level one input. The Company used level one inputs to record an impairment charge in continuing operations of approximately $0.3 million related to another property sold during 2017, reducing the Company's carrying value to the estimated fair value of the property less costs to sell prior to sale.

Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments are recorded at fair value on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets as other assets or other liabilities. The valuation of derivative instruments requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the fair value of the instruments. Fair values of derivatives are estimated by pricing models that consider the forward yield curves and discount rates. The fair value of the Company's forward starting interest rate swap contracts are estimated by pricing models that consider foreign trade rates and discount rates. Such amounts and the recognition of such amounts are subject to significant estimates that may change in the future. For derivatives designated in qualifying cash flow hedging relationships, the change in fair value of the effective portion of the derivatives is recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Gains and losses are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings once the underlying hedged transaction is recognized in earnings. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had $1.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to forward starting interest rate swaps entered into and settled during 2015 and a hedge of the Company's variable rate debt. See Note 10 for additional information.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents includes short-term investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Restricted cash includes cash held in escrow in connection with proceeds from the sales of certain real estate properties. The carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short term maturity of these investments. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets with the same amounts shown on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:



	December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2017		2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,215	$	5,409
Restricted cash	—		49,098
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	6,215	$	54,507

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Credit Losses

Accounts Receivable

Management monitors the aging and collectibility of its accounts receivable balances on an ongoing basis. Whenever deterioration in the timeliness of payment from a tenant or sponsoring health system is noted, management investigates and determines the reason or reasons for the delay. Considering all information gathered, management’s judgment is exercised in determining whether a receivable is potentially uncollectible and, if so, how much or what percentage may be uncollectible. Among the factors management considers in determining collectibility are: the type of contractual arrangement under which the receivable was recorded (e.g., a triple net lease, a gross lease, a property operating agreement, or some other type of agreement); the tenant’s reason for slow payment; industry influences under which the tenant operates; evidence of willingness and ability of the tenant to pay the receivable; credit-worthiness of the tenant; collateral, security deposit, letters of credit or other monies held as security; tenant’s historical payment pattern; other contractual agreements between the tenant and the Company; relationship between the tenant and the Company; the state in which the tenant operates; and the existence of a guarantor and the willingness and ability of the guarantor to pay the receivable. Considering these factors and others, management concludes whether all or some of the aged receivable balance is likely uncollectible. Upon determining that some portion of the receivable is likely uncollectible, the Company records a provision for bad debts for the amount it expects will be uncollectible. When efforts to collect a receivable are exhausted, the receivable amount is charged off against the allowance. The Company does not hold any accounts receivable for sale.

Mortgage Notes

The Company had no mortgage notes receivable outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and no allowances were recorded on mortgage notes receivables during 2017 or 2016. The Company evaluates collectibility of any mortgage notes and records allowances on the notes as necessary. A loan is impaired when it is probable that a creditor will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan as scheduled, including both contractual interest and principal payments. This assessment also includes an evaluation of the loan collateral. If a mortgage loan becomes past due, the Company will review the specific circumstances and may discontinue the accrual of interest on the loan. The loan is not returned to accrual status until the debtor has demonstrated the ability to continue debt service in accordance with the contractual terms. Loans placed on non-accrual status will be accounted for either on a cash basis, in which income is recognized only upon receipt of cash, or on a cost-recovery basis, in which all cash receipts reduce the carrying value of the loan, based on the Company’s expectation of future collectibility.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized, but are tested at least annually for impairment. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their respective lives to their estimated residual values and are reviewed for impairment only when impairment indicators are present.

Identifiable intangible assets of the Company are comprised of enterprise goodwill, in-place lease intangible assets, customer relationship intangible assets, and deferred financing costs. In-place lease and customer relationship intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the applicable lives of the assets. Deferred financing costs are amortized over the term of the related credit facility or other debt instrument under the straight-line method, which approximates amortization under the effective interest method. Goodwill is not amortized but is evaluated annually as of December 31 for impairment. Both the 2017 and 2016 impairment evaluations indicated that no impairment had occurred with respect to the $3.5 million goodwill asset. See Note 8 for more detail on the Company’s intangible assets.

Contingent Liabilities

From time to time, the Company may be subject to loss contingencies arising from legal proceedings and similar matters. Additionally, while the Company maintains comprehensive liability and property insurance with respect to each of its properties, the Company may be exposed to unforeseen losses related to uninsured or underinsured damages.

The Company continually monitors any matters that may present a contingent liability, and, on a quarterly basis, management reviews the Company’s reserves and accruals in relation to each of them, adjusting provisions as necessary in view of changes in available information. Liabilities for contingencies are first recorded when a loss is determined to be both probable and can be reasonably estimated. Changes in estimates regarding the exposure to a contingent loss are reflected as adjustments to the related liability in the periods when they occur.

Because of uncertainties inherent in the estimation of contingent liabilities, it is possible that the Company’s provision for contingent losses could change materially in the near term. To the extent that any significant losses, in addition to amounts recognized, are at least reasonably possible, such amounts will be disclosed in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has various employee and director stock-based awards outstanding. These awards include non-vested common stock and options to purchase common stock granted to employees pursuant to the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and its predecessor plans (the “2015 Incentive Plan”) and the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Employee Stock Purchase Plan”). The Company recognizes share-based payments to employees and directors in the Consolidated Statements of Income on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period based on the fair value of the award on the measurement date.

The Employee Stock Purchase Plan features a “look-back” provision which enables the employee to purchase a fixed number of common shares at the lesser of 85% of the market price on the date of grant or 85% of the market price on the date of exercise, with optional purchase dates occurring once each quarter for 27 months. The Company accounts for awards to its employees under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan based on fair value, using the Black-Scholes model, and generally recognizes expense over the award’s vesting period, net of estimated forfeitures. Since the options granted under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan immediately vest, the Company records compensation expense for those options when they are granted in the first quarter of each year and then may record additional compensation expense in subsequent quarters as warranted. In each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized in general and administrative expenses approximately $0.2 million of compensation expense related to the annual grant of options to its employees to purchase shares under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

See Note 13 for details on the Company’s stock-based awards.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Certain items must be included in comprehensive income, including items such as foreign currency translation adjustments, minimum pension liability adjustments, derivative instruments and unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities. The Company’s accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of December 31, 2017 consists of the loss for changes in the fair value of active derivatives designated as cash flow hedges and the loss on the unamortized settlement of four forward starting swaps. As of December 31, 2016, the Company's accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consisted only of the loss on the unamortized settlement of four forward starting swaps. See Note 10 for more details on the Company's derivative financial instruments.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when it is realized or realizable and earned. There are four criteria that must all be met before a Company may recognize revenue, including that persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered (i.e., the tenant has taken possession of and controls the physical use of the leased asset), the price has been fixed or is determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured. Income received but not yet earned is deferred until such time it is earned. Deferred revenue, included in other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $36.0 million and $32.4 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 which includes deferred tenant improvement reimbursements of $20.1 million and $20.6 million, respectively, which will be recognized as revenue over the life of each respective lease.

The Company derives most of its revenues from its real estate property portfolio. The Company’s rental and mortgage interest income is recognized based on contractual arrangements with its tenants, sponsoring health systems or borrowers. These contractual arrangements fall into three categories: leases, mortgage notes receivable, and property operating agreements as described in the following paragraphs. The Company may accrue late fees based on the contractual terms of a lease or note. Such fees, if accrued, are included in rental income or mortgage interest income on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, based on the type of contractual agreement.

Rental Income

Rental income related to non-cancelable operating leases is recognized as earned over the life of the lease agreements on a straight-line basis. The Company's lease agreements generally include provisions for stated annual increases or increases based on a Consumer Price Index ("CPI"). Rental income from properties under multi-tenant office lease arrangements and rental income from properties with single-tenant lease arrangements are included in rental income on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income. The components of rental income are as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2017		2016		2015
Property operating income	$	363,907	$	336,409	$	306,550
Single-tenant net lease	52,873		63,871		67,238
Straight-line rent	6,072		7,201		9,545
Rental income	$	422,852	$	407,481	$	383,333

Operating expense recoveries, included in property operating income, were approximately $73.4 million, $66.0 million and $58.9 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

Mortgage Interest Income

Interest income on the Company’s mortgage notes receivable is recognized based on the interest rates, maturity dates and amortization periods in accordance with each note agreement. The Company has no outstanding mortgage notes receivable as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. The Company amortizes any fees paid related to its mortgage notes receivable to mortgage interest income over the term of the loan on a straight-line basis which approximates amortization under the effective interest method.

Other Operating Income

Other operating income on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income was comprised of the following:



	Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2017		2016		2015
Property lease guaranty revenue	$	726	$	3,058	$	3,890
Interest income	361		473		579
Management fee income	276		369		370
Other	284		249		208
	$	1,647	$	4,149	$	5,047

One, two and five of the Company’s owned real estate properties as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, were covered under property operating agreements between the Company and a sponsoring health system, which contractually obligate the sponsoring health system to provide to the Company a minimum return on the Company’s investment in the property in exchange for the right to be involved in the operating decisions of the property, including tenancy. If the minimum return is not achieved through normal operations of the property, the Company calculates and accrues to property lease guaranty revenue, each quarter, any shortfalls due from the sponsoring health systems under the terms of the property operating agreement.

Interest income generally relates to interest on tenant improvement reimbursements as defined in each note or lease agreement.

Management fees for property management services provided to third parties are generally calculated, accrued and billed monthly based on a percentage of cash collections of tenant receivables for the month or a stated amount per square foot. Internal management fee income, where the Company manages its owned properties, is eliminated in consolidation.

Federal Income Taxes

No provision has been made for federal income taxes. The Company intends at all times to qualify as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company must distribute at least 90% per annum of its real estate investment trust taxable income to its stockholders and meet other requirements to continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust. See Note 16 for further discussion.

The Company classifies interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions, if any, in the Consolidated Financial Statements as a component of general and administrative expenses. No such amounts were recognized during the three years ended December 31, 2017.

Federal tax returns for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 are currently subject to examination by taxing authorities.

State Income Taxes

The Company must pay certain state income taxes and the provisions for such taxes are generally included in general and administrative expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. See Note 16 for further discussion.

Sales and Use Taxes

The Company must pay sales and use taxes to certain state tax authorities based on rents collected from tenants in properties located in those states. The Company is generally reimbursed for these taxes by the tenant. The Company accounts for the payments to the taxing authority and subsequent reimbursement from the tenant on a net basis in revenues in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

Discontinued Operations

The Company sells properties from time to time due to a variety of factors, including among other things, market conditions or the exercise of purchase options by tenants. The Company does not expect these dispositions to meet the amended definition of a discontinued operation as defined in Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-08, "Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity." The Company adopted ASU No. 2014-08 on a prospective basis beginning January 1, 2015 which excluded properties previously in discontinued operations prior to adoption. However, if a sale were to meet the amended definition representing a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results, the operating results of the properties that have been sold or are held for sale will be reported as discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for all periods presented.

Assets Held for Sale

Long-lived assets held for sale are reported at the lower of their carrying amount or their fair value less cost to sell estimate. Further, depreciation of these assets ceases at the time the assets are classified as held for sale. Losses resulting from the sale of such properties are characterized as impairment losses in the Consolidated Statements of Income. See Note 5 for more detail on discontinued operations and assets held for sale.

Earnings per Share

The Company uses the two-class method of computing net earnings per common share. Earnings per common share is calculated by considering share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents as participating securities. Undistributed earnings (excess net income over dividend payments) are allocated on a prorata basis to common shareholders and restricted shareholders. Undistributed losses (dividends in excess of net income) do not get allocated to restricted stockholders as they do not have the contractual obligation to share in losses. The amount of undistributed losses that applies to the restricted stockholders is allocated to the common stockholder.

Basic earnings per common share is calculated using weighted average shares outstanding less issued and outstanding non-vested shares of common stock. Diluted earnings per common share is calculated using weighted average shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of the outstanding stock options from the Employee Stock Purchase Plan using the treasury stock method and the average stock price during the period. See Note 14 for the calculations of earnings per share.

Reclassifications

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

Certain reclassifications have been made on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company reclassified acquisition and pursuit costs from the general and administrative line item to a separate line item. The acquisition and pursuit costs line item includes direct third party and travel costs related to the Company's pursuit of acquisitions and developments. In addition, the Company combined the line items labeled depreciation and amortization into one line item. These reclassifications are as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2016				2015
(in thousands)	As Previously Reported		As Reclassified		As Previously Reported		As Reclassified
General and administrative	$	35,805	$	31,309	$	26,925	$	24,716
Acquisition and pursuit costs	—		4,496		—		2,209
Total	$	35,805	$	35,805	$	26,925	$	26,925

Depreciation	$	116,483	$	—	$	106,530	$	—
Amortization	11,207		—		10,084		—
Depreciation and amortization	—		127,690		—		116,614
Total	$	127,690	$	127,690	$	116,614	$	116,614

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 and No. 2015-14

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers," a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard that supersedes most existing revenue recognition guidance, including sales of real estate. This standard's core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. However, leasing contracts, representing the major source of the Company's revenues, are not within the scope of the new standard and will continue to be accounted for under other standards.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606); Deferral of the Effective Date." This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017.

The Company adopted this standard by using the full retrospective adoption method beginning on January 1, 2018. The Company's revenue-producing contracts are primarily leases that are not within the scope of this standard. As a result, the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the timing and measurement of the Company's leasing revenues. The Company has identified that parking income, rental lease guaranty income and management fee income will be within the scope of Topic 606. However, these items were determined to have the same pattern of revenue recognition that the Company had historically recognized. The Company reclassified these amounts along with all other items that are accounted for within the scope of Topic 606 into the Other operating line item on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income. This line item historically contained the revenue associated with rental lease guaranty income, management fee income and other non-lease revenue. The Company reclassified parking income from rental income to other operating income.

The following table represents the impact of the adoption of this standard on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2017				2016
(in thousands)	As Reported		As Reclassified		As Previously Reported		As Reclassified
REVENUES
Rental income	$	422,852	$	416,727	$	407,481	$	401,989
Other operating	1,647		8,011		4,149		9,966
	$	424,499	$	424,738	$	411,630	$	411,955

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest and other income, net	$	896	$	658	$	375	$	50

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	$	23,096	$	23,096	$	85,756	$	85,756

Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases." For lessees, the new standard establishes a right-of-use ("ROU") model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The Company expects that all of the leases where the Company is the lessee will be recorded on the Company's balance sheet. See Note 15 for a discussion of leases where the Company is the lessee. For lessors, the new standard requires a lessor to classify leases as either sales-type, finance or operating. A lease will be treated as a sale if it transfers all of the risks and rewards, as well as control of the underlying asset, to the lessee. If risks and rewards are conveyed without the transfer of control, the lease is treated as financing. If the lessor doesn't convey risks and rewards or control, then the lease would be classified as an operating lease. The Company has historically only entered into operating leases.

The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years with early adoption permitted. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessors for sales-type, direct financing, and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Company is evaluating the impact from the adoption of this new standard on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments." This update is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring timelier recognition of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments that are not accounted for at fair value through net income, including loans held for investment, held-to-maturity debt securities, trade and other receivables, net investment in leases and other such commitments. This update requires that financial statement assets measured at an amortized cost and certain other financial instruments be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, through an allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis. This standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the initial stages of evaluating the impact from the adoption of this new standard on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-15

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments." This update clarifies whether the following items should be classified as operating, investing or financing in the statement of cash flows: (i) debt prepayments and extinguishment costs, (ii) settlement of zero-coupon debt, (iii) settlement of contingent consideration, (iv) insurance proceeds, (v) settlement of corporate-owned life insurance and bank-owned life insurance policies, (vi) distributions from equity method investees, (vii) beneficial interest in securitization transactions and (viii) receipts and payments with aspects of more than one class of cash flows.

This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted on a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2017. In connection with the adoption of this update, the Company elected to use the cumulative earnings approach to classify distributions when received related to the Company's equity method investments. There was not a material impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes resulting from the adoption of this standard. However, the Company made the following reclassification of accrued interest related to the early extinguishment of debt on its Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2015:



	Year Ended December 31, 2015
(in thousands)	As Previously Reported			As Reclassified
Cash flows used in financing activities	$	(94,010	)	$	(87,618	)

Cash flows provided by operating activities	$	160,375		$	153,983

Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, "Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business." This update modifies the requirements to meet the definition of a business under Topic 805, "Business Combinations." The amendments provide a screen to determine when an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. The Company believes that this amendment will result in most of its real estate acquisitions being accounted for as asset acquisitions rather than business combinations. This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2017 and has accounted for acquisitions that occurred during the year as asset acquisitions. The impact to the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes as a result of the adoption of this standard is primarily related to the difference in the accounting of acquisition costs. When accounting for these costs as a part of an asset acquisition, the Company will be permitted to capitalize the costs. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-04

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." This update eliminates Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. As such, an entity will perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which the reporting unit's carrying amount exceeds its fair value. This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company does not expect a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes from the adoption of this standard.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-05

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-05, "Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets." This update defines an in-substance nonfinancial asset, unifies guidance related to partial sales of nonfinancial assets, eliminates rules specifically addressing the sales of real estate, removes exception to the financial asset derecognition model and clarifies the accounting for contributions of nonfinancial assets to joint ventures. This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2018 on the full retrospective adoption method. However, there was no impact to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements from the adoption of this standard.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-09

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation - Scope of Modification Accounting." This update provides guidance about which changes to the terms and conditions of share-based awards require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. This standard is effective for the Company for the annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018. The Company does not expect a material impact to the Consolidated Financial Statements from the adoption of this standard.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-12

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, "Derivatives and Hedging - Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities." The purpose of this updated guidance is to better align a company’s financial reporting for hedging activities with the economic objectives of those activities. The transition guidance allows for early adoption of the new standard using a modified retrospective transition method in any interim period after issuance of the update, or alternatively requires adoption for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The modified retrospective transition method will require the Company to recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying this standard as an adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income with a corresponding adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year that an entity adopts the update. The Company adopted this standard in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Company entered into two interest rate swaps in December 2017 in which the Company elected hedge accounting in compliance with this standard. The Company had no active hedging relationships upon the adoption of this standard and therefore, the adoption of the standard did not have an impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.