ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of assets sold to third party

On February 2, 2016, we sold a 100% fee-simple interest in the Courtyard Oakland located in Oakland, California to an unrelated third party. In addition, on July 19, 2016, we sold a 100% fee-simple interest in the LAX Holiday Inn located in Los Angeles, California to an unrelated third party. The results of operations of the two hotels have been included in the consolidated statements of operations through the date of disposition.

	Asset	Date of		Sales		Gain on
Property	Type	Sale	Rooms	Price		Sale
				(in thousands)
Courtyard Oakland, Oakland, CA	Hotel	February 2, 2016	162	$	43,800	$	24,739
LAX Holiday Inn, Los Angeles, CA	Hotel	July 19, 2016	405	$	52,500	$	14,927

During 2015, we sold a 100% fee-simple interest in Civic Center located at 500 West Santa Ana Boulevard, Santa Ana, California to an unrelated third party.

	Asset	Date of		Sales		Gain on
Property	Type	Sale	Square Feet	Price		Sale
				(in thousands)
500 West Santa Ana Boulevard, Santa Ana, CA	Office	November 19, 2015	37,116	$	8,050	$	3,092

The following is the detail of income from operations of assets held for sale classified as discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations:

					From the Acquisition Date through
	Year Ended December 31,				December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(in thousands)
Revenue - Interest and other income	$	6,389	$	14,544	$	12,236
Expenses:
Interest expense	1,944		132		—
Fees to related party (1)	550		777		—
General and administrative (1)	42		495		762
Provision for income taxes	—		—		19
Total expenses	2,536		1,404		781
Income from operations of assets held for sale	3,853		13,140		11,455
Gain on disposition of assets held for sale	—		5,151		—
Net income from discontinued operations	$	3,853	$	18,291	$	11,455

(1) Salaries and related benefits of $664,000 were included in general and administrative expense for the period from the Acquisition Date through December 31, 2014 while, as a result of the transfer of substantially all our lending segment employees to an affiliate (Note 16), such expenses were included in fees to related party for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

The following is the detail of the carrying value of assets and liabilities at the time of sale of our commercial real estate lending subsidiary that was sold in December 2016:

	(in thousands)
Assets (1)
Commercial real estate loans, net	$	52,822
Cash and cash equivalents	821
Restricted cash	1,076
Accounts receivable, net	684
Other assets	23
Total assets held for sale, net	55,426
Liabilities (1)
Debt	25,941
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	503
Other liabilities	1,395
Total liabilities associated with assets held for sale	27,839
Carrying value	$	27,587

(1) Management estimated that the fair value of the assets held for sale and the liabilities associated with assets held for sale approximated their carrying value at the time of the sale. Management's estimate of the fair value of the commercial real estate loans was determined with assistance from an independent third party valuation firm.

The following is the detail of the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities of the components of the lending segment that are classified as held for sale on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015:

	(in thousands)
Assets held for sale
Loans receivable, net (1)	$	20,338
Cash and cash equivalents	1,471
Accounts receivable, net	253
Total assets held for sale, net	$	22,062
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale
Debt (2)	$	10,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	230
Other liabilities	22
Total liabilities associated with assets held for sale	$	10,252

(1) Represents a commercial real estate loan, subject to secured borrowings, which is a mezzanine loan secured by an indirect ownership interest in an entity that either directly or indirectly owns parcels of commercial real estate. The loan had a variable interest rate.

(2) Represents a secured borrowing on a commercial real estate loan with a variable interest rate, reset monthly, based on the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). The secured borrowing had an interest rate of 9.77% and was repaid in June 2016.

Schedule of acquisitions

During 2015, we acquired a 100% fee-simple interest in a surface parking lot known as 2 Kaiser Plaza Parking Lot from an unrelated third party. The parking lot has approximately 44,642 square feet of land and is located in Oakland, California. The acquisition was funded with proceeds from our unsecured credit facility, and the acquired property is reported as part of the office segment (Note 21).

	Asset	Date of		Purchase
Property	Type	Acquisition	Square Feet	Price
				(in thousands)
2 Kaiser Plaza Parking Lot, Oakland, CA	Surface parking lot	August 26, 2015	44,642	$	11,143

Acquisitions during 2014, funded with proceeds from drawdowns on our unsecured credit facilities, consisted of the following:

	Asset	Date of	Number	Rentable	Purchase
Property	Type	Acquisition	of Buildings	Square Feet	Price
					(in thousands)
4750 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA (1)	Office	April 18, 2014	1	143,361	$	44,936
Lindblade Media Center, Los Angeles, CA (2)	Office	October 21, 2014	3	32,428	$	18,500

(1) 100% fee-simple interest in an office building built in 1984 and renovated in 2014, located in the Mid-Wilshire submarket of Los Angeles, California.

(2) 100% fee-simple interest in a portfolio of creative office buildings located in the West Los Angeles submarket of Los Angeles, California.  Two of the buildings were built in 1930 and the third was built in 1957. The buildings were renovated in 2010.

Schedule of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The fair values of the net assets acquired for the above-noted acquisitions during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015 (1)		2014 (1)
	(in thousands)
Land	$	10,931	$	22,975
Land improvements	110		535
Buildings and improvements	—		38,821
Tenant improvements	—		1,197
Acquired in-place leases (2)	102		2,396
Acquired below-market leases (3)	—		(2,488		)
Net assets acquired	$	11,143	$	63,436

(1) The purchase price of the acquisitions completed during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, were individually less than 5% and in aggregate less than 10% of our total assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

(2) Acquired in-place leases have a weighted average amortization period of 3.0 years and 5.1 years for the 2015 and 2014 acquisitions, respectively.

(3) Acquired below-market leases have a weighted average amortization period of 5.0 years for the 2014 acquisitions.