Unconsolidated Affiliates, Noncontrolling Interests and Cost Method Investments

Unconsolidated Affiliates

At March 31, 2012, the Company had investments in the following 17 entities, which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting:



Joint Venture	Property Name	Company's Interest
CBL/T-C, LLC	CoolSprings Galleria, Oak Park Mall, West County Center and Pearland Town Center	60.3	%
CBL-TRS Joint Venture, LLC	Friendly Center, The Shops at Friendly Center and a portfolio of six office buildings	50.0	%
CBL-TRS Joint Venture II, LLC	Renaissance Center	50.0	%
Governor’s Square IB	Governor’s Plaza	50.0	%
Governor’s Square Company	Governor’s Square	47.5	%
High Pointe Commons, LP	High Pointe Commons	50.0	%
High Pointe Commons II-HAP, LP	High Pointe Commons - Christmas Tree Shop	50.0	%
Imperial Valley Mall L.P.	Imperial Valley Mall	60.0	%
Imperial Valley Peripheral L.P.	Imperial Valley Mall (vacant land)	60.0	%
JG Gulf Coast Town Center LLC	Gulf Coast Town Center	50.0	%
Kentucky Oaks Mall Company	Kentucky Oaks Mall	50.0	%
Mall of South Carolina L.P.	Coastal Grand—Myrtle Beach	50.0	%
Mall of South Carolina Outparcel L.P.	Coastal Grand—Myrtle Beach (Coastal Grand Crossing and vacant land)	50.0	%
Port Orange I, LLC	The Pavilion at Port Orange Phase I	50.0	%
Triangle Town Member LLC	Triangle Town Center, Triangle Town Commons and Triangle Town Place	50.0	%
West Melbourne I, LLC	Hammock Landing Phases I and II	50.0	%
York Town Center, LP	York Town Center	50.0	%

Although the Company has majority ownership of certain of these joint ventures, it has evaluated these investments and concluded that the other partners or owners in these joint ventures have substantive participating rights, such as approvals of:


•	the pro forma for the development and construction of the project and any material deviations or modifications thereto;


•	the site plan and any material deviations or modifications thereto;


•	the conceptual design of the project and the initial plans and specifications for the project and any material deviations or modifications thereto;


•	any acquisition/construction loans or any permanent financings/refinancings;


•	the annual operating budgets and any material deviations or modifications thereto;


•	the initial leasing plan and leasing parameters and any material deviations or modifications thereto; and


•	any material acquisitions or dispositions with respect to the project.

As a result of the joint control over these joint ventures, the Company accounts for these investments using the equity method of accounting.

Condensed combined financial statement information of these unconsolidated affiliates is as follows:



	Total for the Three Months Ended March 31,						Company's Share for the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues	$	62,294		$	40,096		$	33,411		$	22,554
Depreciation and amortization expense	(20,766		)	(12,438		)	(11,204		)	(7,015		)
Interest expense	(21,111		)	(13,157		)	(11,190		)	(7,259		)
Other operating expenses	(18,947		)	(12,266		)	(9,751		)	(6,502		)
Net income	$	1,470		$	2,235		$	1,266		$	1,778

In February 2012, York Town Center, LP ("YTC") closed on a $38,000 ten-year non-recourse loan, secured by York Town Center in York, PA, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.90%. Proceeds from the new loan, plus cash on hand, were used to retire an existing loan of $39,379 that was scheduled to mature in March 2012.

In March 2012, Port Orange I, LLC ("Port Orange") closed on the extension and modification of a construction loan, secured by The Pavilion at Port Orange in Port Orange, FL, to extend the maturity date to March 2014, remove a 1% LIBOR floor, and reduce the capacity from $98,883 to $64,950. Port Orange paid $3,332 to reduce the outstanding balance on the loan to the new capacity amount. There is a one-year extension option remaining on the loan, which is at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of March 2015. Interest on the loan is at a current rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 3.5%. The Company has guaranteed 100% of the construction loan.

All of the debt on the properties owned by the unconsolidated affiliates is non-recourse, except for West Melbourne, Port Orange, and High Pointe Commons. See Note 11 for a description of guarantees the Company has issued related to certain unconsolidated affiliates.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests include the aggregate noncontrolling partnership interest in the Operating Partnership that is not owned by the Company and for which each of the noncontrolling limited partners has the right to exchange all or a portion of its partnership interests for shares of the Company’s common stock, or at the Company’s election, their cash equivalent. Noncontrolling interests also includes the aggregate noncontrolling ownership interest in the Company’s other consolidated subsidiaries that is held by third parties and for which the related partnership agreements either do not include redemption provisions or are subject to redemption provisions that do not require classification outside of permanent equity. As of March 31, 2012, the total noncontrolling interests of $193,296 consisted of third-party interests in the Operating Partnership and in other consolidated subsidiaries of $188,690 and $4,606 respectively. The total noncontrolling interests at December 31, 2011 of $207,113 consisted of third-party interests in the Operating Partnership and in other consolidated subsidiaries of $202,833 and $4,280, respectively.

Redeemable noncontrolling interests include a noncontrolling partnership interest in the Operating Partnership that is not owned by the Company and for which the partnership agreement includes redemption provisions that may require the Company to redeem the partnership interest for real property. Redeemable noncontrolling interests also includes the aggregate noncontrolling ownership interest in other consolidated subsidiaries that is held by third parties and for which the related partnership agreements contain redemption provisions at the holder’s election that allow for redemption through cash and/or properties. The total redeemable noncontrolling partnership interests of $36,596 as of March 31, 2012 consisted of third-party interests in the Operating Partnership and in the Company’s consolidated subsidiary that provides security and maintenance services to third parties of $30,254 and $6,342, respectively. At December 31, 2011, the total redeemable noncontrolling partnership interests of $32,271 consisted of third-party interests in the Operating Partnership and in the Company’s consolidated security and maintenance services subsidiary of $26,036 and $6,235, respectively.

The redeemable noncontrolling preferred joint venture interest includes the preferred joint venture units (“PJV units”) issued to the Westfield Group (“Westfield”) for the acquisition of certain properties during 2007. See Note 11 for additional information related to the PJV units. Activity related to the redeemable noncontrolling preferred joint venture interest represented by the PJV units is as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Beginning Balance	$	423,834		$	423,834
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling preferred joint venture interest	5,144			5,085
Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling preferred joint venture interest	(5,201		)	(5,200		)
Ending Balance	$	423,777		$	423,719

In January 2012 and December 2011, respectively, one holder of 30,056 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and two holders of 401,324 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership exercised their conversion rights. The Company elected to pay cash in exchange for the common units and paid the holders $6,359 in the three months ended March 31, 2012.

In March 2012, a holder of 194,572 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership exercised its conversion rights. The Company elected to pay cash in exchange for the common units and, subsequent to March 31, 2012, paid the holder $3,475.

Cost Method Investments

The Company owns a 6.2% noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries of Jinsheng, an established mall operating and real estate development company located in Nanjing, China. As of March 31, 2012, Jinsheng owns controlling interests in 12 home furnishing shopping malls.

The Company also holds a secured convertible promissory note secured by 16,565,534 Series 2 Ordinary Shares of Jinsheng (which equates to a 2.275% ownership interest). The secured note is non-interest bearing and was amended by the Company and Jinsheng in January 2012 to extend to July 22, 2012 the Company's right to convert the outstanding amount of the secured note into 16,565,534 Series A-2 Preferred Shares of Jinsheng, with an option to extend an additional six months to January 22, 2013. The amendment also provides that if Jinsheng should complete an IPO, the secured note will be converted into common shares of Jinsheng immediately prior to the IPO. The Company can demand payment of the secured note at any time.

The Company accounts for its noncontrolling interest in Jinsheng using the cost method because the Company does not exercise significant influence over Jinsheng and there is no readily determinable market value of Jinsheng’s shares since they are not publicly traded. See Note 3 for information regarding the fair value of the secured note. The noncontrolling interest and the secured note are reflected as investment in unconsolidated affiliates in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.