XML 104 R14.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.0.8
Unconsolidated Affiliates and Cost Method Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Unconsolidated Affiliates, Noncontrolling Interests, and Cost Method Investments
UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES AND COST METHOD INVESTMENTS
 
Unconsolidated Affiliates
 
At December 31, 2013, 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 four office buildings
 
50.0
%
CBL-TRS Joint Venture II, LLC
 
Renaissance Center
 
50.0
%
El Paso Outlet Outparcels, LLC
 
The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso (vacant land)
 
50.0
%
Fremaux Town Center JV, LLC
 
Fremaux Town Center
 
65.0
%
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
%
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 and one office building
 
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 had majority ownership of certain joint ventures during 2013, 2012 and 2011, it evaluated the investments and concluded that the other partners or owners in these joint ventures had 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:
 
December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
ASSETS:
 
 
 
Investment in real estate assets
$
2,167,227

 
$
2,143,187

Accumulated depreciation
(555,174
)
 
(492,864
)
 
1,612,053

 
1,650,323

Developments in progress
103,161

 
21,809

  Net investment in real estate assets
1,715,214

 
1,672,132

Other assets
168,799

 
175,540

    Total assets
$
1,884,013

 
$
1,847,672

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES:
 
 
 
Mortgage and other indebtedness
$
1,468,422

 
$
1,456,622

Other liabilities
48,203

 
48,538

    Total liabilities
1,516,625

 
1,505,160

 
 
 
 
OWNERS' EQUITY:
 
 
 
The Company
213,664

 
196,694

Other investors
153,724

 
145,818

  Total owners' equity
367,388

 
342,512

    Total liabilities and owners’ equity
$
1,884,013

 
$
1,847,672


 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Revenues
$
243,215

 
$
251,628

 
$
177,222

Depreciation and amortization
(76,323
)
 
(82,534
)
 
(58,538
)
Other operating expenses
(72,166
)
 
(76,567
)
 
(53,417
)
Income from operations
94,726

 
92,527

 
65,267

Interest income
1,359

 
1,365

 
1,420

Interest expense
(76,934
)
 
(84,421
)
 
(59,972
)
Gain on sales of real estate assets
102

 
2,063

 
1,744

Net income
$
19,253

 
$
11,534

 
$
8,459


Financings
The following table presents the loan activity of the Company's unconsolidated affiliates since January 1, 2012:
Date
 
Property
 
Stated
Interest
Rate
 
Maturity Date (1)
 
Amount Financed
or Extended
2013 Activity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
December
 
The Pavilion at Port Orange - Phase I (2)
 
LIBOR + 2.0%
 
November 2015
 
$
62,600

December
 
Hammock Landing - Phase I (3)
 
LIBOR + 2.0%
 
November 2015
 
41,068

December
 
Hammock Landing - Phase II (4)
 
LIBOR + 2.25%
 
November 2015
 
10,757

March
 
Renaissance Center - Phase II (5)
 
3.49%
 
April 2023
 
16,000

March
 
Friendly Center (6)
 
3.48%
 
April 2023
 
100,000

March
 
Fremaux Town Center - Phase I (7)
 
LIBOR + 2.125%
 
March 2016
 
46,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 Activity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
December
 
West County Center (8)
 
3.40%
 
December 2022
 
$
190,000

July
 
Gulf Coast Town Center - Phase III (9)
 
LIBOR + 2.5%
 
July 2015
 
7,000

February
 
York Town Center (10)
 
4.90%
 
February 2022
 
38,000

March
 
The Pavilion at Port Orange (11)
 
LIBOR + 3.5%
 
March 2014
 
64,950

(1)    Excludes any extension options.
(2)
The construction loan was extended and modified to reduce the capacity from $64,950 to $62,600, reduce the interest rate from a variable-rate of LIBOR + 3.5% to a variable-rate of LIBOR + 2.0% and extend the maturity date. The loan has two one-year extension options, which are at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of November 2017. The Company has guaranteed 25% of the construction loan.
(3)
The loan was amended and restated to extend the maturity date and reduce the interest rate from a variable-rate of LIBOR + 3.5% to a variable-rate of LIBOR + 2.0%. The loan has two one-year extension options, which are at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of November 2017. The Company has guaranteed 25% of the loan.
(4)
A new construction loan to build a Carmike Cinema has two one-year extension options, which are at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of November 2017. Upon completion of the construction and opening of the Carmike Cinema, the Company's guaranty will be reduced from 100% to 25% and the loan will bear interest at a variable-rate of LIBOR + 2.0%.
(5)    Net proceeds from the loan were used to retire a $15,700 loan that was scheduled to mature in April 2013.
(6)
Net proceeds from the loan were used to retire four loans, scheduled to mature in April 2013 and with an aggregate balance of $100,000, that were secured by Friendly Center, Friendly Center Office Building, First National Bank Building, Green Valley Office Building, First Citizens Bank Building, Wachovia Office Building and Bank of America Building.
(7)
The construction loan has two one-year extension options, which are at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of March 2018. The Company has guaranteed 100% of the construction loan.
(8)
Net proceeds of $189,687 were used to retire the outstanding borrowings of $142,235 under the previous loan and excess proceeds were distributed 50/50 to the Company and its joint venture partner.
(9)
Net proceeds from the loan were distributed to the Company in accordance with the terms of the joint venture agreement and were used to reduce the outstanding balances on the Company's credit facilities. The Company has guaranteed 100% of the loan.
(10)
Net proceeds from the loan, plus cash on hand, were used to retire a $39,379 loan that was scheduled to mature in March 2012.
(11)
The construction loan was extended and modified to remove a 1% LIBOR floor and reduce the capacity from $98,883 to $64,950. The joint venture paid $3,332 to reduce the outstanding balance on the loan to the new capacity amount. There is a one-year extension option on the loan, which is at the joint venture's election, for an outside maturity date of March 2015. The Company has guaranteed 100% of the construction loan. See Note (3) above for information on the extension and modification of this loan in December 2013.
All of the debt on the Properties owned by the unconsolidated affiliates listed above is non-recourse, except for West Melbourne, Port Orange, High Pointe Commons, Gulf Coast - Phase III and Fremaux. See Note 14 for a description of guarantees the Company has issued related to certain unconsolidated affiliates.
See Note 19 for a subsequent event related to the Fremaux construction loan.
Fremaux Town Center JV, LLC
In January 2013, the Company formed a 65/35 joint venture, Fremaux, to develop, own and operate Fremaux Town Center, a community center development located in Slidell, LA. Construction began in March 2013 on the first phase with completion expected in spring 2014. The partners contributed aggregate initial equity of $20,500, of which the Company's contribution was $18,450. Following the initial formation of Fremaux, all required future contributions will be funded on a 65/35 pro rata basis.
Imperial Valley Mall L.P, Imperial Valley Peripheral L.P., Imperial Valley Commons L.P.

In December 2012, the Company acquired the remaining 40.0% interests in Imperial Valley Mall L.P. and Imperial Valley Peripheral L.P., which owns vacant land adjacent to Imperial Valley Mall in El Centro, CA, from its joint venture partner. The results of operations of Imperial Valley Mall L.P. and Imperial Valley Peripheral L.P. through the acquisition date are included in the table above using the equity method of accounting. From the date of acquisition, the results of operations of Imperial Valley Mall L.P. and Imperial Valley Peripheral L.P. are accounted for on a consolidated basis. The Company also acquired the joint venture partner's 40.0% interest in Imperial Valley Commons L.P., a VIE that owns land adjacent to Imperial Valley Mall. Imperial Valley Commons L.P. was consolidated as a VIE as of December 31, 2012 and continues to be accounted for on a consolidated basis as a wholly-owned entity as of December 31, 2013. See Note 3 for further information.

El Paso Outlet Outparcels, LLC

In April 2012, the Company acquired a 50.0% interest in a joint venture, El Paso Outlet Outparcels, LLC, simultaneously with the acquisition of a 75.0% interest in The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso (see Note 3). The Company's investment was $3,864. The remaining 50.0% interest is owned by affiliates of Horizon Group Properties. El Paso Outlet Outparcels, LLC owns land adjacent to The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso. The terms of the joint venture agreement provide that voting rights, capital contributions and distributions of cash flows will be on a pari passu basis in accordance with the ownership percentages.

CBL/T-C, LLC

In October 2011, the Company entered into a joint venture, CBL/T-C with TIAA-CREF. The Company contributed its interests in CoolSprings Galleria and West County Center, as well as a partial interest in Oak Park Mall, and TIAA-CREF contributed cash of $222,242. The contributed interests were encumbered by a total of $359,334 in mortgage loans. CBL/T-C used a portion of the contributed cash to acquire Pearland Town Center and the remaining interest in Oak Park Mall from the Company for an aggregate purchase price, including transaction costs, of $381,730, consisting of $207,410 in cash and the assumption of a mortgage loan of $174,320. The Company received $5,526 of cash from CBL/T-C for reimbursement of pre-formation expenditures. The Company used $204,210 of the proceeds, net of closing costs and expenses, received from these transactions to repay outstanding borrowings on its secured lines of credit.

The Company and TIAA-CREF each own a 50% interest with respect to the CoolSprings Galleria, Oak Park Mall and West County Center Properties. The terms of the joint venture agreement provide that, with respect to these Properties, voting rights, capital contributions and distributions of cash flows will be on a pari passu basis in accordance with ownership percentages. The Company and TIAA-CREF own 88% and 12% interests, respectively, in Pearland Town Center. The terms of the joint venture agreement provide that all major decisions, as defined, pertaining to Pearland Town Center require the approval of holders of 90% of the interests in Pearland Town Center and that capital contributions will be made on a pro rata basis in accordance with ownership percentages. The terms of the joint venture also provide that distributions of cash from Pearland Town Center will be made first to TIAA-CREF until it has received a preferred return equal to 8.0%, second to the Company until it has received a preferred return equal to 8.0% and then to the Company and TIAA-CREF pro rata according to ownership interests. Beginning on the second anniversary of CBL/T-C's formation, after TIAA-CREF receives its preferred return, TIAA-CREF will receive distributions until its aggregate unreturned contributions are reduced to $6,000, before any cash distributions are eligible to be made to the Company. Also beginning on the second anniversary of CBL/T-C's formation, after TIAA-CREF has received its preferred return and its unreturned contributions are reduced to $6,000, and after the Company receives its preferred return, all remaining cash distributions will be made to the Company until its aggregate unreturned contributions are reduced to $44,000. Once the Company's aggregate unreturned contributions are reduced to $44,000, all remaining distributions will be made to the Company and TIAA-CREF on a pro rata basis according to the ownership percentages.

The terms of the joint venture also provide that between the second and third anniversaries of CBL/T-C's formation, the Company may elect to purchase TIAA-CREF's interest in Pearland Town Center for a purchase price equal to the greater of (i) the fair value of TIAA-CREF's interest in Pearland Town Center as determined by an appraisal or (ii) TIAA-CREF's invested capital plus a preferred return equal to 8.0%.

The Company has accounted for the formation of CBL/T-C as the sale of a partial interest in the combined CoolSprings Galleria, Oak Park Mall and West County Center Properties and recognized a gain on sale of real estate of $54,327 in 2011, which included the impact of a reserve for future capital expenditures that the Company must fund related to parking decks at West County Center in the amount of $26,439. The Company recorded its investment in CBL/T-C under the equity method of accounting at $116,397, which represented its combined remaining 50% cost basis in the CoolSprings Galleria, Oak Park Mall and West County Center Properties.

The Company determined that CBL/T-C's interest in Pearland Town Center represents a variable interest in such specified assets of a VIE and have accounted for the Pearland Town Center Property separately from the combined CoolSprings Galleria, Oak Park Mall and West County Center Properties discussed above. The Company determined that, because it has the option to acquire TIAA-CREF's interest in Pearland Town Center in the future, it did not qualify as a partial sale and therefore, has accounted for the $18,264 contributed by TIAA-CREF attributable to Pearland Town Center as a financing. This amount is included in mortgage and other indebtedness in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Under the financing method, the Company continues to account for Pearland Town Center on a consolidated basis.
 
 Cost Method Investments
The Company owns a 6.2% noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries of Jinsheng Group (“Jinsheng”), an established mall operating and real estate development company located in Nanjing, China. As of December 31, 2013, Jinsheng owns controlling interests in eight home furnishing shopping malls.
Prior to May 2013, the Company also held a secured convertible promissory note secured by 16,565,534 Series 2 Ordinary Shares of Jinsheng (which equated to a 2.275% ownership interest). The secured note was non-interest bearing and was amended by the Company and Jinsheng to extend to May 30, 2013 the Company's right to convert the outstanding amount of the secured note into 16,565,534 Series A-2 Preferred Shares of Jinsheng. The Company exercised its right to demand payment of the note and received payment from Jinsheng in May 2013. See Note 15 for additional information about the secured note.
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. The noncontrolling interest and the secured note are reflected as investment in unconsolidated affiliates in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.