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Lennar Multifamily Segment
3 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2016
Lennar Multifamily [Member]  
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]  
Segment Disclosures Including Unconsolidated Entity Information
Lennar Multifamily Segment
The Company is actively involved, primarily through unconsolidated entities, in the development, construction and property management of multifamily rental properties. The Lennar Multifamily segment focuses on developing a geographically diversified portfolio of institutional quality multifamily rental properties in select U.S. markets.
The assets and liabilities related to the Lennar Multifamily segment were as follows:
(In thousands)
February 29,
2016
 
November 30,
2015
Assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6,062

 
8,041

Land under development
145,917

 
115,982

Consolidated inventory not owned
5,508

 
5,508

Investments in unconsolidated entities
257,719

 
250,876

Other assets
35,902

 
34,945

 
$
451,108

 
415,352

Liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
$
57,300

 
62,943

Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned
4,007

 
4,007

 
$
61,307

 
66,950


The unconsolidated entities in which the Lennar Multifamily segment has investments usually finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In connection with many of the loans to Lennar Multifamily unconsolidated entities, the Company (or entities related to them) has been required to give guarantees of completion and cost over-runs to the lenders and partners. Those completion guarantees may require that the guarantors complete the construction of the improvements for which the financing was obtained. If the construction is to be done in phases, the guarantee generally is limited to completing only the phases as to which construction has already commenced and for which loan proceeds were used. Additionally, the Company guarantees the construction costs of the project as construction cost over-runs would be paid by the Company. Generally, these payments would be increases to our investment in the entities and would increase our share of funds the entities distribute after the achievement of certain thresholds. As of both February 29, 2016 and November 30, 2015, the fair value of the completion guarantees was immaterial. Additionally, as of February 29, 2016 and November 30, 2015, the Lennar Multifamily segment had $36.9 million and $37.9 million, respectively, of letters of credit outstanding primarily for credit enhancements for the bank debt of certain of its unconsolidated entities and deposits on land purchase contracts. These letters of credit outstanding are included in the disclosure in Note 11 related to the Company's performance and financial letters of credit. As of February 29, 2016 and November 30, 2015, Lennar Multifamily segment's unconsolidated entities had non-recourse debt with completion guarantees of $520.2 million and $466.7 million, respectively.
In many instances, the Lennar Multifamily segment is appointed as the construction, development and property manager of certain of its Lennar Multifamily unconsolidated entities and receives fees for performing this function. During the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, the Lennar Multifamily segment recorded fee income, net of deferrals, from its unconsolidated entities of $8.1 million and $4.5 million, respectively.
During the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, the Lennar Multifamily segment provided general contractor services for construction of some of the rental properties owned by unconsolidated entities in which the Company has an investment and received fees totaling $31.4 million and $31.9 million, respectively, which are partially offset by costs related to those services of $30.6 million and $31.3 million, respectively.
In 2015, the Lennar Multifamily segment completed the initial closing of the Lennar Multifamily Venture (the "Venture") for the development, construction and property management of class-A multifamily assets. During the three months ended February 29, 2016, the Venture received an additional $300 million of equity commitments, increasing its total equity commitments to $1.4 billion, including a $504 million co-investment commitment by Lennar comprised of cash, undeveloped land and preacquisition costs. As of February 29, 2016, $372.6 million of the $1.4 billion in equity commitments had been called, of which the Company contributed its portion of $133.7 million representing its pro-rata portion of the called equity. During the three months ended February 29, 2016, $97.2 million in equity commitments was called, none of which was called from the Company due to new investors coming into the Venture. During the three months ended February 29, 2016, the Company received distributions of $43.6 million as a return of capital from the Venture. As of February 29, 2016 and November 30, 2015, the carrying value of the Company's investment in the Venture was $127.0 million and $122.5 million, respectively.
Summarized condensed financial information on a combined 100% basis related to Lennar Multifamily's investments in unconsolidated entities that are accounted for by the equity method was as follows:
Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
February 29,
2016
 
November 30,
2015
Assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
43,252

 
39,579

Operating properties and equipment
1,563,679

 
1,398,244

Other assets
31,931

 
25,925

 
$
1,638,862

 
1,463,748

Liabilities and equity:
 
 
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
$
210,231

 
179,551

Notes payable
520,177

 
466,724

Equity
908,454

 
817,473

 
$
1,638,862

 
1,463,748


Statements of Operations
 
Three Months Ended
 
February 29,
 
February 28,
(In thousands)
2016
 
2015
Revenues
$
8,314

 
2,094

Costs and expenses
11,672

 
2,994

Other income, net
40,122

 

Net earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities
$
36,764

 
(900
)
Lennar Multifamily equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities (1)
$
19,686

 
(178
)
(1)
For the three months ended February 29, 2016, Lennar Multifamily equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities included the segment's $20.4 million share of a gain as a result of the sale of an operating property by one of its unconsolidated entities.