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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
6 Months Ended
May 31, 2024
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
Homebuilding Unconsolidated Entities
The investments in the Company's Homebuilding unconsolidated entities were as follows:
(In thousands)May 31, 2024November 30, 2023
Investments in unconsolidated entities (1) (2)$1,263,905 1,143,909 
Underlying equity in unconsolidated entities' net assets (1)1,573,738 1,436,239 
(1)The basis difference was primarily as a result of the Company contributing its investment in three strategic joint ventures with a higher fair value than book value for an investment in FivePoint.
(2)Included in the Company's recorded investments in Homebuilding unconsolidated entities is the Company's 40% ownership of FivePoint. As of May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the carrying amount of the Company's investment was $448.1 million and $422.2 million, respectively.
As of May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the Homebuilding segment's unconsolidated entities had non-recourse debt with completion guarantees of $279.3 million and $316.5 million, respectively.
The Company has an immaterial amount of recourse exposure to debt of the Homebuilding unconsolidated entities in which it has investments. While the Company sometimes guarantees debt of unconsolidated entities, in most instances the Company’s partners have also guaranteed that debt and are required to contribute their shares of any payments. In most instances, the amount of guaranteed debt of an unconsolidated entity is less than the value of the collateral securing it.
As of both May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the fair values of the repayment guarantees, maintenance guarantees, and completion guarantees were not material. The Company believes that as of May 31, 2024, in the event it becomes legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of the obligation of a Homebuilding unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event under a guarantee, the collateral would be sufficient to repay at least a significant portion of the obligation or the Company and its partners would contribute additional capital into the venture. In certain instances, the Company has placed performance letters of credit and surety bonds with municipalities with regard to obligations of its joint ventures (see Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). The details related to these are unchanged from the disclosure in the
Company's Notes to the Financial Statements section in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2023.
In 2021, the Company formed the Upward America Venture LP (“Upward America”), and is managing and participating in Upward America. Upward America is an investment fund that acquires new single-family homes in high growth markets across the United States and rents them to the people who will live in them. Upward America is expected to raise equity commitments totaling $1.0 billion. The commitments are primarily from institutional investors, including $78 million committed by Lennar. As of May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the carrying amount of the Company's investment in Upward America was $16.4 million and $14.8 million, respectively.
Multifamily Unconsolidated Entities
The unconsolidated joint ventures in which the Multifamily segment has investments usually finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In connection with many of the bank loans to the Multifamily unconsolidated joint ventures, the Company (or entities related to them) have been required to give guarantees of completion and cost over-runs to the lenders and partners. The details related to these are unchanged from the disclosure in the Company's Notes to the Financial Statements section in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2023. As of both May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the fair value of the completion guarantees was immaterial. As of May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, the Multifamily segment's unconsolidated entities had non-recourse debt with completion guarantees of $834.2 million and $1.4 billion, respectively.
In many instances, the Multifamily segment is appointed as the construction, development and property manager for its Multifamily unconsolidated entities and receives fees for performing this function. Each Multifamily real estate investment trust, JV and fund has unilateral decision-making rights related to development and other sales activity through its executive committee or asset management committee. The Multifamily segment also provides general contractor services for construction of some of the rental properties owned by unconsolidated entities in which the Company has investments. In some situations, the Multifamily segment sells land to various joint ventures and funds. The details of the activity were as follows:
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
(In thousands)May 31, 2024May 31, 2023May 31, 2024May 31, 2023
General contractor services, net of deferrals$84,434 128,371 186,070 253,773 
General contractor costs79,995 122,064 175,684 242,797 
Management fee income, net of deferrals13,669 17,494 29,710 35,615 
The Multifamily segment includes managing and investing in Multifamily Venture Fund I (“LMV I”), Multifamily Venture Fund II LP (“LMV II”) and Canada Pension Plan Investments Fund (the “CPPIB Fund”), which are long-term multifamily development investment vehicles involved in the development, construction and property management of class-A multifamily assets. The Multifamily segment completed the closing of the CPPIB Fund. The Multifamily segment expects the CPPIB Fund to have almost $1.0 billion in equity and Lennar's ownership percentage in the CPPIB Fund is 4%. As of May 31, 2024, the Company had a $24.6 million investment in the CPPIB Fund. Additional dollars will be committed as opportunities are identified by the CPPIB Fund.
Details of LMV I and LMV II as of and during the six months ended May 31, 2024 are included below:
May 31, 2024
(In thousands)LMV ILMV II
Lennar's carrying value of investments$162,904 255,908 
Equity commitments2,204,016 1,257,700 
Equity commitments called2,154,328 1,218,619 
Lennar's equity commitments504,016 381,000 
Lennar's equity commitments called500,381 368,170 
Lennar's remaining commitments (1)3,635 12,830 
Distributions to Lennar during the six months ended May 31, 20247,245 208 
(1)While there are remaining commitments with LMV I and LMV II, there are no plans for additional capital calls.
Currently, the LMV I partners have decided to liquidate and sell substantially all of the individual project rental operations of LMV I in the second half of fiscal 2024. Some of those assets were sold in June 2024. As of May 31, 2024, the Company's net investment in LMV I was $162.9 million.
Other Unconsolidated Entities
Lennar Other's unconsolidated entities include fund investments the Company retained when it sold the Rialto assets and investment management platform in 2018, as well as strategic investments in technology companies and investment funds. The
Company's investment in the Rialto funds totaled $146.9 million and $148.7 million as of May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, respectively. In addition, the Company is entitled to a portion of the carried interest distributions by those funds. The Company also had strategic technology investments in unconsolidated entities and investment funds with a carrying value of $203.7 million and $127.5 million, as of May 31, 2024 and November 30, 2023, respectively. In addition, during both the three and six months ended May 31, 2024, there was a $46.5 million one-time realized gain in Lennar Other on the sale of a technology investment that was included in other income (expense), net and other gains (losses) on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income .