Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2014 financial statements to conform to the 2015 presentation.

Effective January 1, 2015, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-08, "Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity" ("ASU 2014-08") for all properties not previously sold. ASU 2014-08 revised the reporting requirements to only allow a component of an entity, or group of components of an entity, to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. Going forward, we expect the majority of our property dispositions will not qualify as discontinued operations and the results of the dispositions, including the gain on sale of real estate, will be presented in Income from Continuing Operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis" (“ASU 2015-02”). ASU 2015-02 updates consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability companies and securitization structures in an attempt to simplify consolidation accounting. ASU 2015-02 eliminates the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, modifies the evaluation of whether limited partnerships are variable interest entities ("VIE") or voting interest entities ("VOE") and adds requirements that limited partnerships must meet to qualify as VOEs. ASU 2015-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.

Since formation of each Other Real Estate Partnership, the Company, which wholly-owns the corporations that act as general partner of each Other Real Estate Partnership and is also the general partner of the Operating Partnership, which holds at least a 99% limited partnership interest in each of the Other Real Estate Partnership, has fully consolidated the financial information of the Other Real Estate Partnerships within its financial statements. The Operating Partnership has in the past accounted for each of the Other Real Estate Partnerships under the equity method of accounting based on the VOE classification and the presumption that the corporations owned by the Company that act as the general partners of the Other Real Estate Partnerships controlled the partnerships. However, under ASU 2015-02, the Operating Partnership determined that each Other Real Estate Partnership meets the criteria of a VIE and that it is the primary beneficiary for each Other Real Estate Partnership. As a result, the Operating Partnership has concluded that it should cease accounting for the Other Real Estate Partnerships under the equity method of accounting and consolidate the financial information of the Other Real Estate Partnerships within its financial statements.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Operating Partnership elected early adoption of ASU 2015-02. The election is a full retrospective adoption approach which requires previously reported periods to be restated. The impact of this adoption on the Operating Partnership's previously reported periods is as follows:



	Balance Sheet as Previously Filed as of December 31, 2014		Impact of the Adoption of ASU 2015-02		Balance Sheet as Adjusted as of December 31, 2014
Total Assets	$	2,514,246	$	78,462	$	2,592,708
Total Liabilities	$	1,413,736	$	77,382	$	1,491,118
Total Noncontrolling Interest	$	—	$	1,080	$	1,080

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities of the Other Real Estate Partnerships included in our consolidated balance sheets:



	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
ASSETS
Assets:
Net Investment in Real Estate	$	299,533	$	278,720
Other Assets, Net	20,433		21,078
Total Assets	$	319,966	$	299,798
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL
Liabilities:
Mortgage Loans Payable	$	80,023	$	81,231
Other Liabilities, Net	26,171		10,656
Partners’ Capital	213,772		207,911
Total Liabilities and Partners’ Capital	$	319,966	$	299,798

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, "Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" ("ASU 2015-03"), which amends the current presentation of debt issuance costs in the financial statements. ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts, instead of as an asset. The amendments are to be applied retrospectively and are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASU 2014-09"). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those good or services. Most significantly for the real estate industry, leasing transactions are not within the scope of the new standard. A majority of our tenant-related revenue is recognized pursuant to lease agreements. In July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. As a result, ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements.