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Discontinued Operations

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Discontinued Operations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Discontinued Operations 7.      DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On December 19, 2019, the Company announced that its Board had determined to sell the Company’s entire Suburban Office Portfolio totaling approximately 6.6 million square feet.  As the decision to sell the Suburban Office Portfolio represented a strategic shift in the Company’s operations, these properties’ results (other than a property not qualified to be classified as held for sale) are being classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented herein.

 

In late 2019 through March 31, 2021, the Company completed the sale of 25 of these suburban office properties, totaling 4.3 million square feet, for net sales proceeds of $659.4 million.  As of March 31, 2021, the Company has identified as held for sale the remaining 11 office properties (comprised of four disposal groups) in the Suburban Office Portfolio, totaling two million square feet (all of which the Company currently has under contract for sale for aggregate gross sales proceeds of approximately $391.4 million).

The Company plans to complete the sale of substantially all of its remaining Suburban Office Portfolio properties during the remainder of 2021, and to use the available sales proceeds to pay down its corporate-level, unsecured indebtedness. However, the Company cannot

predict whether or to what extent the timing of these sales and the expected amount may be impacted by the ongoing coronavirus (“COVID-19”). After the completion of the Suburban Office Portfolio sales, the Company’s holdings will consist primarily of its Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey waterfront class A office portfolio and its multi-family rental portfolio, and related development projects and land holdings.

As a result of recent sales contracts in place and after considering the current market conditions as a result of the challenging economic climate with the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the Company determined that the carrying value of one of the remaining held for sale properties was not expected to be recovered from estimated net sales proceeds, and accordingly recognized an unrealized held for sale loss allowance of $1.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

In April 2021, the Company completed the sale of a four-property office park in Short Hills, New Jersey, which were held for sale in an identified disposal group, for gross proceeds of $255 million. As a result of a change in the estimated selling costs for this disposition, which was completed in April 2021, the Company recognized an unrealized gain of $2.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 (partially reversing an unrealized held for sale loss allowance recognized in 2020).

The following table summarizes income from discontinued operations and the related realized gains (losses) and unrealized losses on disposition of rental property and impairments, net, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,

2021

2020

Total revenues

$

21,637

$

40,062

Operating and other expenses

(8,723)

(16,496)

Depreciation and amortization

(659)

(1,354)

Interest expense

(1,293)

(1,306)

Income from discontinued operations

10,962

20,906

Unrealized gains (losses) on disposition of rental property (a)

1,020

(45,068)

Realized gains (losses) on disposition of rental property (b)

21,761

17,322

Realized gains (losses) and unrealized gains (losses) on

disposition of rental property and impairments, net

22,781

(27,746)

Total discontinued operations, net

$

33,743

$

(6,840)

(a)Represents valuation allowances, including reversals, and impairment charges on properties classified as discontinued operations in 2020.

(b)See Note 3: Real Estate Transactions – Dispositions for further information regarding properties sold and related gains (losses).

 
Mack-Cali Realty LP [Member]  
Discontinued Operations 7.      DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On December 19, 2019, the Company announced that its Board had determined to sell the Company’s entire Suburban Office Portfolio totaling approximately 6.6 million square feet.  As the decision to sell the Suburban Office Portfolio represented a strategic shift in the Company’s operations, these properties’ results (other than a property not qualified to be classified as held for sale) are being classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented herein.

 

In late 2019 through March 31, 2021, the Company completed the sale of 25 of these suburban office properties, totaling 4.3 million square feet, for net sales proceeds of $659.4 million.  As of March 31, 2021, the Company has identified as held for sale the remaining 11 office properties (comprised of four disposal groups) in the Suburban Office Portfolio, totaling two million square feet (all of which the Company currently has under contract for sale for aggregate gross sales proceeds of approximately $391.4 million).

The Company plans to complete the sale of substantially all of its remaining Suburban Office Portfolio properties during the remainder of 2021, and to use the available sales proceeds to pay down its corporate-level, unsecured indebtedness. However, the Company cannot

predict whether or to what extent the timing of these sales and the expected amount may be impacted by the ongoing coronavirus (“COVID-19”). After the completion of the Suburban Office Portfolio sales, the Company’s holdings will consist primarily of its Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey waterfront class A office portfolio and its multi-family rental portfolio, and related development projects and land holdings.

As a result of recent sales contracts in place and after considering the current market conditions as a result of the challenging economic climate with the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the Company determined that the carrying value of one of the remaining held for sale properties was not expected to be recovered from estimated net sales proceeds, and accordingly recognized an unrealized held for sale loss allowance of $1.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

In April 2021, the Company completed the sale of a four-property office park in Short Hills, New Jersey, which were held for sale in an identified disposal group, for gross proceeds of $255 million. As a result of a change in the estimated selling costs for this disposition, which was completed in April 2021, the Company recognized an unrealized gain of $2.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 (partially reversing an unrealized held for sale loss allowance recognized in 2020).

The following table summarizes income from discontinued operations and the related realized gains (losses) and unrealized losses on disposition of rental property and impairments, net, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,

2021

2020

Total revenues

$

21,637

$

40,062

Operating and other expenses

(8,723)

(16,496)

Depreciation and amortization

(659)

(1,354)

Interest expense

(1,293)

(1,306)

Income from discontinued operations

10,962

20,906

Unrealized gains (losses) on disposition of rental property (a)

1,020

(45,068)

Realized gains (losses) on disposition of rental property (b)

21,761

17,322

Realized gains (losses) and unrealized gains (losses) on

disposition of rental property and impairments, net

22,781

(27,746)

Total discontinued operations, net

$

33,743

$

(6,840)

(a)Represents valuation allowances, including reversals, and impairment charges on properties classified as discontinued operations in 2020.

(b)See Note 3: Real Estate Transactions – Dispositions for further information regarding properties sold and related gains (losses).