17.   SEGMENT REPORTING

 

The Company operates in three business segments: (i) commercial and other real estate, (ii) multi-family real estate, and (iii) multi-family services.  The Company provides leasing, property management, acquisition, development, construction and tenant-related services for its commercial and other real estate and multi-family real estate portfolio.  The Company’s multi‑family services business also provides similar services for third parties.  The Company no longer considers construction services as a reportable segment as it phased out this line of business in 2014.  The Company had no revenues from foreign countries recorded for the years ended December 31, 2015,  2014 and 2013.  The Company had no long lived assets in foreign locations as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.  The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies, excluding depreciation and amortization.

 

The Company evaluates performance based upon net operating income from the combined properties in each of its real estate segments (commercial and other, and multi-family) and from its multi-family services segment.

 

Selected results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2015,  2014 and 2013, and selected asset information as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 regarding the Company’s operating segments are as follows.  Amounts for prior periods have been restated to conform to the current period segment reporting presentation: (dollars in thousands)

 

 

(a)Total operating and interest expenses represent the sum of: real estate taxes; utilities; operating services; direct construction costs; real estate services expenses; general and administrative and interest expense (net of interest income).  All interest expense, net of interest and other investment income, (including for property-level mortgages) is excluded from segment amounts and classified in Corporate & Other for all periods.

(b)Net operating income represents total revenues less total operating and interest expenses (as defined in Note “a”), plus equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated joint ventures, for the period.

(c)Long-lived assets are comprised of net investment in rental property, unbilled rents receivable and goodwill.  The Company recorded an impairment charge of $197.9 million on assets included in the commercial and other real estate business segment for the year ended December 31, 2015.  See Note 3: Recent Transactions – Impairments on Properties Held and Used 

(d)Corporate & Other represents all corporate-level items (including interest and other investment income, interest expense, non-property general and administrative expense, construction services revenue and direct construction costs) as well as intercompany eliminations necessary to reconcile to consolidated Company totals.

(e)Includes $6.6 million of fees and salary reimbursements earned for this period from the multi-family real estate segment, which are eliminated in consolidation.

(f)Includes $2.3 million of fees and salary reimbursements earned for this period from the multi-family real estate segment, which are eliminated in consolidation. 

(g)Includes $2.2 million of fees and salary reimbursements earned for this period from the multi-family real estate segment, which are eliminated in consolidation.

(h)Includes $3.9 million of management fees and salary reimbursement expenses for this period for the multi-family real estate segment, which are eliminated in consolidation.

(i)Includes $2.9 million of management fees and salary reimbursement expenses for this period for the multi-family real estate segment, which are eliminated in consolidation.

(j)Includes $1.3 million of management fees and salary reimbursement expenses for this period for the multi-family real estate segment, which are eliminated in consolidation.

 

The following schedule reconciles net operating income to net income available to common shareholders: (dollars in thousands)