Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010

OR

[   ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file numbers 1-12080 and 0-28226

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Georgia   58-1550675
Georgia   58-2053632
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4401 Northside Parkway, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30327

(Address of principal executive offices -- zip code)

(404) 846-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Post Properties, Inc.    Yes      [X]    No      [   ]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.    Yes      [X]    No      [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period as the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Post Properties, Inc.    Yes      [X]    No      [   ]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.    Yes      [   ]    No      [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers or smaller reporting company. See definition of accelerated filer, large accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Post Properties, Inc.     Large Accelerated Filer  [X]     Accelerated Filer     [   ]  
    Non-Accelerated Filer    [   ]     (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller Reporting Company  [   ]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.  

  Large Accelerated Filer  [   ]

    Accelerated Filer     [   ]  
    Non-Accelerated Filer    [X]     (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller Reporting Company  [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Post Properties, Inc.    Yes      [   ]    No      [X]
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.    Yes      [   ]    No      [X]

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date:

48,741,968 shares of common stock outstanding as of July 31, 2010.

 

 


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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

INDEX

 

Part I   FINANCIAL INFORMATION    Page
    Item 1   Financial Statements     
    POST PROPERTIES, INC.     
 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

   1
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   2
 

Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   3
 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   4
 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   5
  POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.   
 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

   23
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   24
 

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   25
 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

   26
 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   27
  Item 2   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    45
  Item 3   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    67
  Item 4   Controls and Procedures    67
Part II   OTHER INFORMATION   
  Item 1   Legal Proceedings    68
  Item 1A   Risk Factors    68
  Item 2   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    69
  Item 3   Defaults Upon Senior Securities    69
  Item 4   Reserved    69
  Item 5   Other Information    69
  Item 6   Exhibits    70
  Signatures    71
  Exhibit Index    73


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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
     (Unaudited)        

Assets

    

Real estate assets

    

Land

   $ 284,647      $ 283,217   

Building and improvements

             2,010,564                1,983,839   

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     236,079        230,271   

Construction in progress

     19,498        28,274   

Land held for future investment

     77,868        93,899   
                
     2,628,656        2,619,500   

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (655,559     (625,391

Condominiums, for-sale and under construction

     85,378        107,366   

Assets held for sale

     8,222        5,045   
                

Total real estate assets

     2,066,697        2,106,520   

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities

     7,950        8,322   

Cash and cash equivalents

     8,033        13,347   

Restricted cash

     11,017        11,177   

Deferred charges, net

     8,017        8,365   

Other assets

     29,129        29,698   
                

Total assets

   $ 2,130,843      $ 2,177,429   
                

Liabilities and equity

    

Indebtedness

   $ 1,007,340      $ 992,760   

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     76,584        79,815   

Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

     54,203        54,706   

Dividend and distribution payable

     9,771        9,724   

Accrued interest payable

     4,693        4,890   

Security deposits and prepaid rents

     15,007        16,079   
                

Total liabilities

     1,167,598        1,157,974   
                

Redeemable common units

     3,877        3,402   
                

Commitments and contingencies

    

Equity

    

Company shareholders’ equity

    

Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 20,000 authorized:

    

8 1/2 % Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares, liquidation preference $50 per share, 868 and 900 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

     9        9   

7 5/8 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares, liquidation preference $25 per share, 1,986 and 2,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

     20        20   

Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000 authorized:

    

48,695 and 48,453 shares issued and 48,691 and 48,445 shares outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

     486        484   

Additional paid-in-capital

     961,273        960,593   

Accumulated earnings

     -        57,253   
                
     961,788        1,018,359   

Less common stock in treasury, at cost, 93 and 97 shares at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

     (3,175     (3,240
                

Total Company shareholders’ equity

     958,613        1,015,119   

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

     755        934   
                

Total equity

     959,368        1,016,053   
                

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 2,130,843      $ 2,177,429   
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

    Three months
ended

June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
    2010     2009     2010     2009  

Revenues

       

Rental

  $ 66,379      $ 64,808      $ 131,513      $ 130,192   

Other property revenues

    4,181        4,033        7,907        7,601   

Other

    271        277        554        503   
                               

Total revenues

    70,831        69,118        139,974        138,296   
                               

Expenses

       

Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)

    32,915        32,658        66,406        65,356   

Depreciation

    18,643        18,009        37,114        35,601   

General and administrative

    3,967        3,964        8,643        8,373   

Investment and development

    678        793        1,280        1,790   

Other investment costs

    490        646        1,159        1,299   

Impairment losses

    35,091        9,658        35,091        9,658   
                               

Total expenses

    91,784        65,728        149,693        122,077   
                               

Operating income (loss)

    (20,953     3,390        (9,719     16,219   

Interest income

    196        23        365        138   

Interest expense

    (12,561     (12,241     (25,174     (26,419

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    (653     (682     (1,486     (1,616

Net gains (losses) on condominium sales activities

    187        232        1,135        (28

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated real estate entities

    173        (74,656     296        (74,546

Other income (expense)

    (142     50        (297     1,109   

Net gain (loss) on early extinguishment of indebtedness

    -        (79     -        819   
                               

Loss from continuing operations

    (33,753     (83,963     (34,880     (84,324
                               

Discontinued operations

       

Income from discontinued property operations

    -        2,026        -        4,635   

Gains on sales of real estate assets

    -        24,742        -        24,742   
                               

Income from discontinued operations

    -        26,768        -        29,377   
                               

Net loss

    (33,753     (57,195     (34,880     (54,947

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

    -        8,150        (61     8,226   

Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership

    125        250        136        248   
                               

Net loss attributable to the Company

    (33,628     (48,795     (34,805     (46,473

Dividends to preferred shareholders

    (1,878     (1,910     (3,768     (3,819

Preferred stock redemption costs

    (37     -        (45     -   
                               

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

  $ (35,543   $ (50,705   $ (38,618   $ (50,292
                               

Per common share data - Basic

       

Loss from continuing operations (net of preferred dividends and redemption costs)

  $ (0.73   $ (1.75   $ (0.79   $ (1.80

Income from discontinued operations

    -        0.61        -        0.66   
                               

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

  $ (0.73   $ (1.14   $ (0.79   $ (1.13
                               

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

    48,432        44,118        48,401        44,116   
                               

Per common share data - Diluted

       

Loss from continuing operations (net of preferred dividends and redemption costs)

  $ (0.73   $ (1.75   $ (0.79   $ (1.80

Income from discontinued operations

    -        0.61        -        0.66   
                               

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

  $ (0.73   $ (1.14   $ (0.79   $ (1.13
                               

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

    48,432        44,118        48,401        44,116   
                               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND ACCUMULATED EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

    Preferred
Stock
  Common
Stock
  Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Accumulated
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Treasury
Stock
    Total
Company
Equity
    Noncontrolling
Interests -
Consolidated
Real Estate Entities
    Total
Equity
 

2010

                 

Equity & Accum. Earnings, December 31, 2009

  $ 29   $ 484   $ 960,593      $ 57,253      $ -      $ (3,240   $ 1,015,119      $ 934      $ 1,016,053   

Comprehensive income

                 

Net income (loss)

    -     -     -        (34,805     -        -        (34,805     61        (34,744
                                   

Total comprehensive income (loss)

                (34,805     61        (34,744

Proceeds from sales of common stock, net

    -     -     1,121        -        -        -        1,121        -        1,121   

Proceeds from employee stock purchase, stock option and other plans

    -     2     1,585        -        -        54        1,641        -        1,641   

Conversion of redeemable common units for shares

    -     -     63        -        -        11        74        -        74   

Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units

    -     -     8        -        -        -        8        -        8   

Redemption of preferred stock

    -     -     (1,949     -        -        -        (1,949     -        (1,949

Stock-based compensation

    -     -     1,387        -        -        -        1,387        -        1,387   

Dividends to preferred shareholders

    -     -     -        (3,768     -        -        (3,768     -        (3,768

Dividends to common shareholders ($0.40 per share)

    -     -     (778     (18,680     -        -        (19,458     -        (19,458

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

    -     -     -        -        -        -        -        (240     (240

Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units

    -     -     (757     -        -        -        (757     -        (757
                                                                   

Equity & Accum. Earnings, June 30, 2010

  $ 29   $ 486   $ 961,273      $ -      $ -      $ (3,175   $ 958,613      $ 755      $ 959,368   
                                                                   

2009

                 

Equity & Accum. Earnings, December 31, 2008

  $ 29   $ 442   $ 886,643      $ 105,300      $ (1,819   $ (2,965   $ 987,630      $ 8,220      $ 995,850   

Comprehensive income

                 

Net income (loss)

    -     -     -        (46,473     -        -        (46,473     (8,226     (54,699

Net change in derivative value

    -     -     -        -        1,819        -        1,819        -        1,819   
                                   

Total comprehensive income (loss)

                (44,654     (8,226     (52,880

Proceeds from employee stock purchase, stock option and other plans

    -     1     369        -        -        (45     325        -        325   

Stock-based compensation

    -     -     1,627        -        -        -        1,627        -        1,627   

Dividends to preferred shareholders

    -     -     -        (3,819     -        -        (3,819     -        (3,819

Dividends to common shareholders ($0.40 per share)

    -     -     -        (17,739     -        -        (17,739     -        (17,739

Consolidation of equity method investment

    -     -     -        -        -        -        -        1,560        1,560   

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

    -     -     -        -        -        -        -        (420     (420
                                                                   

Equity & Accum. Earnings, June 30, 2009

  $ 29   $ 443   $ 888,639      $ 37,269      $ -      $ (3,010   $ 923,370      $ 1,134      $ 924,504   
                                                                   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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POST PROPERTIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009  

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

    

Net loss

   $ (34,880   $ (54,947

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation

             37,114                35,601   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     1,486        1,616   

Gains on sales of real estate assets, net

     (1,135     (24,714

Other income, net

     -        (215

Asset impairment charges

     35,091        9,658   

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated entities

     (296     74,546   

Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities

     873        896   

Deferred compensation

     86        44   

Stock-based compensation

     1,392        1,636   

Net gain on early extinguishment of debt

     -        (819

Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:

    

Other assets

     28        (59

Deferred charges

     (160     (205

Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:

    

Accrued interest payable

     (197     (356

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     1,829        (722

Security deposits and prepaid rents

     (912     (612
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     40,319        41,348   
                

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

    

Construction and acquisition of real estate assets, net of payables

     (29,915     (75,460

Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets

     17,748        55,235   

Capitalized interest

     (4,894     (6,597

Property capital expenditures

     (17,952     (28,347

Corporate additions and improvements

     (224     (126

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities

     (781     (5,104

Note receivable collections and other investments

     146        1,017   
    

Net cash used in investing activities

     (35,872     (59,382
                

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

    

Lines of credit proceeds

     78,014        336,613   

Lines of credit repayments

     (63,014     (357,564

Proceeds from indebtedness

     -        288,517   

Payments on indebtedness

     (420     (295,840

Payments of financing costs and other

     (880     (3,709

Proceeds from sales of common stock

     1,121        -   

Proceeds from employee stock purchase and stock options plans

     855        279   

Redemption of preferred stock

     (1,949     -   

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities

     (240     (420

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - common unitholders

     (70     (87

Dividends paid to preferred shareholders

     (3,768     (3,819

Dividends paid to common shareholders

     (19,410     (17,714
    

Net cash used in financing activities

     (9,761     (53,744
                

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (5,314     (71,778

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     13,347        75,472   
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 8,033      $ 3,694   
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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POST PROPERTIES. INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

1.   ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization

Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. As used herein, the term “Company” includes Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), unless the context indicates otherwise. The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the general partner and owns a majority interest in the Operating Partnership which, through its subsidiaries, conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of the Company. At June 30, 2010, the Company owned 19,863 apartment units in 55 apartment communities, including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in unconsolidated entities and 396 apartment units in one community currently in lease-up. The Company is also developing and selling 277 luxury for-sale condominium homes in two communities (including 129 units in one community held in an unconsolidated entity) through taxable REIT subsidiaries. At June 30, 2010, approximately 35.4%, 23.1%, 11.2% and 10.8% (on a unit basis) of the Company’s communities were located in the Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, the greater Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Florida metropolitan areas, respectively.

The Company has elected to qualify and operate as a self-administrated and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. A REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and is generally not subject to federal income tax on the income it distributes to its shareholders.

At June 30, 2010, the Company had outstanding 48,691 shares of common stock and owned the same number of units of common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership, representing a 99.7% common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company totaled 171 at June 30, 2010 and represented a 0.3% common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. Each Common Unit may be redeemed by the holder thereof for either one share of Company common stock or cash equal to the fair market value thereof at the time of redemption, at the option, but outside the control, of the Operating Partnership. The Company’s weighted average common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership was 99.7% and 99.5% for the three months ended and 99.7% and 99.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Form 10-K”).

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company also consolidates other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or entities where it is determined to be the primary beneficiary under ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation.” Under ASC Topic 810, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The application of ASC Topic 810 requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about the Company’s and its other partners’ rights, obligations and economic interests in such entities. For entities in which the Company has less than a controlling financial interest or entities where it is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, the Company’s share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The noncontrolling interest of unitholders (also referred to as “Redeemable Common Units”) in the operations of the Operating Partnership is calculated based on the weighted average unit ownership during the period.

In 2010, the Company has presented the proceeds and payments on revolving lines of credit in the consolidated statements of cash flows at gross amounts. In 2009, these amounts were presented on a net basis. The consolidated statement of cash flows for 2009 was corrected to conform to the gross presentation.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Revenue recognition

Residential properties are leased under operating leases with terms of generally one year or less. Rental revenues from residential leases are recognized on the straight-line method over the approximate life of the leases, which is generally one year. The recognition of rental revenues from residential leases when earned has historically not been materially different from rental revenues recognized on a straight-line basis.

Under the terms of residential leases, the residents of the Company’s residential communities are obligated to reimburse the Company for certain utility usage, water and electricity (at selected properties), where the Company is the primary obligor to the public utility entity. These utility reimbursements from residents are reflected as other property revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets and for-sale condominiums are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, “Property, Plant and Equipment - Real Estate Sales.” For condominium conversion projects, revenues from individual condominium unit sales are recognized upon the closing of the sale transactions (the “Deposit Method”), as all conditions for full profit recognition have been met at that time and the conversion construction periods are typically very short. Under ASC Topic 360-20, the Company uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. For condominium conversion projects relating to a portion of an existing apartment community, the revenues and gains on sales of condominium units are included in continuing operations, as a portion of an operating community does not meet the requirements of a component of an entity under ASC Topic 360.

For newly developed condominiums, the Company accounts for each project under either the Deposit Method or the “Percentage of Completion Method,” based on a specific evaluation of the factors specified in ASC Topic 360-20. The factors used to determine the appropriate accounting method are the legal commitment of the purchaser in the real estate contract, whether the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase, sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project, the aggregate project sale proceeds and costs can be reasonably estimated and the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. As of June 30, 2010, all newly developed condominium projects are accounted for under the Deposit Method, as discussed above.

Real estate assets, depreciation and impairment

Real estate assets are stated at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. Major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (buildings and components and related land improvements – 20-40 years; furniture, fixtures and equipment – 5-10 years).

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology prescribed in ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment.” Factors considered by management in evaluating impairment of its existing real estate assets held for investment include significant declines in property operating profits, annually recurring property operating losses and other significant adverse changes in general market conditions that are considered permanent in nature. Under ASC Topic 360, a real estate asset held for investment is not considered impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of an asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the theoretical sale of the asset) over its estimated holding period are in excess of the asset’s net book value at the balance sheet date. If any real estate asset held for investment is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. In addition, for-sale condominium assets under development are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for future investment (using projected future undiscounted cash flows). However, once construction of these assets is completed and units are ready for their intended use, for-sale condominium assets are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows).

The Company periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale. An asset is classified as held for sale after the approval of the Company’s board of directors and after an active program to sell the asset has commenced. Upon the classification of a real estate asset as held for sale, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the lower of its net book value or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell the asset. Subsequent to the classification of assets as held for sale, no further depreciation expense is recorded. Real estate assets held for sale are stated separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon a decision to no longer market an asset for sale, the asset is classified as an operating asset and depreciation expense is reinstated. The operating results of real estate assets held for sale and sold are reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying statements of operations. Income from discontinued operations includes the revenues and expenses, including depreciation and

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

allocated interest expense, associated with the assets. Interest expense is allocated to assets held for sale based on actual interest costs for assets with secured mortgage debt. Interest expense is allocated to unencumbered assets based on the ratio of unsecured debt to unencumbered assets multiplied by the weighted average interest rate on the Company’s unsecured debt for the period and further multiplied by the book value of the assets held for sale and/or sold. This classification of operating results as discontinued operations applies retroactively for all periods presented. Additionally, gains and losses on sales of assets designated as held for sale are classified as part of discontinued operations.

For condominium conversion projects, a complete community conversion is treated as discontinued operations in the same manner as discussed above for apartment community sales. For partial conversions of communities or for newly developed condominiums, the operating results and associated gains and losses are reflected in continuing operations (see discussion under “revenue recognition” above) and the net book value of the assets being converted into condominiums or newly developed are reflected separately from held for sale assets on the consolidated balance sheet in the caption titled, “Condominiums, for-sale and under construction.”

Recently issued and adopted accounting guidance

The Company adopted new guidance in ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation,” on January 1, 2010. The new guidance addresses the impact that the elimination of the qualifying special purpose entity (“QSPE”) concept has on previous consolidation guidance and will require companies to evaluate all entities, even those previously considered to be QSPEs, as potential VIEs. The new guidance also addresses the timely accounting and disclosure requirements of companies’ variable interests by (1) requiring ongoing reassessments of whether or not the company is the primary beneficiary, (2) adding an additional reconsideration requirement, (3) eliminating the quantitative approach previously used to determine the primary beneficiary of a VIE, (4) amending certain guidance for determining which entities are VIEs and (5) requiring additional disclosures. The adoption of the new guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

2.    REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

Dispositions

The Company classifies real estate assets as held for sale after the approval of its board of directors and after the Company has commenced an active program to sell the assets. At June 30, 2010, the Company had two parcels of land classified as held for sale totaling $8,222, which represents the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. Under ASC Topic 360, the operating results of real estate assets designated as held for sale and sold are included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all gains and losses on the sale of these assets are included in discontinued operations.

There were no apartment communities classified as held for sale at June 30, 2010. In 2009, income from discontinued operations included the results of operations of three communities sold in 2009 through their sale dates. The revenues and expenses of these communities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 were as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June 30, 2009
   Six months ended
June 30, 2009

Revenues

     

Rental

     $                  3,228        $              7,463  

Other property revenues

   196      454  
         

Total revenues

   3,424      7,917  
         

Expenses

     

Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items
shown separately below)

   1,087      2,559  

Interest

   311      723  
         

Total expenses

   1,398      3,282  
         

Income from discontinued property operations

     $                  2,026        $              4,635  
         

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recognized net gains in discontinued operations of $24,742 from the sale of one community containing 530 units. This sale generated net proceeds of approximately $47,013. There were no sales of apartment communities for the three or six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Condominium activities

At June 30, 2010, the Company is completing construction of two condominium communities containing 277 units (including 129 units in one community held in an unconsolidated entity – see note 3). During the second quarter of 2010, the Company’s consolidated condominium project in Austin, Texas began delivering and closing units and, consequently, the community was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $34,691 in the second quarter of 2010 based on the amount by which the carrying value of the community exceeded its fair value. The estimated fair value of the condominium project was derived from the discounted present value of the project’s estimated future cash flows over an extended sell-out period, considering current market conditions for luxury condominiums in the Austin market. For the three and six months ended, the Company closed eight condominium units and the condominium revenues, costs and expenses associated with these units are included in the table below. The aggregate carrying value of the consolidated condominium community totaled $85,378 and $106,546 at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. These amounts were included in the accompanying balance sheet under the caption, “Condominiums, for-sale and under construction.”

During the second quarter of 2010, the Company completed the sell out of condominium units at its last condominium conversion community. The condominium revenues and expenses associated with the sale of these final units are included in the table below.

Income from continuing operations included net gains from condominium sales activity at developed condominium projects and condominium conversion projects representing portions of existing communities. A summary of revenues and costs and expenses of condominium activities included in continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June  30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009   2010    2009

Condominium revenues

     $     15,908         $     6,176        $     17,748         $     8,222   

Condominium costs and expenses

     (15,721)        (5,944)       (16,613)        (8,250)  
                          

Net gains (losses) on sales of condominiums

     $ 187         $ 232        $ 1,135         $ (28)  
                          

Acquisitions

The Company did not acquire any apartment communities in the six months ended June 30, 2010 or 2009.

3.    INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES

Apartment LLCs

At June 30, 2010, the Company holds investments in various individual limited liability companies (the “Apartment LLCs”) with institutional investors that own five apartment communities, including four communities located in Atlanta, Georgia and one community located in Washington, D.C. The Company holds 25% to 35% equity interests in these Apartment LLCs.

The Company accounts for its investments in the Apartment LLCs using the equity method of accounting. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s investment in the 35% owned Apartment LLCs totaled $7,950 and $8,322, respectively, excluding the credit investments discussed below. The excess of the Company’s investment over its equity in the underlying net assets of certain Apartment LLCs was approximately $4,835 at June 30, 2010. The excess investment related to the Apartment LLCs is being amortized as a reduction to earnings on a straight-line basis over the lives of the related assets. The Company’s investment in the 25% owned Apartment LLCs at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 reflects a credit investment of $15,164 and $14,886, respectively. These credit balances resulted from distribution of financing proceeds in excess of the Company’s historical cost upon the formation of the Apartment LLCs and are reflected in consolidated liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The Company provides real estate services (development, construction and property management) to the Apartment LLCs for which it earns fees.

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

The operating results of the Company include its allocable share of net income from the investments in the Apartment LLCs. A summary of financial information for the Apartment LLCs in the aggregate was as follows:

 

Apartment LLCs - Balance Sheet Data

   June 30,
2010
  December 31,
2009
   

Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $30,876 and

    $27,961, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

     $  254,546        $  257,063     

Cash and other

     6,102        5,349     
              

Total assets

     $ 260,648        $ 262,412     
              

Mortgage notes payable

     $     206,496        $     206,496     

Other liabilities

     3,557        2,464     
              

Total liabilities

     210,053        208,960     

Members’ equity

     50,595        53,452     
              

Total liabilities and members’ equity

     $ 260,648        $ 262,412     
              

Company’s equity investment in Apartment LLCs (1)

     $ (7,214)       $ (6,564)    
              

(1)    At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s equity investment includes its credit investments of $15,164 and $14,886, respectively, discussed above.

Apartment LLCs - Income Statement Data

   Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
   2010   2009   2010   2009

Revenues

        

Rental

     $     6,511        $     6,642        $     12,994        $     13,306   

Other property revenues

     513        496        971        961   

Other

     -        3        -        3   
                        

Total revenues

     7,024        7,141        13,965        14,270   
                        

Expenses

        

Property operating and maintenance

     2,920        2,743        5,808        5,453   

Depreciation and amortization

     1,681        1,651        3,357        3,292   

Interest

     2,986        2,986        5,939        5,939   
                        

Total expenses

     7,587        7,380        15,104        14,684   
                        

Net loss

     $ (564)       $ (239)       $ (1,139)       $ (414)  
                        

Company’s share of net income

     $ 173        $ 212        $ 296        $ 433   
                        

At June 30, 2010, mortgage notes payable included five mortgage notes. The first $50,500 mortgage note bears interest at 5.82%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty in September 2011. The second mortgage note payable totals $29,272, bears interest at 5.83%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty in September 2011. The third and fourth mortgage notes total $85,723, bear interest at 5.63%, require interest only payments and mature in 2017. The fifth mortgage note totals $41,000, bears interest at 5.71%, requires interest only payments, and matures in 2017.

Condominium LLCs

The Company, through its interest in a limited liability company (the “Condominium LLC”), and its partner hold an approximate pro-rata 49% interest in a limited partnership (the “Mixed-Use LP”) that is constructing a mixed-use development, consisting of 129 luxury condominium units (referred to as the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), sponsored by the Company and its partner, and Class A office space, sponsored by two additional independent investors. The Condominium LLC has a related limited liability company (the “Land LLC”) that owns land and its related infrastructure for future investment that is adjacent to the mixed-use development (see below).

At June 30, 2010, the Company was the primary beneficiary, through its ability to direct the economic performance and its majority economic interest, of the Condominium LLC (a variable interest entity) and, therefore, consolidated the Condominium LLC. The primary asset of the Condominium LLC is its investment in the Mixed-Use LP. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s consolidated investment in the Mixed-Use LP reflected a credit investment of $39,039 and $39,820, respectively. These credit investments are included in consolidated liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The credit investment primarily resulted from the recognition of the impairment loss recorded in 2009, which encompassed the write-off of the Company’s investment in the Mixed-Use LP and also encompassed the recognition of the

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Company’s maximum potential limited recourse obligations under the construction loan guarantees and the licensing and branding arrangement described below. As a result, the Company suspended further loss recognition (including any additional impairment losses that may be recognized at the unconsolidated entity level in future periods) under the equity method of accounting for the Mixed-Use LP subsequent to June 2009.

The write-off of the Company’s investment and recognition of guarantee liabilities in the second quarter of 2009 resulted, in part, from the recognition of a $74,733 non-cash impairment charge, or $68,219 net of the noncontrolling interest in the Mixed-Use LP, related to the condominium portion of the project. The impairment charge to write-down the asset to estimated fair value resulted from a determination that the estimated undiscounted cash flows related to the condominium asset under construction at the Mixed-Use LP were not sufficient to recover the carrying value of the asset. The impairment charge was reflective of deteriorating market conditions for luxury condominiums in the Atlanta market, including weakening economic conditions, price discounting for competitive products and more restrictive mortgage lending conditions in 2009.

The Company, through its interest in the Condominium LLC, accounts for its investment in Mixed-Use LP using the equity method of accounting; however, as stated above, the Company suspended further loss recognition under the equity method subsequent to June 2009. A summary of financial information for the Mixed-Use LP was as follows:

 

Mixed-Use LP - Balance Sheet Data

   June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
    

Real estate assets, including construction in progress

     $     121,326         $ 114,508      

Cash and other

     1,316         302      
                

Total assets

     $ 122,642         $ 114,810      
                

Construction note payable

     $ 137,935         $ 124,944      

Other liabilities

     5,339         11,661      
                

Total liabilities

     143,274         136,605      

Members’ deficit

     (20,632)        (21,795)     
                

Total liabilities and members’ deficit

     $ 122,642         $     114,810      
                
     Three months ended June 30,    Six months ended June 30,

Mixed-Use LP - Income Statement Data

   2010    2009    2010    2009

Revenues

           

Rental and other

     $             37         $     2         $             37         $ 2   
                           

Total revenues

     37         2         37         2   
                           

Expenses

           

Property operating and maintenance

     127         233         249         376   

Impairment losses

     -         71,679         -         71,679   
                           

Total expenses

     127         71,912         249         72,055   
                           

Net loss

     $ (90)      $ (71,910)        $ (212)        $ (72,053)  
                           

Company’s share of net loss

     $ -         $     (74,868)        $ -         $     (74,979)  
                           

The Mixed-Use LP and the Land LLC entered into a construction loan facility with an aggregate capacity of $187,128. At June 30, 2010, the construction loan had an outstanding balance of $146,088, bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.35% and matures in 2011. As discussed below, a portion of the construction loan related to the consolidated Land LLC is included in consolidated indebtedness. Under the terms of the construction loan facility, the Company and its equity partner in the Condominium LLC and Land LLC have jointly and severally guaranteed the principal amount of the loan outstanding in an amount not to exceed the lesser of approximately $25,313, or the amount of payment required to cause the principal balance of the Condominium LLC and Land LLC portion of the loan to be reduced to a loan-to-cost ratio that is equal to or less than 60%. In addition, the Company and its equity partner in the Condominium LLC and Land LLC have jointly and severally guaranteed certain debt service payments of the Condominium LLC and Land LLC portion of the construction loan not to exceed approximately $6,154. Finally, all of the equity owners of the project at the unconsolidated Mixed-Use LP, including the Company, jointly and severally guaranteed the shell completion of the mixed-use building.

The construction loan agreement also contains minimum sales prices below which the Condominium LLC is not able to execute sales contracts with prospective buyers for condominium units without the lender’s prior written consent. As current market prices for condominium units at this project are substantially below the minimum sales prices, the Condominium LLC

 

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has not executed any sales contracts to date. The Company has discussed funding, minimum sales prices and other terms and conditions of the construction loan with its lenders. Further, upon the negotiation and execution of new loan documents with the project’s lenders, it has been contemplated that the Atlanta Condominium Project and its related portion of the construction indebtedness would be distributed from the Mixed-Use LP to the Condominium LLC. However, discussions with the project’s lenders are ongoing. These discussions may, among other things, impact the timing and amount of future sales of condominium units, how expenditures relating to the project are funded in the future, the potential distribution to the Condominium LLC and could result in a settlement of the construction loan obligations at amounts less than the outstanding balances under the loan. It is not possible to fully predict or determine the outcome of or the impact that these discussions will have on the Company’s investment in or its accounting for the project in future periods. However, if the Atlanta Condominium Project is classified as “held for sale” for financial reporting purposes in future periods and if, as a result of the distribution to the Condominium LLC or for other reasons, the Company is required to consolidate the Atlanta Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes or if the Company were to settle the construction loan obligations at an amount less than the outstanding balances under the loan, the Company may be required to record an additional impairment loss in future periods in connection with its investment in the underlying asset and could recognize an offsetting gain in excess of such impairment charge. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of these ongoing discussions with the project’s lenders or the impact that these discussions will have on the Company’s investment.

The Condominium LLC has entered into a licensing and branding arrangement with a third party. This arrangement provides for the payment of a licensing fee based on a percentage of actual sales prices for condominium units sold through September 1, 2012, at which point the remaining fee is payable as a lump sum calculated on all unsold units at a minimum assumed sales price. The licensing fee is expected to be paid from the proceeds of condominium sales at the Condominium LLC. The Company has guaranteed the payment of one-half of the licensing fee, of which the Company portion should not exceed $4,800.

The Company also holds an investment in a Land LLC that owns land and its related infrastructure adjacent to the condominium project discussed above for future investment. In the second quarter of 2009, the Company made aggregate additional investments and advances of $1,527 to the Land LLC, whereby the Company obtained a majority of the economic interests and consolidated the Land LLC, a variable interest entity. The consolidation of the Land LLC resulted in the consolidation of land, which was determined to be non-recoverable and fully impaired in the second quarter of 2009, and the consolidation of a portion of the construction loan discussed above totaling $8,153 at June 30, 2010 (see note 4).

4.    INDEBTEDNESS

At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s indebtedness consisted of the following:

 

Description

     Payment
Terms
     Interest Rate      Maturity
Date
     June 30, 2010      December 31,
2009

Senior Unsecured Notes

     Int.      5.13% -7.70% (1)        2010-2013 (1)        $ 335,917          $ 335,917  

Unsecured Syndicated Lines of Credit

     N/A      LIBOR + 0.80% (2)        2011        15,000          -  

Secured Mortgage Notes

     Prin. and Int.      4.88% -6.09%              2013-2019 (3)        648,270          648,690  

Secured Variable Rate Construction Note

    (held in a variable interest entity)

    

Int.

    

LIBOR + 1.35%      

    

2011

    

 

8,153  

    

 

8,153  

                        
                                

Total

                      $       1,007,340          $       992,760  
                                

 

(1)

Senior unsecured notes totaling approximately $100,505 bearing interest at 7.7% mature in 2010. The remaining notes mature between 2011 and 2013.

(2)

Represents stated rate. At June 30, 2010, the weighted average interest rate was 1.1%

(3)

There are no scheduled maturities of secured notes in 2010. These notes mature between 2013 and 2019.

Debt maturities

The aggregate maturities of the Company’s indebtedness are as follows:

 

Remainder of 2010

     $ 100,937     

2011

     36,276   (1) 

2012

     100,104     

2013

     186,606     

2014

     188,644     

Thereafter

     394,773     
        
     $     1,007,340     
        

 

(1)

Includes outstanding balances on lines of credit totaling $15,000.

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Debt issuances and retirements

There were no issuances or retirements of debt for the six months ended June 30, 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company’s net gain on early extinguishment of indebtedness included a net gain of $3,445 from the early extinguishment of debt related to the Company’s tender offer of its 2010 and 2011 senior unsecured bonds offset by a net loss of $2,626 on the prepayment of the Company’s weekly-remarketed, variable rate taxable mortgage bonds and the associated interest rate swap agreement.

Unsecured lines of credit

At June 30, 2010, the Company utilizes a syndicated unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Syndicated Line”). In March 2010, the Company amended the Syndicated Line to reduce the available borrowing capacity under the agreement from $600,000 to $400,000 and to modify certain default and other provisions of the credit agreement to exclude from those provisions certain defaults or other effects on such provisions relating to certain designated affiliates of the Company. In addition, the Company exercised its extension option in accordance with the agreement for an additional one-year period to April 27, 2011. The Syndicated Line has a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.80% or the prime rate and was provided by a syndicate of 16 banks led by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Additionally, the Syndicated Line requires the payment of annual facility fees currently equal to 0.175% of the aggregate loan commitment. The Syndicated Line provides for the interest rate and facility fee rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings on the Company’s senior unsecured debt. The rates under the Syndicated Line are based on the higher of the Company’s unsecured debt ratings in instances where the Company has split unsecured debt ratings. The Syndicated Line also includes a competitive bid option for short-term funds up to 50% of the loan commitment at rates generally below the stated line rate, depending on market conditions. The credit agreement for the Syndicated Line contains customary restrictions, representations, covenants and events of default, including minimum fixed charge coverage and maximum leverage ratios. The Syndicated Line also restricts the amount of capital the Company can invest in specific categories of assets, such as improved land, properties under construction, condominium properties, non-multifamily properties, debt or equity securities, notes receivable and unconsolidated affiliates. At June 30, 2010, the Company had issued letters of credit to third parties totaling $3,639 under this facility.

Additionally, at June 30, 2010, the Company had a $30,000 unsecured line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Cash Management Line”). Pursuant to an amendment executed in March 2010, the maturity date of the Cash Management Line maturity was extended to April 27, 2011. Additionally, the amendment increased the stated interest rate from LIBOR plus 0.80% to LIBOR plus 2.50% as well as modified certain of the default provisions consistent with those of the Syndicated Line discussed above. The Cash Management Line also carries other terms, including debt covenants, substantially consistent with the Syndicated Line.

In connection with the above mentioned amendments and extension, the Company paid fees and expenses of $860 for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Debt compliance

The Company’s Syndicated Line, Cash Management Line and senior unsecured notes contain customary restrictions, representations and events of default and require the Company to meet certain financial covenants. Debt service and fixed charge coverage covenants require the Company to maintain coverages of a minimum of 1.5 to 1.0, as defined in applicable debt arrangements. Leverage covenants generally require the Company to maintain calculated covenants above/below minimum/maximum thresholds. The primary leverage ratios under these arrangements include total debt to total asset value (maximum of 60%), total secured debt to total asset value (maximum of 35% or 40%, respectively) and unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (minimum of 1.5 to 1.0 or 1.6 to 1.0, respectively), as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. Management believes the Company was in compliance with these financial covenants at June 30, 2010.

5.    EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Common stock

In February 2010, the Company initiated an at-the-market common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, sales of common stock under this program totaled 41 shares for proceeds of $1,121, net of underwriter commissions paid of $23. The Company has and expects to use the proceeds from this program for general corporate purposes.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Preferred stock repurchases

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company repurchased preferred stock with a liquidation value of approximately $1,030 and $1,962, respectively, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Computation of earnings (loss) per common share

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted loss from continuing operations per common share is as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June  30,
   Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Loss from continuing operations attributable to
common shareholders (numerator):

           

Loss from continuing operations

     $    (33,753)      $    (83,963)        $    (34,880)        $    (84,324)  

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

   -       8,150       (61)      8,226   

Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership -
continuing operations

   125       381       136       392   

Preferred stock dividends

   (1,878)      (1,910)      (3,768)      (3,819)  

Preferred stock redemption costs

   (37)      -       (45)      -   

Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)

   159       202       162       177    
                   

Loss from continuing operations attributable to
common shareholders

     $    (35,384)      $    (77,140)        $    (38,456)        $    (79,348)  
                   

Common shares (denominator):

           

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

   48,432       44,118       48,401       44,116   

Dilutive shares from stock options (1)

   -       -       -       -   
                   

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (1)

   48,432       44,118       48,401       44,116   
                   

Per-share amount:

           

Basic

     $        (0.73)        $        (1.75)          $        (0.79)        $        (1.80)  
                   

Diluted

     $        (0.73)      $        (1.75)        $        (0.79)        $        (1.80)  
                   

 

(1)

The potential dilution from the Company’s outstanding stock options to purchase 154 and 0 shares for the three months ended and 133 and 1 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were antidilutive to the loss from continuing operations per share calculation. As such, these amounts were excluded from weighted average shares for those periods.

Stock options to purchase 2,351 and 2,297 shares of common stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share as these stock options were antidilutive.

Noncontrolling interests

In accordance with ASC Topic 810 the Company determined that the noncontrolling interests related to the common unitholders of the Operating Partnership met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as “temporary” equity (reflected outside of total equity as “Redeemable Common Units”). At June 30, 2010, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in of the Operating Partnership of $3,877 was in excess of its net book value of $3,053. At December 31, 2009, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $3,402 was in excess of its net book value of $3,334. The Company further determined that the noncontrolling interests in its consolidated real estate entities met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as a component of permanent equity.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, income from continuing operations, income from discontinued operations and net income available to the Company were comprised of the following amounts, net of its noncontrolling interests:

 

    Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
            2010                   2009                   2010                   2009        

Loss from continuing operations

    $ (33,628)       $ (75,432)       $ (34,805)       $ (75,706)  

Income from discontinued operations

    -        26,637        -         29,233   
                       

Net loss attributable to the Company

    $ (33,628)       $ (48,795)       $ (34,805)       $ (46,473)  
                       

The following table summarizes the activity relating to the Company’s redeemable common units for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:

    Six months ended
June 30,
   
            2010                   2009          

Redeemable common units, beginning of period

    $ 3,402       $ 4,410     

Comprehensive income

     

Net income (loss)

    (136)       (248)    

Net change in derivative value

    -        10     
             

Total comprehensive income (loss)

    (136)       (238)    

Conversion of redeemable common units for shares

    (74)       -     

Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units

    (8)       -     

Stock-based compensation

    5        9      

Distributions to common unitholders ($0.40 per unit)

    (69)       (87)    

Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units

    757        -     
             

 

Redeemable common units, end of period

    $ 3,877        $ 4,094     
             

 

6.     FAIR VALUE MEASURES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, the Company records certain assets and liabilities at fair value. Real estate assets may be stated at fair value if they become impaired in a given period and may be stated at fair value if they are held for sale and the fair value of such assets is below historical cost. Additionally, the Company records derivative financial instruments, if any, at fair value. The Company also uses fair value metrics to evaluate the carrying values of its real estate assets and for the disclosure of financial instruments. Fair value measurements were determined by management using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies available to management at June 30, 2010. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and estimate fair value. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates discussed herein, using Level 2 and 3 inputs, are indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the real estate assets or other financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Real estate assets

The Company periodically reviews its real estate assets, including operating assets, land held for future investment and assets held for sale, for impairment purposes using Level 3 inputs, primarily comparable sales data, independent appraisals and discounted cash flow models.

During the second quarter of 2010, the Company’s consolidated condominium community in Austin, Texas began delivering and closing completed condominium units. As a result, the community was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. Under the held for sale impairment evaluation model, the Company wrote down the carry value of the community to its estimated fair value of $85,378 using level 3 inputs, primarily an independent valuation using a discounted cash flow model, and recorded impairment charges of $34,691 (see note 2). In addition, in the second quarter of 2010, the Company wrote down the carrying value of a land parcel classified as held for sale to its estimated fair value of $3,177, using level 3 inputs, and recorded an impairment charge of $400.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Financial instruments

Cash equivalents, rents and accounts receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. At June 30, 2010, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $1,026,235 (carrying value of $984,187) and the fair value of the Company’s variable rate debt, including the Company’s lines of credit, was approximately $22,471 (carrying value of $23,153). At December 31, 2009, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $982,889 (carrying value of $984,607) and the fair value of floating rate debt, including the Company’s lines of credit, was approximately $7,571 (carrying value of $8,153). Long-term indebtedness was valued using Level 2 inputs, primarily market prices of comparable debt instruments.

In March 2009, the Company early terminated its only interest rate swap through a terminating payment of $1,554 to the swap counter-party. The swap was terminated in conjunction with the early extinguishment of the indebtedness being hedged by the swap. In 2008, this interest rate swap became ineffective under generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, the gross change in the market value of the interest rate swap arrangement from January 1, 2009 through the swap termination date in March 2009 of $874 was recognized in other income in the consolidated statement of operations. Additionally, the Company was required to amortize into expense the cumulative unrecognized loss on the interest rate swap over the remaining life of the swap. Total amortization expense related to this swap was $658 from January 1, 2009 through the swap termination date in March 2009. The remaining unamortized loss on the swap of $1,161 was recognized as a loss on the termination of the swap and was included in the net gain (loss) from early debt extinguishment on the consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

A summary of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
     2010   2009   2010   2009

Net loss

     $     (33,753)       $     (57,195)       $     (34,880)       $     (54,947)  

Change in derivatives (1)

     -        -        -        1,829   
                        

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     (33,753)       (57,195)       (34,880)       (53,118)  

Less:

        

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     125        8,400        75        8,464   
                        

Total Company comprehensive income

     $ (33,628)       $ (48,795)       $ (34,805)       $ (44,654)  
                        

 

(1)

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the change in derivatives balance includes an adjustment of $658 for amortized swap costs as well as an adjustment for $1,161 to write-off the remaining unamortized balance in equity, both included in net income.

 

7.    SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment description

In accordance with ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” the Company presents segment information based on the way that management organizes the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The segment information is prepared on the same basis as the internally reported information used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers to manage the business.

The Company’s chief operating decision makers focus on the Company’s primary sources of income from apartment community rental operations. Apartment community rental operations are generally broken down into four segments based on the various stages in the apartment community ownership lifecycle. These segments are described below. All commercial properties and other ancillary service and support operations are combined in the line item “other” in the accompanying segment information. The segment information presented below reflects the segment categories based on the lifecycle status of each community as of January 1, 2009.

 

   

Fully stabilized communities – those apartment communities which have been stabilized (the earlier of the point at which a property reaches 95% occupancy or one year after completion of construction) for both the current and prior year.

 

   

Communities stabilized during 2009 – communities which reached stabilized occupancy in the prior year.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

   

Development and lease-up communities – those apartment communities under development and lease-up during the period.

 

   

Condominium conversion and other communities – those portions of existing apartment communities converted into condominiums that are reflected in continuing operations.

Segment performance measure

Management uses contribution to consolidated property net operating income (“NOI”) as the performance measure for its operating segments. The Company uses net operating income, including net operating income of stabilized communities, as an operating measure. Net operating income is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate operations less total property and maintenance expenses from real estate operations (excluding depreciation and amortization). The Company believes that net operating income is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses generally incurred at the corporate level. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that net operating income, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to net operating income.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Segment information

The following table reflects each segment’s contribution to consolidated revenues and NOI together with a reconciliation of segment contribution to property NOI to consolidated net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Additionally, substantially all of the Company’s assets relate to the Company’s property rental operations. Asset cost, depreciation and amortization by segment are not presented because such information at the segment level is not reported internally.

 

     Three months ended June 30,    Six months ended June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Revenues

           

Fully stabilized communities

     $ 58,164         $ 59,990         $ 115,758         $ 120,337   

Communities stabilized during 2009

     3,533         2,753         6,984         5,059   

Development and lease-up communities

     3,681         742         6,599         1,181   

Condominium conversion and other communities

     -         38         -         107   

Other property segments

     5,182         5,318         10,079         11,109   

Other

     271         277         554         503   
                           

Consolidated revenues

     $ 70,831         $ 69,118         $ 139,974         $ 138,296   
                           

 

Contribution to Property Net Operating Income

           

Fully stabilized communities

     $ 34,192         $ 36,121         $ 67,391         $ 72,181   

Communities stabilized during 2009

     2,082         1,219         4,053         2,001   

Development and lease-up communities

     1,587         (551)        2,399         (769)  

Condominium conversion and other communities

     -         24         -         68   

Other property segments, including corporate management expenses

     (216)        (630)        (829)        (1,044)  
                           

Consolidated property net operating income

     37,645         36,183         73,014          72,437   
                           

 

Interest income

     196         23         365         138   

Other revenues

     271         277         554         503   

Depreciation

     (18,643)        (18,009)        (37,114)        (35,601)  

Interest expense

     (12,561)        (12,241)        (25,174)        (26,419)  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (653)        (682)        (1,486)        (1,616)  

General and administrative

     (3,967)        (3,964)        (8,643)        (8,373)  

Investment and development

     (678)        (793)        (1,280)        (1,790)  

Other investment costs

     (490)        (646)        (1,159)        (1,299)  

Impairment losses

     (35,091)        (9,658)        (35,091)        (9,658)  

Gains (losses) on condominium sales activities, net

     187         232         1,135         (28)  

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated real estate entities

     173         (74,656)        296         (74,546)  

Other income (expense), net

     (142)        50         (297)        1,109   

Net gain (loss) on early extinguishment of indebtedness

     -         (79)        -         819   
                           

Loss from continuing operations

     (33,753)        (83,963)        (34,880)        (84,324)  

Income from discontinued operations

     -         26,768         -         29,377   
                           

 

Net loss

     $     (33,753)        $     (57,195)        $     (34,880)        $     (54,947)  
                           

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

8.    IMPAIRMENT, SEVERANCE AND OTHER CHARGES

In prior years, the Company recorded severance charges associated with the departure of certain executive officers of the Company. Under certain of these arrangements, the Company is required to make certain payments and provide specified benefits through 2013 and 2016. The following table summarizes the activity relating to aggregate net severance charges for such executive officers for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009

Accrued severance charges, beginning of period

     $ 7,671         $ 9,405   

Severance charges

     -         -   

Payments for period

     (1,511)        (1,184)  

Interest accretion

     279         279   
             

Accrued severance charges, end of period

     $         6,439         $         8,500   
             

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company recorded aggregate impairment charges of $34,691 to write-down the carrying value of its consolidated condominium project in Austin, Texas and recoded impairment charges of $400 to write-down the carrying value of a land parcel classified as held for sale to their fair values at June 30, 2010 (see notes 2 and 6).

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded aggregate impairment charges of $76,317 (net of $8,074 of noncontrolling interests) to write-down the carrying value of its investment in an unconsolidated condominium development and a parcel of adjacent land (see note 3).

9.    SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Interest paid (including capitalized amounts of $4,894 and $6,597 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively), aggregated $30,265 and $34,095 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company and the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiaries made income tax payments to federal and state taxing authorities totaling $155 and $1,028, respectively.

Non-cash investing and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

In the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company became the majority owner of and consolidated a previously unconsolidated entity (see note 3). This consolidation resulted in increases in land held for future investment and other assets of $9,658, cash of $248, indebtedness of $8,153, accounts payable and accrued expenses of $192 and noncontrolling interests of $1,560. This was a non-cash transaction.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, Common Units in the Operating Partnership totaling three and zero, respectively, were converted into Company common shares on a one-for-one basis. The net effect of the conversion of Common Units of the Operating Partnership to common shares of the Company and the adjustments to noncontrolling interest for the impact of the Company’s employee stock purchase and stock options plans, decreased noncontrolling interest and increased Company shareholders’ equity in the amounts of $82 for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company amortized approximately $658 of accumulated other comprehensive non-cash losses into earnings related to an interest rate swap derivative financial instrument (see note 6). For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recognized a loss equal to the remaining unamortized balance of accumulated other comprehensive income (an equity account) of $1,171 related to a terminated interest rate swap derivative financial instrument. The Company also recognized other income during the first quarter of 2009 of $874 to record an increase in the value of the ineffective interest rate swap derivative financial instrument prior to its termination (see note 6). This increase in value also caused a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses for the first six months of 2009.

The Company and the Operating Partnership pay dividends and distributions a quarter in arrears. At June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Operating Partnership committed to distribute and had accrued $9,771 and $8,914, respectively. As a result, the Company declared and accrued dividends of $9,737 and $8,870 at June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The remaining distributions from the Operating Partnership in the amount of $34 and $44 were accrued at June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, for the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company issued common shares for director compensation, totaling $86 and $44, respectively. In addition, in the first quarter of 2010, the Company issued common shares for its matching contribution to the Company’s 401K Plan, totaling $700. These were non-cash transactions.

10.    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

Incentive stock plans

Incentive stock awards are granted under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated in October 2008 (the “2003 Stock Plan”). Under the 2003 Stock Plan, an aggregate of 3,469 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Of this amount, stock grants count against the total shares available under the 2003 Stock Plan as 2.7 shares for every one share issued, while options (and stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) settled in shares) count against the total shares available as one share for every one share issued on the exercise of an option (or SAR). The exercise price of each option granted under the 2003 Stock Plan may not be less than the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the option grant and all options may have a maximum life of ten years. Participants receiving restricted stock grants are generally eligible to vote such shares and receive dividends on such shares. Substantially all stock option and restricted stock grants are subject to annual vesting provisions (generally three to five years) as determined by the compensation committee overseeing the 2003 Stock Plan.

Compensation costs for stock options have been estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing method. The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model were as follows:

 

     Six months ended June 30,    
     2010    2009  

Dividend yield

   4.4%    6.5%  

Expected volatility

   41.6%    35.4%  

Risk-free interest rate

   2.8%    2.2%  

Expected option term (years)

   6.0 years    5.9 years  

The Company’s assumptions were derived from the methodologies discussed herein. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company’s current historical yield, which is expected to approximate the future yield. Expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the options was based on the implied yields on the U.S. Treasury yield curve. The weighted average expected option term was based on the Company’s historical data for prior period stock option exercise and forfeiture activity.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company granted stock options to purchase 66 and 346 shares of Company common stock, respectively, to Company officers and directors. The Company recorded compensation expense related to stock options of $70 and $160 for the three months ended and $177 and $365 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, under the fair value method. Upon the exercise of stock options, the Company issues shares of common stock from treasury shares or, to the extent treasury shares are not available, from authorized common shares.

A summary of stock option activity under all plans for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 is presented below:

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009
     Shares    Weighted Average
Exercise Price
   Shares    Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Options outstanding, beginning of period      2,516      $        31          2,382      $        34    
Granted      66      18          346      12    
Exercised      (50)      12          -      -    
Forfeited      -      -          (201)      36    
Expired      (235)      38          -      -    
                   
Options outstanding, end of period      2,297      30          2,527      31    
                   
Options exercisable, end of period      2,062      32          2,121      33    
                   
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period      $         5.08           $         2.09     
                   

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

At June 30, 2010, there was $547 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $730 and $0, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic values of stock options outstanding, exercisable and expected to vest at June 30, 2010 were $3,394, $1,328 and $3,296, respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and expected to vest at June 30, 2010 were 3.8, 3.2 and 3.8 years, respectively. Stock options expected to vest at June 30, 2010 totaled 2,286 at a weighted average exercise price of approximately $30.

At June 30, 2010, the Company had separated its outstanding options into two ranges based on exercise prices. There were 1,044 options outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $12.22 to $27.92. These options have a weighted average exercise price of $21.72 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 4.2 years. Of these outstanding options, 809 were exercisable at June 30, 2010 at a weighted average exercise price of $23.98. In addition, there were 1,253 options outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $27.98 to $48.00. These options had a weighted average exercise price of $36.97 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 3.5 years. Of these outstanding options, 1,253 were exercisable at June 30, 2010 at a weighted average exercise price of $36.97.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company granted 87 and 106 shares of restricted stock, respectively, to Company officers and directors. The weighted average grant date fair value for the restricted shares for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $18.30 and $12.19, respectively, per share. The total value of the restricted share grants for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $1,582 and $1,288, respectively. The compensation cost is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. Total compensation expense relating to the restricted stock was $552 and $610 for the three months ended and $1,108 and $1,195 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

A summary of the activity related to the Company’s restricted stock for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 is presented below:

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009
         Shares        Weighted Average
Grant-Date

Fair Value
       Shares        Weighted Average
Grant-Date

Fair Value

Unvested share, beginning or period

   132        $        21        128        $        33    

Granted

   87        18        106        12    

Vested

   (2)       16        -        -    

Forfeited

   -        -        (1)       43    
               

Unvested shares, end of period

   217        20        233        23    
               

At June 30, 2010, there was $2,968 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years. The total intrinsic value of restricted shares vested for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $38 and $2, respectively.

Employee stock purchase plan

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) approved by Company shareholders in 2005. The maximum number of shares issuable under the ESPP is 300. The purchase price of shares of common stock under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing price per share of common stock on the first or last day of the trading period, as defined. The Company records the aggregate cost of the ESPP (generally the 15% discount on the share purchases) as a period expense. Total compensation expense relating to the ESPP was $31 and $38 for the three months ended and $107 and $75 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

11.  INCOME TAXES

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To qualify as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income, as defined in the Code, to its shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. It is management’s current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company’s REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax at the corporate level on the taxable income it distributes to its shareholders. Should the Company fail to qualify as a REIT in any tax year, it may be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. The Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income taxes and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income.

In the preparation of income tax returns in federal and state jurisdictions, the Company and its taxable REIT subsidiaries assert certain tax positions based on their understanding and interpretation of the income tax law. The taxing authorities may challenge such positions and the resolution of such matters could result in the payment and recognition of additional income tax expense. Management believes it has used reasonable judgments and conclusions in the preparation of its income tax returns. The Company and its subsidiaries’ (including the taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”)) income tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions for years 2006 through 2008. Net income tax loss carryforwards and other tax attributes generated in years prior to 2005 are also subject to challenge in any examination of the 2006 to 2008 tax years. In October 2009, the IRS concluded its audit of the TRSs’ 2005 tax return resulting in additional taxes and interest of $12.

As of June 30, 2010, the Company’s TRSs had unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $797 which primarily related to uncertainty regarding the sustainability of certain deductions taken on prior year income tax returns of the TRS with respect to the amortization of certain intangible assets. The uncertainty surrounding this unrecognized tax benefit may generally be clarified in future periods through 2012. To the extent these unrecognized tax benefits are ultimately recognized, they may affect the effective tax rate in a future period. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and at June 30, 2010 were not material to the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

The Company utilizes TRSs principally to perform such non-REIT activities as asset and property management, for-sale housing (condominiums) conversions and sales and other services. These TRSs are subject to federal and state income taxes. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the TRS recorded no net income tax expense (benefit) as the provision for estimated income taxes payable, if any, is expected to be fully offset by deferred tax benefits resulting from originating temporary differences.

At December 31, 2009, management had established valuation allowances of approximately $53,997 against net deferred tax assets due primarily to historical losses at the TRSs in prior years and the variability of the income of these subsidiaries. The tax benefits associated with such unused valuation allowances may be recognized in future periods, if the taxable REIT subsidiaries generate sufficient taxable income to utilize such amounts or if the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets are realizable.

A summary of the components of the TRS deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2009 are included in the footnotes to the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Form 10-K. There were no material changes to the components of deferred tax assets, deferred tax asset valuation allowances and deferred liabilities at June 30, 2010.

12.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In November 2006, the Equal Rights Center (“ERC”) filed a lawsuit against the Company and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. On September 28, 2009, the Court dismissed this suit in its entirety. In granting the Company’s request to dismiss the suit, the Court held that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring the claims. On October 13, 2009, the Company moved the Court for a finding of entitlement of an award of the Company’s costs, expenses and attorney’s fees incurred in defending the action. The Company requested the briefing to determine the amount to which the Company is entitled be scheduled after the finding of entitlement, and the Court agreed. On October 14, 2009, the ERC filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s decision to dismiss the action to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ERC filed a corrected version of its appellate brief on June 11, 2010; the Company’s response is due on August 12, 2010; and ERC’s reply is due on September 10, 2010. At this stage in the proceeding, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the lawsuit, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss that would be associated with an adverse decision.

In September 2008, the Company and Federal Realty Investment Trust (“Federal”) filed suit against Vornado Realty Trust and related entities (“Vornado”) for breach of contract in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia. The breach of contract was a result of Vornado’s acquiring in transactions in 2005 and 2007 the fee interest in the land under the Company’s and Federal’s Pentagon Row project without first giving the Company and Federal the opportunity to purchase the fee interest in that land as required by the right of first offer (“ROFO”) provisions included in the documentation relating to the Pentagon

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Row project. On April 30, 2010, the court issued a final order ruling that Vornado failed to comply with the ROFO and as a result, breached the contract, and ordered Vornado to sell to the Company and Federal, collectively, the land under Pentagon Row for a remaining net purchase price of approximately $14,700. On July 30, 2010, Vornado filed a petition with the Virginia Supreme Court for leave to appeal the trial court’s ruling.

The Company is involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Company believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Company which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

As of June 30, 2010, the Company has substantially completed its initiative to remediate and improve approximately 30 of its communities that have stucco exteriors or exterior insulation finishing systems (“EIFS”) with potential water penetration and other related issues. At June 30, 2010, the Company had incurred approximately $42,908 of capital expenditures relating to the project, and expects that total project costs will not exceed its previous total estimate of $45,000. Also, the Company determined that the net book value of certain building components totaling $6,505 should be retired and, as such, were depreciated on an accelerated basis through the end of 2009.

13.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated the accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events reporting through the issuance date of the financial statements. There were no material subsequent events in this period.

 

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POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

 

     June  30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (Unaudited)     

Assets

     

Real estate assets

     

Land

     $ 284,647        $ 283,217  

Building and improvements

     2,010,564        1,983,839  

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     236,079        230,271  

Construction in progress

     19,498        28,274  

Land held for future investment

     77,868        93,899  
             
     2,628,656        2,619,500  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (655,559)      (625,391)

Condominiums, for-sale and under construction

     85,378        107,366  

Assets held for sale

     8,222        5,045  
             

Total real estate assets

     2,066,697        2,106,520  

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities

     7,950        8,322  

Cash and cash equivalents

     8,033        13,347  

Restricted cash

     11,017        11,177  

Deferred charges, net

     8,017        8,365  

Other assets

     29,129        29,698  
             

Total assets

     $     2,130,843        $     2,177,429  
             

Liabilities and equity

     

Indebtedness

     $ 1,007,340        $ 992,760  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     76,584        79,815  

Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

     54,203        54,706  

Distribution payable

     9,771        9,724  

Accrued interest payable

     4,693        4,890  

Security deposits and prepaid rents

     15,007        16,079  
             

Total liabilities

     1,167,598        1,157,974  
             

Redeemable common units

     3,877        3,402  
             

Commitments and contingencies

     

Equity

     

Operating Partnership equity

     

Preferred units

     93,039        95,000  

Common units

     

General partner

     10,245        10,786  

Limited partner

     855,329        909,333  
             

Total Operating Partnership equity

     958,613        1,015,119  

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

     755        934  
             

Total equity

     959,368        1,016,053  
             

Total liabilities and equity

     $ 2,130,843        $ 2,177,429  
             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)

 

       Three months ended  
June 30,
    Six months ended  
June 30,
         2010           2009           2010           2009    

Revenues

        

Rental

     $ 66,379      $ 64,808      $ 131,513      $ 130,192 

Other property revenues

     4,181      4,033      7,907      7,601 

Other

     271      277      554      503 
                        

Total revenues

     70,831      69,118      139,974      138,296 
                        

Expenses

        

Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items
shown separately below)

     32,915      32,658      66,406      65,356 

Depreciation

     18,643      18,009      37,114      35,601 

General and administrative

     3,967      3,964      8,643      8,373 

Investment and development

     678      793      1,280      1,790 

Other investment costs

     490      646      1,159      1,299 

Impairment losses

     35,091      9,658      35,091      9,658 
                        

Total expenses

     91,784      65,728      149,693      122,077 
                        

Operating income (loss)

     (20,953)     3,390      (9,719)     16,219 

Interest income

     196      23      365      138 

Interest expense

     (12,561)     (12,241)     (25,174)     (26,419)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (653)     (682)     (1,486)     (1,616)

Net gains (losses) on condominium sales activities

     187      232      1,135      (28)

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated real estate entities

     173      (74,656)     296      (74,546)

Other income (expense)

     (142)     50      (297)     1,109 

Net gain (loss) on early extinguishment of indebtedness

         (79)         819 
                        

Loss from continuing operations

     (33,753)     (83,963)     (34,880)     (84,324)
                        

Discontinued operations

        

Income from discontinued property operations

         2,026          4,635 

Gains on sales of real estate assets

         24,742          24,742 
                        

Income from discontinued operations

         26,768          29,377 
                        

Net loss

     (33,753)     (57,195)     (34,880)     (54,947)

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

         8,150      (61)     8,226 
                        

Net loss attributable to the Operating Partnership

     (33,753)     (49,045)     (34,941)     (46,721)

Distributions to preferred unitholders

     (1,878)     (1,910)     (3,768)     (3,819)

Preferred unit redemption costs

     (37)         (45)    
                        

Net loss attributable to common unitholders

     $     (35,668)     $     (50,955)     $     (38,754)   $     (50,540)
                        

Per common unit data - Basic

        

Loss from continuing operations
(net of preferred distributions and redemption costs)

     $ (0.73)     $ (1.75)     $ (0.79)     $ (1.80)

Income from discontinued operations

         0.61      -          0.66 
                        

Net loss attributable to common unitholders

     $ (0.73)     $ (1.14)     $ (0.79)     $ (1.13)
                        

Weighted average common units outstanding - basic

     48,603      44,337      48,574      44,335 
                        

Per common unit data - Diluted

        

Loss from continuing operations
(net of preferred distributions and redemption costs)

     $ (0.73)     $ (1.75)     $ (0.79)     $ (1.80)

Income from discontinued operations

         0.61      -          0.66 
                        

Net loss attributable to common unitholders

     $ (0.73)     $ (1.14)     $ (0.79)     $ (1.13)
                        

Weighted average common units outstanding - diluted

     48,603      44,337      48,574      44,335 
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(In thousands) (Unaudited)

 

                Accumulated   Total   Noncontrolling    
        Common Units   Other   Operating   Interests -    
    Preferred
Units
  General
Partner
  Limited
Partners
  Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  Partnership
Equity
  Consolidated
Real Estate Entities
  Total
Equity

2010

                           

Equity, December 31, 2009

     $     95,000        $     10,786       $     909,333       $ -       $     1,015,119       $ 934       $     1,016,053  

Comprehensive income

             

Net income (loss)

    3,768       (387)       (38,186)       -       (34,805)       61       (34,744)  
                         

Total comprehensive income (loss)

            (34,805)       61       (34,744)  

Contributions from the Company related to sales
of Company common stock

    -       11       1,110       -       1,121       -       1,121  

Contributions from the Company related to employee
stock purchase, stock option and other plans

    -       16        1,625       -       1,641       -       1,641  

Conversion of redeemable common units

    -       -       74       -       74       -       74  

Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable
common units

    -       -       8       -       8       -       8  

Redemption of preferred units

    (1,961)     -       12       -       (1,949)       -       (1,949)  

Equity-based compensation

    -       14       1,373       -       1,387       -       1,387  

Distributions to preferred unitholders

    (3,768)     -       -       -       (3,768)       -       (3,768)  

Distributions to common unitholders ($0.40 per unit)

    -       (195)       (19,263)       -       (19,458)       -       (19,458)  

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated
real estate entities

    -       -       -       -       -       (240)     (240)  

Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable
common units

    -       -       (757)       -       (757)       -       (757)  
                                         

Equity, June 30, 2010

    $   93,039       $   10,245       $   855,329       $ -       $ 958,613       $ 755       $ 959,368  
                                         

2009

                           

Equity, December 31, 2008

    $ 95,000       $ 10,540       $ 883,909       $ (1,819)     $ 987,630       $ 8,220       $ 995,850  

Comprehensive income

             

Net income (loss)

    3,819       (503)       (49,789)       -       (46,473)       (8,226)       (54,699)  

Net change in derivative value

    -       -       -       1,819       1,819       -       1,819  
                         

Total comprehensive income (loss)

            (44,654)       (8,226)     (52,880)  

Contributions from the Company related to employee
stock purchase, stock option and other plans

    -       3       322       -       325       -       325  

Equity-based compensation

    -       16       1,611       -       1,627       -       1,627  

Distributions to preferred unitholders

    (3,819)     -       -       -       (3,819)       -       (3,819)  

Distributions to common unitholders ($0.40 per unit)

    -       (178)       (17,561)       -       (17,739)       -       (17,739)  

Consolidation of equity method investment

    -       -       -       -       -       1,560       1,560  

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - consolidated
real estate entities

    -       -         -       -       (420)       (420)  
                                         

Equity, June 30, 2009

    $ 95,000       $ 9,878       $ 818,492       $ -       $ 923,370       $ 1,134       $ 924,504  
                                         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)

 

             Six months ended         
June 30,
         2010            2009    

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

     

Net loss

     $ (34,880)      $ (54,947)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided
by operating activities:

     

Depreciation

     37,114       35,601 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     1,486       1,616 

Gains on sales of real estate assets, net

     (1,135)      (24,714)

Other income, net

          (215)

Asset impairment charges

     35,091       9,658 

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated entities

     (296)      74,546 

Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated entities

     873       896 

Deferred compensation

     86       44 

Equity-based compensation

     1,392       1,636 

Net gain on early extinguishment of debt

          (819)

Changes in assets, decrease (increase) in:

     

Other assets

     28       (59)

Deferred charges

     (160)      (205)

Changes in liabilities, increase (decrease) in:

     

Accrued interest payable

     (197)      (356)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     1,829       (722)

Security deposits and prepaid rents

     (912)      (612)
             

Net cash provided by operating activities

     40,319       41,348 
             

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

     

Construction and acquisition of real estate assets, net of payables

     (29,915)      (75,460)

Net proceeds from sales of real estate assets

     17,748       55,235 

Capitalized interest

     (4,894)      (6,597)

Property capital expenditures

     (17,952)      (28,347)

Corporate additions and improvements

     (224)      (126)

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities

     (781)      (5,104)

Note receivable collections and other investments

     146       1,017 
             

Net cash used in investing activities

     (35,872)      (59,382)
             

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

     

Lines of credit proceeds

     78,014       336,613 

Lines of credit repayments

     (63,014)      (357,564)

Proceeds from indebtedness

     -        288,517 

Payments on indebtedness

     (420)      (295,840)

Payments of financing costs and other

     (880)      (3,709)

Contributions from the Company related to stock sales, employee
stock purchase and stock option plans

     1,976       279 

Redemption of preferred units

     (1,949)      -  

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - real estate entities

     (240)      (420)

Distributions to noncontrolling interests - non-Company common unitholders

     (70)      (87)

Distributions to preferred unitholders

     (3,768)      (3,819)

Distributions to common unitholders

     (19,410)      (17,714)
             

Net cash used in financing activities

     (9,761)      (53,744)
             

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (5,314)      (71,778)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     13,347       75,472 
             

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

     $ 8,033       $ 3,694 
             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

1.    ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization

Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), a Georgia limited partnership, and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. Post Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the sole general partner, a limited partner and owns a majority interest in the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of Post Properties, Inc., a publicly traded company which operates as a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust.

At June 30, 2010, the Company owned 99.7% of the common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership and 100% of the preferred limited partnership interests (“Preferred Units”). The Company’s weighted average common ownership interest in the Operating Partnership was 99.7% and 99.5% for the three months ended and 99.7% and 99.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Common Units held by persons other than the Company totaled 171 at June 30, 2010 and represented a 0.3% ownership interest in the Operating Partnership. Each Common Unit may be redeemed by the holder thereof for either one share of Company common stock or cash equal to the fair market value thereof at the time of such redemptions, at the option, but outside the control, of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership presently anticipates that it will cause shares of common stock to be issued in connection with each such redemption rather than paying cash (as has been done in all redemptions to date). With each redemption of outstanding Common Units for Company common stock, the Company’s percentage ownership interest in the Operating Partnership will increase. In addition, whenever the Company issues shares of common stock, the Company will contribute any net proceeds therefrom to the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership will issue an equivalent number of Common Units to the Company.

At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership owned 19,863 apartment units in 55 apartment communities, including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in unconsolidated entities and 396 apartment units in one community currently in lease-up. The Operating Partnership is also developing and selling 277 luxury for-sale condominium homes in two communities (including 129 units in one community held in an unconsolidated entity) through a taxable REIT subsidiary. At March 31, 2010, approximately 35.4%, 23.1%, 11.2% and 10.8% (on a unit basis) of the Operating Partnership’s operating communities were located in the Atlanta, Dallas, the greater Washington D.C. and Tampa metropolitan areas, respectively.

Under the provisions of the limited partnership agreement, as amended, Operating Partnership net profits, net losses and cash flow (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) are allocated to the partners in proportion to their common ownership interests. Cash distributions from the Operating Partnership shall be, at a minimum, sufficient to enable the Company to satisfy its annual dividend requirements to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Operating Partnership’s management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normally recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Operating Partnership’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Form 10-K”).

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Operating Partnership and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The Operating Partnership also consolidates other entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or entities where it is determined to be the primary beneficiary under ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation.” Under ASC Topic 810, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The application of ASC Topic 810 requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about the Operating Partnership’s and its other partners’ rights, obligations and economic interests in such entities. For entities in which the Operating Partnership has less than a controlling financial interest or entities where it is not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity

 

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method of accounting. Accordingly, the Operating Partnership’s share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

In 2010, the Operating Partnership has presented the proceeds and payments on revolving lines of credit in the consolidated statements of cash flows at gross amounts. In 2009, these amounts were presented on a net basis. The consolidated statement of cash flows for 2009 was corrected to conform to the gross presentation.

Revenue recognition

Residential properties are leased under operating leases with terms of generally one year or less. Rental revenues from residential leases are recognized on the straight-line method over the approximate life of the leases, which is generally one year. The recognition of rental revenues from residential leases when earned has historically not been materially different from rental revenues recognized on a straight-line basis.

Under the terms of residential leases, the residents of the Operating Partnership’s residential communities are obligated to reimburse the Operating Partnership for certain utility usage, water and electricity (at selected properties), where the Operating Partnership is the primary obligor to the public utility entity. These utility reimbursements from residents are reflected as other property revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets and for-sale condominiums are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, “Property, Plant and Equipment - Real Estate Sales.” For condominium conversion projects, revenues from individual condominium unit sales are recognized upon the closing of the sale transactions (the “Deposit Method”), as all conditions for full profit recognition have been met at that time and the conversion construction periods are typically very short. Under ASC Topic 360-20, the Operating Partnership uses the relative sales value method to allocate costs and recognize profits from condominium sales. For condominium conversion projects relating to a portion of an existing apartment community, the revenues and gains on sales of condominium units are included in continuing operations, as a portion of an operating community does not meet the requirements of a component of an entity under ASC Topic 360.

For newly developed condominiums, the Operating Partnership accounts for each project under either the Deposit Method or the “Percentage of Completion Method,” based on a specific evaluation of the factors specified in ASC Topic 360-20. The factors used to determine the appropriate accounting method are the legal commitment of the purchaser in the real estate contract, whether the construction of the project is beyond a preliminary phase, sufficient units have been contracted to ensure the project will not revert to a rental project, the aggregate project sale proceeds and costs can be reasonably estimated and the buyer has made an adequate initial and continuing cash investment under the contract in accordance with ASC Topic 360-20. As of June 30, 2010, all newly developed condominium projects are accounted for under the Deposit Method, as discussed above.

Real estate assets, depreciation and impairment

Real estate assets are stated at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. Major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (buildings and components and related land improvements – 20-40 years; furniture, fixtures and equipment – 5-10 years).

The Operating Partnership continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology prescribed in ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment.” Factors considered by management in evaluating impairment of its existing real estate assets held for investment include significant declines in property operating profits, annually recurring property operating losses and other significant adverse changes in general market conditions that are considered permanent in nature. Under ASC Topic 360, a real estate asset held for investment is not considered impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of an asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the theoretical sale of the asset) over its estimated holding period are in excess of the asset’s net book value at the balance sheet date. If any real estate asset held for investment is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the carrying value of the asset to its estimated fair value. In addition, for-sale condominium assets under development are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for future investment (using projected future undiscounted cash flows). However, once construction of these assets is completed and units are ready for their intended use, for-sale condominium assets are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows).

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

The Operating Partnership periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale. An asset is classified as held for sale after the approval of the Company’s board of directors and after an active program to sell the asset has commenced. Upon the classification of a real estate asset as held for sale, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to the lower of its net book value or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell the asset. Subsequent to the classification of assets as held for sale, no further depreciation expense is recorded. Real estate assets held for sale are stated separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon a decision to no longer market an asset for sale, the asset is classified as an operating asset and depreciation expense is reinstated. The operating results of real estate assets held for sale and sold are reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying statements of operations. Income from discontinued operations includes the revenues and expenses, including depreciation and allocated interest expense, associated with the assets. Interest expense is allocated to assets held for sale based on actual interest costs for assets with secured mortgage debt. Interest expense is allocated to unencumbered assets based on the ratio of unsecured debt to unencumbered assets multiplied by the weighted average interest rate on the Operating Partnership’s unsecured debt for the period and further multiplied by the book value of the assets held for sale and/or sold. This classification of operating results as discontinued operations applies retroactively for all periods presented. Additionally, gains and losses on sales of assets designated as held for sale are classified as part of discontinued operations.

For condominium conversion projects, a complete community conversion is treated as discontinued operations in the same manner as discussed above for apartment community sales. For partial conversions of communities or for newly developed condominiums, the operating results and associated gains and losses are reflected in continuing operations (see discussion under “revenue recognition” above) and the net book value of the assets being converted into condominiums or newly developed are reflected separately from held for sale assets on the consolidated balance sheet in the caption titled, “Condominiums, for-sale and under construction.”

Recently issued and adopted accounting guidance

The Operating Partnership adopted new guidance in ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation,” on January 1, 2010. The new guidance addresses the impact that the elimination of the qualifying special purpose entity (“QSPE”) concept has on previous consolidation guidance and will require companies to evaluate all entities, even those previously considered to be QSPEs, as potential VIEs. The new guidance also addresses the timely accounting and disclosure requirements of companies’ variable interests by (1) requiring ongoing reassessments of whether or not the company is the primary beneficiary, (2) adding an additional reconsideration requirement, (3) eliminating the quantitative approach previously used to determine the primary beneficiary of a VIE, (4) amending certain guidance for determining which entities are VIEs and (5) requiring additional disclosures. The adoption of the new guidance did not have a material impact on the Operating Partnership’s financial position or results of operations.

2.    REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

Dispositions

The Operating Partnership classifies real estate assets as held for sale after the approval of its board of directors and after the Operating Partnership has commenced an active program to sell the assets. At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership had two parcels of land classified as held for sale totaling $8,222, which represents the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. Under ASC Topic 360, the operating results of real estate assets designated as held for sale and sold are included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all gains and losses on the sale of these assets are included in discontinued operations.

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

There were no apartment communities classified as held for sale at June 30, 2010. In 2009, income from discontinued operations included the results of operations of three communities sold in 2009 through their sale dates. The revenues and expenses of these communities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 were as follows:

 

    Three months ended
June  30, 2009
   Six months ended
June 30, 2009

Revenues

    

Rental

    $ 3,228       $ 7,463 

Other property revenues

    196       454 
            

Total revenues

    3,424       7,917 
            

Expenses

    

Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)

    1,087       2,559 

Interest

    311       723 
            

Total expenses

    1,398       3,282 
            

Income from discontinued property operations

    $ 2,026       $ 4,635 
            

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership recognized net gains in discontinued operations of $24,742 from the sale of one community containing 530 units. This sale generated net proceeds of approximately $47,013. There were no sales of apartment communities for the three or six months ended June 30, 2010.

Condominium activities

At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership is completing construction of two condominium communities containing 277 units (including 129 units in one community held in an unconsolidated entity – see note 3). During the second quarter of 2010, the Operating Partnership’s consolidated condominium project in Austin, Texas began delivering and closing units and, consequently, the community was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. As a result, the Operating Partnership recorded an impairment charge of $34,691 in the second quarter of 2010 based on the amount by which the carrying value of the community exceeded its fair value. The estimated fair value of the condominium project was derived from the discounted present value of the project’s estimated future cash flows over an extended sell-out period, considering current market conditions for luxury condominiums in the Austin market. For the three and six months ended, the Operating Partnership closed eight condominium units and the condominium revenues, costs and expenses associated with these units are included in the table below. The aggregate carrying value of the consolidated condominium community totaled $85,378 and $106,546 at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. These amounts were included in the accompanying balance sheet under the caption, “Condominiums, for-sale and under construction.”

During the second quarter of 2010, the Operating Partnership completed the sell out of condominium units at its last condominium conversion community. The condominium revenues and expenses associated with the sale of these final units are included in the table below.

Income from continuing operations included net gains from condominium sales activity at developed condominium projects and condominium conversion projects representing portions of existing communities. A summary of revenues and costs and expenses of condominium activities included in continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June  30,
       Six months ended
June 30,
 
         2010                2009                2010                2009      

Condominium revenues

     $ 15,908            $ 6,176            $ 17,748            $ 8,222    

Condominium costs and expenses

     (15,721        (5,944        (16,613        (8,250
                                         

Net gains (losses) on sales of condominiums

     $ 187            $ 232            $ 1,135            $ (28
                                         

Acquisitions

The Operating Partnership did not acquire any apartment communities in the six months ended June 30, 2010 or 2009.

 

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3.    INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES

Apartment LLCs

At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership holds investments in various individual limited liability companies (the “Apartment LLCs”) with institutional investors that own five apartment communities, including four communities located in Atlanta, Georgia and one community located in Washington, D.C. The Operating Partnership holds 25% to 35% equity interests in these Apartment LLCs.

The Operating Partnership accounts for its investments in the Apartment LLCs using the equity method of accounting. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Operating Partnership’s investment in the 35% owned Apartment LLCs totaled $7,950 and $8,322, respectively, excluding the credit investments discussed below. The excess of the Operating Partnership’s investment over its equity in the underlying net assets of certain Apartment LLCs was approximately $4,835 at June 30, 2010. The excess investment related to the Apartment LLCs is being amortized as a reduction to earnings on a straight-line basis over the lives of the related assets. The Operating Partnership’s investment in the 25% owned Apartment LLCs at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 reflects a credit investment of $15,164 and $14,886, respectively. These credit balances resulted from distribution of financing proceeds in excess of the Operating Partnership’s historical cost upon the formation of the Apartment LLCs and are reflected in consolidated liabilities on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. The Operating Partnership provides real estate services (development, construction and property management) to the Apartment LLCs for which it earns fees.

The operating results of the Operating Partnership include its allocable share of net income from the investments in the Apartment LLCs. A summary of financial information for the Apartment LLCs in the aggregate was as follows:

 

Apartment LLCs - Balance Sheet Data

    June 30,  
2010
    December 31,  
2009
   

Real estate assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $30,876 and $27,961, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

    $ 254,546      $ 257,063   

Cash and other

    6,102      5,349   
             

Total assets

    $     260,648      $ 262,412   
             

Mortgage notes payable

    $ 206,496      $ 206,496   

Other liabilities

    3,557      2,464   
             

Total liabilities

    210,053      208,960   

Members’ equity

    50,595      53,452   
             

Total liabilities and members’ equity

    $ 260,648      $ 262,412   
             

Operating Partnership’s equity investment in Apartment LLCs (1)

    $ (7,214)     $ (6,564)  
             

(1)  At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Operating Partnership’s equity investment includes its credit investments of $15,164 and $14,886, respectively, discussed above.

   
        Three months ended    
June 30,
      Six months ended    
June 30,

Apartment LLCs - Income Statement Data

      2010           2009           2010           2009    

Revenues

       

Rental

    $ 6,511      $ 6,642      $ 12,994   $ 13,306 

Other property revenues

    513      496      971     961 

Other

               
                       

Total revenues

    7,024      7,141      13,965      14,270 
                       

Expenses

       

Property operating and maintenance

    2,920      2,743      5,808      5,453 

Depreciation and amortization

    1,681      1,651      3,357      3,292 

Interest

    2,986      2,986      5,939      5,939 
                       

Total expenses

    7,587      7,380      15,104      14,684 
                       

Net loss

    $ (564)     $ (239)     $ (1,139)   $ (414)
                       

Operating Partnership’s share of net income

    $ 173      $ 212      $ 296    $ 433 
                       

At June 30, 2010, mortgage notes payable included five mortgage notes. The first $50,500 mortgage note bears interest at 5.82%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty in September

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

2011. The second mortgage note payable totals $29,272, bears interest at 5.83%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2013. The note is prepayable without penalty in September 2011. The third and fourth mortgage notes total $85,723, bear interest at 5.63%, require interest only payments and mature in 2017. The fifth mortgage note totals $41,000, bears interest at 5.71%, requires interest only payments, and matures in 2017.

Condominium LLCs

The Operating Partnership, through its interest in a limited liability company (the “Condominium LLC”), and its partner hold an approximate pro-rata 49% interest in a limited partnership (the “Mixed-Use LP”) that is constructing a mixed-use development, consisting of 129 luxury condominium units (referred to as the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), sponsored by the Operating Partnership and its partner, and Class A office space, sponsored by two additional independent investors. The Condominium LLC has a related limited liability company (the “Land LLC”) that owns land and its related infrastructure for future investment that is adjacent to the mixed-use development (see below).

At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership was the primary beneficiary, through its ability to direct the economic performance and its majority economic interest, of the Condominium LLC (a variable interest entity) and, therefore, consolidated the Condominium LLC. The primary asset of the Condominium LLC is its investment in the Mixed-Use LP. At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Operating Partnership’s consolidated investment in the Mixed-Use LP reflected a credit investment of $39,039 and $39,820, respectively. These credit investments are included in consolidated liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The credit investment primarily resulted from the recognition of the impairment loss recorded in 2009, which encompassed the write-off of the Operating Partnership’s investment in the Mixed-Use LP and also encompassed the recognition of the Operating Partnership’s maximum potential limited recourse obligations under the construction loan guarantees and the licensing and branding arrangement described below. As a result, the Operating Partnership suspended further loss recognition (including any additional impairment losses that may be recognized at the unconsolidated entity level in future periods) under the equity method of accounting for the Mixed-Use LP subsequent to June 2009.

The write-off of the Operating Partnership’s investment and recognition of guarantee liabilities in the second quarter of 2009 resulted, in part, from the recognition of a $74,733 non-cash impairment charge, or $68,219 net of the noncontrolling interest in the Mixed-Use LP, related to the condominium portion of the project. The impairment charge to write-down the asset to estimated fair value resulted from a determination that the estimated undiscounted cash flows related to the condominium asset under construction at the Mixed-Use LP were not sufficient to recover the carrying value of the asset. The impairment charge was reflective of deteriorating market conditions for luxury condominiums in the Atlanta market, including weakening economic conditions, price discounting for competitive products and more restrictive mortgage lending conditions in 2009.

The Operating Partnership, through its interest in the Condominium LLC, accounts for its investment in Mixed-Use LP using the equity method of accounting; however, as stated above, the Operating Partnership suspended further loss recognition under the equity method subsequent to June 2009. A summary of financial information for the Mixed-Use LP was as follows:

 

Mixed-Use LP - Balance Sheet Data

       2010           2009    

Real estate assets, including construction in progress

   $ 121,326    $ 114,508 

Cash and other

     1,316      302 
            

Total assets

     $ 122,642      $ 114,810 
            

Construction note payable

     $ 137,935      $ 124,944 

Other liabilities

     5,339      11,661 
            

Total liabilities

     143,274      136,605 

Members’ deficit

     (20,632)     (21,795)
            

Total liabilities and members’ deficit

     $ 122,642      $ 114,810 
            

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

    Three months  ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,

Mixed-Use LP - Income Statement Data

          2010                   2009                   2010                   2009        

Revenues

       

Rental and other

    $ 37        $ 2        $ 37        $ 2   
                       

Total revenues

    37        2        37        2   
                       

Expenses

       

Property operating and maintenance

    127        233        249        376   

Impairment losses

    -        71,679        -        71,679   
                       

Total expenses

    127        71,912        249       72,055   
                       

Net loss

    $
(90)  
    $ (71,910)       $ (212)       $ (72,053)  
                       

Operating Partnership’s share of net loss

    $ -        $ (74,868)       $ -       $ (74,979)  
                       

The Mixed-Use LP and the Land LLC entered into a construction loan facility with an aggregate capacity of $187,128. At June 30, 2010, the construction loan had an outstanding balance of $146,088, bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.35% and matures in 2011. As discussed below, a portion of the construction loan related to the consolidated Land LLC is included in consolidated indebtedness. Under the terms of the construction loan facility, the Operating Partnership and its equity partner in the Condominium LLC and Land LLC have jointly and severally guaranteed the principal amount of the loan outstanding in an amount not to exceed the lesser of approximately $25,313, or the amount of payment required to cause the principal balance of the Condominium LLC and Land LLC portion of the loan to be reduced to a loan-to-cost ratio that is equal to or less than 60%. In addition, the Operating Partnership and its equity partner in the Condominium LLC and Land LLC have jointly and severally guaranteed certain debt service payments of the Condominium LLC and Land LLC portion of the construction loan not to exceed approximately $6,154. Finally, all of the equity owners of the project at the unconsolidated Mixed-Use LP, including the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally guaranteed the shell completion of the mixed-use building.

The construction loan agreement also contains minimum sales prices below which the Condominium LLC is not able to execute sales contracts with prospective buyers for condominium units without the lender’s prior written consent. As current market prices for condominium units at this project are substantially below the minimum sales prices, the Condominium LLC has not executed any sales contracts to date. The Operating Partnership has discussed funding, minimum sales prices and other terms and conditions of the construction loan with its lenders. Further, upon the negotiation and execution of new loan documents with the project’s lenders, it has been contemplated that the Atlanta Condominium Project and its related portion of the construction indebtedness would be distributed from the Mixed-Use LP to the Condominium LLC. However, discussions with the project’s lenders are ongoing. These discussions may, among other things, impact the timing and amount of future sales of condominium units, how expenditures relating to the project are funded in the future, the potential distribution to the Condominium LLC and could result in a settlement of the construction loan obligations at amounts less than the outstanding balances under the loan. It is not possible to fully predict or determine the outcome of or the impact that these discussions will have on the Operating Partnership’s investment in or its accounting for the project in future periods. However, if the Atlanta Condominium Project is classified as “held for sale” for financial reporting purposes in future periods and if, as a result of the distribution to the Condominium LLC or for other reasons, the Operating Partnership is required to consolidate the Atlanta Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes or if the Operating Partnership were to settle the construction loan obligations at an amount less than the outstanding balances under the loan, the Operating Partnership may be required to record an additional impairment loss in future periods in connection with its investment in the underlying asset and could recognize an offsetting gain in excess of such impairment charge. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of these ongoing discussions with the projects lenders or the impact that these discussions will have on the Operating Partnership’s investment.

The Condominium LLC has entered into a licensing and branding arrangement with a third party. This arrangement provides for the payment of a licensing fee based on a percentage of actual sales prices for condominium units sold through September 1, 2012, at which point the remaining fee is payable as a lump sum calculated on all unsold units at a minimum assumed sales price. The licensing fee is expected to be paid from the proceeds of condominium sales at the Condominium LLC. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the payment of one-half of the licensing fee, of which the Operating Partnership portion should not exceed $4,800.

The Operating Partnership also holds an investment in a Land LLC that owns land and its related infrastructure adjacent to the condominium project discussed above for future investment. In the second quarter of 2009, the Operating Partnership made aggregate additional investments and advances of $1,527 to the Land LLC, whereby the Operating Partnership obtained a majority of the economic interests and consolidated the Land LLC, a variable interest entity. The consolidation of the Land LLC resulted in the consolidation of land, which was determined to be non-recoverable and fully impaired in the second quarter of 2009, and the consolidation of a portion of the construction loan discussed above totaling $8,153 at June 30, 2010 (see note 4).

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

4.    INDEBTEDNESS

At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Operating Partnership’s indebtedness consisted of the following:

 

Description

  Payment
Terms
      Interest Rate       Maturity Date   June 30,
2010
  December 31,
2009

Senior Unsecured Notes

  Int.   5.13% -7.70% (1)        2010-2013 (1)       $ 335,917       $ 335,917  

Unsecured Syndicated Lines of Credit

  N/A     LIBOR + 0.80% (2)    2011       15,000         -   

Secured Mortgage Notes

      Prin. and Int.       4.88% -6.09%           2013-2019 (3)       648,270         648,690  

Secured Variable Rate Construction Note
(held in a variable interest entity)

  Int.   LIBOR + 1.35%         2011       8,153         8,153  
                 

Total

          $     1,007,340       $     992,760  
                 

 

(1)

  Senior unsecured notes totaling approximately $100,505 bearing interest at 7.7% mature in 2010. The remaining notes mature between 2011 and 2013.

(2)

  Represents stated rate. At June 30, 2010, the weighted average interest rate was 1.1%

(3)

  There are no scheduled maturities of secured notes in 2010. These notes mature between 2013 and 2019.

Debt maturities

The aggregate maturities of the Operating Partnership’s indebtedness are as follows:

 

Remainder of 2010

   $ 100,937      

2011

     36,276    (1) 

2012

     100,104      

2013

     186,606      

2014

     188,644      

Thereafter

     394,773      
        
     $     1,007,340      
        

 

(1)

  Includes outstanding balances on lines of credit totaling $15,000.

Debt issuances and retirements

There were no issuances or retirements of debt for the six months ended June 30, 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership’s net gain on early extinguishment of indebtedness included a net gain of $3,445 from the early extinguishment of debt related to the Operating Partnership’s tender offer of its 2010 and 2011 senior unsecured bonds offset by a net loss of $2,626 on the prepayment of the Operating Partnership’s weekly-remarketed, variable rate taxable mortgage bonds and the associated interest rate swap agreement.

Unsecured lines of credit

At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership utilizes a syndicated unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Syndicated Line”). In March 2010, the Operating Partnership amended the Syndicated Line to reduce the available borrowing capacity under the agreement from $600,000 to $400,000 and to modify certain default and other provisions of the credit agreement to exclude from those provisions certain defaults or other effects on such provisions relating to certain designated affiliates of the Operating Partnership. In addition, the Operating Partnership exercised its extension option in accordance with the agreement for an additional one-year period to April 27, 2011. The Syndicated Line has a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.80% or the prime rate and was provided by a syndicate of 16 banks led by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Additionally, the Syndicated Line requires the payment of annual facility fees currently equal to 0.175% of the aggregate loan commitment. The Syndicated Line provides for the interest rate and facility fee rate to be adjusted up or down based on changes in the credit ratings on the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured debt. The rates under the Syndicated Line are based on the higher of the Operating Partnership’s unsecured debt ratings in instances where the Operating Partnership has split unsecured debt ratings. The Syndicated Line also includes a competitive bid option for short-term funds up to 50% of the loan commitment at rates generally below the stated line rate, depending on market conditions. The credit agreement for the Syndicated Line contains customary restrictions, representations, covenants and events of default, including minimum fixed charge coverage and maximum leverage ratios. The Syndicated Line also restricts the amount of capital the Operating Partnership can invest in specific categories of assets, such as improved land, properties under construction, condominium properties, non-multifamily properties, debt or equity securities, notes receivable and unconsolidated affiliates. At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership had issued letters of credit to third parties totaling $3,639 under this facility.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Additionally, at June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership had a $30,000 unsecured line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Cash Management Line”). Pursuant to an amendment executed in March 2010, the maturity date of the Cash Management Line maturity was extended to April 27, 2011. Additionally, the amendment increased the stated interest rate from LIBOR plus 0.80% to LIBOR plus 2.50% as well as modified certain of the default provisions consistent with those of the Syndicated Line discussed above. The Cash Management Line also carries other terms, including debt covenants, substantially consistent with the Syndicated Line.

In connection with the above mentioned amendments and extension, the Operating Partnership paid fees and expenses of $860 for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Debt compliance

The Operating Partnership’s Syndicated Line, Cash Management Line and senior unsecured notes contain customary restrictions, representations and events of default and require the Operating Partnership to meet certain financial covenants. Debt service and fixed charge coverage covenants require the Operating Partnership to maintain coverages of a minimum of 1.5 to 1.0, as defined in applicable debt arrangements. Leverage covenants generally require the Operating Partnership to maintain calculated covenants above/below minimum/maximum thresholds. The primary leverage ratios under these arrangements include total debt to total asset value (maximum of 60%), total secured debt to total asset value (maximum of 35% or 40%, respectively) and unencumbered assets to unsecured debt (minimum of 1.5 to 1.0 or 1.6 to 1.0, respectively), as defined in the applicable debt arrangements. Management believes the Operating Partnership was in compliance with these financial covenants at June 30, 2010.

5.    EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Company’s Common stock

In February 2010, the Company initiated an at-the-market common equity sales program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, sales of common stock under this program totaled 41 shares for proceeds of $1,121, net of underwriter commisions paid of $23. The Company’s proceeds from this program were and will be contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a like number of common units and used for general corporate purposes.

Preferred unit repurchases

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership repurchased preferred units with a liquidation value of approximately $1,030 and $1,962, respectively, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Computation of earnings (loss) per common unit

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted loss from continuing operations per common unit is as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
       2010       2009       2010       2009  

Loss from continuing operations attributable to
common unitholders (numerator):

        

Loss from continuing operations

     $     (33,753)       $     (83,963)       $     (34,880)       $     (84,324)  

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

     -        8,150        (61)       8,226   

Preferred unit distributions

     (1,878)       (1,910)       (3,768)       (3,819)  

Preferred unit redemption costs

     (37)       -        (45)       -   

Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)

     159        202       162        177   
                        

Loss from continuing operations attributable to
common unitholders

     $ (35,509)       $ (77,521)       $ (38,592)       $ (79,740)  
                        

Common units (denominator):

        

Weighted average units outstanding - basic

     48,603        44,337       48,574        44,335   

Dilutive units from stock options (1)

     -        -        -        -   
                        

Weighted average units outstanding - diluted (1)

     48,603        44,337        48,574        44,335  
                        

Per-unit amount:

        

Basic

     $ (0.73)       $ (1.75)       $ (0.79)       $ (1.80)  
                        

Diluted

     $ (0.73)       $ (1.75)       $ (0.79)       $ (1.80)  
                        

(1)        The potential dilution from the Company’s outstanding stock options to purchase 154 and 0 shares for the three months ended and 133 and 1 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were antidilutive to the loss from continuing operations per unit calculation. As such, these amounts were excluded from weighted average units for those periods.

Stock options to purchase 2,351 and 2,297 shares of common stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common share as these stock options were antidilutive.

Noncontrolling interests

In accordance with ASC Topic 810 the Operating Partnership determined that the noncontrolling interests related to the common unitholders of the Operating Partnership met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as “temporary” equity (reflected outside of total equity as “Redeemable Common Units”). At June 30, 2010, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in of the Operating Partnership of $3,877 was in excess of its net book value of $3,053. At December 31, 2009, the aggregate redemption value of the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership of $3,402 was in excess of its net book value of $3,334. The Operating Partnership further determined that the noncontrolling interests in its consolidated real estate entities met the criterion to be classified and accounted for as a component of permanent equity.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, income from continuing operations, income from discontinued operations and net income available to the Operating Partnership were comprised of the following amounts, net of its noncontrolling interests:

     Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
       2010       2009       2010       2009  

Loss from continuing operations

     $     (33,753)       $     (75,813)       $     (34,941)       $     (76,098)  

Income from discontinued operations

     -        26,768        -        29,377   
                        

Net income (loss) available to the Operating Partnership

     $ (33,753)       $ (49,045)       $ (34,941)       $ (46,721)  
                        

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

The following table summarizes the activity relating to the Operating Partnership’s redeemable common units for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
       2010        2009  

Redeemable common units, beginning of period

     $ 3,402         $ 4,410   

Comprehensive income

     

Net income (loss)

     (136)        (248)  

Net change in derivative value

     -         10   
             

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     (136)        (238)  

Conversion of redeemable common units for shares

     (74)        -   

Adjustment for ownership interest of redeemable common units

     (8)        -   

Equity-based compensation

     5         9   

Distributions to common unitholders ($0.40 per unit)

     (69)        (87)  

Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable common units

     757         -   
             

Redeemable common units, end of period

     $     3,877         $     4,094   
             

6.    FAIR VALUE MEASURES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, the Operating Partnership records certain assets and liabilities at fair value. Real estate assets may be stated at fair value if they become impaired in a given period and may be stated at fair value if they are held for sale and the fair value of such assets is below historical cost. Additionally, the Operating Partnership records derivative financial instruments, if any, at fair value. The Operating Partnership also uses fair value metrics to evaluate the carrying values of its real estate assets and for the disclosure of financial instruments. Fair value measurements were determined by management using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies available to management at June 30, 2010. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and estimate fair value. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates discussed herein, using Level 2 and 3 inputs, are indicative of the amounts the Operating Partnership could realize on disposition of the real estate assets or other financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Real estate assets

The Operating Partnership periodically reviews its real estate assets, including operating assets, land held for future investment and assets held for sale, for impairment purposes using Level 3 inputs, primarily comparable sales data, independent appraisals and discounted cash flow models.

During the second quarter of 2010, the Operating Partnership’s consolidated condominium community in Austin, Texas began delivering and closing completed condominium units. As a result, the community was classified as held for sale for financial reporting purposes. Under the held for sale impairment evaluation model, the Operating Partnership wrote down the carry value of the community to its estimated fair value of $85,378 using level 3 inputs, primarily an independent valuation using a discounted cash flow model, and recorded impairment charges of $34,691 (see note 2). In addition, in the second quarter of 2010, the Operating Partnership wrote down the carrying value of a land parcel classified as held for sale to its estimated fair value of $3,177, using level 3 inputs, and recorded an impairment charge of $400.

Financial instruments

Cash equivalents, rents and accounts receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. At June 30, 2010, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $1,026,235 (carrying value of $984,187) and the fair value of the Operating Partnership’s variable rate debt, including the Operating Partnership’s lines of credit, was approximately $22,471 (carrying value of $23,153). At December 31, 2009, the fair value of fixed rate debt was approximately $982,889 (carrying value of $984,607) and the fair value of floating rate debt, including the Operating Partnership’s lines of credit, was

approximately $7,571 (carrying value of $8,153). Long-term indebtedness was valued using Level 2 inputs, primarily market prices of comparable debt instruments.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

In March 2009, the Operating Partnership early terminated its only interest rate swap through a terminating payment of $1,554 to the swap counter-party. The swap was terminated in conjunction with the early extinguishment of the indebtedness being hedged by the swap. In 2008, this interest rate swap became ineffective under generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, the gross change in the market value of the interest rate swap arrangement from January 1, 2009 through the swap termination date in March 2009 of $874 was recognized in other income in the consolidated statement of operations. Additionally, the Operating Partnership was required to amortize into expense the cumulative unrecognized loss on the interest rate swap over the remaining life of the swap. Total amortization expense related to this swap was $658 from January 1, 2009 through the swap termination date in March 2009. The remaining unamortized loss on the swap of $1,161 was recognized as a loss on the termination of the swap and was included in the net gain (loss) from early debt extinguishment on the consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

A summary of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
   Six months ended
June 30,
       2010        2009        2010        2009  

Net loss

     $     (33,753)        $     (57,195)        $     (34,880)        $     (54,947)  

Change in derivatives (1)

     -         -         -         1,829   
                           

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     (33,753)        (57,195)        (34,880)        (53,118)  

Less:

           

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     -         8,150         (61)        8,226   
                           

Total Operating Partnership comprehensive income

     $ (33,753)        $ (49,045)        $ (34,941)        $ (44,892)  
                           

 

  (1)

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the change in derivatives balance includes an adjustment of $658 for amortized swap costs as well as an adjustment for $1,161 to write-off the remaining unamortized balance in equity, both included in net income.

 

7.    SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment description

In accordance with ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” the Operating Partnership presents segment information based on the way that management organizes the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The segment information is prepared on the same basis as the internally reported information used by the Operating Partnership’s chief operating decision makers to manage the business.

The Operating Partnership’s chief operating decision makers focus on the Operating Partnership’s primary sources of income from apartment community rental operations. Apartment community rental operations are generally broken down into four segments based on the various stages in the apartment community ownership lifecycle. These segments are described below. All commercial properties and other ancillary service and support operations are combined in the line item “other” in the accompanying segment information. The segment information presented below reflects the segment categories based on the lifecycle status of each community as of January 1, 2009.

 

   

Fully stabilized communities – those apartment communities which have been stabilized (the earlier of the point at which a property reaches 95% occupancy or one year after completion of construction) for both the current and prior year.

 

   

Communities stabilized during 2009 – communities which reached stabilized occupancy in the prior year.

 

   

Development and lease-up communities – those apartment communities under development and lease-up during the period.

 

   

Condominium conversion and other communities – those portions of existing apartment communities converted into condominiums that are reflected in continuing operations.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Segment performance measure

Management uses contribution to consolidated property net operating income (“NOI”) as the performance measure for its operating segments. The Operating Partnership uses net operating income, including net operating income of stabilized communities, as an operating measure. Net operating income is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate operations less total property and maintenance expenses from real estate operations (excluding depreciation and amortization). The Operating Partnership believes that net operating income is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses generally incurred at the corporate level. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Operating Partnership, in evaluating the performance of operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Operating Partnership believes that net operating income, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community. The Operating Partnership believes that the line on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to net operating income.

Segment information

The following table reflects each segment’s contribution to consolidated revenues and NOI together with a reconciliation of segment contribution to property NOI to consolidated net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Additionally, substantially all of the Operating Partnership’s assets relate to the Operating Partnership’s property rental operations. Asset cost, depreciation and amortization by segment are not presented because such information at the segment level is not reported internally.

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
   Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Revenues

           

Fully stabilized communities

     $ 58,164      $ 59,990      $ 115,758      $ 120,337

Communities stabilized during 2009

     3,533      2,753      6,984      5,059

Development and lease-up communities

     3,681      742      6,599      1,181

Condominium conversion and other communities

     -      38      -      107

Other property segments

     5,182      5,318      10,079      11,109

Other

     271      277      554      503
                           

Consolidated revenues

     $ 70,831      $ 69,118      $ 139,974      $ 138,296
                           

Contribution to Property Net Operating Income

           

Fully stabilized communities

     $ 34,192      $ 36,121      $ 67,391      $ 72,181

Communities stabilized during 2009

     2,082      1,219      4,053      2,001

Development and lease-up communities

     1,587      (551)      2,399      (769)

Condominium conversion and other communities

     -      24      -      68

Other property segments, including corporate management expenses

     (216)      (630)      (829)      (1,044)
                           

Consolidated property net operating income

     37,645      36,183      73,014      72,437
                           

Interest income

     196      23      365      138

Other revenues

     271      277      554      503

Depreciation

     (18,643)      (18,009)      (37,114)      (35,601)

Interest expense

     (12,561)      (12,241)      (25,174)      (26,419)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (653)      (682)      (1,486)      (1,616)

General and administrative

     (3,967)      (3,964)      (8,643)      (8,373)

Investment and development

     (678)      (793)      (1,280)      (1,790)

Other investment costs

     (490)      (646)      (1,159)      (1,299)

Impairment losses

     (35,091)      (9,658)      (35,091)      (9,658)

Gains (losses) on condominium sales activities, net

     187      232      1,135      (28)

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated real estate entities

     173      (74,656)      296      (74,546)

Other income (expense), net

     (142)      50      (297)      1,109

Net gain (loss) on early extinguishment of indebtedness

     -      (79)      -      819
                           

Loss from continuing operations

     (33,753)      (83,963)      (34,880)      (84,324)

Income from discontinued operations

     -      26,768      -      29,377
                           

Net loss

     $ (33,753)      $ (57,195)      $ (34,880)      $ (54,947)
                           

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

8.    IMPAIRMENT, SEVERANCE AND OTHER CHARGES

In prior years, the Operating Partnership recorded severance charges associated with the departure of certain executive officers of the Operating Partnership. Under certain of these arrangements, the Operating Partnership is required to make certain payments and provide specified benefits through 2013 and 2016. The following table summarizes the activity relating to aggregate net severance charges for such executive officers for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
             2010                   2009        

Accrued severance charges, beginning of period

     $ 7,671          $ 9,405     

Severance charges

     -          -     

Payments for period

       (1,511)         (1,184)    

Interest accretion

       279          279     
            

Accrued severance charges, end of period

     $ 6,439          $ 8,500     
            

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership recorded aggregate impairment charges of $34,691 to write-down the carrying value of its consolidated condominium project in Austin, Texas and recoded impairment charges of $400 to write-down the carrying value of a land parcel classified as held for sale to their fair values at June 30, 2010 (see notes 2 and 6).

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership recorded aggregate impairment charges of $76,317 (net of $8,074 of noncontrolling interests) to write-down the carrying value of its investment in an unconsolidated condominium development and a parcel of adjacent land (see note 3).

9.    SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Interest paid (including capitalized amounts of $4,894 and $6,597 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively), aggregated $30,265 and $34,095 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership’s taxable REIT subsidiaries made income tax payments to federal and state taxing authorities totaling $155 and $1,028, respectively.

Non-cash investing and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

In the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership became the majority owner of and consolidated a previously unconsolidated entity (see note 3). This consolidation resulted in increases in land held for future investment and other assets of $9,658, cash of $248, indebtedness of $8,153, accounts payable and accrued expenses of $192 and noncontrolling interests of $1,560. This was a non-cash transaction.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership amortized approximately $658 of accumulated other comprehensive non-cash losses into earnings related to an interest rate swap derivative financial instrument (see note 6). For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership recognized a loss equal to the remaining unamortized balance of accumulated other comprehensive income (an equity account) of $1,171 related to a terminated interest rate swap derivative financial instrument. The Operating Partnership also recognized other income during the first quarter of 2009 of $874 to record an increase in the value of the ineffective interest rate swap derivative financial instrument prior to its termination (see note 6). This increase in value also caused a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses for the first six months of 2009.

The Operating Partnership pays distributions a quarter in arrears. At June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Operating Partnership committed to distribute and had accrued $9,771 and $8,914, respectively.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company issued common shares for director compensation, totaling $86 and $44, respectively. In addition, in the first quarter of 2010, the Company issued common shares for its matching contribution to the Company’s 401K Plan, totaling $700. These were non-cash transactions.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

10.  EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

Equity compensation plans

As the primary operating subsidiary of the Company, the Operating Partnership participates in and bears the compensation expenses associated with the Company’s stock-based compensation plans. The information discussed below relating to the Company’s stock-based compensation plans is also applicable for the Operating Partnership.

Incentive stock plans

Incentive stock awards are granted under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated in October 2008 (the “2003 Stock Plan”). Under the 2003 Stock Plan, an aggregate of 3,469 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance. Of this amount, stock grants count against the total shares available under the 2003 Stock Plan as 2.7 shares for every one share issued, while options (and stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) settled in shares) count against the total shares available as one share for every one share issued on the exercise of an option (or SAR). The exercise price of each option granted under the 2003 Stock Plan may not be less than the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the option grant and all options may have a maximum life of ten years. Participants receiving restricted stock grants are generally eligible to vote such shares and receive dividends on such shares. Substantially all stock option and restricted stock grants are subject to annual vesting provisions (generally three to five years) as determined by the compensation committee overseeing the 2003 Stock Plan.

Compensation costs for stock options have been estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing method. The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model were as follows:

 

            Six months ended         
June 30,
            2010                   2009        

Dividend yield

  4.4%   6.5%

Expected volatility

  41.6%   35.4%

Risk-free interest rate

  2.8%   2.2%

Expected option term (years)

  6.0 years   5.9 years

The Company’s assumptions were derived from the methodologies discussed herein. The expected dividend yield reflects the Company’s current historical yield, which is expected to approximate the future yield. Expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the options was based on the implied yields on the U.S. Treasury yield curve. The weighted average expected option term was based on the Company’s historical data for prior period stock option exercise and forfeiture activity.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company granted stock options to purchase 66 and 346 shares of Company common stock, respectively, to Company officers and directors. The Company recorded compensation expense related to stock options of $70 and $160 for the three months ended and $177 and $365 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, under the fair value method. Upon the exercise of stock options, the Company issues shares of common stock from treasury shares or, to the extent treasury shares are not available, from authorized common shares.

A summary of stock option activity under all plans for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 is presented below:

 

    Six months ended
June 30,
    2010   2009
            Shares               Weighted Average    
Exercise Price
          Shares               Weighted Average    
Exercise Price

Options outstanding, beginning of period

    2,516       $        31             2,382       $        34        

Granted

    66         18             346         12        

Exercised

    (50)        12             -         -        

Forfeited

    -         -             (201)        36        

Expired

    (235)        38             -         -        
           

Options outstanding, end of period

    2,297         30             2,527         31        
           

Options exercisable, end of period

    2,062         32             2,121         33        
           

Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period

  $        5.08         $        2.09      
           

 

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At June 30, 2010, there was $547 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $730 and $0, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic values of stock options outstanding, exercisable and expected to vest at June 30, 2010 were $3,394, $1,328 and $3,296, respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual lives of stock options outstanding, exercisable and expected to vest at June 30, 2010 were 3.8, 3.2 and 3.8 years, respectively. Stock options expected to vest at June 30, 2010 totaled 2,286 at a weighted average exercise price of approximately $30.

At June 30, 2010, the Company had separated its outstanding options into two ranges based on exercise prices. There were 1,044 options outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $12.22 to $27.92. These options have a weighted average exercise price of $21.72 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 4.2 years. Of these outstanding options, 809 were exercisable at June 30, 2010 at a weighted average exercise price of $23.98. In addition, there were 1,253 options outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $27.98 to $48.00. These options had a weighted average exercise price of $36.97 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 3.5 years. Of these outstanding options, 1,253 were exercisable at June 30, 2010 at a weighted average exercise price of $36.97.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company granted 87 and 106 shares of restricted stock, respectively, to Company officers and directors. The weighted average grant date fair value for the restricted shares for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $18.30 and $12.19, respectively, per share. The total value of the restricted share grants for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $1,582 and $1,288, respectively. The compensation cost is amortized ratably into compensation expense over the applicable vesting periods. Total compensation expense relating to the restricted stock was $552 and $610 for the three months ended and $1,108 and $1,195 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

A summary of the activity related to the Company’s restricted stock for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 is presented below:

 

    Six months ended
June 30,
    2010   2009
            Shares           Weighted  Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
          Shares           Weighted Average
Grant-Date

Fair Value

Unvested share, beginning or period

  132           $      21           128           $      33        

Granted

  87           18           106           12        

Vested

  (2)           16           -           -        

Forfeited

  -           -           (1)           43        
           

Unvested shares, end of period

  217           20           233           23        
           

At June 30, 2010, there was $2,968 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years. The total intrinsic value of restricted shares vested for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $38 and $2, respectively.

Employee stock purchase plan

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) approved by Company shareholders in 2005. The maximum number of shares issuable under the ESPP is 300. The purchase price of shares of common stock under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing price per share of common stock on the first or last day of the trading period, as defined. The Company records the aggregate cost of the ESPP (generally the 15% discount on the share purchases) as a period expense. Total compensation expense relating to the ESPP was $31 and $38 for the three months ended and $107 and $75 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

11.  INCOME TAXES

Income or losses of the Operating Partnership are allocated to the partners of the Operating Partnership for inclusion in their respective income tax returns. Accordingly, no provisions or benefit for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In order for the Company to qualify as a REIT, it must distribute 90% of its REIT taxable income, as defined in the Code, to its shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. The Operating Partnership intends to make sufficient cash distributions to the Company to enable it to meet its annual REIT distribution requirements.

 

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In the preparation of income tax returns in federal and state jurisdictions, the Operating Partnership and its taxable REIT subsidiaries assert certain tax positions based on their understanding and interpretation of the income tax law. The taxing authorities may challenge such positions and the resolution of such matters could result in the payment and recognition of additional income tax expense. Management believes it has used reasonable judgments and conclusions in the preparation of its income tax returns. The Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries’ (including the taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”)) income tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions for years 2006 through 2008. Net income tax loss carryforwards and other tax attributes generated in years prior to 2005 are also subject to challenge in any examination of the 2006 to 2008 tax years. In October 2009, the IRS concluded its audit of the TRSs’ 2005 tax return resulting in additional taxes and interest of $12.

As of June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership’s TRSs had unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $797 which primarily related to uncertainty regarding the sustainability of certain deductions taken on prior year income tax returns of the TRS with respect to the amortization of certain intangible assets. The uncertainty surrounding this unrecognized tax benefit may generally be clarified in future periods through 2012. To the extent these unrecognized tax benefits are ultimately recognized, they may affect the effective tax rate in a future period. The Operating Partnership’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and at June 30, 2010 were not material to the Operating Partnership’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

The Operating Partnership utilizes TRSs principally to perform such non-REIT activities as asset and property management, for-sale housing (condominiums) conversions and sales and other services. These TRSs are subject to federal and state income taxes. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the TRS recorded no net income tax expense (benefit) as the provision for estimated income taxes payable, if any, is expected to be fully offset by deferred tax benefits resulting from originating temporary differences.

At December 31, 2009, management had established valuation allowances of approximately $53,997 against net deferred tax assets due primarily to historical losses at the TRSs in prior years and the variability of the income of these subsidiaries. The tax benefits associated with such unused valuation allowances may be recognized in future periods, if the taxable REIT subsidiaries generate sufficient taxable income to utilize such amounts or if the Operating Partnership determines that it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets are realizable.

A summary of the components of the TRS deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2009 are included in the footnotes to the Operating Partnership’s audited financial statements included in the Form 10-K. There were no material changes to the components of deferred tax assets, deferred tax asset valuation allowances and deferred liabilities at June 30, 2010.

12.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In November 2006, the Equal Rights Center (“ERC”) filed a lawsuit against the Company and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. On September 28, 2009, the Court dismissed this suit in its entirety. In granting the Company’s request to dismiss the suit, the Court held that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring the claims. On October 13, 2009, the Company moved the Court for a finding of entitlement of an award of the Company’s costs, expenses and attorney’s fees incurred in defending the action. The Company requested the briefing to determine the amount to which the Company is entitled be scheduled after the finding of entitlement, and the Court agreed. On October 14, 2009, the ERC filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s decision to dismiss the action to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ERC filed a corrected version of its appellate brief on June 11, 2010; the Company’s response is due on August 12, 2010; and ERC’s reply is due on September 10, 2010. At this stage in the proceeding, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the lawsuit, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss that would be associated with an adverse decision.

In September 2008, the Operating Partnership and Federal Realty Investment Trust (“Federal”) filed suit against Vornado Realty Trust and related entities (“Vornado”) for breach of contract in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia. The breach of contract was a result of Vornado’s acquiring in transactions in 2005 and 2007 the fee interest in the land under the Operating Partnership’s and Federal’s Pentagon Row project without first giving the Operating Partnership and Federal the opportunity to purchase the fee interest in that land as required by the right of first offer (“ROFO”) provisions included in the documentation relating to the Pentagon Row project. On April 30, 2010, the court issued a final order ruling that Vornado failed to comply with the ROFO and as a result, breached the contract, and ordered Vornado to sell to the Operating

 

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Partnership and Federal, collectively, the land under Pentagon Row for a remaining net purchase price of approximately $14,700. On July 30, 2010, Vornado filed a petition with the Virginia Supreme Court for leave to appeal the trial court’s ruling.

The Operating Partnership is involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Operating Partnership believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Operating Partnership which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Operating Partnership’s results of operations or financial position.

As of June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership has substantially completed its initiative to remediate and improve approximately 30 of its communities that have stucco exteriors or exterior insulation finishing systems (“EIFS”) with potential water penetration and other related issues. At June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership had incurred approximately $42,908 of capital expenditures relating to the project, and expects that total project costs will not exceed its previous total estimate of $45,000. Also, the Operating Partnership determined that the net book value of certain building components totaling $6,505 should be retired and, as such, were depreciated on an accelerated basis through the end of 2009.

13.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Operating Partnership evaluated the accounting and disclosure requirements for subsequent events reporting through the issuance date of the financial statements. There were no material subsequent events in this period.

 

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ITEM 2.       MANAGEMENT’S

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

    AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    (In thousands, except apartment unit data)

Company overview

Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, own and manage upscale multi-family communities in selected markets in the United States. As used in this report, the term “Company” includes Post Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), unless the context indicates otherwise. The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is the general partner and owns a majority interest in the Operating Partnership which, through its subsidiaries, conducts substantially all of the on-going operations of the Company. At June 30, 2010, the Company owned 19,863 apartment units in 55 apartment communities, including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in unconsolidated entities and 396 apartment units in one community currently in lease-up. The Company is also developing and selling 277 luxury for-sale condominium homes in two communities (including 129 units in one community held in an unconsolidated entity) through taxable REIT subsidiaries. At June 30, 2010, approximately 35.4%, 23.1%, 11.2% and 10.8% (on a unit basis) of the Company’s operating communities were located in the Atlanta, Dallas, the greater Washington D.C. and Tampa metropolitan areas, respectively.

The Company has elected to qualify and operate as a self-administrated and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. A REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and is generally not subject to federal income tax on the income it distributes to its shareholders.

At June 30, 2010, the Company owned approximately 99.7% of the common limited partnership interests (“Common Units”) in the Operating Partnership. Common Units held by persons other than the Company represented a 0.3% common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership.

Operations overview

The following discussion provides an overview of the Company’s operations, and should be read in conjunction with the more full discussion of the Company’s operating results, liquidity and capital resources and risk factors reflected elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Property operations

In recent years, weak economic conditions caused by a severe recession in the U.S. economy and high unemployment has led to declining rental rates for multi-family apartments, as the Company sought to maintain occupancy at historical levels. While these conditions persist in 2010, relative improvement in the U.S. economy has modestly improved consumer confidence and demand for multi-family apartments in the Company’s markets. This modest improvement in demand, coupled with moderating new supply of multi-family apartments, has contributed to a moderation in the year-over-year rate of decline in rental revenues during the first half of 2010. Consistent with these factors, year-over-year rate same store operating revenues declined 3.0% for the second quarter of 2010, as compared to a decline of 4.6% during the first quarter of 2010. Year-over-year same store NOI also declined 5.3% for the second quarter of 2010, as compared to a decline of 7.9% during the first quarter of 2010. The revenue decrease was attributable to declining rental rates, which on a year-over-year basis decreased by 6.0% during the first six months of 2010, offset by an increase in average economic occupancy from 93.5% during the first six months of 2009 to 95.1% during the first six months of 2010. The Company’s outlook for same store community revenues and net operating income (“NOI”) for 2010 is more fully discussed in the “Outlook” section below. While the U.S. economy has begun to show some signs of recovery, the U.S. economic recovery is in its early stages and any recovery in employment is expected to be modest in 2010. If the economic recovery were to stall or U.S. economic conditions were to worsen, the Company’s operating results would be adversely affected.

Cost savings initiatives

During 2008 and 2009, the Company implemented initiatives focused on controlling costs and increasing efficiency in its business. Consistent with those efforts, during the second half of 2009, the Company eliminated six senior management positions and approximately 24 other corporate associate positions. In the aggregate, the Company estimates that cost savings from these eliminations will be just under $5,000 on an annual basis, a portion of which was capitalized in prior periods to real estate projects developed by the Company.

 

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Asset sales activity

At June 30, 2010, the Company did not have any apartment communities being marketed for sale. In 2009, the Company sold three communities containing 1,328 units: two communities located in Atlanta, Georgia and one community located in the northern Virginia submarket of greater Washington, D.C. These community sales generated aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $149,700. Those proceeds were utilized in a manner consistent with the Company’s liquidity and balance sheet strategy discussed below.

Development activity

Since 2008, substantive activities relating to substantially all of the Company’s pre-development projects had been deferred. In 2010, the Company commenced the development of the second phase of its Post Carlyle Square™ apartment community in Alexandria, Virginia. The second phase of Post Carlyle Square™ is planned to consist of 344 luxury apartment units with a total estimated development cost of approximately $95,000. The Company expects to initially fund future estimated construction expenditures primarily by utilizing available borrowing capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit.

Management believes that the timing of other future development starts will depend largely on a favorable outlook for apartment and capital market conditions and the U.S. economy, which it believes will influence conditions in employment and the local real estate markets. Until such time as substantive development activities re-commence or certain land positions are sold, the Company expects that operating results will be adversely impacted by costs of carrying land held for future investment or sale. There can be no assurance that land held for investment will be developed in the future or at all. Should the Company change its expectations regarding the timing and projected undiscounted future cash flows expected from land held for future investment, the Company may be required to recognize additional impairment losses in future periods. Should the Company change its current estimates of the fair value of assets held for sale to below their carrying values, the Company may also be required to recognize additional impairment losses in future periods.

During the second quarter of 2010, Post Sierra at Frisco Bridges™ in Dallas, Texas and Post West Austin™ in Austin, Texas achieved stabilized apartment occupancy. Post Park® is Hyattsville, Maryland remained in lease-up as of June 30, 2010, and was over 70% leased. The Company also has two luxury condominium development projects in the final stages of construction, one of which began delivering completed units in the second quarter of 2010.

As of June 30, 2010, the Company had substantially completed its initiative to remediate communities with stucco exteriors or exterior insulation finishing systems (“EIFS”). Through June 30, 2010, the Company had incurred approximately $42,908 of capital expenditures relating to these remediation projects, and expects that total costs will be within its previous estimate, not exceeding $45,000.

Condominium activity

In early 2005, the Company entered the for-sale condominium housing market and has since converted and completed the sell-out of five apartment communities totaling 731 units into for-sale condominium homes, completed the construction and sell-out of two condominium communities totaling 230 units, and is completing the development of two luxury condominium projects: The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Atlanta Buckhead (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), consisting of 129 units, and the Four Seasons Private Residences, Austin (the “Austin Condominium Project”), consisting of 148 units, which began delivering completed units in the second quarter of 2010. As of June 30, 2010, the Company consolidates the Austin Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes and accounts for the Atlanta Condominium Project using the equity method of accounting for financial reporting purposes. See below under respective Impairment Analyses where the financial reporting for each project is further discussed.

The aggregate projected capital cost of the Atlanta Condominium Project and the Austin Condominium Project is approximately $252,300, of which approximately $14,531 of costs remained to be incurred as of June 30, 2010. Of the total projected investment, $34,691 of the Austin Condominium Project and $74,733 of the Atlanta Condominium Project was deemed impaired and written down through an impairment charge during the second quarters of 2010 and 2009, respectively, as described further below. There can be no assurances, however, that actual costs will not exceed these estimates or that additional impairment charges will not be recorded in subsequent periods as described further below. As of July 30, 2010, the Company had 54 units under contract and 23 units closed at the Austin Condominium Project and had no units under contract at the Atlanta Condominium Project. Units “under contract” include all units currently under contract. However, the Company has experienced contract terminations in prior condominium projects when units become available for delivery and may experience additional terminations in connection with existing projects. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that units under contract for sale will actually close.

 

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The Company’s previous expansion into for-sale condominium housing continues to expose the Company to additional risks and challenges, including potential future losses or additional impairments, which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. See “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Form 10-K”) for a discussion of these and other Company risk factors. Specifically, the condominium market has been adversely impacted in recent years by the overall weakness in the U.S. economy and residential housing markets, and tighter credit markets for home purchasers, which the Company believes has negatively impacted the ability of some prospective condominium buyers to qualify for mortgage financing. The Company expects that condominium market conditions will continue to be challenging in 2010.

Impairment analysis – Austin Condominium Project

During the second quarter of 2010, initial deliveries and closings of condominium units at the Austin Condominium Project commenced, at which time the project was classified as “held for sale” for financial reporting purposes. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $34,691 in the second quarter of 2010 based on the amount by which the carrying value of the project exceeded its estimated fair value. The estimated fair value of the condominium project was derived from the present value of the Company’s estimated future cash flows over a projected fifty-four month sell-out period using a 20% discount rate. The assumed discount rate considers that the project has entered the sales phase. There can be no assurance that the Company’s cash flow projections will not change in future periods and that the estimated fair value of the Austin Condominium Project will not change materially as a consequence, causing the Company to possibly record additional impairment charges in future periods.

Impairment analysis – Atlanta Condominium Project

During 2009, the Company observed weak conditions in the U.S. economy and the housing markets, generally, and in the Atlanta upper-end single family and condominium markets, specifically, including the price discounting of competitive products in the Atlanta/Buckhead market. In addition, the government-sponsored mortgage agencies imposed tighter restrictions on mortgage lending to condominium projects which the Company believed would adversely impact sales at its luxury condominium developments. As such, in the second quarter of 2009, management revised its expectations regarding the timing and amount of projected future cash flows from this project, and as a result, recorded non-cash impairment charges of approximately $76,317 (net of noncontrolling interests of $8,074) to write-down the carrying value of the Atlanta Condominium Project, held in an unconsolidated entity, and adjacent land. The estimated fair value of the condominium project was derived from the present value of the Company’s estimated future cash flows over a projected sixty month sell-out period using a 23% discount rate.

Although management concluded that no additional impairment existed under generally accepted accounting principles as of June 30, 2010, the Company has continued to experience downward pressure on condominium prices for this project and for luxury for-sale condominium product in the Atlanta/Buckhead submarket in general, which the Company believes has further adversely impacted the estimated fair value of this project. In addition, current market prices for condominium units at this project are substantially below the minimum sales prices provided for in the project’s construction loan agreement. Thus, the Company is not able to execute sales contracts with prospective buyers of condominium units without the written consent of its lenders and consequently, has not executed any sales contracts to date. Considering those factors and applying a 22% discount rate to calculate the present value of the estimated future cash flows, the Company currently estimates that the fair value of the Atlanta Condominium Project would be approximately $5,000 to $7,000 less than its carrying value. The assumed discount rate considers that the project is nearing the sales phase.

Based on the above, assuming it applied a discount rate of 22% to calculate the present value of the estimated future cash flow, the Company would expect that the unconsolidated entity that holds the Atlanta Condominium Project may record an additional impairment charge of approximately $5,000 to $7,000 in the third quarter ending September 30, 2010 in connection with this project, since at that time the project may be classified as “held for sale” for financial reporting purposes. The anticipated impairment charge is calculated as the amount by which the carrying value of the project exceeds its estimated fair value. As there is significant judgment required in developing the assumptions underlying such estimates of fair value for impairment purposes, there can be no assurance that such loss estimate will not change materially before the end of the third quarter. Factors and assumptions that could materially change the Company’s current estimate of fair value may include the timing and amount of projected future sales and closings of condominium units, future expectations regarding estimated cash flows, in general, and the discount rate used to calculate the present value of estimated future cash flows. There can be no assurance that the Company’s cash flow projections will not change in future periods and that the estimated fair value of the Atlanta Condominium Project and the anticipated impairment charge at the unconsolidated entity level will not change materially as a consequence.

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Notwithstanding the above, the Company currently accounts for the Atlanta Condominium Project using the equity method of accounting and its net investment in the project is a liability of $39,039. Since the Company’s aggregate recourse guarantee obligations in connection with this investment do not exceed its recorded liability, the Company has suspended recognition of losses under the equity method of accounting and does not anticipate that it will realize additional losses (including the impairment loss anticipated at the unconsolidated entity level discussed above) until such time occurs that the Company may be required to consolidate the Atlanta Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes. As the Company and its lenders are in on-going discussions that may impact the terms and conditions of the construction loan in connection with this project, it is not possible to fully predict or determine the outcome of those discussions, nor is it possible to fully predict or determine the impact that those discussions will have on the Company’s investment in or its accounting for the project in future periods. However, if the Atlanta Condominium Project is classified as “held for sale” for financial reporting purposes in the third quarter and if the Company is required to consolidate the Atlanta Condominium Project for financial reporting purposes or if the Company were to settle the construction loan obligations at an amount less than the outstanding balances under the loan, the Company may be required to record an additional impairment charge of $5,000 to $7,000 in the third quarter of 2010 in connection with its investment in the underlying asset and could recognize an offsetting gain in excess of such impairment charge. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of these ongoing discussions with the project’s lenders or the impact that these discussions will have on the Company’s investment in the project.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the selected financial data and with all of the accompanying consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report. This discussion is combined for the Company and the Operating Partnership as their results of operations and financial conditions are substantially the same except for the effect of the 0.3% weighted average common noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. See the summary financial information in the section below titled, “Results of Operations.”

Disclosure regarding forward-looking statements

Certain statements made in this report, and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In addition, the Company, or the executive officers on the Company’s behalf, may from time to time make forward-looking statements in reports and other documents the Company files with the SEC or in connection with oral statements made to the press, potential investors or others. Statements regarding future events and developments and the Company’s future performance, as well as management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. Forward-looking statements include statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “should,” or similar expressions. Examples of such statements in this report include expectations regarding economic conditions, the Company’s anticipated operating results in 2010, expectations regarding future impairment charges, expectations regarding the timing and delivery of completed for-sale condominium homes, anticipated sales of for-sale condominium homes, including expectations regarding demand for for-sale housing and gains (losses) on for-sale housing sales activities, the Company’s ability to sell condominium units above minimum sales prices or with lenders consent, anticipated construction and development activities (including projected costs, timing and anticipated potential sources of financing of future development activities), anticipated costs, timing and expense to remediate and improve apartment communities with stucco and EIFS exteriors, expectations regarding cash flows from operating activities, expected costs of development, investment, interest and other expenses, expectations regarding compensation costs for stock options, expectations regarding the payment of the licensing fee from proceeds of sales by the Atlanta Condominium Project, the Company’s expected debt levels, expectations regard the availability of additional equity capital, unsecured and secured financing, the anticipated dividend level in 2010 and expectations regarding the source of funds for payment of the dividend, the Company’s ability to execute its 2010 business plan and to meet short-term liquidity requirements, including capital expenditures, development and construction expenditures, land and apartment community acquisitions, dividends and distributions on its common and preferred equity and debt service requirements and long-term liquidity requirements including maturities of long-term debt and acquisition and development activities, the Company’s expectations regarding asset sales in 2010, the Company’s expectations regarding the use of joint venture arrangements to reduce market concentration in certain markets, expectations regarding the Company’s at-the-market common equity program and the use of proceeds thereof, expectations regarding any appeal or the outcome of any such appeal in the ERC and Vornado matters and the outcome of other legal proceedings, and expectations regarding the Company’s ability to maintain its REIT status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of performance. These statements are based on beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management, which in turn are based on currently available information. Important assumptions relating to the forward-looking statements include, among others, assumptions regarding the market for the Company’s apartment communities, demand for apartments in the markets in which it operates, competitive conditions and general economic conditions. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. The forward-looking statements also involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

   

The success of the Company’s business strategies described on pages 2 to 3 of the Form 10-K;

   

Future local and national economic conditions, including changes in job growth, interest rates, the availability of mortgage and other financing and related factors;

   

Uncertainties associated with the global capital markets, including the continued availability of traditional sources of capital and liquidity and related factors;

   

Conditions affecting ownership of residential real estate and general conditions in the multi-family residential real estate market;

   

The effects on the financial markets of the emergency stabilization actions of the U.S government, U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve and other governmental and regulatory bodies;

   

Uncertainties associated with the Company’s real estate development and construction;

   

Uncertainties associated with the timing and amount of apartment community sales;

   

The Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows to make required payments associated with its debt financing;

   

The effects of the Company’s leverage on its risk of default and debt service requirements;

   

The impact of a downgrade in the credit rating of the Company’s securities;

   

The impact of the lack of sales of condominium units at the Atlanta Condominium Project;

   

The effects of a default by the Company or its subsidiaries on an obligation to repay outstanding indebtedness, including cross-defaults and cross-acceleration under other indebtedness or the responsibility for limited recourse guarantees;

   

The effects of covenants of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ mortgage indebtedness on operational flexibility and default risks;

   

The Company’s ability to maintain its current dividend level;

   

Uncertainties associated with the Company’s condominium conversion and for-sale housing business, including the timing and volume of condominium sales and including the ability to sell units above sales prices or with lender consent;

   

The impact of any additional charges the Company may be required to record in the future related to any impairment in the carrying value of its assets;

   

The impact of competition on the Company’s business, including competition for residents in the Company’s apartment communities and buyers of the Company’s for-sale condominium homes and development locations;

   

The effectiveness of interest rate hedging contracts;

   

The Company’s ability to succeed in new markets;

   

The costs associated with compliance with laws requiring access to the Company’s properties by persons with disabilities;

   

The impact of the Company’s ongoing litigation with the Equal Rights Center regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act (including any award of compensatory or punitive damages or injunctive relief requiring the Company to retrofit apartments or public use areas or prohibiting the sale of apartment communities or condominium units) as well as the impact of other litigation;

   

The effects of losses from natural catastrophes in excess of insurance coverage;

   

Uncertainties associated with environmental and other regulatory matters;

   

The costs associated with moisture infiltration and resulting mold remediation;

   

The costs of remediating damage to the Company’s communities that have stucco or exterior insulation finishing systems for potential water penetration and other related issues;

   

The Company’s ability to control joint ventures, properties in which it has joint ownership and corporations and limited partnership in which it has partial interests;

   

The Company’s ability to renew leases or relet units as leases expire;

   

The Company’s ability to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code;

   

The Operating Partnership’s ability to continue to be treated as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code;

   

The effects of changes in accounting policies and other regulatory matters detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

   

Other factors, including the risk factors discussed in Item 1A of the Form 10-K.

Management believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and management undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.

 

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Critical accounting policies and new guidance

In the preparation of financial statements and in the determination of Company operating performance, the Company utilizes certain significant accounting polices. The Company’s significant accounting policies are included in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K. The Company’s critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. For a complete description of the Company’s critical accounting policies, please refer to pages 33 through 36 of the Form 10-K. Other than discussed below, there were no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates during the six months ended June 30, 2010. The discussion below details the Company’s critical accounting policy related to asset impairments and addresses the implementation and impact of recently issued and adopted accounting guidance with an impact on the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2010 or that may have an impact on future reported results.

The Company continually evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its real estate assets using the methodology summarized in its accounting policies (see note 1 to the consolidated financial statements). Under current accounting literature, the evaluation of the recoverability of the Company’s real estate assets requires the judgment of Company management in the determination of the value of the future cash flows expected from the assets and the estimated holding period for the assets. The Company uses market capitalization rates to determine the estimated residual value of its real estate assets and, generally, takes a long-term view of the holding period of its assets unless specific facts and circumstances warrant shorter holding periods (expected sales, departures from certain geographic markets, etc.). The Company considers a real estate asset held for investment as impaired if the undiscounted, estimated future cash flows of the asset (both the annual estimated cash flow from future operations and the estimated cash flow from the asset’s eventual sale) over its expected holding period are less than the asset’s net book value. For real estate assets held for sale, the Company recognizes impairment losses if an asset’s net book value is in excess of its estimated fair value. At June 30, 2010, management believed it had applied reasonable estimates and judgments in determining the proper classification of its real estate assets. During the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Company recorded impairment charges of approximately $34,691 and $400, respectively, in connection with its Austin Condominium Project and a land parcel in Tampa, Florida that were classified as held for sale during the quarter. In each case, the impaired assets were written down to their estimated fair value. See notes 1 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the Company’s methodologies for determining the fair value of the Company’s real estate assets. Should external or internal circumstances change requiring the need to shorten the holding periods or adjust the estimated future cash flows of certain of the Company’s assets, the Company could be required to record impairment charges in the future.

In addition, for-sale condominium assets under development are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for future investment (using projected future undiscounted cash flows). However, once construction of these assets is completed and units are ready for their intended use, for-sale condominium assets are evaluated for impairment using the methodology for assets held for sale (using discounted projected future cash flows). See the “Operations Overview” section of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and notes 2 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of the impairment charges related to the Austin Condominium Project recorded in the second quarter of 2010. See the “Operations Overview” section of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of the impairment charges related to the Atlanta Condominium Project and adjacent land recorded in 2009.

The Company adopted new guidance in ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation,” on January 1, 2010. The new guidance addresses the impact that the elimination of the qualifying special purpose entity (“QSPE”) concept has on previous consolidation guidance and will require companies to evaluate all entities, even those previously considered to be QSPEs, as potential VIEs. The new guidance also addresses the timely accounting and disclosure requirements of companies’ variable interests by (1) requiring ongoing reassessments of whether or not the company is the primary beneficiary, (2) adding an additional reconsideration requirement, (3) eliminating the quantitative approach previously used to determine the primary beneficiary of a VIE, (4) amending certain guidance for determining which entities are VIEs and (5) requiring additional disclosures. The adoption of the new guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Results of operations

The following discussion of results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated statements of operations, the accompanying selected financial data and the community operations/segment performance information included below.

 

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The Company’s revenues and earnings from continuing operations are generated primarily from the operation of its apartment communities. For purposes of evaluating comparative operating performance, the Company categorizes its operating apartment communities based on the period each community reaches stabilized occupancy. The Company generally considers a community to have achieved stabilized occupancy on the earlier to occur of (1) attainment of 95% physical occupancy on the first day of any month or (2) one year after completion of construction.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company’s portfolio of operating apartment communities, excluding five communities held in unconsolidated entities, consisted of the following: (1) 43 communities that were completed and stabilized for all of the current and prior year, (2) three communities that achieved stabilization during 2009, (3) portions of two communities that were being converted into condominiums that are reflected in continuing operations under ASC Topic 360 and (4) four communities under development or in lease-up. There were no apartment communities classified as held for sale in discontinued operations at June 30, 2010.

The Company has adopted an accounting policy related to communities in the lease-up stage whereby substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing and management and leasing personnel expenses) are expensed as incurred. During the lease-up phase, the sum of interest expense on completed units and other operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing and management and leasing personnel expenses) will initially exceed rental revenues, resulting in a “lease-up deficit,” which continues until such time as rental revenues exceed such expenses. The lease-up deficits were $1,682 and $1,528 for the three months and $4,230 and $2,171 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

In order to evaluate the operating performance of its communities for the comparative years listed below, the Company has presented financial information which summarizes the rental and other revenues, property operating and maintenance expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) and net operating income on a comparative basis for all of its operating communities and for its stabilized operating communities. Net operating income is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to net operating income. Net operating income is reconciled to GAAP net income in the financial information accompanying the tables. The Company believes that net operating income is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT’s operating real estate because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs and general and administrative expenses. This measure is particularly useful, in the opinion of the Company, in evaluating the performance of geographic operations, operating segment groupings and individual properties. Additionally, the Company believes that net operating income, as defined, is a widely accepted measure of comparative operating performance in the real estate investment community.

 

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

All operating communities

The operating performance and capital expenditures from continuing operations for all of the Company’s apartment communities, condominium conversion communities included in continuing operations, and other commercial properties summarized by segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 is summarized as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
        Six months ended
June 30,
    
     2010    2009    % Change    2010    2009    % Change

Rental and other property revenues

                 

Fully stabilized communities (1)

     $ 58,164        $ 59,990      (3.0)%        $     115,758        $     120,337      (3.8)%  

Communities stabilized during 2009 (2)

     3,533        2,753      28.3%        6,984        5,059      38.1%  

Development and lease-up communities

     3,681        742      396.1%        6,599        1,181      458.8%  

Condominium conversion and other communities (3)

     -        38      (100.0)%        -        107      (100.0)%  

Other property segments (4)

     5,182        5,318      (2.6)%        10,079        11,109      (9.3)%  
                                 
     70,560        68,841      2.5%        139,420        137,793      1.2%  
                                 

Property operating and maintenance
expenses (excluding depreciation
and amortization)

                 

Fully stabilized communities (1)

     23,972        23,869      0.4%        48,367        48,156      0.4%  

Communities stabilized during 2009 (2)

     1,451        1,534      (5.4)%        2,931        3,058      (4.2)%  

Development and lease-up communities

     2,094        1,293      61.9%        4,200        1,950      115.4%  

Condominium conversion and other communities (3)

     -        14      (100.0)%        -        39      (100.0)%  

Other property segments, including corporate
management expenses (5)

     5,398        5,948      (9.2)%        10,908        12,153      (10.2)%  
                                 
     32,915        32,658      0.8%        66,406        65,356      1.6%  
                                 

Property net operating income (6)

     $     37,645        $     36,183      4.0%        $ 73,014        $ 72,437      0.8%  
                                 

Capital expenditures (7)(8)

                 

Annually recurring:

                 

Carpet

     $ 748        $ 694      7.8%        $ 1,353        $ 1,287      5.1%  

Other

     2,643        2,879      (8.2)%        4,616        4,800      (3.8)%  
                                 

Total

     $ 3,391        $ 3,573      (5.1)%        $ 5,969        $ 6,087      (1.9)%  
                                 

Periodically recurring

     $ 6,485        $ 9,340      (30.6)%        $ 11,931        $ 18,494      (35.5)%  
                                 

Average apartment units in service

     18,116        16,906      7.2%        18,116        16,869      7.4%  
                                 
(1)

Communities which reached stabilization prior to January 1, 2009.

(2)

Communities which reached stabilization in 2009.

(3)

Portions of existing apartment communities being converted into condominiums that are reflected in continuing operations under ASC Topic 360.

(4)

Other property segment revenues include revenues from commercial properties, revenues from furnished apartment rentals above the unfurnished rental rates and any property revenue not directly related to property operations. Other property segment revenues exclude other corporate revenues of $271 and $277 for the three months and $554 and $503 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

(5)

Other expenses include expenses associated with commercial properties, furnished apartment rentals and certain indirect central office operating expenses related to management and grounds maintenance. Corporate property management expenses were $2,497 and $2,709 for the three months and $4,954 and $5,383 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

(6)

A reconciliation of property net operating income to GAAP net income is detailed below.

 

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    Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
    2010   2009   2010   2009

Total same store NOI

    $     34,192       $     36,121       $     67,391       $     72,181  

Property NOI from other operating segments

    3,453       62       5,623       256  
                       

Consolidated property NOI

    37,645       36,183       73,014       72,437  
                       

Add (subtract):

       

Interest income

    196       23       365       138  

Other revenues

    271       277       554       503  

Depreciation

    (18,643)     (18,009)     (37,114)     (35,601)

Interest expense

    (12,561)     (12,241)     (25,174)     (26,419)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    (653)     (682)     (1,486)     (1,616)

General and administrative

    (3,967)     (3,964)     (8,643)     (8,373)

Investment and development

    (678)     (793)     (1,280)     (1,790)

Other investment costs

    (490)     (646)     (1,159)     (1,299)

Impairment losses

    (35,091)     (9,658)     (35,091)     (9,658)

Gains (losses) on condominium sales activities, net

    187       232       1,135       (28)

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated

real estate entities

    173       (74,656)     296       (74,546)

Other income (expense), net

    (142)     50       (297)     1,109  

Net gain (loss) on early extinguishment of indebtedness

    -         (79)     -         819  
                       

Loss from continuing operations

    (33,753)     (83,963)     (34,880)     (84,324)

Income from discontinued operations

    -          26,768       -          29,377  
                       

Net loss

    $     (33,753)     $     (57,195)     $     (34,880)     $     (54,947)
                       

 

(7)

In addition to those expenses which relate to property operations, the Company incurs annually recurring and periodically recurring expenditures relating to acquiring new assets, materially enhancing the value of an existing asset, or substantially extending the useful life of an existing asset, all of which are capitalized. Recurring capital expenditures are those that are generally expected to be incurred on an annual basis. Periodically recurring capital expenditures are those that generally occur less frequently than on an annual basis.

(8)

A reconciliation of property capital expenditures from continuing operations to total annually recurring and periodically recurring and total capital expenditures as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows under GAAP is detailed below.

 

    Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
          2010               2009               2010               2009      

Annually recurring capital expenditures

       

Continuing operations

    $       3,391       $       3,573       $       5,969       $       6,087  

Discontinued operations

    -       100       -       220  
                       

Total annually recurring capital expenditures

    $ 3,391       $ 3,673       $ 5,969       $ 6,307  
                       

Periodically recurring capital expenditures

       

Continuing operations

    $ 6,485       $ 9,340       $ 11,931       $ 18,494  

Discontinued operations

    -       32       -       43  
                       

Total annually recurring capital expenditures

    $ 6,485       $ 9,372       $ 11,931       $ 18,537  
                       

Total revenue generating capital expenditures

    $ 20       $ 1,925       $ 52       $ 3,503  
                       

Total property capital expenditures per statements of cash flows

    $ 9,896       $ 14,970       $ 17,952       $ 28,347  
                       

Fully stabilized communities

The Company defines fully stabilized communities as those which have reached stabilization prior to the beginning of the previous year, adjusted by communities sold and classified as held for sale and communities under rehabilitation. For the 2010 to 2009 comparison, fully stabilized communities are defined as those communities which reached stabilization prior to January 1, 2009. This portfolio consisted of 43 communities with 15,713 units, including eleven communities with 4,800 units (30.5%) located in Atlanta, Georgia, eleven communities with 3,429 units (21.8%) located in Dallas, Texas, five communities with 1,905 units (12.1%) located in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area, four communities with 2,111 units (13.4%) located in Tampa, Florida, four communities with 1,388 units (8.8%) located in Charlotte, North Carolina and eight

 

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communities with 2,080 units (13.4%) located in other markets. The operating performance of these communities is summarized as follows:

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
        Six months ended
June 30,
    
     2010    2009    % Change    2010    2009    % Change

Rental and other revenues

     $     58,164        $     59,990      (3.0)%        $     115,758        $ 120,337      (3.8)%  

Property operating and maintenance expenses
(excluding depreciation and amortization)

     23,972        23,869      0.4%        48,367        48,156      0.4%  
                                 

Same store net operating income (1)

     $ 34,192        $ 36,121      (5.3)%        $ 67,391        $ 72,181      (6.6)%  
                                 

Capital expenditures (2)

                 

Annually recurring:

                 

Carpet

     $ 743        $ 689      7.8%        $ 1,338        $ 1,281      4.4%  

Other

     2,436        2,710      (10.1)%        4,317        4,495      (4.0)%  
                                 

Total annually recurring

     3,179        3,399      (6.5)%        5,655        5,776      (2.1)%  

Periodically recurring

     6,291        8,764      (28.2)%        11,354        15,182      (25.2)%  
                                 

Total capital expenditures (A)

     $ 9,470        $ 12,163      (22.1)%        $ 17,009        $ 20,958      (18.8)%  
                                 

Total capital expenditures per unit

(A ÷ 15,713 units)

     $ 603        $ 774      (22.1)%        $ 1,082        $ 1,334      (18.9)%  

Average economic occupancy (3)

     95.2%        93.3%      1.9%        95.1%        93.5%      1.6%  
                                 

Average monthly rental rate per unit (4)

     $ 1,215        $ 1,281      (5.2)%        $ 1,214        $ 1,292      (6.0)%  
                                 

 

(1)

Net operating income of stabilized communities is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. See page 53 for a reconciliation of net operating income for stabilized communities to GAAP net income.

(2)

A reconciliation of these segment components of property capital expenditures to total annually recurring and periodically recurring and total capital expenditures as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows prepared under GAAP is detailed below.

 

     Three months ended
June  30,
     Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009      2010    2009

Annually recurring capital expenditures by operating segment

             

Fully stabilized

     $       3,179        $ 3,399          $ 5,655        $ 5,776  

Communities stabilized during 2009

     72        46          133        98  

Development and lease-up

     28        89          46        107  

Other segments

     112        139          135        326  
                             

Total annually recurring capital expenditures

     $ 3,391        $ 3,673          $ 5,969        $ 6,307  
                             

Periodically recurring capital expenditures by operating segment

             

Fully stabilized

     $ 6,291        $ 8,764          $ 11,354        $ 15,182  

Communities stabilized during 2009

     1        145          9        2,132  

Development and lease-up

     -          -            36        -    

Other segments

     193        463          532        1,223  
                             

Total periodically recurring capital expenditures

     $ 6,485        $ 9,372          $ 11,931        $ 18,537  
                             

Total revenue generating capital expenditures

     $ 20        $ 1,925          $ 52        $ 3,503  
                             

Total property capital expenditures per statements of cash flows

     $ 9,896        $     14,970          $       17,952        $   28,347  
                             

The Company uses same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures as cash flow measures. Same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures are important indicators of the costs incurred by the Company in maintaining same store communities. The corresponding GAAP measures include information with respect to the Company’s other operating segments consisting of communities stabilized in the prior year, condominium conversion communities, lease-up communities, and sold communities in addition to same store information. Therefore, the Company believes that its presentation of same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures is necessary to demonstrate same store replacement costs over time. The Company believes that the most directly comparable GAAP measure to same store annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures is the line on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows entitled “property capital expenditures.”

(3)

Average economic occupancy is defined as gross potential rent less vacancy losses, model expenses and bad debt expenses divided by gross potential rent for the period, expressed as a percentage. Gross potential rent is defined as the sum of the gross actual rental rates for leased units and the anticipated rental rates for unoccupied units. The calculation of average economic occupancy does not include a deduction for

 

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net concessions and employee discounts. Average economic occupancy, including these amounts, would have been 94.0% and 92.2% for the three months and 93.9% and 92.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, net concessions were $494 and $524, respectively, and employee discounts were $178 and $199, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, net concessions were $1,000 and $1,413, respectively, and employee discounts were $352 and $397, respectively.

  (4)

Average monthly rental rate is defined as the average of the gross actual rental rates for leased units and the average of the anticipated rental rates for unoccupied units, divided by total units.

Comparison of three months ended June 30, 2010 to three months ended June 30, 2009

The Operating Partnership reported a net loss attributable to common unitholders of $35,668 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to a net loss of $50,955 for the three months ended June 30, 2009. The Company reported a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $35,543 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to a net loss of $50,705 for the three months ended June 30, 2009. As discussed below, the reduced losses between periods primarily reflect lower non-cash impairment charges of $35,091 in 2010 compared to $76,317 in 2009, offset by reduced gains on sale of an apartment community of $24,742 between years.

Rental and other revenues from property operations increased $1,719 or 2.5% from 2009 to 2010 primarily due to increased revenues from development and lease-up communities of $2,939 or 396.1% and increased revenues of $780 or 28.3% from communities that achieved stabilization in 2009, offset by decreased revenues from the Company’s fully stabilized communities of $1,826 or 3.0%. The revenue increase from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2009 reflects three communities that were fully stabilized in 2010 compared to the communities being in lease-up or under rehabilitation in 2009. The revenue increase from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities primarily reflects the lease-up of four communities in 2009 and into 2010. The revenue decrease from fully stabilized communities is discussed more fully below.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $257 or 0.8% from 2009 to 2010 primarily due to increases from fully stabilized communities of $103 or 0.4%, and increased expenses from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities of $801 or 61.9%, offset by decreased other segment expenses, including corporate property management expenses, of $550 or 9.2%. The expense increase from stabilized communities is discussed below. The expense increase from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities reflects the lease-up of one community and the opening of leasing offices at three additional development communities beginning the lease-up process in mid to late 2009. The decrease in other segment expenses, including corporate property management expenses, reflects the impact of workforce and expense reductions completed in the second half of 2009.

For the three months ended June 30, 2009, gains on real estate assets in discontinued operations included a gain of $24,742 from the sale of one apartment community, containing 530 apartment units. For the three months ended June 30, 2010, there were no sales of apartment communities. The Company may continue to be a seller of apartment communities in future periods depending on market conditions and consistent with its investment strategy of recycling investment capital to fund investment and development activities and to provide additional cash liquidity, as discussed in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below. The timing and amount of future gain recognition will fluctuate based on the size and individual age of apartment communities sold.

For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, gains on sales of real estate assets from condominium sales activities in continuing operations were $187 and $232, respectively. Condominium gains in 2010 primarily reflect gains from the sale of the final two units at a condominium conversion community. Also in the second quarter of 2010, the Company began closing unit sales at the Austin Condominium Project. The net condominium gain (loss) from the eight unit closings at the Austin Condominium Project were not material in the second quarter (see the related discussion further below regarding impairment charges related to this asset recorded in the second quarter of 2010). Condominium gains in 2009 primarily reflect gains from the sale of 26 units at condominium conversion communities. The condominium profits in 2009 reflected lower profit margins reflecting the negative impact of lowering sales prices and profit expectations in 2009. Lower profit margins in 2009 were driven primarily by the slowing residential housing market that began in 2008, resulting from tighter credit markets, an over-supply of condominium units and declining general economic conditions. The Company expects gains (losses) on condominium sales activities to continue in the second half of 2010 as the Company continues to close condominiums at the Austin Condominium Project. See the “Operations Overview” and “Outlook” sections for a discussion of expected condominium sale closings at the Company’s remaining condominium communities.

Depreciation expense increased $634 or 3.5% from 2009 to 2010, primarily due to increased depreciation of $1,520 related to development and lease-up communities as apartment units were placed in service in 2009 and into 2010 offset by reduced depreciation of $924 at fully stabilized communities primarily due to the prior year recognition of accelerated depreciation of

 

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$1,297 related to the change in the useful lives of certain assets retired in 2009 as a result of the Company’s exterior remediation program.

General and administrative expenses increased $3, or 0.07%, from 2009 to 2010 resulting from increased technology and other administrative expense of $195 primarily due to the timing of consulting expenses between years, offset by reduced personnel costs of approximately $192 resulting from workforce reductions and a management reorganization in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Investment and development expenses decreased $115 or 14.5% from 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Company’s development personnel and other costs decreased $1,265 over 2009, as the Company reduced headcount and associated costs throughout 2009 partially as a result of its decision to temporarily suspend new development starts. The decrease in expenses was offset by $1,150 of decreased capitalization of development personnel due to reduced net development activity in 2010 as development communities were completed. As a result of cost reduction efforts and the start of one additional development project in the second half of 2010, the Company expects net investment and development expenses to be somewhat lower for the full year of 2010, compared to 2009.

Other investment costs decreased $156 or 24.1% from 2009 and 2010. Other investment costs primarily include land carry expenses, such as property taxes and assessments. The decrease in 2010 primarily reflects the adjustment of real estate tax accruals, including some relating to prior year tax estimates.

Impairment losses in 2010 included non-cash impairment charges of $34,691 associated with the Company’s condominium community in Austin, Texas and $400 associated with a land parcel in Tampa, Florida. See the “Operations Overview” section above for a further discussion of the condominium impairment charges. The $400 impairment charge reflected the write-down of the land parcel to fair value upon its classification as held for sale in the second quarter. Impairment losses in 2009 included a non-cash write-off of $9,658 for certain condominium land held for future investment. The gross non-cash impairment charge includes the amount allocable to the noncontrolling interest, or $1,560, in the consolidated entity holding the land. In addition, the Company recognized its share of a non-cash impairment charge recognized the Atlanta Condominium Project held in an unconsolidated entity. The gross non-cash impairment charge totaling $74,733, including the write-off of the Company’s cost in excess of its invested capital, is included in equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities and includes the amount allocable to the noncontrolling interest, or $6,514, in the consolidated entity holding the equity investment. See the “Operations Overview” section above for a further discussion of the non-cash impairment charges.

Interest expense included in continuing operations increased $320 or 2.6% from 2009 to 2010 primarily due to decreased interest capitalization on the Company’s development projects of $990 between periods primarily related to reduced interest capitalization on three apartment developments that were substantially completed in late 2009. Interest expense, before interest capitalization, in 2010 was lower than 2009 primarily due to debt prepayments and retirements in 2009 from the proceeds of asset sales and an equity offering. Interest expense included in discontinued operations decreased from $311 in 2009 to $0 in 2010 as the Company currently does not have any communities classified as held for sale in 2010 compared to three communities held for sale or sold in 2009. The Company expects interest expense in 2010 to be higher than in 2009 due to the cessation of interest capitalization on the apartment development projects discussed above as well as the cessation of interest capitalization on the Company’s two condominium projects as they continue to and begin delivering completed units in the second half of 2010.

Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities increased $74,829 from 2009 to 2010. The increase was primarily due to the recognition of a non-cash impairment charge of $74,733 in 2009 at an unconsolidated entity constructing luxury condominium homes as discussed above. Other than the impairment charge in 2009, the remaining increase between periods was primarily due to equity method loss of $135, before impairment charges, in 2009 related to the unconsolidated entity constructing and marketing condominiums. Subsequent to June 2009, the Company suspended further loss recognition from this entity as a result of writing off its investment and recognizing its recourse obligations associated with the entity through the impairment charges discussed above (see note 3 to the consolidated financial statements).

Annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures from continuing operations decreased $3,037 or 23.5% from 2009 to 2010. The decrease in annually recurring capital expenditures of $182 reflects a decrease of $681 in roofing expenditures, as new roofing was applied to certain communities in 2009 in conjunction with the Company’s exterior remediation program, offset by increased landscape, paving and siding expenditures between years. The decrease in periodically recurring capital expenditures of $2,855 primarily reflects decreased capital expenditures related to the Company’s exterior remediation program at several communities of approximately $2,398 compared to 2009 as this program is nearing

 

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completion in 2010, as well as decreased leasehold improvements of $357 primarily related to the timing of new leases at mixed-use retail communities in 2009.

Fully stabilized communities

Rental and other revenues decreased $1,826 or 3.0% from 2009 to 2010. This decrease resulted from a 5.2% decrease in the average monthly rental rate per apartment unit, offset by a 1.9% increase in average economic occupancy between periods. The decrease in average rental rates resulted in a revenue decrease of approximately $3,118 between periods. Average economic occupancy increased from 93.3% in 2009 to 95.2% in 2010. The occupancy increase between periods resulted in lower vacancy losses of $1,314 in 2010. Other property revenues decreased $21. Average occupancy levels were modesty higher between years as the Company endeavored to adjust downward rental rates to maintain average occupancy levels. The Company expects that rental revenues will continue to decline on a year over year basis in 2010 (but at a lower rate), as new leases turnover at lower market rental rates compared to 2009. See the “Outlook” section below for an additional discussion of trends for 2010.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $103 or 0.4% from 2009 to 2010. This increase was primarily due to increased personnel expenses of $201 or 3.6%, increased utility expenses of $180 or 6.1%, offset by decreased property tax expense of $193 or 2.3%. Personnel expenses increased due to increased bonus accruals as property operating results met or exceeded targeted performance and somewhat higher health insurance costs. Utility expenses increased due to increased water and sewer rates in certain markets and the general timing of expenses between years. Property tax expenses decreased primarily due to lower tax accruals in 2010 resulting from lower assessed values achieved through prior and current year tax appeals.

Comparison of six months ended June 30, 2010 to six months ended June 30, 2009

The Operating Partnership reported a net loss attributable to common unitholders of $38,754 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net income available to common unitholders of $50,540 for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The Company reported a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $38,618 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net income available to common shareholders of $50,292 for the six months ended June 30, 2009. As discussed below, the decrease between periods primarily reflects the impact of lower non-cash impairment charges of $35,091 in 2010 compared to $76,317 in 2009, offset by reduced gains on sale of an apartment community of $24,742 between years, reduced income from assets sold in 2009, reduced income from fully stabilized communities discussed more fully below, and reduced other income in 2010 from the lack of gains on debt extinguishments and other non-cash derivative income.

Rental and other revenues from property operations increased $1,627 or 1.2% from 2009 to 2010 primarily due to increased revenues of $1,925 or 38.1% from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2009 and increased revenue from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities of $5,418, offset by decreased revenues from fully stabilized communities of $4,579 or 3.8% and decreased revenues from other property segments of $1,030 or 9.3%. The revenue increase from communities that achieved full stabilization in 2009 reflects three communities that were fully stabilized for 2010 compared to the communities being in lease up and under rehabilitation for 2009. The revenue increase from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities primarily reflects the lease-up of four communities in 2009 and into 2010. The revenue decrease from fully stabilized communities is discussed more fully below. The revenue decrease from other property segments reflects decreased revenue of $511 from the Company’s finished apartment rental business due to slower leasing activities resulting from weak economic conditions and decreased revenues from commercial properties of $519 primarily due to increased vacancies at the office and retail components of mixed use communities.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $1,050 or 1.6% from 2009 to 2010 primarily due to increases from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities of $2,250 or 115.4%, offset by decreased other segment expense, including corporate property management expenses, of $1,245 or 10.2%. The expense increase from development, rehabilitation and lease-up communities reflects the lease-up of one development community and the opening of leasing offices at three additional development communities beginning the lease-up process in mid to late 2009. The decrease in corporate property management expenses reflects the impact of workforce and expense reductions completed in the second half of 2009.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, there were no sales of apartment communities. For the three months ended June 30, 2009, gains on sales for real estate assets in discontinued operations included a gain of $24,742 from the sale of one apartment community containing 530 units. The Company may continue to be a seller of apartment communities in future periods depending on market conditions and consistent with its investment strategy of recycling investment capital to fund investment

 

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and development activities and to provide additional cash liquidity, as discussed in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section below. The timing and amount of future gain recognition will fluctuate based on the size and individual age of apartment communities sold.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, gains (losses) on sales of real estate assets from condominium sales activities in continuing operations were $1,135 and ($28), respectively. The increase in aggregate condominium gains between periods primarily reflects the sales of nine units at condominium conversion communities in 2010 at higher profit margins as the Company sold its remaining completed condominium conversion units, the true up of condominium costs and margins on the final unit sales as well as additional income recognized from the reduction of estimated warranty costs on units sold in prior years. Also in the second quarter of 2010, the Company began closing unit sales at the Austin Condominium Project. The net condominium gains (losses) from the eight unit closings at this project were not material in the six months ended June 30, 2010 (see the related discussion further below regarding impairment charges related to this asset recorded in the second quarter of 2010). See the “Operations Overview” and “Outlook” sections for a discussion of expected condominium sale closings at the Company’s two remaining condominium communities.

Depreciation expense increased $1,513 or 4.2% from 2009 to 2010, primarily due to increased depreciation of $3,336 related to development and lease-up communities as apartment units were placed in service in 2009 and into 2010, offset by reduced depreciation of $1,922 at fully stabilized communities primarily due to the prior year recognition of accelerated depreciation of $2,600 related to the change in the useful lives of certain assets retired in 2009 as a result of the Company’s exterior remediation project.

General and administrative expenses increased $270, or 3.2%, from 2009 to 2010 primarily as a result of $655 of additional legal expenses in 2010 primarily related to property litigation associated with the Company’s ground lease and related land acquisition rights at one of the Company’s Washington, D.C. area communities (see footnote 12 to the consolidated financial statements) as well as the timing of technology and other administrative expenses between years. These increases were partially offset by reduced personnel costs of approximately $595 resulting from workforce reductions and a management reorganization in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Investment and development expenses decreased $510 or 28.5% from 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Company’s development personnel and other costs decreased $2,725 over 2009, as the Company reduced headcount and associated costs throughout 2009 as a result of a decision to cease new development starts. The decrease in expenses was offset by $2,215 of decreased capitalization of development personnel in 2010 as development communities were completed. As a result of continued cost reduction efforts and the start of one additional development project in the second half of 2010, the Company expects net investment and development expenses to be somewhat lower for the full year of 2010, compared to 2009.

Other investment costs decreased $140 or 10.8% from 2009 and 2010. Other investment costs primarily include land carry expenses, such as property taxes and assessments. The decrease in 2010 primarily reflects the adjustment of real estate tax accruals, including some related to prior year tax estimates.

Interest expense included in continuing operations decreased $1,245 or 4.7% from 2009 to 2010 primarily due to decreased interest costs associated with lower average debt levels in 2010, offset somewhat by reduced interest capitalization in 2010. Lower debt levels resulted from debt prepayments and retirements in 2009 from the proceeds of asset sales and an equity offering. Reduced interest capitalization on the Company’s development projects of $1,703 between periods primarily related to the reduced interest capitalization on three apartment development projects that were substantially complete in late 2009. Interest expense included in discontinued operations decreased from $723 in 2009 to $0 in 2010 as the Company currently does not have any communities classified as held for sale in 2010 compared to three communities held for sale or sold in 2009. The Company expects interest expense for the full year of 2010 to be higher than in 2009 due to the cessation of interest capitalization on the apartment development projects discussed above as well as the cessation of interest capitalization on the Company’s two new condominium projects as they continue to deliver completed units in the second half of 2010.

Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities increased $74,842 from 2009 to 2010. The increase was primarily due to the recognition of a non-cash impairment charge of $74,733 in 2009 at the unconsolidated entity constructing and marketing condominium homes. Other than the impairment charge in 2009, the remaining increase between years was primarily related to the 2009 equity method loss of $246 related to the unconsolidated entity constructing and marketing for-sale condominiums. Subsequent to June 30, 2009 and continuing in 2010, the Company suspended further loss recognition from this entity as a result of writing off its investment and recognizing its recourse obligations associated with the entity through impairment charges discussed above (see note 3 to the consolidated financial statements).

 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, other income (expense) included estimated state franchise taxes. For 2009, other income (expense) also included non-cash income related to the mark-to-market of the Company’s interest rate swap arrangement of $874 that became ineffective under generally accepted accounting principles in that period, $376 related to a reduction in estimated costs associated with the hurricane damage sustained in 2008, offset by inspection expenses related to the Company’s exterior remediation program.

The net gain on early extinguishment of indebtedness of $819 in 2009 reflects net gains of $3,445 from repurchasing $174,858 of unsecured notes through a tender offer, some of which were repurchased at a net discount, offset by net extinguishment losses of $2,626 from the early retirement of $92,275 variable rate taxable mortgage bonds and the settlement of a related interest rate swap arrangement.

Annually recurring and periodically recurring capital expenditures from continuing operations decreased $6,681 or 27.2% from 2009 to 2010. The decrease in periodically recurring capital expenditures of $6,563 primarily reflects decreased costs associated with non-revenue generating capital expenditures at two communities incurred in conjunction with the Company’s rehabilitation of the communities in 2009 (approximately $2,126), decreased capital expenditures of $2,875 compared to 2009 related to the Company’s exterior water remediation program at several communities as this program is nearing completion in 2010, as well as decreased leasehold improvements of $923 primarily relating to the timing of new leases at mixed-use retail communities in 2009. The decrease in annually recurring capital expenditures of $118 primarily reflects a decrease of $1,122 related to roofing expenditures in 2009, offset by the timing of increased pool, landscape, siding, fire systems and other expenditures in 2010.

Fully stabilized communities

Rental and other revenues decreased $4,579 or 3.8% from 2009 to 2010. This decrease resulted from a 6.0% decrease in the average monthly rental rate per apartment unit, offset by a 1.6% increase in average economic occupancy between periods. The decrease in average rental rates resulted in a revenue decrease of approximately $7,364 between periods. Average economic occupancy increased from 93.5% in 2009 to 95.1% in 2010. The occupancy increase between periods resulted in lower vacancy losses of $2,252 in 2010. Other property revenues increased $533 due primarily to lower net concessions of $413 and somewhat higher utility reimbursements. Average occupancy levels were modestly higher between years as the Company endeavored to adjust downward rental rates to maintain average occupancy levels. The Company expects that rental revenues will continue to decline on a year over year basis in 2010 (but at a lower rate), as new leases turnover at lower market rental rates compared to 2009. See the “Outlook” section below for an additional discussion of trends for 2010.

Property operating and maintenance expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased $211 or 0.4% from 2009 to 2010. This increase was primarily due to increased personnel expenses of $419 or 3.8%, increased maintenance expenses of $448 or 6.6%, offset by decreased property tax expense of $599 or 3.5%. Personnel expenses increased due to overtime costs associated with snow removal in Washington D.C., increased bonus accruals as property operating results met or exceeded targeted performance and somewhat higher health insurance costs. Maintenance expenses increased due to snow removal costs at the Company’s Washington, D.C. area communities as well as the general timing of painting and structural repairs between periods. Property tax expenses decreased due to favorable settlements of prior period tax appeals as well as lower tax accruals in 2010 resulting from lower assessed values achieved through prior and current year appeals.

Discontinued operations

In accordance with ASC Topic 360, the operating results and gains and losses on sales of real estate assets designated as held for sale are included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented.

There were no apartment communities classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2010. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, income from discontinued operations included the results of operations of three apartment communities sold in 2009 through their sale dates. The revenues and expenses of these communities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 were as follows:

 

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       Three months ended  
June 30, 2009
    Six months ended  
June 30, 2009

Revenues

   

Rental

    $ 3,228      $ 7,463 

Other property revenues

    196      454 
           

Total revenues

    3,424      7,917 
           

Expenses

   

Total property operating and maintenance (exclusive of items shown separately below)

    1,087      2,559 

Interest

    311      723 
           

Total expenses

    1,398      3,282 
           

Income from discontinued property operations

    $ 2,026      $ 4,635 
           

As discussed under “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below, the Company expects to continue to sell real estate assets in future periods as part of its overall investment, disposition and acquisition strategy depending upon market conditions. As such, the Company may continue to have additional assets classified as held for sale; however, the timing and amount of such asset sales and their impact on the aggregate revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations will vary from year to year.

Outlook

The outlook and assumptions presented below are forward-looking and are based on the Company’s current and expected view of the apartment and condominium markets and of general economic conditions, as well as other risks outlined above under the caption “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” There can be no assurance that the Company’s actual results will not differ materially from the outlook and assumptions set forth below. The Company assumes no obligation to update this outlook in the future.

The Company’s outlook for the remainder of 2010 is based on the expectation that the recent improvement in the U.S. economy has modestly improved consumer confidence and demand for multi-family apartments in the Company’s markets. However, unemployment continues to be high and any recovery in employment is expected to be modest in 2010. The Company believes that this modest improvement in demand, coupled with moderating new supply of multi-family apartments, has contributed to a moderation in the year-over-year rate of decline in rental revenues during the first half of 2010, which it currently expects will continue for the remainder of 2010. Notwithstanding, the Company believes that if the economic recovery were to stall or U.S. economic conditions were to worsen, the Company’s operating results would be adversely affected.

Rental and other revenues from fully stabilized (same store) communities are expected to decrease moderately in 2010, compared to 2009. Together with operating expenses of fully stabilized communities that are expected to increase modestly in 2010, the Company expects that fully stabilized community net operating income will decline moderately in 2010, compared to 2009. However, as discussed above, the year-over-year decline in same store revenues and net operating income is expected to improve moderately in the later half of 2010, as compared to the first half of the year. Management also expects net operating income from construction and lease-up communities to increase for the full year of 2010, compared to the full year of 2009, as the communities continue their lease-up throughout 2010.

Management expects interest expense for the full year of 2010 to be moderately higher than the full year of 2009 due generally to decreased interest capitalization in 2010, compared to 2009, resulting from the completion of apartment projects under development in 2009 and in early 2010 and the completion of two remaining condominium development projects in 2010. The Company expects that interest capitalized to development projects will decline moderately in the later half of 2010, as compared to the first half of the year, primarily as a result of the completion of the two condominium development projects.

Management also expects a moderate decline for the full year of 2010 in general and administrative, property management and investment and development expenses, net of amounts capitalized to development projects, due in large part to reduced personnel and related costs associated with a management restructuring undertaken in late 2009, offset somewhat by additional legal expenses incurred in connection with litigation in the first quarter of 2010.

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continue into the later half of 2010. The Company’s ability to enter into sales contracts at its Atlanta Condominium Project, however, continues to be subject to the consent of its construction lenders (see “Operations Overview” above where further discussed). As a result, the amount of condominium sales revenue and profits or losses recognized will depend on the timing, volume and pricing of actual closings in 2010. There can be no assurance that any sales will close or that any profits will be realized. The Company may record net losses from condominium activities later in 2010 if gross profits from condominium sales are not sufficient to cover the expensed marketing, sales and carrying costs of the community. Further, as the Company has previously disclosed, it may also be required to record additional impairment charges and could recognize offsetting gains in excess of such impairment charge in connection with the Atlanta Condominium Project in the later half of 2010 (see “Operations Overview” above where discussed further).

Management expects a decrease in expensed investment and development expenses for the full year of 2010, primarily resulting from reduced personnel and related costs offset by reduced capitalization of such costs to development projects in 2010 as projects are completed. Other investment costs representing land carry expenses are expected to increase modestly for the full year of 2010 due to expected increases in carrying costs.

Liquidity and capital resources

The discussion in this Liquidity and Capital Resources section is the same for the Company and the Operating Partnership, except that all indebtedness described herein has been incurred by the Operating Partnership.

The Company’s net cash provided by operating activities decreased from $41,348 in the first half of 2009 to $40,319 in the first half of 2010 primarily due to reduced property net operating income in 2010 from fully stabilized communities of $4,790, increased lease-up deficits at lease-up communities of approximately $2,059 as compared to 2009, offset by reduced interest expense resulting from prior year debt retirements as well as the favorable change in the working capital components (primarily changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses) included in operating activities. The Company expects cash flows from operating activities to decline for the full year of 2010 primarily driven by lower anticipated net operating income from the Company’s fully stabilized communities, higher interest expense and carrying costs from the Company’s lease-up communities and completed luxury condominium communities, the dilutive impact of 2009 asset sales, offset somewhat by decreases in general and administrative, investment group and property management overhead expenses and increased net operating income from lease-up communities.

Net cash flows used in investing activities decreased from $59,382 in the first half of 2009 to $35,872 in the first half of 2010 primarily due to reduced construction and development expenditures as apartment development projects were completed in late 2009 and early 2010, reduced capital expenditures associated with the completion of two rehabilitation projects in 2009 and reduced spending on the Company’s exterior remediation program in 2010 as that project is nearing completion, offset somewhat by decreased proceeds from sales of real estate due to the sale of one apartment community in 2009. For the full year of 2010, the Company expects to continue to incur capital expenditures to complete condominium projects under development and to commence development of one apartment community in the second half of 2010. The Company does not currently expect to sell any apartment communities in 2010.

Net cash flows used in financing activities decreased from $53,744 in the first half of 2009 to $9,761 in the first half of 2010 primarily due larger net retirements of debt in 2009 compared to 2010. In 2009, the Company’s net repayments of debt were a result of refinancing activities and efforts to reduce aggregate debt levels. For the full year of 2010, the Company expects that its outstanding debt may increase modestly, depending on the level of proceeds, if any, from the Company’s at-the-market equity offering of common stock (discussed below), due principally to funding development expenditures.

Since 1993, the Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Management currently intends to continue operating the Company as a REIT in 2010. As a REIT, the Company is subject to a number of organizational and operating requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of its adjusted taxable income to its shareholders. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income it distributes to its shareholders.

Generally, the Company’s objective is to meet its short-term liquidity requirement of funding the payment of its current level of quarterly preferred and common stock dividends to shareholders through its net cash flows provided by operating activities, less its annual recurring and periodically recurring property and corporate capital expenditures. These operating capital expenditures are necessary to maintain the earnings capacity of the Company’s operating assets over time.

 

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company’s net cash flow from operations, reduced by annual operating capital expenditures, was sufficient to fully fund the Company’s dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders (excluding exterior remediation project costs of $10,653).

For 2010, the Company currently expects to maintain its current quarterly dividend payment to common shareholders of $0.20 per share. To the extent the Company continues to pay dividends at this dividend rate, the Company expects to use net cash flows from operations reduced by annual operating capital expenditures (excluding the expected cost of the exterior remediation project of approximately $12,000 in 2010) to fund the dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders. The Company expects to use cash and cash equivalents and, if its net cash flows from operations are not sufficient to meet its anticipated dividend payment rate, line of credit borrowings to fund dividend payments and remaining expenditures expected to be incurred in connection with the exterior remediation project in 2010. The Company’s board of directors reviews the dividend quarterly, and there can be no assurance that the current dividend level will be maintained. The Company’s dividends can be paid as a combination of cash and stock in order to satisfy the annual distribution requirements applicable to REITs. The Company’s net cash flow from operations continues to be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements necessary to maintain its REIT status under the Code.

The Company generally expects to utilize net cash flow from operations, available cash and cash equivalents and available capacity under its revolving lines of credit to fund its short-term liquidity requirements, including capital expenditures, development and construction expenditures, land and apartment community acquisitions, dividends and distributions on its common and preferred equity and its debt service requirements. Available borrowing capacity under the Company’s unsecured revolving lines of credit as of June 30, 2010 (discussed below) was created primarily through the Company’s asset sales program, through new secured mortgage financings in 2009 and the proceeds from an equity offering in the second half of 2009. The Company generally expects to fund its long-term liquidity requirements, including maturities of long-term debt and acquisition and development activities, through long-term unsecured and secured borrowings, through additional sales of selected operating communities, through possible proceeds from the Company’s at-the-market common equity sale program and possibly through equity or leveraged joint venture arrangements. The Company may also continue to use joint venture arrangements in future periods to reduce its market concentrations in certain markets, build critical mass in other markets and to reduce its exposure to certain risks of its future development activities.

As previously discussed, the Company has used the proceeds from the sale of operating communities and condominium homes and availability under its unsecured revolving lines of credit as a means of funding its development and acquisition activities. Total net sales proceeds from operating community and condominium sales in the first half of 2010 and for the full year of 2009 were $17,748 and $170,777, respectively. Proceeds from these asset sales were used to pay down the Company’s borrowings under its unsecured revolving lines of credit and increase available cash and cash equivalent balances. As of June 30, 2010, the Company had no apartment communities held for sale and currently does not expect to sell any apartment communities in 2010. In the second half of 2010, the Company expects to generate additional net sales proceeds from the closings of condominium units at the Austin Condominium Project.

The Company expects to fund future estimated construction and remediation expenditures primarily by utilizing available cash and cash equivalents and borrowing capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit and under a construction loan. The Company has discussed funding and other terms and conditions of the construction loan with its lenders. These discussions are ongoing and may, among other things, impact how construction expenditures relating to the underlying mixed-use development held by an unconsolidated entity are funded in the future.

During the first quarter of 2010, the Company executed an amendment to its syndicated line of credit agreement. This amendment modified the credit agreement to exclude from those provisions certain defaults or other effects on such provisions relating to certain designated affiliates of the Company. This amendment also reduced the amount of available borrowing capacity under the agreement from $600,000 to $400,000. In addition, the Company exercised its extension option in accordance with the terms of the agreement for an additional one-year period, to April 27, 2011. The other terms and conditions of the agreement remained unchanged (see footnote 4 to the consolidated financial statements). The Company also amended its $30,000 cash management line of credit to extend the maturity date to April 27, 2011. Under this amendment, the interest rate relating to the cash management line was increased to LIBOR plus 2.50%. The cash management line of credit, as amended, carries other terms, including covenants and defaults, that are substantially consistent with the amended syndicated line of credit discussed above. In connection with these amendments, the Company paid fees and expenses of $860.

As of July 30, 2010, the Company had outstanding borrowings of $12,000 and approximately $2,215 of outstanding letters of credit under its $430,000 combined unsecured revolving line of credit facilities. As discussed above in connection with the amendment, the unsecured revolving lines of credit mature in April 2011. The terms, conditions and restrictive covenants

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

associated with the Company’s unsecured revolving line of credit facilities and senior unsecured notes are summarized in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements. Management believes the Company was in compliance with the covenants of the Company’s unsecured revolving lines of credit and senior unsecured notes at June 30, 2010.

Management believes it will have adequate capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit together with available cash and cash equivalents to execute its 2010 business plan and meet its short-term liquidity requirements. Additionally, the Company currently believes that it will continue to have access to additional equity capital, unsecured debt financing and secured debt financing through loan programs sponsored by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. However, the amount and timing of any new debt financings may be limited by restrictive covenants under unsecured debt arrangements, such as coverage ratios and limitations on aggregate secured debt as a percentage of total assets, as defined. There can also be no assurances that such secured financing will continue to be available through U.S. government sponsored programs or that the Company’s access to additional debt financings will not be limited by its financial covenants.

In February 2010, the Company initiated an at-the-market common equity program for the sale of up to 4,000 shares of common stock. The Company expects to use this program as an additional source of capital and liquidity and to maintain the strength of its balance sheet. Sales under this program will be dependent on a variety of factors, including (among others) market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, and the potential use of proceeds. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company sold 41 shares for proceeds of $1,121, net of underwriter commissions paid of $23. There can be no assurance that the Company will sell additional common shares under this program.

Stock and debt repurchase programs

In late 2008, the Company’s board of directors adopted a new stock repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200,000 of common or preferred stock from time to time until December 31, 2010. There were no shares repurchased in 2009. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company repurchased preferred stock with a liquidation value of approximately $1,030 and $1,962, respectively, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.

The Company’s board of directors also authorized the Company’s management to explore repurchases of indebtedness. There were no repurchases of debt in the first half of 2010.

Capitalization of fixed assets and community improvements

The Company has a policy of capitalizing those expenditures relating to the acquisition of new assets and the development and construction of new apartment communities. In addition, the Company capitalizes expenditures that enhance the value of existing assets and expenditures that substantially extend the life of existing assets. All other expenditures necessary to maintain a community in ordinary operating condition are expensed as incurred. Additionally, for new development communities, carpet, vinyl and blind replacements are expensed as incurred during the first five years (which corresponds to the estimated depreciable life of these assets) after construction completion. Thereafter, these replacements are capitalized. Further, the Company expenses as incurred interior and exterior painting of operating communities, unless those communities are under rehabilitation or major remediation.

The Company capitalizes interest, real estate taxes, and certain internal personnel and associated costs related to apartment communities under development, construction and rehabilitation. The incremental personnel and associated costs are capitalized to the projects under development and rehabilitation based upon the effort associated with such projects. The Company treats each unit in an apartment community separately for cost accumulation, capitalization and expense recognition purposes. Prior to the commencement of leasing activities, interest and other construction costs are capitalized and included in construction in progress. The Company ceases the capitalization of such costs as the residential units in a community become substantially complete and available for occupancy. This practice results in a proration of these costs between amounts that are capitalized and expensed as the residential units in a development community become available for occupancy. In addition, prior to the completion of units, the Company expenses, as incurred, substantially all operating expenses (including pre-opening marketing expenses) of such communities.

 

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Acquisition of assets and community development and other capitalized expenditures for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

       Three months ended  
June 30,
     Six months ended  
June 30,
             2010                    2009                    2010                    2009        

New community development and acquisition activity (1)

     $ 13,430       $ 37,265       $ 29,948       $ 86,507 

Periodically recurring capital expenditures

           

Community rehabilitation and other revenue generating improvements (2)

     20      1,925      52      3,503

Other community additions and improvements (3) (6)

     6,485      9,372      11,931      18,537

Annually recurring capital expenditures

           

Carpet replacements and other community additions and improvements (4)

     3,391      3,673      5,969      6,307

Corporate additions and improvements

     95      67      446      126
                           
     $ 23,421       $ 52,302       $ 48,346       $ 114,980 
                           

Other Data

           

Capitalized interest

     $ 2,500       $ 3,490     $ 4,894      $ 6,597 
                           

Capitalized development and associated costs (5)

     $ 44       $ 1,194       $ 284       $ 2,499 
                           

 

(1)

Reflects aggregate land and community development and acquisition costs, exclusive of assumed debt and the change in construction payables between years.

 
(2)

Represents expenditures for major renovations of communities and other upgrade costs that enhance the rental value of such units.

 
(3)

Represents property improvement expenditures that generally occur less frequently than on an annual basis.

 
(4)

Represents property improvement expenditures of a type that are expected to be incurred on an annual basis.

 
(5)

Reflects development personnel and associated costs capitalized to construction and development activities.

 
(6)

Includes $5,759 and $8,157 for the three months and $10,653 and $13,528 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, of periodically recurring capital expenditures related to the Company’s exterior remediation project.

 

Current communities under development and lease-up

At June 30, 2010, the Company had one community containing 396 apartment units in lease-up as well as one community under development with a total of 344 planned units. These communities are summarized in the table below ($ in millions). In addition, the Company also recently completed its lease-up of Post West Austin™, a 329-unit community in Austin, Texas and Post Sierra at Frisco Bridges™, a 268-unit community in Dallas, Texas.

 

Community

   Location    Number
of Units
   Retail
Sq. Ft.
   Estimated
Total  Cost
   Costs
Incurred
as of
06/30/10
   Quarter of
First Units
Available
   Estimated
Quarter of
Stabilized
Occupancy (1)
   Units
Leased (2)
   Percent
Leased (2)
 

Post Park®

   Wash. DC    396    1,700    $ 84.7    $ 81.6    2Q 2009    4Q 2010    290    73

Post Carlyle Square™ - Phase II

   Wash. DC    344    -      95.0      12.3    2Q 2012    4Q 2013    -    -   
                                        

Total

      740    1,700    $ 179.7    $ 93.9          290   
                                        

 

  (1)

The Company defines stabilized occupancy as the earlier to occur of (i) the attainment of 95% physical occupancy on the first day of any month or (ii) one year after completion of construction.

  (2)

As of July 26, 2010.

Also, at June 30, 2010, the Company was completing construction of 277 for-sale condominium homes in two communities (including 129 units in one community held in an unconsolidated entity). The Four Seasons Private Residences, Austin (the “Austin Condominium Project”) consists of 148 homes, of which 54 homes were under contract and 23 units closed as of July 30, 2010. Units “under contract” include all units currently under contract. However, the Company has experienced contract terminations in prior condominium projects when units become available for delivery and may experience additional terminations in connection with existing projects. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that units under contract for sale will actually close. As of June 30, 2010, the Company had incurred $132,543 of construction costs for the project and expects total estimated construction costs to be approximately $140,000 upon completion (both excluding the impairment charge discussed below). This project began delivering condominium units during the second quarter of 2010. The Company’s other condominium project (held in an unconsolidated entity), The Ritz-Carlton Residences,

 

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(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share or unit and apartment unit data)

 

 

Atlanta Buckhead (the “Atlanta Condominium Project”), consists of 129 homes. There were no units under contract at the Atlanta Condominium Project at June 30, 2010. (See “Operations Overview” above where discussed further.) As of June 30, 2010, this project had incurred $105,226 of construction costs and expects total estimated construction costs to be approximately $112,300 upon completion (both excluding impairment charges discussed below).

In the second quarter of 2010, the Company recognized a non-cash impairment charge discussed previously in “Operations Overview,” of approximately $34,691 to write the Austin Condominium Project down to its estimated fair value. In the second quarter of 2009, the Company recognized a net non-cash impairment charge discussed previously in “Operations Overview,” of approximately $68,219, including the write-off of the Company’s invested capital and net of amounts allocable to the noncontrolling interests, to write the Atlanta Condominium Project down to its estimated fair value. The Company concluded that no additional impairment was required to be recorded as of June 30, 2010 related to the Atlanta Condominium Project (see “Operations Overview” above where further discussed).

In 2010, the Company commenced the development of the second phase of its Post Carlyle Square™ apartment community in Alexandria, Virginia. The second phase of Post Carlyle Square™ is planned to consist of 344 luxury apartment units with a total estimated development cost of approximately $95,000. The Company expects to initially fund future estimated construction expenditures primarily by utilizing available borrowing capacity under its unsecured revolving lines of credit.

At present, management believes that the timing of other future development starts will depend largely on a favorable outlook of apartment market and capital market conditions and the U.S. economy, improving employment conditions in the Company’s markets and the availability of construction loan or other financing. Until such time as substantive development activities re-commence or certain land positions are sold, the Company expects that operating results will be adversely impacted by costs of carrying land held for future investment or sale.

Inflation

Substantially all of the leases at the communities allow, at the time of renewal, for adjustments in the rent payable thereunder, and thus may enable the Company to seek increases in rents. The substantial majority of these leases are for one year or less and the remaining leases are for up to two years. At the expiration of a lease term, the Company’s lease agreements generally provide that the term will be extended unless either the Company or the lessee gives at least sixty (60) days written notice of termination. In addition, the Company’s policy generally permits the earlier termination of a lease by a lessee upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Company and the payment of an amount equal to two month’s rent as compensation for early termination. The short-term nature of these leases generally serves to offset the risk to the Company that the adverse effect of inflation may have on the Company’s general, administrative and operating expenses.

Funds from operations

The Company uses the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) definition of funds from operations (“FFO”). FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income available to common shareholders determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary items and sales of depreciable property, plus depreciation of real estate assets, and after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures all determined on a consistent basis in accordance with GAAP. FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. FFO presented herein is not necessarily comparable to FFO presented by other real estate companies because not all real estate companies use the same definition. The Company’s FFO is comparable to the FFO of real estate companies that use the current NAREIT definition.

The Company also uses FFO as an operating measure. Accounting for real estate assets using historical cost accounting under GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. NAREIT stated in its April 2002 White Paper on Funds from Operations “since real estate asset values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered presentations of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves.” As a result, the concept of FFO was created by NAREIT for the REIT industry to provide an alternate measure. Since the Company agrees with the concept of FFO and appreciates the reasons surrounding its creation, management believes that FFO is an important supplemental measure of operating performance. In addition, since most equity REITs provide FFO information to the investment community, the Company believes FFO is a useful supplemental measure for comparing the Company’s results to those of other equity REITs. The Company believes that the line on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations entitled “net income available to common shareholders” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO.

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supplemental non-GAAP financial measure, management believes it is also important to stress that FFO should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company’s liquidity. Further, FFO is not necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company’s needs or ability to service indebtedness or make distributions.

A reconciliation of net income available to common shareholders to FFO available to common shareholders and unitholders is provided below.

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
  Six months ended
June 30,
             2010                   2009                   2010                   2009        

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

     $ (35,543)      $ (50,705)    $ (38,618)    $ (50,292) 

Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership

     (125)      (250)      (136)      (248) 

Depreciation on consolidated real estate assets

     18,180       17,501       36,182       34,578 

Depreciation on real estate assets held in
unconsolidated entities

     355       350       709      700  

Gains on sales of apartment communities

     -       (24,742)          (24,742) 

Losses (gains) on sales of condominiums

     (187)      (232)      (1,135)      28  

Incremental gains (losses) on condominium sales (1)

     150       (959)      872       (2,072) 
                        

Deficit from operations attributable to common
shareholders and unitholders (2)

     $ (17,170)      $ (59,037)      $ (2,126)    $ (42,048) 
                        

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

     48,649       44,351       48,603       44,325  

Weighted average shares and units outstanding - basic

     48,820       44,570       48,775       44,544  

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted (3)

     48,803       44,351       48,736       44,325  

Weighted average shares and units outstanding - diluted (3)

     48,974       44,570       48,909       44,544  

 

(1)

The Company recognizes incremental gains on condominium sales in FFO, net of provision for income taxes, to the extent that net sales proceeds from the sale of condominium homes exceeds the greater of their fair value or net book value as of the date the property is acquired by its taxable REIT subsidiary. For condominium development projects, gains on condominium sales in FFO are equivalent to gains reported under generally accepted accounting principles.

 
(2)

FFO for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 included non-cash impairment charges of $35,091. FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2009 included $819 of net gains on extinguishment of indebtedness. FFO for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 included non-cash impairment charges of $76,317.

 
(3)

Diluted weighted average shares and units include the impact of dilutive securities totaling 154 and 133 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively. These dilutive securities were antidilutive to the computation of income (loss) per share, as the Company reported a loss from continuing operations for these periods under generally accepted accounting principles. Additionally, basic and diluted weighted average shares and units included the impact of non-vested shares and units totaling 217 and 233 for the three months and 202 and 209 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, for the computation of funds (deficit) from operations per share. Such non-vested shares and units are considered in the income (loss) per share computations under generally accepted accounting principles using the “two-class method.”

 

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. At June 30, 2010, the Company had $23,153 of variable rate debt tied to LIBOR. In addition, the Company has interest rate risk associated with fixed rate debt at maturity. The discussion in this section is the same for the Company and the Operating Partnership, except that all indebtedness described herein has been incurred by the Operating Partnership.

Management has and will continue to manage interest rate risk as follows:

   

maintain a conservative ratio of fixed rate, long-term debt to total debt such that variable rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level;

   

fix certain long-term variable rate debt through the use of interest rate swaps or interest rate caps with appropriately matching maturities;

   

use derivative financial instruments where appropriate to fix rates on anticipated debt transactions; and

   

take advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity.

Management uses various financial models and advisors to achieve these objectives.

If interest rates under the Company’s floating rate LIBOR-based indebtedness fluctuated by 1.0%, interest costs to the Company, based on outstanding borrowings at June 30, 2010, would increase or decrease by approximately $232 on an annualized basis.

The Company had no outstanding derivative financial instruments at June 30, 2010. Additionally, there were no material changes in outstanding fixed or variable rate debt arrangements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, except for the changes to the Company’s unsecured revolving lines of credit discussed above under item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the Company and the Operating Partnership have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of their disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Based on this evaluation, these officers have concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are the controls and other procedures of the Company and the Operating Partnership that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the reports that they file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

There were no changes to the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

($ in thousands)

In November 2006, the Equal Rights Center (“ERC”) filed a lawsuit against the Company and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This suit alleges various violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at properties designed, constructed or operated by the Company and the Operating Partnership in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Texas. On September 28, 2009, the Court dismissed this suit in its entirety. In granting the Company’s request to dismiss the suit, the Court held that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring the claims. On October 13, 2009, the Company moved the Court for a finding of entitlement of an award of the Company’s costs, expenses and attorney’s fees incurred in defending the action. The Company requested the briefing to determine the amount to which the Company is entitled be scheduled after the finding of entitlement, and the Court agreed. On October 14, 2009, the ERC filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s decision to dismiss the action to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ERC filed a corrected version of its appellate brief on June 11, 2010; the Company’s response is due on August 12, 2010; and ERC’s reply is due on September 10, 2010. At this stage in the proceeding, it is not possible to predict or determine the outcome of the lawsuit, nor is it possible to estimate the amount of loss that would be associated with an adverse decision.

In September 2008, the Company and Federal Realty Investment Trust (“Federal”) filed suit against Vornado Realty Trust and related entities (“Vornado”) for breach of contract in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia. The breach of contract was a result of Vornado’s acquiring in transactions in 2005 and 2007 the fee interest in the land under the Company’s and Federal’s Pentagon Row project without first giving the Company and Federal the opportunity to purchase the fee interest in that land as required by the right of first offer (“ROFO”) provisions included in the documentation relating to the Pentagon Row project. On April 30, 2010, the court issued a final order ruling that Vornado failed to comply with the ROFO and as a result, breached the contract, and ordered Vornado to sell to the Company and Federal, collectively, the land under Pentagon Row for a remaining net purchase price of approximately $14,700. On July 30, 2010, Vornado filed a petition with the Virginia Supreme Court for leave to appeal the trial court’s ruling.

The Company is involved in various other legal proceedings incidental to its business from time to time, most of which are expected to be covered by liability or other insurance. Management of the Company believes that any resolution of pending proceedings or liability to the Company which may arise as a result of these various other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There were no material changes in the Registrants’ Risk Factors as previously disclosed in Item 1A of the Registrants’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

 

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a) None.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The following table summarizes the Company’s purchases of its equity securities for the three months ended June 30, 2010 (in thousands, except shares and per share amounts).

 

Period

   Total Number of
Shares Purchased
   Average Price Paid
Per Share
   Total Number of
Shares Purchased  as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans

or Programs
   Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased  Under
the Plans or Programs (1)

April 1, 2010

           

    April 30, 2010 (2)

   1,797        $     50.00    1,797      $     198,998

May 1, 2010

           

    May 31, 2010 (3)

   3,771        33.88    3,771      $     198,871

June 1, 2010

           

    June 30, 2010 (4)

   19,174        42.66    19,174      $     198,053
                       

Total

   24,742        $     41.85    24,742      $     198,053
                       

 

  (1)

In the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company’s board of directors approved a stock repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200,000 of common or preferred stock through December 31, 2010.

  (2)

Total shares repurchased includes 1,797 of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares at an average price per share of $50.00.

  (3)

Total shares repurchased includes 1,498 of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares at an average price per share of $50.00 and 2,273 of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares at an average price per share of $23.25.

  (4)

Total shares repurchased includes 13,169 of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Shares at an average price per share of $51.33 and 6,005 of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Shares at an average price per share of $23.64.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

 

ITEM 4. RESERVED

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Certain exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been filed with previous reports by the Registrants and are incorporated by reference herein.

The Registrants agree to furnish a copy of all agreements relating to long-term debt upon request of the SEC.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1(a)    -   

Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.2(b)    -   

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.3(b)    -   

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.4(b)    -   

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.5(c)    -   

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.6(d)    -   

Bylaws of the Company (as Amended and Restated effective as of June 9, 2009)

4.1(e)    -   

Indenture between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee

4.2(f)    -   

First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture between the Operating Partnership and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee

11.1(g)    -   

Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings

31.1    -   

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2    -   

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1    -   

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2    -   

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101    -   

The following financial information for the Company, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

 

*

Identifies each management contract or compensatory plan required to be filed.

(a)

Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 33-61936), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(b)

Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)

Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrants for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d)

Filed as an exhibit to the current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed on February 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

(e)

Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-42884), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)

Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (SEC File No. 333-139581) of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)

The information required by this exhibit is included in note 5 to the consolidated financial statements and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   

POST PROPERTIES, INC.

August 6, 2010

   

By

 

/s/ David P. Stockert

David P. Stockert

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

August 6, 2010

   

By

 

/s/ Christopher J. Papa

Christopher J. Papa

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

August 6, 2010

   

By

 

/s/ Arthur J. Quirk

Arthur J. Quirk

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

       

POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.

   

By: Post GP Holdings, Inc., its sole general partner

August 6, 2010

   

By

 

/s/ David P. Stockert

David P. Stockert

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

August 6, 2010

   

By

 

/s/ Christopher J. Papa

Christopher J. Papa

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

August 6, 2010

   

By

 

/s/ Arthur J. Quirk

Arthur J. Quirk

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

           Description

3.1(a)

 

-

  

Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.2(b)

 

-

  

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.3(b)

 

-

  

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.4(b)

 

-

  

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.5(c)

 

-

  

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

3.6(d)

 

-

  

Bylaws of the Company (as Amended and Restated effective as of June 9, 2009)

4.1(e)

 

-

  

Indenture between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee

4.2(f)

 

-

  

First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture between the Operating Partnership and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee

11.1(g)

 

-

  

Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings

31.1

 

-

  

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

 

-

  

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1

 

-

  

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2

 

-

  

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101

 

-

  

The following financial information for the Company, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Accumulated Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

 

*

Identifies each management contract or compensatory plan required to be filed.

(a)

Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File No. 33-61936), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(b)

Filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)

Filed as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrants for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d)

Filed as an exhibit to the current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrants filed on February 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

(e)

Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-42884), as amended, of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)

Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (SEC File No. 333-139581) of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)

The information required by this exhibit is included in note 5 to the consolidated financial statements and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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