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CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 9, 2024.

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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 9, 2024

CBL$47.32-1.3%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Note 1 – Organization and Basis of Presentation

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (“CBL”), a Delaware corporation, is a self-managed, self-administered, fully integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that is engaged in the ownership, development, acquisition, leasing, management and operation of regional shopping malls, outlet centers, lifestyle centers, open-air centers, office buildings and other properties, including single-tenant and multi-tenant parcels. Its properties are located in 22 states, but are primarily in the southeastern and midwestern United States.

CBL conducts substantially all its business through CBL & Associates Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which is a variable interest entity ("VIE"). The Operating Partnership consolidates the financial statements of all entities in which it has a controlling financial interest or where it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE.

As of June 30, 2024, the Operating Partnership owned interests in the following properties:

Malls (1)Outlet Centers (1)Lifestyle Centers (1)(2)Open-Air Centers (3)Other (3)(4)Total
Consolidated Properties402421471
Unconsolidated Properties (5)6318119
Total465529590

(1)

The Company has aggregated malls, outlet centers and lifestyle centers intoone reportable segment (the "Malls") because they have similar economic characteristics and they provide similar products and services to similar types of, and in many cases, the same tenants.

(2)

Alamance Crossing is made up of Alamance Crossing East and Alamance Crossing West. Alamance Crossing East was deconsolidated and placed into receivership in connection with the foreclosure process. Alamance Crossing West remains consolidated. The Company views Alamance Crossing as one property and therefore only Alamance Crossing West is reflected in the total count.

(3)

Included in “All Other” for purposes of segment reporting.

(4)

CBL'stwo consolidated corporate office buildings are included in the Other category.

(5)

The Operating Partnership accounts for these investments using the equity method.

CBL is the 100% owner oftwo qualified REIT subsidiaries, CBL Holdings I, Inc. and CBL Holdings II, Inc. As of June 30, 2024, CBL Holdings I, Inc., the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, owned a 1.00% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership and CBL Holdings II, Inc. owned a 98.98% limited partner interest for a combined interest held by CBL of 99.98%. As of June 30, 2024, third parties owned a 0.02% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership.

As used herein, the term "Company" includes CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. The term "Operating Partnership" refers to CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries.

The Operating Partnership conducts the Company's property management and development activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, CBL & Associates Management, Inc. (the “Management Company"), to comply with certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, they have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring matters) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for these interim periods have been included. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The results for the interim period ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the full fiscal year.

Reclassifications

The Company reclassified above market leases, net, of $118,673 and below market leases, net, of $80,408 from individual line items to intangible lease assets and other assets and accounts payable and accrued liabilities, respectively, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2023 to conform with the current period presentation.

For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company reclassified payments received on mortgage and other notes receivable of $35 from an individual line item on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows to changes in other assets from investing activities on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows to conform with the current period presentation.

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Acco unting Policies

Accounting Guidance Adopted

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform, which provides temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the US GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens of the expected market transition from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. Additional optional expedients, exceptions and clarifications were created in ASU 2021-01. The guidance is effective upon issuance and generally can be applied to any contract modifications or existing and new hedging relationships through December 31, 2024. The Company elected the expedients in conjunction with transitioning certain debt instruments to alternative benchmark indexes. Since adoption, there has been no impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements through the use of the expedient.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted

On November 27, 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting, which amends the existing standard's disclosure requirements. Among other things, ASU 2023-07 will require companies to disclose significant segment expenses by reportable segment if they are regularly provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") and disclosures of the CODM's title and position, as well as details of how the CODM uses the reported measures. The amendments in ASU 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Accounts Receivable

Receivables include amounts billed and currently due from tenants pursuant to lease agreements and receivables attributable to straight-line rents associated with those lease agreements. Individual leases where the collection of rents is in dispute are assessed for collectability based on management’s best estimate of collection considering the anticipated outcome of the dispute. Individual leases that are not in dispute are assessed for collectability and upon the determination that the collection of rents over the remaining lease term is not probable, accounts receivable are reduced as an adjustment to rental revenues. Revenue from leases where collection is deemed to be less than probable is recorded on a cash basis until collectability is determined to be probable. Further, management assesses whether operating lease receivables, at a portfolio level, are appropriately valued based upon an analysis of balances outstanding, historical collection levels and current economic trends. An allowance for the uncollectable portion of the portfolio is recorded as an adjustment to rental revenues.

Management’s collection assessment took into consideration the type of retailer, billing disputes, lease negotiation status and executed deferral or abatement agreements, as well as recent rent collection experience and tenant bankruptcies based on the best information available to management at the time of evaluation.

Note 3 –Revenues

The following table presents the Company's revenues disaggregated by revenue source for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2024202320242023
Rental revenues$124,071$124,842$248,098$255,166
Revenues from contracts with customers:
Operating expense reimbursements1,9601,8754,2204,091
Management, development and leasing fees (1)1,8171,8223,7224,256
Marketing revenues (2)5635759671,220
4,3404,2728,9099,567
Other revenues1,2547531,7751,493
Total revenues (3)$129,665$129,867$258,782$266,226

(1)

Included in All Other segment.

(2)

Marketing revenues solely relate to the Malls segment for all periods presented.

(3)

Sales taxes are excluded from revenues.

See Note 9 for information on the Company's segments.

Revenues from Contracts with Customers

Outstanding Performance Obligations

The Company has outstanding performance obligations related to certain noncancelable contracts with customers for which it will receive fixed operating expense reimbursements for providing certain maintenance and other services as described above. As of June 30, 2024, the Company expects to recognize these amounts as revenue over the following periods:

Performance obligationLess than 5years5-20yearsOver 20yearsTotal
Fixed operating expense reimbursements$19,252$42,865$38,636$100,753

The Company evaluates its performance obligations each period and makes adjustments to reflect any known additions or cancellations. Performance obligations related to variable consideration, which is based on sales, are constrained.

Note 4 – Leases

The components of rental revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2024202320242023
Fixed lease payments$97,833$104,391$196,137$203,372
Variable lease payments26,23820,45151,96151,794
Total rental revenues$124,071$124,842$248,098$255,166

The undiscounted future fixed lease payments to be received under the Company's operating leases as of June 30, 2024, are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,Operating Leases
2024 (1)$199,753
2025337,271
2026258,598
2027197,304
2028144,582
202996,436
Thereafter242,828
Total undiscounted lease payments$1,476,772

(1)

Reflects rental payments for the period July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

Note 5 – Fair Value Measurements

The Company has categorized its financial assets and financial liabilities that are recorded at fair value into a hierarchy in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, ("ASC 820") based on whether the inputs to valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. The fair value hierarchy contains three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value as follows:

Level 1 –Inputs represent quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities as of the measurement date.
Level 2 –Inputs, other than those included in Level 1, represent observable measurements for similar instruments in active markets, or identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and observable measurements or market data for instruments with substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3 –Inputs represent unobservable measurements, supported by little, if any, market activity, and require considerable assumptions that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability. Market valuations must often be determined using discounted cash flow methodologies, pricing models or similar techniques based on the Company’s assumptions and best judgment.

The asset or liability's fair value within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Under ASC 820, fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability in an orderly transaction at the measurement date and under current market conditions. Valuation techniques used maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and consider assumptions such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are reasonable estimates of their fair values because of the short-term nature of these financial instruments. The estimated fair value of mortgage and other indebtedness was $1,743,913 and $1,806,486 as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The fair value of mortgage and other indebtedness was calculated using Level 2 inputs by discounting future cash flows for mortgage and other indebtedness using estimated market rates at which similar loans would be made currently.

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's interest rate swap that was designated as a cash flow hedge of interest rate risk for the six months ended June 30, 2024. See Note 8 for more information.

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
AssetFair Value at June 30, 2024Quoted Prices inActive Markets for IdenticalAssets (Level 1)SignificantOtherObservableInputs (Level 2)SignificantUnobservableInputs (Level 3)
Interest rate swap$835$—$835$—

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company has continued to reinvest the cash from maturing U.S. Treasury securities into new U.S. Treasury securities. The Company designated the U.S. Treasury securities as available-for-sale (“AFS”). The table below sets forth information regarding the Company’s AFS securities that were measured at fair value for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and for the year ended December 31, 2023:

U.S. Treasury securitiesJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Amortized cost (1)$238,300$261,869
Allowance for credit losses (2)——
Total unrealized (loss) gain(192)273
Fair value (3)$238,108$262,142

(1)

The U.S. Treasury securities held as of June 30, 2024 have maturities through May 2025.

(2)

U.S. Treasury securities have a long history with no credit losses. Additionally, the Company notes that U.S. Treasury securities are explicitly fully guaranteed by a sovereign entity that can print its own currency and that the sovereign entity’s currency is routinely held by central banks and other major financial institutions, is used in international commerce, and commonly viewed as a reserve currency, all of which qualitatively indicate that historical credit loss information should be minimally affected by current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Therefore, the Company did not record expected credit losses for its U.S. Treasury securities for the six months ended June 30, 2024, nor for the year ended December 31, 2023.

(3)

Fair value was calculated using Level 1 inputs.

Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis

The Company measures the fair value of certain long-lived assets on a nonrecurring basis, through quarterly impairment testing or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company’s evaluation of the recoverability of long-lived assets involves the comparison of undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by each property over the Company’s expected remaining holding period to the respective carrying amount. The determination of whether the carrying value is recoverable also requires management to make estimates related to probability weighted scenarios impacting undiscounted cash flow models. The Company considers both quantitative and qualitative factors in its impairment analysis of long-lived assets. Significant quantitative factors include historical and forecasted information for each property such as net operating income, occupancy statistics and sales levels. Significant qualitative factors used include market conditions, age and condition of the property and tenant mix. The quantitative and qualitative factors impact the selection of the terminal capitalization rate which is used in both an undiscounted and discounted cash flow model and the discount rate used in a discounted cash flow model. Due to the significant unobservable estimates and assumptions used in the valuation of long-lived assets that experience impairment, the Company classifies such long-lived assets under Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Level 3 inputs primarily consist of sales and market data, independent valuations and discounted cash flow models.

Long-lived Assets Measured at Fair Value in 2024

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company sold an outparcel for less than its carrying value and recorded impairment of $836.

Long-lived Assets Measured at Fair Value in 2023

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized gain on deconsolidation of $28,151 when it adjusted the negative equity in Alamance Crossing East tozero upon deconsolidation, which represents the estimated fair value of the Company's investment in that property. See Note 7 for more information.

Note 6 – Dispositions and Held for Sale

Dispositions

Based on its analysis, the Company determined that the dispositions described below do not meet the criteria for classification as discontinued operations and are not considered to be significant disposals based on its quantitative and qualitative evaluation. Thus, the results of operations of the properties described below, as well as any related gains or losses, are included in net income (loss) for all periods presented, as applicable.

2024 Dispositions

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company realized a loss of $50 and a gain of $3,671, respectively, related to the sale of an anchor parcel. Gross proceeds from sales of real estate assets was $7,745. In addition, the Company recorded a loss on impairment related to an outparcel that was sold. See Note 5 for more information.

Subsequent to June 30, 2024, Layton Hills Mall was sold. See Note 14 for more information.

2023 Dispositions

During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company realized a gain of $114, primarily related to the sale of a land parcel. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company realized a gain of $1,482, primarily related to the sale offive land parcels. Gross proceeds from sales of real estate assets were $5,674 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Held for Sale

As of June 30, 2024 and 2023, there wereno properties that met the criteria to be classified as held for sale.

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