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Real Estate Dispositions, Held for Sale and Impairment Charges

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Real Estate Dispositions, Held for Sale and Impairment Charges
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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Real Estate Dispositions, Held for Sale and Impairment Charges
Real Estate Dispositions, Held for Sale and Impairment Charges

Real Estate Dispositions

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we continued to execute our capital recycling program, whereby we opportunistically sold properties outside of our core markets and redeployed proceeds to fund property acquisitions in our target secondary growth markets, as well as repay outstanding debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we sold one non-core property, which is summarized below (dollars in thousands):

Square Footage Sold
 
Sales Price
 
Sales Costs
 
Gain on Sale of Real Estate
183,000

 
$
12,800

 
$
402

 
$
5,906



Our disposition during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was not classified as a discontinued operation because it did not represent a strategic shift in operations, nor will it have a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, the operating results of this property are included within continuing operations for all periods reported.

The table below summarizes the components of operating income from the real estate and related assets disposed of during the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively (dollars in thousands):

 
 
For the three months ended March 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
Operating revenue
 
$
87

 
$
247

Operating expense
 

 
54

Other income (expense)
 
5,781

(1)
(93
)
Income from real estate and related assets sold
 
$
5,868

 
$
100


(1) Includes a $5.9 million gain on sale of our Franklin, New Jersey property.

Real Estate Held for Sale

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we had one property classified as held for sale. We considered the property classified as held for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2017 to be non-core to our long term strategy. The one property classified as held for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was sold subsequent to the end of the quarter, and we recognized a loss of $0.1 million. The assets and liabilities of the one property classified as held for sale are presented separately in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2017.

Our assets classified as held for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2017 were not classified as discontinued operations because they do not represent a strategic shift in our operations, nor will they have a major effect on our operations and financial results.

The table below summarizes the components of income from real estate and related assets held for sale (dollars in thousands):
 
 
 
For the three months ended March 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
Operating revenue
 
$
51

 
$
59

Operating expense
 
1

 
47

Other expense
 
(28
)
 
(36
)
Income (loss) from real estate and related assets held for sale
 
$
22

 
$
(24
)

The table below summarizes the components of the assets and liabilities held for sale reflected on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet (dollars in thousands):
 
 
March 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Assets Held for Sale
 
 
 
Real estate, at cost
$
3,106

 
$
11,454

Less: accumulated depreciation
859

 
2,668

Total real estate held for sale, net
2,247

 
8,786

Lease intangibles, net
34

 
200

Deferred rent receivable, net
78

 
575

Other assets

 
1

Total Assets Held for Sale
$
2,359

 
$
9,562

Liabilities Held for Sale
 
 
 
Deferred rent liability, net
$
239

 
$
755

Asset retirement obligation
93

 
286

Total Liabilities Held for Sale
$
332

 
$
1,041



Impairment Charges

We performed an evaluation and analysis of our entire portfolio to determine if any of our held and used assets were impaired during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and identified two held and used assets which potentially were impaired during March 2017. For these properties, during March 2017, we received unsolicited interest from potential buyers, and as a result, we included a sale scenario and shortened our hold period when comparing the undiscounted cash flows against the respective carrying values. Based upon our analysis, we concluded that the undiscounted cash flows for these properties were below their respective carrying values indicating that these assets were impaired as of March 31, 2017. Therefore we recorded $3.7 million in impairment charges to adjust the carrying value for both assets to fair market value. We evaluated both properties for held for sale classification, and concluded that these assets did not qualify, and both properties were classified as held and used assets as of March 31, 2017.

Fair market value for these assets was calculated using Level 3 inputs, which were determined using comparable asset sale data from the respective asset locations. We continue to evaluate our properties on a quarterly basis for changes that could create the need to record impairment. Future impairment losses may result, and could be significant, should market conditions deteriorate in the markets in which we hold our assets or we are unable to secure leases at terms that are favorable to us, which could impact the estimated cash flow of our properties over the period in which we plan to hold our properties. Additionally, changes in management's decisions to either long-term own and lease or sell a particular asset will have an impact on this analysis.

As part of our held for sale process, we perform an analysis of all properties classified as held for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2017, and compare the fair market value of the asset less selling costs against the carrying value of assets available for sale. We did not record any impairment related to our held for sale assets during the three months ended March 31, 2017.

We recognized $0.4 million of impairment charges on one property during the three months ended March 31, 2016. This property was classified as held for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2016, and through our held for sale analysis, we concluded that the fair market value less selling costs was below the carrying value of this property. This property was sold in May 2016.

The fair values for the above held for sale property was calculated using Level 3 inputs which were calculated using an estimated sales price, less estimated costs to sell. The estimated sales price was determined using an executed purchase and sale agreement.