Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Properties, Net

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Properties, Net
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Properties, Net
Properties, Net
 
Operating properties, net consisted of the following (in thousands): 
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Land
$
440,771

 
$
433,311

Buildings and improvements
3,009,203

 
2,944,905

Less: Accumulated depreciation
(759,262
)
 
(706,385
)
Operating properties, net
$
2,690,712

 
$
2,671,831



Projects in development or held for future development consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Land
$
216,108

 
$
195,521

Development in progress, excluding land
190,211

 
206,010

Projects in development or held for future development
$
406,319

 
$
401,531



Our properties held for sale included:

as of September 30, 2017: two operating properties in our Data Center Shells sub-segment and one in our Fort Meade/BW Corridor sub-segment; and
as of December 31, 2016: eight operating properties in White Marsh (included primarily in our Regional Office segment); one operating property in our Northern Virginia Defense/IT sub-segment; and land in White Marsh and Northern Virginia.

The table below sets forth the components of assets held for sale on our consolidated balance sheet for these properties (in thousands):
 
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Properties, net
$
68,081

 
$
85,402

Deferred rent receivable
5,582

 
4,241

Intangible assets on real estate acquisitions, net

 
338

Deferred leasing costs, net
742

 
3,636

Lease incentives, net
10

 
1,037

Assets held for sale, net
$
74,415

 
$
94,654



2017 Dispositions

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we sold the following operating properties (dollars in thousands):
Project Name
 
City, State
 
Segment
 
Date of Sale
 
Number of Buildings
 
Total Rentable Square Feet
 
Transaction Value
 
Gain on Sale
3120 Fairview Park Drive
 
Falls Church, VA
 
Northern Virginia Defense/IT
 
2/15/2017
 
1

 
190,000

 
$
39,000

 
$

1334 Ashton Road
 
Hanover, MD
 
Fort Meade/BW Corridor
 
6/9/2017
 
1

 
37,000

 
2,300

 

Remaining White Marsh Properties (1)
 
White Marsh, MD
 
Regional Office and Other
 
7/28/2017
 
8

 
412,000

 
47,500

 
1,180

Dispositions through 9/30/2017
 
 
 
10

 
639,000

 
$
88,800

 
$
1,180


(1) This sale also included land.

We also sold other land in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 for $14.3 million and recognized a gain on sale of $4.2 million.

On October 27, 2017, we sold:

201 Technology Drive, an operating property totaling 103,000 square feet in Lebanon, Virginia (in our Data Center Shells sub-segment), for $29.2 million; and
11751 Meadowville Lane, an operating property totaling 193,000 square feet in Chester, Virginia (in our Data Center Shells sub-segment), for $44.3 million. We provided a financial guaranty to the buyer under which we would indemnify it for up to $20 million in losses it could incur related to a potential defined capital event occurring on the property by June 30, 2019. Accordingly, we will not recognize the sale of this property for accounting purposes, and will reflect the sale price of the property as a liability, until the guaranty expires. We do not expect to incur any losses under this financial guaranty.

2017 Construction Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we placed into service 751,000 square feet in five newly constructed properties (including a partially operational property) and 88,000 square feet in three redeveloped properties (including a partially operational property). As of September 30, 2017, we had eight office properties under construction, or for which we were contractually committed to construct, that we estimate will total 1.1 million square feet upon completion (including two properties completed but held for future lease to the United States Government) and two office properties under redevelopment that we estimate will total 36,000 square feet upon completion.