COPT Defense Properties Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Real Estate Joint Ventures

Real Estate Joint Ventures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Consolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures

The table below sets forth information pertaining to our investments in consolidated real estate joint ventures as of March 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):


				March 31, 2021 (1)
	Date Acquired	Nominal Ownership %		Total Assets		Encumbered Assets		Total Liabilities
Entity			Location
LW Redstone Company, LLC (2)	3/23/2010	85%	Huntsville, Alabama	$	418,577	$	91,802	$	89,723
Stevens Investors, LLC	8/11/2015	95%	Washington, DC	161,585		160,137		87,305
M Square Associates, LLC	6/26/2007	50%	College Park, Maryland	101,511		61,909		53,653
				$	681,673	$	313,848	$	230,681

(1)Excludes amounts eliminated in consolidation.

(2)While net cash flow distributions to the partners vary depending on the source of the funds distributed, cash flows are generally distributed as follows: (1) cumulative preferred returns of 13.5% on our partner’s $9.0 million in invested capital; (2) cumulative preferred returns of 13.5% on our invested capital; (3) return of our invested capital; (4) return of our partner’s invested capital; and (5) any remaining residual 85% to us and 15% to our partner.

Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures

The table below sets forth information pertaining to our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures accounted for using the equity method of accounting (dollars in thousands):


	Date Acquired	Nominal Ownership %	Number of Properties	Carrying Value of Investment (1)
Entity				March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
B RE COPT DC JV II LLC (2)	10/30/2020	10%	8	$	15,840	$	15,988
BREIT COPT DC JV LLC	6/20/2019	10%	9	13,094		13,315
			17	$	28,934	$	29,303

(1)Included in the line entitled “investment in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures” on our consolidated balance sheets.

(2)Our investment in B RE COPT DC JV II LLC was lower than our share of the joint venture’s equity by $7.4 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 due to a difference between our cost basis and our share of the joint venture’s underlying equity in its net assets. We recognize adjustments to our share of the joint venture’s earnings and losses resulting from this basis difference in the underlying assets of the joint venture.