Simon Property Group, Inc. Simon Property Group, L.P. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Dollars in thousands, except share, per share, unit and per unit amounts and where indicated as in millions or billions)
Corporate Expenses Home and regional office costs primarily include compensation and personnel related costs, travel, building and office costs, and other expenses for our corporate home office and regional offices. General and administrative expense primarily includes executive compensation, benefits and travel expenses as well as costs of being a public company, including certain legal costs, audit fees, regulatory fees, and certain other professional fees. Simon Property Group Acquisition Holdings, Inc. The Company sponsored, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, a special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC, named Simon Property Group Acquisition Holdings, Inc. On February 18, 2021, the SPAC announced the pricing of its initial public offering, which was consummated on February 23, 2021, and generated gross proceeds of $345.0 million, was placed in a trust account. The SPAC was a consolidated VIE which was formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination. The Company accounted for the noncontrolling interest in the SPAC as noncontrolling redeemable interests as these instruments were redeemable at the option of the holder and were classified as temporary equity at their redemption value in Simon’s accompanying consolidated balance sheet in Limited partners preferred interest in the Operating Partnership and noncontrolling redeemable interests and in the Operating Partnership’s accompanying consolidated balance sheet in Preferred units, various series, at liquidation value, and noncontrolling redeemable interests. In December 2022, the SPAC was liquidated and dissolved, resulting in the recognition of a $10.2 million loss recorded in gain on disposal, exchange, or revaluation of equity interests, net in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income, representing our investment in the SPAC. New Accounting Pronouncements 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. We elected the expedients in conjunction with transitioning certain debt instruments, as discussed in note 7, to alternative benchmark indexes. There was no impact on our consolidated financial statements at adoption. In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting,” which provides improvements to reportable segment disclosures, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The standard will be effective for us for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the new standard will have on our consolidated financial statements and footnotes. In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes,” which provides improvements to income tax disclosures by enhancing the transparency and decision usefulness of the material provided. The standard will be effective for us for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the new standard will have on our consolidated financial statements and footnotes. 4. Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions We acquire interests in properties to generate both current income and long-term appreciation in value. We acquire interests in individual properties or portfolios of real estate companies that meet our investment criteria and sell properties which no longer meet our strategic criteria. Unless otherwise noted below, gains and losses on these transactions are included in gain (loss) on acquisition of controlling interest, sale or disposal of, or recovery on, assets and interests in unconsolidated entities and impairment, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. We capitalize asset acquisition costs and expense costs related to business combinations, as well
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