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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005

 

Commission file number 1-31908

 


 

CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   94-2953477

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

201 Mission Street

San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(415) 974-4500

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  x    No   ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     x  Yes     ¨   No

 

As of May 2, 2005 there were 103,883,347 issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

 



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INDEX

 

          Page No

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

    
    

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

   3
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

   4
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

   5
    

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   6

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   19

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

   42

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   42

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

   43

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

   43

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   43

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   43

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   43

Item 5.

  

Other Information

   43

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

   43

SIGNATURES

   44

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

 

     March 31,
2005


   

December 31,

2004


 
     (Unaudited)  

Assets

                

Properties

   $ 2,370,210     $ 2,316,289  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (507,639 )     (490,409 )
    


 


       1,862,571       1,825,880  

Other assets and deferred charges, net

     215,727       224,932  

Notes receivable, less allowance

     296,150       329,758  

Accounts receivable, less allowance

     30,720       35,800  

Assets held for sale

     —         10,336  

Restricted cash and investments

     12,867       29,569  

Cash and cash equivalents

     54,138       252,069  
    


 


Total

   $ 2,472,173     $ 2,708,344  
    


 


Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

                

Mortgage and other debt

   $ 1,255,104     $ 1,440,528  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     125,392       201,238  

Deferred credits and other liabilities

     299,431       286,780  

Liabilities associated with assets held for sale

     —         88  

Deferred income taxes

     37,896       36,119  
    


 


Total liabilities

     1,717,823       1,964,753  
    


 


Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

                

Stockholders’ equity

                

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 105,027 and 104,720 shares issued, and 103,875 and 103,317 shares outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively

     1,050       1,047  

Paid-in capital

     515,787       509,407  

Unearned value of restricted stock and restricted stock unit grants (1,152 and 1,403 shares at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively)

     (24,018 )     (23,049 )

Accumulated earnings

     261,531       256,186  
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     754,350       743,591  
    


 


Total

   $ 2,472,173     $ 2,708,344  
    


 


 

See notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (Unaudited)  

Revenues

                

Rental revenue

   $ 78,357     $ 76,037  

Sales revenue

     33,144       37,691  

Management, development and other fees

     7,544       1,699  
    


 


       119,045       115,427  
    


 


Costs and expenses

                

Property operating costs

     (22,256 )     (20,966 )

Cost of sales

     (22,898 )     (23,090 )

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (12,290 )     (12,951 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (18,691 )     (17,716 )
    


 


       (76,135 )     (74,723 )
    


 


Operating income

     42,910       40,704  
    


 


Other income

                

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,833       2,414  

Equity in earnings of development joint ventures, net

     5,086       1,227  

Gain on non-strategic asset sales

     20       61  

Interest income

     8,895       2,777  

Other

     89       301  
    


 


       16,923       6,780  
    


 


Other expenses

                

Interest expense

     (17,573 )     (15,503 )

REIT transition costs

     —         (212 )

Other

     (1,498 )     (430 )
    


 


       (19,071 )     (16,145 )
    


 


Income before income taxes and discontinued operations

     40,762       31,339  

Income tax expense

     (8,148 )     (931 )
    


 


Income from continuing operations

     32,614       30,408  
    


 


Discontinued operations, net of income tax:

                

Gain from disposal of discontinued operations

     736       1,616  

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

     (32 )     67  
    


 


Net gain from discontinued operations

     704       1,683  
    


 


Net income

   $ 33,318     $ 32,091  
    


 


Income per share from continuing operations

                

Basic

   $ 0.31     $ 0.30  
    


 


Assuming dilution

   $ 0.31     $ 0.29  
    


 


Income per share from discontinued operations

                

Basic

   $ 0.01     $ 0.01  
    


 


Assuming dilution

   $ 0.01     $ 0.02  

Net income per share

  


 


Basic

   $ 0.32     $ 0.31  
    


 


Assuming dilution

   $ 0.32     $ 0.31  
    


 


Average number of common shares outstanding—basic

     103,750       102,844  
    


 


Average number of common shares outstanding—diluted

     105,301       104,031  
    


 


Dividends declared per share

   $ 0.27     $ 0.27  
    


 


 

See notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (Unaudited)  

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net income

   $ 33,318     $ 32,091  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation and amortization

     18,691       17,716  

Deferred income tax (benefit) provision

     1,777       (4,099 )

Deferred gain recognized

     (58 )     (7,990 )

Amortization of deferred loan fees and other costs

     1,409       1,372  

Equity in earnings of joint ventures

     (7,919 )     (3,641 )

Gain on sales of investment property

     (489 )     (1,616 )

Operating distributions from joint ventures

     1,857       4,399  

Cost of development property and non-strategic assets sold

     22,912       43,216  

Capital expenditures for development property

     (17,438 )     (19,299 )

Other, net

     1,686       2,159  

Change in notes receivable

     33,608       15,772  

Change in deferred credits and other liabilities

     13,845       19,263  

Change in other operating assets and liabilities

     (9,112 )     (33,224 )
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     94,087       66,119  
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Property acquisitions

     (16,388 )     (1,214 )

Capital expenditures for investment property

     (37,832 )     (55,935 )

Tenant improvements

     (911 )     (1,784 )

Reimbursable construction costs

     —         (3,579 )

Net proceeds from sale of investment property

     2,853       3,454  

Contributions to joint ventures

     (42 )     (259 )

Decrease in restricted cash and investments

     16,702       35,327  
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (35,618 )     (23,990 )
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Borrowings

     —         91,351  

Repayment of borrowings

     (184,247 )     (110,427 )

Dividends

     (74,291 )     (27,729 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     2,138       3,368  
    


 


Net cash used in financing activities

     (256,400 )     (43,437 )
    


 


Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (197,931 )     (1,308 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     252,069       45,931  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 54,138     $ 44,623  
    


 


Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

                

Cash paid during the year for:

                

Interest (net of amount capitalized)

   $ 16,253     $ 14,318  

Income taxes

   $ 247     $ 5,357  

Non-cash financing activities:

                

Debt forgiveness—property reconveyance/reduction

   $ (1,177 )   $ (8,862 )

 

See notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2005

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Description of Business

 

Catellus Development Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “Catellus” or the “Company”) owns and develops primarily industrial properties located in major markets in California, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, and Georgia, with recent expansion into New Jersey. The Company operated as a fully taxable C-corporation through December 31, 2003. At December 31, 2003, the Company reorganized its operations in order to operate as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) commencing January 1, 2004 (see Note 11). All references to Catellus or the Company mean the current Catellus or its predecessor, as the context requires.

 

Note 2. Interim Financial Data

 

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial information includes all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Certain prior period financial data have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Partnership accounting

 

At March 31, 2005, the Company holds significant variable interests in three variable interest entities that do not qualify for consolidation under the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46-R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities – an interpretation of ARB No. 51”. The Company’s significant variable interests are in the form of equity interests in two of its unconsolidated joint ventures and its participation in a master development agreement:

 

    Bergstrom Partners, L.P. was formed in January 2003 to redevelop and market 624 acres of land at a former missile test site in Travis County, Texas. No further contributions are required.

 

    SAMS Venture, LLC was formed in January 2003 to initially develop a new 545,000 square foot office park for the Los Angeles Air Force Base, convey that property to the United States Air Force in exchange for three parcels of land totaling 56 acres and other consideration, and finally either sell or develop for sale the three parcels. The Company’s exposure will increase should this joint venture require additional contributions from its joint venture partners.

 

    A Company subsidiary entered into a master development agreement with the City of Austin, Texas in December 2004 to redevelop and market the property formerly known as the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. The Company’s exposure will increase should public financing and sales revenues be insufficient to meet current or projected financial requirements.

 

The Company’s maximum exposure in the current financial statements as a result of its involvement with these variable interest entities is $11.9 million as of March 31, 2005.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Accounting for stock-based compensation

 

At March 31, 2005, the Company has six stock-based employee compensation plans. The Company accounts for those plans under the recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”), and related Interpretations. All options when granted under those plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. As a result of a stock option exchange offer related to the REIT conversion, the Company is required to recognize compensation expense related to the outstanding grants of $(0.3) million and $1.2 million for three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively (see Note 11). The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” to stock-based employee compensation.

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (In thousands)  

Net income, as reported

   $ 33,318     $ 32,091  

Add: Stock-based employee compensation (credit) expense included in reported net income

     (291 )     1,190  

Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards

     (138 )     (1,995 )
    


 


Pro forma net income

   $ 32,889     $ 31,286  
    


 


Earnings per share:

                

Basic—as reported

   $ 0.32     $ 0.31  
    


 


Basic—pro forma

   $ 0.32     $ 0.30  
    


 


Diluted—as reported

   $ 0.32     $ 0.31  
    


 


Diluted— pro forma

   $ 0.31     $ 0.30  
    


 


 

During 2004, the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors established two performance-based executive award plans under the Company’s 2003 Performance Award Plan: the 2004 Transition Incentive Plan (“TIP”) and the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”). Awards under the TIP and LTIP were granted in 2004. The awards granted are non-voting units of measurement (“Performance Units”) that are deemed to represent one share of the Company’s common stock. Performance Units are entitled to dividend equivalents representing dividends on an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock. Dividend equivalents are credited to participants’ accounts as additional Performance Units. The initial performance period under the LTIP and the performance period under the TIP are from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006. Subsequent awards under the LTIP were granted in 2005 with a performance period from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2007. The earliest date TIP awards were eligible to begin vesting was December 31, 2004 if at least 50% of defined performance targets were achieved by that date and certain time vesting requirements as to certain participants were met. If any defined performance targets are not 100% achieved by December 31, 2006, the remaining unvested performance units will be forfeited. TIP awards are payable in the Company’s common stock. LTIP awards for the initial and subsequent award vest at December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively, if the Company’s total stockholder return, relative to the total stockholder returns of a certain group of peer companies, meets certain performance targets. LTIP awards are payable 50% in the Company’s common stock and 50% in cash.

 

At March 31, 2005, 322,014 Performance Units, representing the aggregate number initially awarded under both plans, less vested TIP Performance Units distributed in common stock, plus additional Performance Units from dividend equivalents on previously existing Performance Units, have been credited to participants’ accounts, subject to the vesting requirements discussed in the preceding paragraph. As required by APB 25, the Company has recognized $0.9 million and $1.3 million as compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, with the corresponding liability recorded in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. For purposes of recognizing compensation expense, TIP performance is based on the Company’s current estimate of the timing for achieving performance targets, and LTIP performance is measured on the basis of actual results as of March 31, 2005. The Company estimates that as of March 31, 2005, 93.4% of the TIP performance targets have been achieved. Actual performance under the LTIP is not determinable until the performance periods for the initial and subsequent awards end on December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Certain TIP performance targets were 100% achieved as of December 31, 2004, and therefore were eligible for 100% vesting. However, for purposes of vesting under the TIP, since at least 50% but less than 100% of the other defined performance targets were met as of December 31, 2004, the Compensation and Benefits Committee could only certify the achievement of 50% of such targets as of December 31, 2004. In February 2005, the Compensation and Benefits Committee certified the achievement of the defined performance targets to an extent which resulted in the performance vesting of 75% of all TIP Performance Units, subject to the time vesting requirements as to certain participants, as discussed in the preceding paragraph.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

During the first quarter of 2005, the Company granted to certain officers an aggregate of 154,845 shares of restricted stock with a fair market value of $4.4 million as of the grant date. Shares of restricted stock are entitled to dividends.

 

The Company expenses dividends paid on unvested restricted stock and dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units, Director Restricted Stock Units, and Director Stock Units. For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, such dividends and dividend equivalents paid were $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

 

New accounting standards

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123R establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity investments for goods or services. This statement is effective for fiscal year that begins after June 15, 2005 (as extended by the Securities and Exchange Commission). The Company will adopt SFAS 123R in the time frame required and it is anticipated that the Company will elect the modified prospective application transition method without restatement of prior interim periods. The initial adoption of SFAS 123R will not have a significant effect on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flow of the Company.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company was restructured to operate as a REIT effective January 1, 2004. In general, a corporation that elects REIT status and distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders and complies with certain other requirements (relating primarily to the nature of its assets and the sources of its revenues) is not subject to federal income taxation to the extent it distributes its taxable income. The Company began operating so as to qualify as a REIT beginning January 1, 2004, and paid at least 90% of REIT taxable income to stockholders in 2004. Based on these considerations, the Company believes that it will not be liable for taxes (except with respect to the items discussed below) and, in 2003, reversed approximately $232 million of deferred tax liabilities.

 

In 2003, as part of the restructuring activities to enable the Company to operate as a REIT, the Company created subsidiaries that qualify (subject to certain size limitations) as taxable REIT subsidiaries under the REIT rules (“TRS”), which are subject to federal and state income taxes. Accordingly, the Company will still be liable for federal and state taxes with respect to income earned in the TRS. As a result of this future tax liability, certain assets of the TRS carry temporary differences between book and tax amounts that are reflected as net deferred tax liabilities at the TRS and in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Also, a majority of the Company’s assets owned as of December 31, 2003, which were transferred into the REIT, had values in excess of tax basis (“built-in-gain”) of approximately $1.7 billion. Under the REIT rules, the Company is liable for the tax on this built-in-gain if it is realized in a taxable transaction (as for example by sale of the asset) before January 1, 2014. The Company believes that it will pay taxes on built-in-gains on the Company’s assets subject to purchase options in the event the Company cannot effectuate a tax-free exchange. As a result of this future tax liability, the temporary differences between book and tax amounts for these assets will continue to be reflected as net deferred tax liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. In addition, the Company’s 1999 and later federal and state tax returns are still open with certain returns currently under audit, which may result in additional taxes with respect to these prior years. In 2003, the Company has provided for a current tax liability, currently totaling approximately $124 million, related to certain transactions under audit where it has taken a tax benefit, but the tax impact is uncertain. Lastly, the Company expects that once certain tasks are completed, certain of the Company’s assets not currently in the TRS will later be contributed to the TRS and carry temporary differences between book and tax amounts which will result in current tax liabilities.

 

To initially qualify as a REIT, among other things, the Company distributed all of its accumulated earnings and profits (“E&P”) to the Company’s stockholders in one or more taxable dividends. In order to meet the required distribution of accumulated E&P, the Company made a distribution of $128 million in cash and 10.7 million shares of Catellus common stock valued at $252 million in the fourth quarter of 2003. The amount of the distributions was based, in part, upon the estimated amount of accumulated E&P at year-end 2003. Although the Company believes that the distributions were sufficient to eliminate all of its accumulated E&P, to the extent that adjustments, if any, to prior years’ taxable income results in higher cumulative E&P, the Company will make an additional taxable distribution (in the form of cash and/or securities) at that time.

 

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2005 was generated at both the REIT level and the TRS. The TRS income before income taxes was $19.1 million with an effective overall rate of 41.19%. The Company has accrued $0.3 million state taxes at the REIT level to reflect expected state tax liability resulting from projected taxable income in California in excess of federal taxable income that is not distributed to stockholders and therefore taxed in the REIT. Income tax (expense) benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2004 was generated only at the TRS level. The TRS income before income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2004 was $2.3 million with an effective overall rate of 40.08%.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Income tax (expense) benefit on consolidated income from continuing operations is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (In thousands)  

Current

   $ (6,370 )   $ (5,030 )

Deferred

     (1,778 )     4,099  
    


 


Total

   $ (8,148 )   $ (931 )
    


 


 

Note 3. Restricted Cash and Investments

 

Of the total restricted cash and investments of $12.9 million at March 31, 2005, and $29.6 million at December 31, 2004, $0.4 million and $18.9 million, respectively, represent proceeds from property sales held in separate cash accounts at trust companies in order to preserve the Company’s option to reinvest the proceeds on a tax-deferred basis. Approximately $11.8 million and $10.0 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, represents funds in escrow for environmental work related to a land acquisition. Approximately $0.7 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, represent funds held in pledge accounts at a bank until certain loan collateral pool requirements are met.

 

Note 4. Income Per Share

 

Income from continuing and discontinued operations per share of common stock applicable to common stockholders is computed by dividing respective income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and equivalents outstanding during the period (see table below for effect of dilutive securities).

 

     Three months Ended March 31,

     2005

   2004

     Income

   Shares

  

Per Share

Amount


   Income

   Shares

  

Per Share

Amount


     (In thousands, except per share data)

Income from continuing operations

   $ 32,614    103,750    $ 0.31    $ 30,408    102,844    $ 0.30
                

              

Effect of dilutive securities:

                                     

Stock options

     —      629             —      857       

Restricted stock and restricted stock units

     —      686             —      326       

Other compensation incentive plans

     —      236             —      4       
    

  
         

  
      

Income from continuing operations assuming dilution

   $ 32,614    105,301    $ 0.31    $ 30,408    104,031    $ 0.29
    

  
  

  

  
  

Net gain from discontinued operations

   $ 704    103,750    $ 0.01    $ 1,683    102,844    $ 0.01
                

              

Effect of dilutive securities:

                                     

Stock options

     —      629             —      857       

Restricted stock and restricted stock units

     —      686             —      326       

Other compensation incentive plans

     —      236             —      4       
    

  
         

  
      

Net gain from discontinued operations assuming dilution

   $ 704    105,301    $ 0.01    $ 1,683    104,031    $ 0.02
    

  
  

  

  
  

Net income

   $ 33,318    103,750    $ 0.32    $ 32,091    102,844    $ 0.31
                

              

Effect of dilutive securities:

                                     

Stock options

     —      629             —      857       

Restricted stock and restricted stock units

     —      686             —      326       

Other compensation incentive plans

     —      236             —      4       
    

  
         

  
      

Net income assuming dilution

   $ 33,318    105,301    $ 0.32    $ 32,091    104,031    $ 0.31
    

  
  

  

  
  

 

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CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Note 5. Mortgage and Other Debt

 

Mortgage and other debt at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, are summarized as follows:

 

    

March 31,

2005


  

December 31,

2004


     (In thousands)

Fixed rate mortgage loans

   $ 1,079,021    $ 1,084,259

Floating rate mortgage loans

     113,922      114,689

Assessment district bonds

     61,792      63,210

Construction loans

     —        30,000

Revolving credit facility

     —        148,000

Other loans

     369      370
    

  

Mortgage and other debt

   $ 1,255,104    $ 1,440,528
    

  

Due within one year

   $ 112,196    $ 142,429
    

  

 

Interest costs relating to mortgage and other debt for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, are summarized as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (In thousands)  

Total interest incurred

   $ 21,252     $ 21,574  

Interest capitalized

     (3,671 )     (5,821 )
    


 


Interest expensed

     17,581       15,753  

Less discontinued operations

     (8 )     (250 )
    


 


Interest expense from continuing operations

   $ 17,573     $ 15,503  
    


 


 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Note 6. Property

 

Book value by property type consists of the following:

 

     March 31,
2005


    December 31,
2004


 
     (In thousands)  

Rental properties:

                

Industrial buildings

   $ 1,281,410     $ 1,278,227  

Office buildings

     385,626       383,763  

Retail buildings

     133,673       105,066  

Ground leases and other

     204,538       178,007  

Investment in operating joint ventures

     (20,217 )     (21,184 )
    


 


       1,985,030       1,923,879  
    


 


Developable properties:

                

Commercial

     195,360       173,305  

Urban

     54,323       80,959  

Investment in development joint ventures

     19,156       13,852  
    


 


       268,839       268,116  
    


 


Work-in-process:

                

Commercial

     97,990       97,624  

Urban

     —         8,380  
    


 


       97,990       106,004  
    


 


Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     17,645       17,584  

Other

     706       706  
    


 


Gross book value

     2,370,210       2,316,289  

Accumulated depreciation

     (507,639 )     (490,409 )
    


 


Net book value

   $ 1,862,571     $ 1,825,880  
    


 


 

Note 7. Segment Reporting

 

The Company’s reportable segments are based on the Company’s method of internal reporting, which disaggregates its business between long-term operations and those which the Company intends to transition out of over time and before the adjustments for discontinued operations. The Company has two reportable segments: Core Segment, and Urban, Residential and Other Segment (“URO”). Core Segment includes (1) the management and leasing of the Company’s rental portfolio, (2) commercial development activities, which focuses primarily on acquiring and developing suburban commercial business parks for the Company’s own rental portfolio and selling land and/or buildings that the Company has developed to users and other parties, and (3) select land development opportunities that may not always be industrial, especially projects that may not require significant capital investment on the Company’s part, where the Company can utilize its land development skills. URO includes the remaining residential projects, urban development activities and desert land sales, which the Company intends to transition out of over time, and REIT transition costs.

 

Inter-segment gains and losses are not recognized. Debt and interest-bearing assets are allocated to segments based upon the grouping of the underlying assets. All other assets and liabilities are specifically identified.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Financial data by reportable segment is as follows:

 

     Core

    URO

    Subtotal

   

Discontinued

Operations


    Total

 
     (In thousands)  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005

        

Revenue

                                        

Rental revenue

   $ 78,400     $ —       $ 78,400     $ (43 )   $ 78,357  

Sales revenue

     22,316       13,714       36,030       (2,886 )     33,144  

Management, development and other fees

     3,710       3,834       7,544       —         7,544  
    


 


 


 


 


       104,426       17,548       121,974       (2,929 )     119,045  
    


 


 


 


 


Costs and expenses

                                        

Property operating costs

     (22,300 )     —         (22,300 )     44       (22,256 )

Cost of sales

     (13,947 )     (11,101 )     (25,048 )     2,150       (22,898 )

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (9,721 )     (2,569 )     (12,290 )     —         (12,290 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (18,603 )     (111 )     (18,714 )     23       (18,691 )
    


 


 


 


 


       (64,571 )     (13,781 )     (78,352 )     2,217       (76,135 )
    


 


 


 


 


Operating income

     39,855       3,767       43,622       (712 )     42,910  
    


 


 


 


 


Other income

                                        

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,833       —         2,833       —         2,833  

Equity in earnings of development joint ventures, net

     1,534       3,552       5,086       —         5,086  

Gain on non-strategic asset sales

     —         20       20       —         20  

Interest income

     7,983       912       8,895       —         8,895  

Other

     17       72       89       —         89  
    


 


 


 


 


       12,367       4,556       16,923       —         16,923  
    


 


 


 


 


Other expenses

                                        

Interest expense

     (17,581 )     —         (17,581 )     8       (17,573 )

Other

     (1,555 )     57       (1,498 )     —         (1,498 )
    


 


 


 


 


       (19,136 )     57       (19,079 )     8       (19,071 )
    


 


 


 


 


Income before income taxes and discontinued operations

     33,086       8,380       41,466       (704 )     40,762  

Income tax expense

     (3,236 )     (4,912 )     (8,148 )     —         (8,148 )
    


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     29,850       3,468       33,318       (704 )     32,614  
    


 


 


 


 


Discontinued operations, net of tax:

                                        

Gain from disposal of discontinued operations

     —         —         —         736       736  

Loss from discontinued operations

     —         —         —         (32 )     (32 )
    


 


 


 


 


Net gain from discontinued operations

     —         —         —         704       704  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 29,850     $ 3,468     $ 33,318     $ —       $ 33,318  
    


 


 


 


 


 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Financial data by reportable segment is as follows:

 

     Core

    URO

    Subtotal

    Discontinued
Operations


    Total

 
     (In thousands)  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

                                        

Revenue

                                        

Rental revenue

   $ 77,165     $ —       $ 77,165     $ (1,128 )   $ 76,037  

Sales revenue

     30,584       10,657       41,241       (3,550 )     37,691  

Management, development and other fees

     984       715       1,699       —         1,699  
    


 


 


 


 


       108,733       11,372       120,105       (4,678 )     115,427  
    


 


 


 


 


Costs and expenses

                                        

Property operating costs

     (21,416 )     —         (21,416 )     450       (20,966 )

Cost of sales

     (14,856 )     (10,168 )     (25,024 )     1,934       (23,090 )

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (6,640 )     (6,311 )     (12,951 )     —         (12,951 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (17,777 )     (300 )     (18,077 )     361       (17,716 )
    


 


 


 


 


       (60,689 )     (16,779 )     (77,468 )     2,745       (74,723 )
    


 


 


 


 


Operating income (loss)

     48,044       (5,407 )     42,637       (1,933 )     40,704  
    


 


 


 


 


Other income

                                        

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,414       —         2,414       —         2,414  

Equity in earnings of development joint ventures, net

     —         1,227       1,227       —         1,227  

Gain on non-strategic asset sales

     —         61       61       —         61  

Interest income

     2,375       402       2,777       —         2,777  

Other

     284       17       301       —         301  
    


 


 


 


 


       5,073       1,707       6,780       —         6,780  
    


 


 


 


 


Other expenses

                                        

Interest expense

     (15,753 )     —         (15,753 )     250       (15,503 )

REIT transition costs

     —         (212 )     (212 )     —         (212 )

Other

     (18 )     (412 )     (430 )     —         (430 )
    


 


 


 


 


       (15,771 )     (624 )     (16,395 )     250       (16,145 )
    


 


 


 


 


Income (loss) before income taxes and discontinued operations

     37,346       (4,324 )     33,022       (1,683 )     31,339  

Income taxes

     (5,332 )     4,401       (931 )     —         (931 )
    


 


 


 


 


Income from continuing operations

     32,014       77       32,091       (1,683 )     30,408  
    


 


 


 


 


Discontinued operations, net of tax:

                                        

Gain from disposal of discontinued operations

     —         —         —         1,616       1,616  

Income from discontinued operations

     —         —         —         67       67  
    


 


 


 


 


Net gain from discontinued operations

     —         —         —         1,683       1,683  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 32,014     $ 77     $ 32,091     $ —       $ 32,091  
    


 


 


 


 


 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company has standby letters of credit related to various development projects, various debt and debt service guarantees, and capital contribution commitments related to certain unconsolidated real estate joint ventures. These standby letters of credit, guarantees and capital contribution commitments as of March 31, 2005, are summarized in the following categories (in thousands):

 

Off-balance sheet liabilities:

      

Standby letters of credit

   $ 51,952

Debt service guarantees

     285

Contribution requirements

     7,100
    

Sub-total

     59,337

Liabilities included in balance sheet:

      

Standby letters of credit

     10,836
    

Total

   $ 70,173
    

 

Standby letters of credit consist of two types: performance and financial. Performance standby letters of credit are to guarantee the construction of infrastructure and public improvements as a requirement of entitlement. Financial standby letters of credit are a form of credit enhancement commonly required in real estate development when bonds are issued to finance public improvements. As of March 31, 2005, the Company has a total of $62.8 million in these standby letters of credit, which are scheduled to expire between August 2005 and June 2006. Of this total, $52.0 million is off-balance sheet ($46.5 million in financial letters of credit and $5.5 million in performance letters of credit). The remaining $10.8 million is related to obligations that are reflected in “Mortgage and other debt” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and were issued as additional security for liabilities already recorded on the balance sheet for separate accounting reasons (primarily assessment bond obligations of assessment districts whose operating boards the Company controls). This is different from the $52.0 million in letters of credit that are related to non-balance sheet items. When the assessment district bonds are consolidated, the full issuance proceeds amount is consolidated in “Mortgage and other debt” with a corresponding asset in “Other assets and deferred charges, net.” An example of the type of event that would require the Company to perform under the performance standby letters of credit would be the failure of the Company to construct or complete the required improvements. An example of the type of event that would require the Company to perform under the financial standby letters of credit would be a debt service shortfall in the municipal district that issued the municipal bonds. At March 31, 2005, the Company has not been required to satisfy any of these standby letters of credit.

 

The Company has made debt service guarantees for one of its unconsolidated joint ventures. At March 31, 2005, based on the joint venture’s outstanding balance, these debt guarantees totaled $0.3 million and are scheduled to expire between April 2005 and December 2005. Debt service guarantees are typical business arrangements commonly required of real estate developers. An example of the types of event that would require the Company to provide a cash payment pursuant to a guarantee include a loan default, which would result from failure of the primary borrower to service its debt when due, or non-compliance of the primary borrower with financial covenants or inadequacy of asset collateral. At March 31, 2005, the Company has not been required to satisfy any amounts under these debt service guarantees.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

The Company is required to make additional capital contributions to four of its unconsolidated joint ventures if additional capital contributions are necessary to fund development costs or operating shortfalls. The Company agreed with two unconsolidated joint ventures, Serrano Associates, LLC and SAMS Venture, LLC, to make additional contributions should there be insufficient funds to meet its current or projected financial requirements. As of March 31, 2005, the Company cumulatively contributed $20.0 million to Serrano Associates, LLC as additional contributions and $2.0 million as additional contributions to SAMS Venture, LLC. The Company is also required to make additional capital contributions to another two of its unconsolidated joint ventures should additional capital contributions be necessary (see chart below). As of March 31, 2005, the Company does not expect to fund any significant capital contributions beyond the maximum capital requirements.

 

     Contribution
Committed


   Remaining
Contribution
Commitment


     (In thousands)

Talega Village, LLC (1)

   $ 14,000    $ 4,570

Parkway Company, LLC

     38,000      2,530
    

  

     $ 52,000    $ 7,100
    

  


(1) Talega Village, LLC has substantially wound up operations and the Company does not expect to make any future capital contributions.

 

Generally, any funding of off-balance sheet guarantees would result in the increase of Catellus’ ownership interest in a project or entity similar to the treatment of a unilateral additional capital contribution to an investee.

 

In addition to the contingent liabilities summarized in the table above, the Company also has the following contingencies:

 

Prior to the November 2004 sales of a significant portion of the Company’s remaining urban and residential development assets to FOCIL Holdings LLC (“FOCIL”), an affiliate of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (see Note 12), the Company had already negotiated on certain land asset sales and agreed to provide acquisition financings, up to $164 million, to these third party purchasers, with a substantial portion of the money required to fund the $164 million financing coming from the paydowns under the loans to FOCIL. These land parcels were ultimately included as part of the assets sold to FOCIL. Therefore, as FOCIL eventually finalizes the sale of these land parcels, the Company will provide the financing to these third party purchasers, as previously agreed. As of March 31, 2005, the Company has financed $26.2 million on one of these sales. Subsequent to March 31, 2005, an additional sale was consummated; however, approximately $15 million of the agreed-upon acquisition financings was not required. Therefore, subsequent to the end of this quarter, the remaining agreed-upon acquisition financing is approximately $123 million.

 

As of March 31, 2005, $30.0 million of Community Facility District bonds were sold to finance public infrastructure improvements at a Company project. The Company is required to satisfy any shortfall in annual debt service obligation for these bonds if tax revenues generated by the project is insufficient. As of March 31, 2005, the Company does not expect to be required to satisfy any shortfall in annual debt service obligation for these bonds other than through its payment of normal project and special district taxes.

 

The Company is a party to a number of legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company cannot predict with certainty the final outcome of these proceedings. Considering current insurance coverages and the substantial legal defenses available, however, management believes that none of these actions, when finally resolved, will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial conditions, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company. Where appropriate, the Company has established reserves for potential liabilities related to legal actions or threatened legal actions. These reserves are necessarily based on estimates and probabilities of the occurrence of events and therefore are subject to revision from time to time.

 

Inherent in the operations of the real estate business is the possibility that environmental liability may arise from the current or past ownership, or current or past operation, of real properties. The Company may be required in the future to take action to correct or reduce the environmental effects of prior disposal or release of hazardous substances by third parties, the Company, or its corporate predecessors. Future environmental costs are difficult to estimate because of such factors as the unknown magnitude of possible contamination, the unknown timing and extent of the corrective actions that may be required, the determination of the Company’s potential liability in proportion to that of other potentially responsible parties, and the extent to which such costs are recoverable from insurance. Also, the Company does not generally have access to properties sold by it in the past.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

At March 31, 2005, management estimates that future costs for remediation of environmental contamination on operating properties and properties previously sold approximate $2.3 million, and has provided a reserve for that amount. It is anticipated that such costs will be incurred over the next several years. Management also estimates approximately $8.6 million of similar costs relating to the Company’s properties to be developed or sold. In addition, the Company has approximately $11.8 million in escrow for environmental work related to a land acquisition (see Note 3). The Company may incur additional costs related to management of excess contaminated soil from our projects; however, the necessity of this activity depends on the type of future development activities, and, therefore, the related costs are not currently determinable. These costs will be capitalized as components of development costs when incurred, which is anticipated to be over a period of approximately twenty years, or will be deferred and charged to cost of sales when the properties are sold. Environmental costs capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2005, and 2004 totaled $0.1 million and $1.5 million, respectively. The Company’s estimates were developed based on reviews that took place over several years based upon then-prevailing law and identified site conditions. Because of the breadth of its portfolio, and past sales, the Company is unable to review each property extensively on a regular basis. Such estimates are not precise and are always subject to the availability of further information about the prevailing conditions at the site, the future requirements of regulatory agencies, and the availability and ability of other parties to pay some or all of such costs.

 

The Company owns an interest in a limited liability company of a residential project near Sacramento, California. At March 31, 2005, the book value of our investment is approximately $13.2 million and the terms of the investment require additional contributions from the members should there be insufficient operating funds (see Liquidity and Capital Resources section). The project is located in a county known to contain naturally occurring asbestos in native rock material. The EPA has conducted studies for potential risks associated with asbestos exposure from the native rock materials at various locations, including at a school site that is adjacent to the Company’s project, and the EPA has concluded that its initial exposure study raises further concerns. At this time the Company does not know if the results of the studies will have any adverse impact on the project, and the ultimate impact to its financial statements is undeterminable.

 

Note 9. Related Party Transactions

 

The entities below are considered related parties because the listed transactions are with entities in which the Company has an ownership interest. There are no affiliated persons involved with these entities.

 

The Company provides development and management services and loan guarantees to various unconsolidated joint venture investments. Fees earned were $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, primarily from SAMS Venture, LLC. Fees earned were $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004, primarily from Third and King Investors, LLC, with the remainder primarily from SAMS Venture, LLC. Deferred fees of $0.6 million primarily from Serrano Associates, LLC and Bergstrom Partners, L.P. at March 31, 2005, will be earned as completed projects are sold or the venture is sold or liquidated. In 2004, the Company sold its investment in Third and King Investors, LLC.

 

In 2001, the Company entered into a 99-year ground lease with one of its unconsolidated joint venture investments, Third and King Investors, LLC. Rent and reimbursable payments of $1.2 million were received and recognized as rental income during the three months ended March 31, 2004. This joint venture investment was sold in 2004.

 

The Company has a $4.5 million collateralized 9.0% note receivable from an unconsolidated joint venture, East Baybridge Partners, LP, for project costs plus accrued interest. The note is collateralized by property owned by the joint venture and matures in October 2028. The Company has entered into various lease agreements with this unconsolidated joint venture. As lessee, rent expense was $34,000 for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. This lease will expire in November 2011. As lessor, the Company entered into a ground lease, which will expire in August 2054. The Company earned rental income of $0.1 million for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, and has recorded a $2.7 million receivable and a $1.2 million reserve associated with this lease. The venture’s current projection reflects approximately $0.2 million available funds, per year, to pay down this receivable.

 

In January 2004, the Company sold its 45% investment interest in Colorado International Center, an unconsolidated joint venture, for its capital investment balance of $0.3 million to an entity whose principal was a former Company employee.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Note 10. Discontinued Operations

 

In general, sales of rental property are classified as discontinued operations. Therefore, income or loss attributed to the operations and sale of rental property sold or held for sale is presented in the statement of operations as discontinued operations, net of applicable income tax. Prior period statements of operations have been reclassified to reflect as discontinued operations the income or loss related to rental properties that were sold or held for sale and presented as discontinued operations during the period up to March 31, 2005. Additionally, all periods presented will likely require further reclassification in future periods as additional sales of rental properties occur.

 

Discontinued operations activities for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, are summarized as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (In thousands)  

Gain from disposal of discontinued operations

                

Sales revenue

   $ 2,886     $ 3,550  

Cost of sales

     (2,150 )     (1,934 )
    


 


       736       1,616  

Income tax expense

     —         —    
    


 


Net gain

   $ 736     $ 1,616  
    


 


Rental Revenue

   $ 43     $ 1,128  
    


 


(Loss) income from discontinued operations

   $ (32 )   $ 67  

Income tax expense

     —         —    
    


 


Net (loss) gain from discontinued operations

   $ (32 )   $ 67  
    


 


 

Asset and liability balances of rental properties under contract to be sold at December 31, 2004, consist of the following (there were no properties under contract to be sold at March 31, 2005):

 

     December 31,
2004


 
     (In thousands)  

Assets

        

Properties

   $ 10,949  

Accumulated depreciation

     (894 )
    


Net

     10,055  

Other assets

     281  
    


Total assets

     10,336  
    


Liabilities

        

Mortgage and other debt

     —    

Payables

     (27 )

Other liabilities

     (61 )
    


Total liabilities

     (88 )
    


Net assets

   $ 10,248  
    


 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Note 11. REIT Conversion

 

On January 5, 2004, the Company announced that it had completed the restructuring of its operations to qualify as a REIT and began operating as a REIT as of January 1, 2004. The REIT conversion had the following effects on the financial statements as of or for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004:

 

    on February 16, 2005, the Company’s Board declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, of $0.27 per share of common stock, or $28.0 million, that was paid on April 15, 2005 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 29, 2005. In December 2004, the Company’s Board declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending December 31, 2004, of $0.27 per share of common stock, or $27.9 million, and a special dividend of $0.45 per share of common stock, or $46.5 million, that were paid on January 18, 2005. Cash dividends of $0.27 per common share for the fourth quarter 2003 and the first, second, and third quarters of 2004 were paid on January 15, 2004, April 15, 2004, July 15, 2004, and October 15, 2004, respectively. The actual amount of the dividends for subsequent quarters will be as determined and declared by the Company’s Board of Directors and will depend on the Company’s financial condition, earnings, and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control;

 

    conversion and related restructuring costs of $0.2 million were paid to third parties for the three months ended March 31, 2004;

 

    one-time costs associated with the stock option exchange offer approximated $32 million, which includes the costs for the restricted stock and restricted stock units of $25.6 million (such cost will be amortized over three years until December 31, 2006), and compensation expenses of $6.6 million as a result of the required variable accounting treatment for the remaining outstanding options upon the expiration of the exchange offer program on October 29, 2003 (such expense will be amortized over the remaining vesting period of the options from November 2003). Amortization costs, for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 associated with the 2003 stock option exchange offer, which includes the costs for the restricted stock and restricted stock units, were $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively, and compensation expenses of $(0.3) million and $1.2 million, respectively, were recognized as a result of the required variable accounting treatment for options.

 

Note 12. Sale of Non-Core Assets

 

In November 2004, the Company sold a significant portion of its remaining urban and residential development assets, with a book value of $295.9 million, to FOCIL for $343.3 million. A sales gain of $7.5 million has been deferred until certain future requirements are met. The purchase price consists of $68.7 million in cash and $274.6 million in debt financed by the Company that is collateralized by the assets sold. The financings provided to FOCIL and the additional agreed-upon financings as disclosed at Note 8 were considered in determining initial and continuing involvement for purposes of ensuring the appropriate revenue recognition method. FOCIL has engaged the Company to act as development manager for the assets. For the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company has earned $6.7 million in interest and $6.6 million in development and other fees, and at March 31, 2005 has deferred the recognition of an additional $10.0 million of development fees until certain future requirements are met.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The Company

 

Catellus Development Corporation is a publicly traded real estate development company that began operating as a REIT effective January 1, 2004. We operated as a C-corporation through December 31, 2003. We focus on managing, acquiring, and developing predominantly industrial rental property in many of the country’s major distribution centers and transportation corridors. Catellus’ principal objective is sustainable, long-term growth in earnings, which we seek to achieve by applying our strategic resources: a lower-risk/higher-return rental portfolio, a focus on expanding that portfolio through development, and the deployment of our proven land development skills to select opportunities that may not always be industrial, especially projects that may not require significant capital investments on our part.

 

Catellus was originally formed in 1984 to conduct the non-railroad real estate activities of the Santa Fe Pacific Corporation and was spun off to stockholders effective in 1990. Our railroad heritage gave us a diverse base of developable properties located near transportation corridors in major western United States markets. This land has proven suitable for the development of a variety of product types, including industrial, retail, office, and residential. Over time, we have expanded our business by acquiring land suitable for primarily industrial development in many of the same suburban locations where we have an established presence as well as additional locations with recent expansion into northern New Jersey.

 

Our rental portfolio provides a relatively consistent source of earnings and our development activities provide cash flow through sales of land or the conversion of our developable land to property that is either added to our portfolio or sold to tenants, developers, investors or other interested parties. We invest in new land to ensure our potential for growth. As of March 31, 2005 we owned 40.6 million square feet of commercial rental properties, of which approximately 89.6% is industrial space. Our industrial rental portfolio is geographically diverse, located in major transportation corridors and distribution centers such as southern California, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta. The majority of our rental portfolio is of newer construction and leased to diverse, high quality tenants through long-term leases with staggered lease expirations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, impairment of real estate assets, capitalization of costs, including job costing, allowances for doubtful accounts, environmental and legal reserves, stock-based compensation plans, and income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

We believe the following critical accounting policies reflect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Revenue and profit recognition

 

Our revenue is primarily derived from three sources: rental revenue from our rental portfolio, management, development and other fees, and property sales.

 

Rental revenue is recognized when due from tenants. Revenue from leases with rent concessions or fixed escalations is recognized on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the related lease. The financial terms of leases are contractually defined. Rental revenue is not accrued when a tenant vacates the premises and ceases to make rent payments or files for bankruptcy. We have various retail and ground leases that provide for rental revenues which are contingent upon the lessee’s operations. Contingent rental income on these leases is recognized when the specified target is achieved.

 

Revenue from sales of properties is recognized using the accrual method. If a sale does not qualify for the accrual method of recognition, other deferral methods are used as appropriate including the percentage-of-completion method. In certain instances, when we receive an inadequate cash down payment and take a promissory note for the balance of the sale price, the sale is deferred until such time as sufficient cash is received to meet minimum down payment requirements. Specific identification and relative sales value methods are also used to determine the cost of sales. A change in circumstances that causes the estimate of future costs, such as carrying costs and construction costs, to increase or decrease significantly would affect the gain or loss recognized on future sales.

 

Management, development, and other fees are recognized as earned. Fees earned from our unconsolidated joint ventures are recognized to the extent of outside ownership with our share deferred. These deferred fees will be recognized when the assets or venture is either sold or liquidated, as appropriate.

 

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We may receive fees from tenants as consideration for early termination of their lease agreement. These lease termination fees are amortized over the revised remaining lease term, if any. In conjunction with the receipt of lease termination fees, we perform a review of all lease related assets and liabilities to determine if impairment has occurred and whether or not the amortization period continues to be appropriate.

 

Impairment of real estate assets

 

We assess the impairment of a real estate asset when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value may not be recoverable, as well as on a quarterly basis. Indicators we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include the following:

 

    significant negative industry or economic trend;

 

    a significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results;

 

    a significant change in the manner in which an asset is used; and

 

    an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected to construct an asset.

 

Real estate is stated at cost and impairments are evaluated using the methodology described as follows: (a) for operating properties and properties held for development, a write-down to estimated fair value is recognized when a property’s estimated undiscounted future cash flow based on the projected holding period, is less than its net book value; and (b) for properties held for sale, a write-down to estimated fair value is recorded when we determine that the net book value exceeds the estimated selling price, less cost to sell. Fair value is determined by a combination of expected cash flow and recent comparable sales and these evaluations are made on a property-by-property basis. When we determine that the net book value of an asset may not be recoverable based upon the estimated undiscounted cash flow, we measure any impairment write-down based on projected discounted cash flows, using an estimated market discount rate; these discounted cash flows are also probability weighted. When performing the impairment review, we consider capitalized interest and other expenses as costs of development in cost projections; value from comparable property sales will also be considered. The evaluation of future cash flows, discount rates, and fair value of individual properties requires significant judgment and assumptions, including estimates of market value, lease terms, development absorption, development costs, lease up costs, and financings. Significant adverse changes in circumstances affecting these judgments and assumptions in future periods could cause a significant impairment adjustment to be recorded.

 

Capitalization of costs

 

We capitalize direct construction and development costs, including predevelopment costs, property taxes, insurance, and certain indirect project costs, including a portion of our general and administrative costs that are associated with the acquisition, development, or construction of a project. General and administrative costs are capitalized based on projected activities on actual projects. Interest is capitalized in accordance with FAS 34 (i.e., interest costs incurred during construction/development periods to get the assets ready for their intended use). Costs previously capitalized related to any abandoned sales or acquisition opportunities are written off. Should development activity decrease, a portion of interest, property taxes, insurance, and certain general and administrative costs would no longer be eligible for capitalization and would be expensed as incurred.

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

We make estimates with respect to the collectability of our receivables and provide for doubtful accounts based on several factors, including our estimate of collectability and the age of the outstanding balances. Our estimate of collectability is based on our contacts with the debtors, collection agencies, our knowledge of the debtors’ credit and financial condition, debtors’ payment terms, and current economic trends. If a debtor becomes insolvent or files for bankruptcy, we provide an allowance for the entire outstanding amount of the debtors’ receivable. Significant judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with establishing allowances in any accounting period. Material differences may result in the amount and timing of our allowances for any period if adverse general economic conditions cause widespread financial difficulties among our tenants.

 

Environmental and legal reserves

 

We incur ongoing environmental remediation costs, including cleanup costs, consulting fees for environmental studies and investigations, monitoring costs, and legal costs relating to cleanup, litigation defense, and the pursuit of responsible third parties. We maintain a reserve for estimated costs of environmental remediation to be incurred in connection with operating properties and properties previously sold. These reserves, when established, are expensed. Costs relating to undeveloped land are capitalized as part of development costs, and costs incurred for properties to be sold are deferred and charged to cost of sales when the properties are sold. It is anticipated that these costs may be incurred over an extended period. Our estimates are developed based on reviews that took place over many years based upon then-prevailing law and identified site conditions. Because of the breadth of our portfolio, and past sales, we are unable to review each property extensively on a regular basis. Such estimates are not precise and are always subject to the availability of further information about the prevailing conditions at the site, the future requirements of regulatory agencies, and the availability and ability of other parties to pay some or all of such costs. Should a previously undetected, substantial environmental hazard be found on our properties, significant liquidity could be consumed by the resulting cleanup requirements, and a material expense may be recorded.

 

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We are a party to a number of legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. We cannot predict with certainty the final outcome of the proceedings. Where appropriate, we have established reserves for potential liabilities related to legal actions or threatened legal actions. Environmental and legal reserves are established based on estimates and probabilities of the occurrence of events and therefore are subject to revision from time to time. Should the circumstances affecting these estimates change significantly, a material expense may be recognized.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

 

During 2004, two performance-based executive award plans were established under our 2003 Performance Award Plan: the 2004 Transition Incentive Plan (“TIP”) and the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”). Awards under the TIP and LTIP were granted in 2004. The awards granted are non-voting units of measurement (“Performance Units”) that are deemed to represent one share of our common stock. Performance Units are entitled to dividend equivalents representing dividends on an equal number of shares of our common stock. Dividend equivalents are credited to participants’ accounts as additional Performance Units. The initial performance period under the LTIP and the performance period under the TIP are from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006. Subsequent awards under the LTIP were granted in 2005 with a performance period from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2007. The earliest date TIP awards were eligible to begin vesting was December 31, 2004 if at least 50% of defined performance targets were achieved by that date and certain time vesting requirements as to certain participants were met. If any defined performance targets are not 100% achieved by December 31, 2006, the remaining unvested performance units will be forfeited. TIP awards are payable in our common stock. LTIP awards for the initial and subsequent award vest at December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively, if our total stockholder return, relative to the total stockholder returns of a certain group of peer companies, meets certain performance targets. LTIP awards are payable 50% in our common stock and 50% in cash.

 

At March 31, 2005, 322,014 Performance Units, representing the aggregate number initially awarded under both plans, less vested TIP Performance Units distributed in common stock, plus additional Performance Units from dividend equivalents on previously existing Performance Units, have been credited to participants’ accounts, subject to the vesting requirements discussed in the preceding paragraph. As required by APB 25, we have recognized $0.9 million and $1.3 million as compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, with the corresponding liability recorded in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. For purposes of recognizing compensation expense, TIP performance is based on our current estimate of the timing for achieving performance targets, and LTIP performance is measured on the basis of actual results as of March 31, 2005. We estimate that as of March 31, 2005, 93.4% of the TIP performance targets have been achieved. Actual performance under the LTIP is not determinable until the performance periods for the initial and subsequent awards end on December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Certain TIP performance targets were 100% achieved as of December 31, 2004, and therefore were eligible for 100% vesting. However, for purposes of vesting under the TIP, since at least 50% but less than 100% of the other defined performance targets were met as of December 31, 2004, the Compensation and Benefits Committee could only certify the achievement of 50% of such targets as of December 31, 2004. In February 2005, the Compensation and Benefits Committee certified the achievement of the defined performance targets to an extent which resulted in the performance vesting of 75% of all TIP Performance Units, subject to the time vesting requirements as to certain participants, as discussed in the preceding paragraph.

 

During the first quarter of 2005, we granted to certain officers an aggregate of 154,845 shares of restricted stock with a fair market value of $4.4 million as of the grant date. Shares of restricted stock are entitled to dividends.

 

We expense dividends paid on unvested restricted stock and dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units, Director Restricted Stock Units, and Director Stock Units. For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, such dividends and dividend equivalents paid were $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively (see Note 2).

 

Income taxes

 

As part of the process of preparing our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, significant management judgment is required to estimate our income taxes. Our estimates are based on interpretation of tax laws. We estimate our actual current tax due and assess temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for book and tax purposes. The temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Where we have taken a deduction for a non-routine transaction in which the tax impact is uncertain, no financial statement benefit is taken until the impact is certain. Adjustments may be required by a change in assessment of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in assessments of the recognition of tax benefits for certain non routine transactions changes due to audit adjustments by federal and state tax authorities, our inability to qualify as a REIT, the potential for built-in-gain recognition, changes in the assessment of properties to be contributed to TRS, and changes in tax laws. Adjustments required in any given period are included within the tax provision in the statement of operations and/or balance sheet. Any applicable interest charges associated with an audit settlement would be recorded as interest expense. These adjustments could materially impact our statement of operations and liquidity.

 

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General

 

Business Segment Descriptions:

 

Our reportable segments are based on our method of internal reporting, which disaggregates our business between long-term operations and those, which we intend to transition out of over time and before the adjustments for discontinued operations. We have two reportable segments: (1) Core Segment and (2) Urban, Residential and Other Segment. Core Segment includes (a) the management and leasing of our rental portfolio, (b) commercial development activities, which focuses on acquiring and developing suburban commercial business parks for our own rental portfolio, and selling land and/or buildings that we have developed to users and other parties, and (c) select land development opportunities that may not always be industrial, especially projects that may not require significant capital investment on our part where we can utilize our land development skills. URO includes the remaining residential projects, urban development activities and desert land sales, of which a majority portion was sold during 2004, and REIT transition costs.

 

Consistent with our previously announced strategy of monetizing our Non-Core assets, in November of 2004, we sold substantially all of the remaining land and entitlements at Mission Bay (excluding a 9.65-acre parcel currently subject to a lease option agreement with the University of California); West Bluffs, a 114-unit residential development in Westchester—Playa del Rey, California; Bayport, a 485-unit residential development in Alameda, California; and the remaining land at Santa Fe Depot, in San Diego, California to FOCIL. We plan to transition out of URO Segment over time as the remaining assets are dissolved, and URO Segment will eventually be eliminated, accordingly.

 

Property Portfolio

 

Rental Portfolio

 

Our rental portfolio is comprised of commercial rental property, ground leases and other properties, and interests in several joint ventures. We own 40.6 million square feet of commercial rental property of which 89.6% is industrial, 7.7% is office, and 2.7% is retail.

 

Rental portfolio by state:

 

Square Feet by State—As of March 31, 2005

(in thousands, except for %’s)

 

     Industrial

    Office

    Retail

    Total

 
     Square
Feet


  

% of

Total


   

Square

Feet


  

% of

Total


   

Square

Feet


  

% of

Total


   

Square

Feet


  

% of

Total


 

Southern California

   14,208    35.0 %   524    1.3 %   216    0.5 %   14,948    36.8 %

Illinois

   6,385    15.7 %   594    1.5 %   —      0.0 %   6,979    17.2 %

Northern California

   5,023    12.3 %   807    2.0 %   677    1.7 %   6,507    16.0 %

Texas

   3,264    8.0 %   871    2.1 %   —      0.0 %   4,135    10.1 %

Colorado

   2,353    5.8 %   273    0.7 %   100    0.2 %   2,726    6.7 %

Arizona

   1,123    2.8 %   —      0.0 %   74    0.2 %   1,197    3.0 %

Georgia

   980    2.4 %   —      0.0 %   —      0.0 %   980    2.4 %

Ohio

   966    2.4 %   —      0.0 %   —      0.0 %   966    2.4 %

Oregon

   545    1.3 %   57    0.1 %   37    0.1 %   639    1.5 %

Kentucky

   549    1.4 %   —      0.0 %   —      0.0 %   549    1.4 %

Maryland

   471    1.2 %   —      0.0 %   —      0.0 %   471    1.2 %

Kansas

   293    0.7 %   —      0.0 %   —      0.0 %   293    0.7 %

Virginia

   252    0.6 %   —      0.0 %   —      0.0 %   252    0.6 %
    
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Total

   36,412    89.6 %   3,126    7.7 %   1,104    2.7 %   40,642    100.0 %
    
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 

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Rental revenue and property operating costs:

 

    

Rental Revenue

Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Rental Revenue

                

Industrial

   $ 46,723     $ 45,966  

Office

     16,644       17,358  

Retail

     5,381       3,839  

Ground leases and other properties

     9,652       10,002  

Less: Discontinued operations

     (43 )     (1,128 )
    


 


       78,357       76,037  

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,833       2,414  
    


 


Total rental revenue, net

   $ 81,190     $ 78,451  
    


 


 

    

Property Operating Costs

Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Property Operating Costs

                

Industrial

   $ (10,540 )   $ (10,371 )

Office

     (6,554 )     (7,045 )

Retail

     (1,890 )     (1,210 )

Ground leases and other properties

     (3,316 )     (2,790 )

Less: Discontinued operations

     44       450  
    


 


Total property operating costs

   $ (22,256 )   $ (20,966 )
    


 


 

    

Rental Revenue Less

Property Operating Costs

Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

   2004

 

Rental Revenue Less Property Operating Costs

               

Industrial

   $ 36,183    $ 35,595  

Office

     10,090      10,313  

Retail

     3,491      2,629  

Ground leases and other properties

     6,336      7,212  

Less: Discontinued operations

     1      (678 )
    

  


       56,101      55,071  

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,833      2,414  
    

  


Total rental revenue less property operating costs

   $ 58,934    $ 57,485  
    

  


 

Operating Joint Venture Portfolio

 

Catellus had direct or indirect equity interests in four joint ventures that owned rental properties during the year. The joint ventures provided us with cash distributions of $1.9 million and earnings of $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The joint venture agreements of these joint ventures contain provisions with certain safeguard features for our investments, such as voting rights in major decisions of the joint ventures, and venture partners’ consents on sales of a venture partner’s ownership interest.

 

In entering into joint venture transactions, we evaluate the merits and risks of the joint venture assets and structure as well as the financial condition of other co-ownership entities in making our investment decision. We have no formal policies on structural issues such as voting control requirements, veto powers, or purchase provisions, but instead, we evaluate the investment opportunity in its entirety when making such a decision.

 

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We owned joint venture interests in the following operating properties for the periods presented.

 

    

No. of

Ventures


   Size

  

Ownership

Interest


   

Equity in Earnings

Three Months Ended


             March 31,
2005


   March 31,
2004


                     (In thousands)

Hotel (1)

   3    1,937 rooms    25-50 %   $ 2,558    $ 2,266

Office

   1    202,000 sq. ft.    67 %     275      148
    
             

  

Total

   4               $ 2,833    $ 2,414
    
             

  


(1) Includes a hotel parking lot joint venture. Additionally, we are likely to acquire the remaining interest in one of our hotel joint ventures in 2005.

 

Ground Leases and Other Properties:

 

Ground Leases

 

We own approximately 5,600 acres of ground leases that we intend to hold but do not consider part of our rental portfolio square footage presentation. We expect that the level of income generated from this category will remain relatively constant over the next several years.

 

The following table summarizes our ground leases for the three months ended March 31, 2005:

 

     Revenues

  

Property

Operating

Costs


   

Rental Revenue

Less Property

Operating

Costs


     (In thousands)

Northern California

   $ 5,320    $ (1,870 )   $ 3,450

Southern California

     2,419      7       2,426

Other states

     736      (68 )     668
    

  


 

Totals

   $ 8,475    $ (1,931 )   $ 6,544
    

  


 

 

Other Properties

 

As of March 31, 2005, in addition to 40.6 million square feet of buildings in our rental portfolio, we also own two train stations aggregating approximately 121,000 square feet and 10 acres of ground leases that are being marketed for sale (“Other Property”).

 

The following table summarizes our Other Property portfolio as of, and for, the three months ended March 31, 2005:

 

    

Number of

Buildings


   Square Feet(1)

   Revenues(2)

  

Property

Operating

Costs(2)


   

Rental Revenue

Less Property

Operating

Costs(2)


 
     (In thousands, except for number of buildings)  

Northern California

   —      —      $ 91    $ (383 )   $ (292 )

Southern California

   2    121      1,075      (990 )     85  

Other states

   —      —        11      (12 )     (1 )
    
  
  

  


 


Totals

   2    121    $ 1,177    $ (1,385 )   $ (208 )
    
  
  

  


 



(1) Other Property is not included in the total square feet of rental portfolio.

 

(2) These amounts do not consider the effect of discontinued operations; see Note 7 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for reconciliation to Statement of Operations Format.

 

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Core Segment Developable Land Inventory

 

Our existing Core segment developable land can support an estimated 34.0 million square feet of new commercial development based upon current entitlements.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $15.9 million in the acquisition of land capable of supporting approximately 1.1 million square feet of commercial development.

 

The following table summarizes our Core segment developable land inventory and corresponding book value as of March 31, 2005:

 

Project Name


  

City/Location


   March 31,
2005


          Square Feet
(In thousands)

Southern California

         

Kaiser Commerce Center

  

San Bernardino County

   245

Crossroads Business Park

  

Ontario

   2,058

San Bernardino

  

San Bernardino

   105

Pacific Center

  

Anaheim

   44
         

Subtotal Southern California

        2,452
         

Northern California

         

Pacific Commons

  

Fremont

   1,546

Duck Creek

  

Stockton

   2,100

Spreckels Business Park

  

Manteca

   350
         

Subtotal Northern California

        3,996
         

Subtotal California

        6,448
         

Illinois

         

Minooka

  

Minooka

   5,383

Internationale Centre

  

Woodridge

   605

Prairie Glen Corporate Campus

  

Glenview

   70

Joliet

  

Joliet

   403
         

Subtotal Illinois

        6,461
         

Texas

         

Hobby Business Park

  

Houston

   1,529

Gateway Corporate Center

  

Coppell

   1,178

Stellar Way Business Park

  

Grand Prairie

   635

Gateway East Business Park

  

Garland

   690

Plano

  

Plano

   450
         

Subtotal Texas

        4,482
         

Other

         

Eastgate

  

Aurora, CO

   4,300

Stapleton Business Park

  

Denver, CO

   150

South Shore Corp. Park

  

Portland / Gresham, OR

   617

Circle Point Corporate Center

  

Westminster, CO

   280

Cedar Grove Business Park

  

Louisville, KY

   530

Douglas Hill Business Park

  

Atlanta, GA

   356

Quakertown, PA

  

Milford, Bucks County, PA

   1,150

Port Reading Business Park

  

Carteret & Woodbridge, NJ

   3,278

Elizabeth Seaport Business Park

  

City of Elizabeth, NJ

   1,082
         

Subtotal Other

        11,743
         

Subtotal Outside of California

        22,686
         

Total Owned Land

        29,134
         

Option/Controlled Land

         

Alameda (FISC)

  

Alameda, CA

   1,300

Prairie Glen Corporate Campus

  

Glenview, IL

   298

RMMA

  

Austin, TX

   3,230
         

Total Inventory

        33,962
         

 

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Summary of Remaining Non-Core Assets as of March 31, 2005

 

    The remaining development land at Los Angeles Union Station (36.5 acres and 5.3 million square feet). The book value for the development land at LAUS is $51.2 million as of March 31, 2005.

 

    Parkway, a residential community development in Sacramento, California, which will be substantially complete by the end of 2005. The book value for Parkway is $1.6 million as of March 31, 2005.

 

    Serrano, a residential community development in Sacramento, California, with a book value of $13.2 million as of March 31, 2005.

 

    Cash flow from tax increment at Victoria-by-the-Bay, a completed residential development in Hercules, California, is expected to total $3.5 million annually by 2008, at full build-out, and grow annually through 2044, as property assessments increase. In addition, we anticipate receiving profit participation from homebuilders of approximately $3.0 million. The total expected cash flow from tax increment at Victoria-by-the-Bay is $164.7 million as of March 31, 2005.

 

Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

 

Net Income

 

Our net income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, were $33.3 million and $32.1 million, respectively. The discussion and analysis of our net income should be read in conjunction with the Funds from Operations appearing in the following pages of this Form 10-Q (see Note 7 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for Reconciliation to Statement of Operations.)

 

Funds From Operations

 

As a REIT, we provide Funds From Operations (“FFO”) as a supplemental measure of performance calculated in accordance with the definition adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). FFO, as defined by NAREIT, represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding sales of income-producing assets, and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles, plus depreciation and amortization (excluding depreciation on personal property) and after adjustments for unconsolidated entities. Adjustments for unconsolidated entities are calculated on the same basis. Our management generally believes that FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is a meaningful supplemental measure of operating performance because historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. Thus, NAREIT created FFO as a supplemental measure of REIT operating performance that excludes historical cost depreciation, among other items, from GAAP net income. The use of FFO, combined with the required primary GAAP presentations, has been fundamentally beneficial, improving the understanding of operating results of REITs among the investing public and making comparisons of REIT operating results more meaningful. We generally consider FFO to be a useful measure for reviewing our comparative operating and financial performance (although FFO should be reviewed in conjunction with net income which remains the primary measure of performance) because by excluding gains or losses related to sales of previously depreciated operating real estate assets and excluding real estate asset depreciation and amortization, FFO can help one compare the operating performance of a company’s real estate between periods or to the operating performance of different companies. Our computation of FFO does include gains (losses) on sales of land and build-to-suit development projects.

 

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Below is a summary of net income by segment and FFO for the three months ended March 31, 2005:

 

     Core

    URO

    Total(a)

 
     (In thousands)  

Revenue

                        

Rental revenue

   $ 78,400     $ —       $ 78,400  

Sales revenue

     22,316       13,714       36,030  

Management, development and other fees

     3,710       3,834       7,544  
    


 


 


       104,426       17,548       121,974  
    


 


 


Costs and expenses

                        

Property operating costs

     (22,300 )     —         (22,300 )

Cost of sales

     (13,947 )     (11,101 )     (25,048 )

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (9,721 )     (2,569 )     (12,290 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (18,603 )     (111 )     (18,714 )
    


 


 


       (64,571 )     (13,781 )     (78,352 )
    


 


 


Operating income

     39,855       3,767       43,622  
    


 


 


Other income

                        

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,833       —         2,833  

Equity in earnings of development joint ventures, net

     1,534       3,552       5,086  

Gain on non-strategic asset sales

     —         20       20  

Interest income

     7,983       912       8,895  

Other

     17       72       89  
    


 


 


       12,367       4,556       16,923  
    


 


 


Other expenses

                        

Interest expense

     (17,581 )     —         (17,581 )

Other

     (1,555 )     57       (1,498 )
    


 


 


       (19,136 )     57       (19,079 )
    


 


 


Income before income taxes

     33,086       8,380       41,466  

Income taxes expense

     (3,236 )     (4,912 )     (8,148 )
    


 


 


Net income

     29,850       3,468       33,318  

Depreciation (b)

     19,359       107       19,466  

Less gain on rental property sales

     (489 )     —         (489 )
    


 


 


NAREIT defined funds from operations (FFO)

   $ 48,720     $ 3,575     $ 52,295  
    


 


 



(a) As discussed in the Business Segment Description section of this MD&A, these amounts do not consider the effect of discontinued operations. See Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for reconciliation to Statement of Operations.

 

(b) Depreciation, for FFO purposes, excludes depreciation on personal property of $0.2 million and includes depreciation from unconsolidated joint ventures of $1.0 million.

 

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Below is a summary of net income by segment and FFO for the three months ended March 31, 2004:

 

     Core

    URO

    Total(a)

 
     (In thousands)  

Revenue

                        

Rental revenue

   $ 77,165     $ —       $ 77,165  

Sales revenue

     30,584       10,657       41,241  

Management, development and other fees

     984       715       1,699  
    


 


 


       108,733       11,372       120,105  
    


 


 


Costs and expenses

                        

Property operating costs

     (21,416 )     —         (21,416 )

Cost of sales

     (14,856 )     (10,168 )     (25,024 )

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (6,640 )     (6,311 )     (12,951 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (17,777 )     (300 )     (18,077 )
    


 


 


       (60,689 )     (16,779 )     (77,468 )
    


 


 


Operating income (loss)

     48,044       (5,407 )     42,637  
    


 


 


Other income

                        

Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net

     2,414       —         2,414  

Equity in earnings of development joint ventures, net

     —         1,227       1,227  

Gain on non-strategic asset sales

     —         61       61  

Interest income

     2,375       402       2,777  

Other

     284       17       301  
    


 


 


       5,073       1,707       6,780  
    


 


 


Other expenses

                        

Interest expense

     (15,753 )     —         (15,753 )

REIT transition costs

     —         (212 )     (212 )

Other

     (18 )     (412 )     (430 )
    


 


 


       (15,771 )     (624 )     (16,395 )
    


 


 


Income (loss) before income taxes

     37,346       (4,324 )     33,022  

Income taxes expense

     (5,332 )     4,401       (931 )
    


 


 


Net income

     32,014       77       32,091  

Depreciation (b)

     18,250       184       18,434  

Less gain on rental property sales

     (3,972 )     —         (3,972 )
    


 


 


NAREIT defined funds from operations (FFO)

   $ 46,292     $ 261     $ 46,553  
    


 


 



(a) As discussed in the Business Segment Description section of this MD&A, these amounts do not consider the effect of discontinued operations. See Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for reconciliation to Statement of Operations.

 

(b) Depreciation, for FFO purposes, excludes depreciation on personal property of $0.6 million and includes depreciation from unconsolidated joint ventures of $1.0 million.

 

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Rental Revenue

 

Rental revenue has increased primarily because of building additions. The increase was partially offset by the decrease in ground leases due to Mission Bay properties sold and lower rental from same space because of lower occupancy rate. From April 2004 to March 2005, we added a net 0.7 million square feet to our rental portfolio. Rental revenue for three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, are summarized as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


   Difference
2005/2004


 
     2005

   2004

  
     (In thousands)       

Rental revenue:

                      

Same space (1)

   $ 63,805    $ 64,926    $ (1,121 )

Properties added to portfolio

     6,176      933      5,243  

Properties sold from portfolio

     156      1,116      (960 )

Ground leases

     8,263      10,190      (1,927 )
    

  

  


Total (2)

   $ 78,400    $ 77,165    $ 1,235  
    

  

  


 


(1) Same space properties were owned and operated for the entire current year and the entire immediately preceding year.

 

(2) These amounts do not consider the effect of discontinued operations. See Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for reconciliation to Statement of Operations.

 

We do not expect substantial changes in rental revenue from our same space rental portfolio; rather, we expect that growth in overall portfolio rental revenue will result primarily from new properties we will add to our rental portfolio over time.

 

Ten Largest Tenants

 

The following is a schedule of the largest ten tenants of our rental portfolio, based on GAAP rents:

 

Customer Name


  

State


  

Type of Product Leased


  

% of Total Base Rent as of
March 31, 2005


The Gap (1)

   CA    Office/Retail    6.6%

APL Logistics, Inc.

   CA, IL, GA, KY, TX    Industrial    5.7%

Ford Motor Company

   CA, CO, TX, KS, VA    Industrial    2.9%

Exel Corporation

   CA    Industrial    1.9%

J.C. Penney Company

   TX    Office    1.9%

Kellogg’s USA, Inc. (2)

   CA, IL, CO    Industrial    1.9%

Office Depot, Inc.

   CA    Industrial/Retail    1.6%

Home Depot USA, Inc. (3)

   CA    Industrial/Retail    1.6%

Mission Place, LLC

   CA    Ground Lease    1.5%

Gillette Company

   CA, IL    Industrial    1.4%

(1) Includes a 17,000 square foot lease doing business as Old Navy.

 

(2) Includes a 450,000 square foot lease and 81,000 square foot lease doing business as Kellogg Sales Company.

 

(3) Includes a 117,000 square foot lease doing business as Home Expo.

 

Property Operating Costs

 

Property operating costs have increased primarily because of buildings additions. Property operating costs for three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, are summarized as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


    Difference
2005/2004


 
     2005

    2004

   
     (In thousands)        

Property operating costs:

                        

Same space

   $ (17,645 )   $ (17,833 )   $ 188  

Properties added to portfolio

     (1,470 )     (214 )     (1,256 )

Properties sold from portfolio

     (63 )     (421 )     358  

Ground leases

     (3,122 )     (2,948 )     (174 )
    


 


 


Total

   $ (22,300 )   $ (21,416 )   $ (884 )
    


 


 


 

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Gain on Property Sales:

 

     Core

    URO

    Total

 
     (In thousands)  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005

        

Building Sales

                        

Sales Proceeds

   $ 6,925     $ 10,491     $ 17,416  

Cost of Sales

     (5,527 )     (9,985 )     (15,512 )
    


 


 


Gain

     1,398       506       1,904  
    


 


 


Land/Lot Sales

                        

Sales Proceeds

     15,391       3,223       18,614  

Cost of Sales

     (8,119 )     (1,116 )     (9,235 )
    


 


 


Gain

     7,272       2,107       9,379  
    


 


 


Ground Lease and Other Sales

                        

Sales Proceeds

     —         —         —    

Cost of Sales

     (301 )     —         (301 )
    


 


 


Gain

     (301 )     —         (301 )
    


 


 


Total sales proceeds

     22,316       13,714       36,030  

Total cost of sales

     (13,947 )     (11,101 )     (25,048 )
    


 


 


Total gain on property sales

   $ 8,369     $ 2,613     $ 10,982  
    


 


 


     Core

    URO

    Total

 
     (In thousands)  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2004

        

Building Sales

                        

Sales Proceeds

   $ 12,208     $ 6,064     $ 18,272  

Cost of Sales

     (8,344 )     (5,958 )     (14,302 )
    


 


 


Gain

     3,864       106       3,970  
    


 


 


Land/Lot Sales

                        

Sales Proceeds

     11,845       4,581       16,426  

Cost of Sales

     (5,376 )     (4,360 )     (9,736 )
    


 


 


Gain

     6,469       221       6,690  
    


 


 


Ground Lease and Other Sales

                        

Sales Proceeds

     6,531       12       6,543  

Cost of Sales

     (1,136 )     150       (986 )
    


 


 


Gain

     5,395       162       5,557  
    


 


 


Total sales proceeds

     30,584       10,657       41,241  

Total cost of sales

     (14,856 )     (10,168 )     (25,024 )
    


 


 


Total gain on property sales

   $ 15,728     $ 489     $ 16,217  
    


 


 


 

Core Segment property sales are generated from the following sources: (1) purchase options exercised by existing tenants for rental properties; (2) sale of older rental properties and ground leases to improve the overall quality of our rental portfolio, (3) select land parcels within our development projects, and (4) build-to-suit building sales.

 

URO Segment sales include, all residential and urban projects remaining at the time of REIT conversion, and desert land sales.

 

Sales revenue less cost of sales decreased $7.4 million in our Core Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2005 because of lower ground lease and other sales gains of $5.7 million due primarily to the recognition of $5.3 million of deferred gains from selling our interest in one of our joint ventures, lower build-to-suit buildings gains of $1.6 million, and lower rental buildings gains of $0.9 million, partially offset by higher land sale gains of $0.8 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we sold a 105,000 square foot build-to-suit building, a 8,000 square foot rental building, and closed on the sale of improved land capable of supporting 0.3 million square feet of commercial development. During the three months ended March 31, 2004, we sold a 52,000 square foot rental building and two build-to-suit buildings totaling 58,000 square feet and closed on the sale of improved land capable of supporting 2.9 million square feet of commercial development.

 

Sales revenue less cost of sales increased $2.1 million in our URO Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2005 due primarily to higher land and lot gains. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we sold a 48,000 square foot building. In addition, we recognized deferred gain of $0.1 million from the 2004 sale of 2.8 acres of land at our LA Union Station project and recognized $2.0 million from profit participation related to the sale of residential lots. We sold 7 condominiums at our Mission Bay project and 2.8 acres of land from the LA Union Station project during the three months ended March 31, 2004. We sold all of our remaining desert land in 2004 and we plan to transition out of the residential and historic urban development activities over time. As of March 31, 2005, we have 23 residential lots under contract to be sold.

 

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Management, Development and Other Fees

 

Management, development and other fees primarily consist of fees earned related to development and construction management services provided to third parties as well as our joint venture projects and loan guarantee fees. Management, development and other fees in our Core Segment increased $2.7 million, primarily because of development fees from management activities related to properties sold to FOCIL in November 2004 and development fees from the City of Alameda. Management, development and other fees in our URO Segment increased $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, primarily because of an earn-out fee recognized in 2005 related to the sale of Mission Bay assets on behalf of FOCIL of $3.8 million. This was partially offset by a decrease of $0.7 million in loan guarantee and management fees from the joint venture development at the Mission Bay project for the three months ended March 31, 2005. We sold our interest in this joint venture in December 2004.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $3.1 million in our Core Segment because of increased employee-related expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $3.7 million in our URO Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2005, primarily because of lower charges related to the exchange of options into restricted stock in conjunction with the REIT conversion.

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

 

The increase in depreciation and amortization expense of $0.8 million in our Core Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2005 was primarily attributable to the addition of 0.7 million net square feet of building space to our portfolio between April 2004 and March 2005.

 

Other Income

 

Equity in Earnings of Development Joint Ventures, Net

 

Our equity in earnings of development joint ventures, net is generally related to land development and residential activities. The tables below summarize our share of the activities of joint ventures for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. The increase in our earnings was primarily because of higher sales volumes from Serrano and income from Sams Venture, LLC. Although our preference is generally to own property directly, we may participate with other entities in property ownership through joint ventures or other types of co-ownership.

 

     Three months ended March 31, 2005

 

Projects


   Lots/
Homes
Sold


   Sales/
Loss


    Cost
of
Sales


    Gain
(loss)


 
     (In thousands, except lots/homes)  

Talega Village (1)

   —      $ —       $ —       $ —    

Serrano

   33      13,696       (10,197 )     3,499  

Parkway

   —        63       (11 )     52  

Sams Venture

   —        1,577       —         1,577  

Other

   —        (42 )     —         (42 )
    
  


 


 


Total

   33    $ 15,294     $ (10,208 )   $ 5,086  
    
  


 


 


     Three months ended March 31, 2004

 

Projects


   Lots/
Homes
Sold


   Sales

    Cost
of
Sales


    Gain
(loss)


 
     (In thousands, except lots/homes)  

Talega Village (1)

   —      $ —       $ 588     $ 588  

Serrano

   8      4,518       (3,773 )     745  

Parkway

   —        32       (138 )     (106 )

Sams Venture

   —        —         —         —    

Other

   —        —         —         —    
    
  


 


 


Total

   8    $ 4,550     $ (3,323 )   $ 1,227  
    
  


 


 


 

(1) We sold our interest in this joint venture in 2003.

 

Interest Income

 

Interest income increased $5.6 million in our Core Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2005 because of higher average note balances which is attributable to the additional notes receivable of approximately $274.6 million from the sale of the majority of our Non-Core assets in November of 2004. Interest income increased $0.5 million in our URO Segment for the three months ended March 31, 2005 because of higher average cash balances.

 

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Other Expenses

 

Interest Expense

 

Following is a summary of interest expense:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


    Difference
2005/2004


 
     2005

    2004

   
     (In thousands)        

Total interest incurred

   $ 21,252     $ 21,574     $ (322 )

Interest capitalized

     (3,671 )     (5,821 )     2,150  
    


 


 


Interest expensed

   $ 17,581     $ 15,753     $ 1,828  
    


 


 


 

Interest expensed increased $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, primarily because of lower capitalized interest as a result of decreased development activities. We expect capitalized interest to continue to decline due to the sale of a substantial portion of our URO Segment assets in the fourth quarter of 2004, which accounted for $0.8 million of capitalized interest in the first quarter of 2004.

 

Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) transition costs

 

In 2003, we restructured our business operations in order to qualify as a REIT, effective January 1, 2004. We have incurred conversion and related restructuring costs payable to third parties. REIT transition costs are reflected in our URO Segment because of its non-recurring nature. We incurred REIT transition costs of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 primarily for consulting, legal, and tax services. We did not incur any additional costs after the second quarter of 2004.

 

Other

 

Other expenses consist primarily of expenses related to previously capitalized costs, impairment charges, and other miscellaneous expenses. Other expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2005 in our Core Segment increased $1.5 million, primarily because of higher community facility district taxes and net real estate property taxes of $0.8 million, the other expenses included a $0.7 million impairment charges related to certain tenant improvements. When performing the impairment review, we consider capitalized interest and other expenses as costs of development in cost projections; value from comparable property sales will also be considered. The evaluation of future cash flows, discount rates, and fair value of individual properties requires significant judgment and assumptions, including estimates of market value, lease terms, development absorption, development costs, lease up costs, and financings. Significant adverse changes in circumstances affecting these judgments and assumptions in future periods could cause a significant impairment adjustment to be recorded.

 

Other expenses in our URO Segment decreased $0.5 million in 2005 primarily because of lower community facility district taxes and net real estate property taxes.

 

Income Taxes

 

Currently, our projected annual current tax rate is 15.36% and deferred tax rate is 4.29% as compared to the actual tax rates of 15.23% and (12.41)%, respectively, in 2004. Both our deferred and overall tax rates increased in the first quarter 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004. The deferred tax rate increased primarily due to lower sales under the completed contract method for one of our development joint ventures. The overall tax rate was higher in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004 primarily due to increased income in our TRS in 2005.

 

The calculation of current taxes due involves the use of many estimates that are not finalized and adjusted until our final tax returns are filed, usually in September of the following year. Consequently, actual taxes paid in regard to any given year will differ from the amounts shown above; however, the differences have historically not been material, and are not expected to be material in the future.

 

Variability in Results

 

Although our rental properties provide relatively stable operating results, our earnings from period to period will be affected by the nature and timing of acquisitions and sales of property. Sales of assets are difficult to predict given fluctuating economic conditions and are generally subject to lengthy negotiations and contingencies that need to be resolved before closing. These factors may tend to “bunch” income in particular periods rather than producing a more even pattern throughout the year or from year to year. In addition, gross margins may vary significantly as the mix of property varies. The cost basis of the properties sold varies because (i) properties have been owned for varying periods of time; (ii) properties are owned in various geographical locations; and (iii) development projects have varying infrastructure costs and build-out periods.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Off-balance sheet arrangements, contractual obligations, and commitments

 

We have the following off-balance sheet arrangements, contractual obligations, and commitments, which are discussed in various sections of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and elsewhere in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. These arrangements exist in the following areas:

 

    Unconsolidated real estate joint ventures:

 

    Capital contribution requirements

 

    Debt and debt service guarantees

 

    Surety bonds, standby letters of credit and commitments

 

    Executed contracts for construction and development activity

 

Generally any funding of off-balance sheet guarantees would result in the increase of our ownership interest in a project or entity, similar to the treatment of a unilateral additional capital contribution to an investee.

 

Unconsolidated real estate joint ventures- capital contribution requirements

 

We have investments in ten unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, of which six joint ventures are in our Core Segment and the other four joint ventures are in our URO Segment. Four of the joint ventures are involved in the operation of rental real estate properties and the remaining six are involved in real estate development for investment or sale. We use the equity method of accounting for nine of our investments in unconsolidated joint ventures and the cost method of accounting for one unconsolidated joint venture.

 

We are required to make additional capital contributions to four of our unconsolidated joint ventures should additional contributions be necessary to fund development costs or operating shortfalls.

 

    We are required to make additional capital contributions to two of the unconsolidated joint ventures should additional capital contributions be necessary to fund excess costs. Based upon the joint venture agreements, we are required to fund up to a maximum contribution of $52 million, of which we have cumulatively contributed $44.9 million. One of the joint ventures has substantially wound up operations and we do not expect to make any future capital contributions. As of March 31, 2005, we do not expect to fund any additional capital contributions beyond our maximum capital requirements to the other joint venture.

 

    We agreed with two other unconsolidated joint ventures to make additional contributions should there be insufficient funds to meet their current or projected financial requirements. As of March 31, 2005, we have cumulatively contributed $53.3 million to these unconsolidated joint ventures, including $22.0 million as additional contributions. As of March 31, 2005, we are expecting to make additional contributions to SAMS Venture, LLC.

 

Additional contributions made to our development joint ventures would be reflected as investment in development joint ventures. (see Note 8 of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

Unconsolidated real estate joint ventures- debt and debt service guarantees

 

We have made certain debt service guarantees for one of our unconsolidated URO Segment development joint ventures. At March 31, 2005, based on the joint ventures’ outstanding debt balance, these debt service guarantees totaled $0.3 million. Debt service guarantees are typical business arrangements commonly required in real estate development. Examples of events that would require us to provide a cash payment pursuant to a guarantee include a loan default, which would result from failure of the primary borrower to service the debt when due, or non-compliance of the primary borrower with financial covenants and inadequacy of asset collateral. Our guarantee exposure is generally limited to situations in which the value of the collateral is not sufficient to satisfy the outstanding indebtedness. At March 31, 2005, we have not been required to satisfy any amounts pursuant to these debt and debt service guarantees.

 

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Standby letters of credit and commitments

 

As of March 31, 2005, we have $213.5 million in outstanding standby letters of credit in favor of local municipalities or financial institutions, commitments to guarantee leases, and the construction of real property improvements or financial obligations. The standby letters of credit are renewable and expire upon completion of the required improvements, and are a form of credit enhancement commonly required in real estate development when bonds are issued to finance public improvements.

 

Executed contracts for construction and development activity

 

At March 31, 2005, we have open construction and development contracts with vendors totaling $84.4 million related to our various projects, as compared to $108.3 million at December 31, 2004.

 

The following table summarizes our outstanding contractual obligations as of March 31, 2005, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on liquidity and cash flow in future periods:

 

     Payments Due by Period

Contractual Obligations


   Total

    Due within
2005


   Due in
2006-2008


   Due in
2009-2010


   Due
Thereafter


     (In thousands)

Mortgage and Other Debt

   $ 1,679,419 (1)   $ 165,246    $ 833,604    $ 125,525    $ 555,044

Operating Leases

     2,791       2,071      510      30      180

Contracts

     84,405 (2)     80,933      3,472      —        —  
    


 

  

  

  

Total Contractual Obligations

   $ 1,766,615     $ 248,250    $ 837,586    $ 125,555    $ 555,224
    


 

  

  

  


(1) Includes approximately $424.3 million of future interest payable.

 

(2) A portion of these obligations is expected to be reimbursed by bond proceeds and various third parties.

 

Prior to the November 2004 sales of a significant portion of our remaining urban and residential development assets to FOCIL Holdings LLC (“FOCIL”), an affiliate of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., (see Note 12) we had already negotiated on certain land asset sales and agreed to provide acquisition financings, up to $164 million, to these third party purchasers, with a substantial portion of the money required to fund the $164 million financing coming from the paydowns under the loans to FOCIL. These land parcels were ultimately included as part of the assets sold to FOCIL. Therefore, as FOCIL eventually finalizes the sale of these land parcels, we will provide the financing to these third party purchasers, as previously agreed. As of March 31, 2005, we have financed $26.2 million on one of these sales. Subsequent to March 31, 2005, an additional sale was consummated; however, approximately $15 million of the agreed-upon acquisition financings was not required. Therefore, subsequent to the end of this quarter, the remaining agreed-upon acquisition financing is approximately $123 million.

 

The following table summarizes our outstanding commitments as of March 31, 2005, and the effect such commitments may have on liquidity and cash flow in future periods:

 

     Total Amounts
Committed


    Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period

Commitments


     Expire
within
2005


   Expire in
2006-2008


   Expire in
2009-2010


   Expire
Thereafter


     (In thousands)

Standby Letters of Credit and Commitments

   $ 213,455 (1)   $ 144,274    $ 64,245    $ 2,013    $ 2,923

Debt Guarantees of Unconsolidated JVs

     285       285      —        —        —  
    


 

  

  

  

Total Commitments

   $ 213,740     $ 144,559    $ 64,245    $ 2,013    $ 2,923
    


 

  

  

  


(1) Includes approximately $34.3 million of commitments that have no specific expiration dates, which we have assumed to expire within one year for purposes of this table. Excludes approximately $203.6 million of surety bonds for our own work, of which approximately $85 million have been indemnified by third parties.

 

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

Cash provided by operating activities reflected in the statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2005, and 2004, were $94.1 million and $66.1 million, respectively. The increase of $28 million was primarily attributed to the following: (1) an increase of $48 million due to higher payments received from our notes receivable; (2) an increase of $5.1 million due to lower income tax paid; (3) and an increase of $1.5 million due to lower capital expenditures on our development properties partially offset by (4) a decrease of $19.7 million due to lower cash proceeds from development sales of which our cost of sales was approximately $22.9 million; (5) a decrease of $2.5 million due to lower distributions from our joint ventures; (6) and a decrease of $1.9 million due to higher interest paid.

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities reflected in the statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, were $35.6 million and $24 million, respectively. The increase of $11.6 million in net cash used was attributed to the following: (1) $18.6 million from lower investment in short-term investments and restricted cash; (2) $15.2 million due to higher property acquisitions primarily from the acquisition of a 72.8 acres of developable land in New Jersey; (3) $0.6 million due to lower proceeds from the sale of investment properties partially offset by (4) $18.1 million due to lower capital expenditures for investment properties; (5) $3.6 million lower in reimbursable predevelopment and infrastructure costs incurred; (6) $0.9 million due to lower costs incurred for tenants; and (7) $0.2 million due to lower capital contributions made to our unconsolidated joint ventures.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

Capital expenditures reflected in the statement of cash flows include the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


     2005

   2004

     (In thousands)

Capital Expenditures from Operating Activities(1)

             

Capital expenditures for development properties

   $ 8,887    $ 2,893

Infrastructure and other

     2,045      4,424

Other property acquisitions

     6,064      10,523

Capitalized interest and property tax

     442      1,459
    

  

Total capital expenditures in operating activities

     17,438      19,299
    

  

Capital Expenditures from Investing Activities(2)

             

Capital expenditures for investment properties

     24,603      24,716

Rental properties—building improvements

     1,080      667

Predevelopment

     729      1,075

Infrastructure and other

     7,430      23,893

Commercial property acquisitions

     16,388      1,214

Other property acquisitions

     105      17

Tenant improvements

     911      1,784

Capitalized interest and property tax

     3,885      5,567
    

  

Capital expenditures for investment properties

     55,131      58,933

Contribution to joint ventures

     42      259
    

  

Total capital expenditures in investing activities

     55,173      59,192
    

  

Total capital expenditures(3)

   $ 72,611    $ 78,491
    

  


(1) This category includes capital expenditures for properties we intend to build and sell.

 

(2) This category includes capital expenditures for properties we intend to hold for our own account.

 

(3) Total capital expenditures include capitalized general and administrative expenses of $2.6 million and $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

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Capital expenditures for development properties—This item relates to the development of our for-sale development properties. The increase was primarily due to higher construction activity of build to sell projects in Minooka, Illinois, Fontana, California and Manteca, California.

 

Capital expenditures for investment properties—This item relates primarily to development of new properties held for lease. This development activity is summarized below (in square feet):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 
     (In thousands)  

Development

            

Wholly owned:

            

Under construction, beginning of period

   3,791     4,404  

Construction starts

   —       406  

Completed—retained in portfolio

   (103 )   (1,763 )

Completed—design/build or sold

   (152 )   (68 )
    

 

Subtotal under construction, end of period

   3,536     2,979  
    

 

Joint Venture Projects:

            

Under construction, beginning of period

   527     695  

Construction starts

   —       —    

Completed

   —       —    
    

 

Subtotal under construction, end of period

   527     695  
    

 

Total under construction, end of period

   4,063     3,674  
    

 

 

Predevelopment—Predevelopment costs from our operating and investing activities relate to amounts incurred for our development projects, primarily the Pacific Commons project in Fremont, California; the Alameda project in Alameda, California; the Robert Mueller Airport project in Austin, Texas; and various other projects in the predevelopment stage. Our predevelopment costs for 2005 were lower because in the fourth quarter of 2004, we sold a majority of our Mission Bay project in San Francisco, California; Alameda project in Alameda, California; and West Bluffs project in Playa Del Rey, California to FOCIL.

 

Infrastructure and other—Infrastructure and other costs from our operating and investing activities primarily relate to the projects at Pacific Commons in Fremont, California; Alameda, California; Los Angeles Union Station in Los Angeles, California; Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, California; Carteret, New Jersey; Woodbridge, New Jersey; Fontana, California; Hercules, California; and Minooka, Illinois. Our infrastructure and other costs for 2005 were lower because in the fourth quarter of 2004, we sold a majority of our Mission Bay project in San Francisco, California; Alameda project in Alameda, California; and West Bluffs project in Playa Del Rey, California to FOCIL, and also because we did not start any construction in 2005.

 

Operating activity property acquisitions—For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $5.1 million for the acquisition of 102.1 acres of land in Elizabeth, New Jersey that was subsequently sold during the three months ended March 31, 2005.

 

Investing activity property acquisitions—For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $16.4 million in investing activity property acquisitions: $15.9 million for the acquisition of commercial land, which added 1.1 million square feet of potential development.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 

Net cash used in financing activities reflected in the statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, were $256.4 million and $43.4 million, respectively. The increase of $213 million in net cash used was attributed to the following: (1) $165.2 million due to lower net borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2005; (2) $46.6 million due to a special dividend distribution as a result of the sale of a majority of our URO assets to FOCIL in November 2004; and (3) $1.2 million due to lower proceeds from the issuance of common stock primarily attributable to the exercise of stock options.

 

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Reimbursable Predevelopment and Infrastructure Costs

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we incurred approximately $3.2 million of reimbursable predevelopment and infrastructure costs.

 

REIT-related Distribution and Quarterly Dividends

 

On February 16, 2005, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending March 30, 2005, of $0.27 per share of common stock payable on April 15, 2005, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 29, 2005. On December 1, 2004, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending December 31, 2004, of $0.27 per share of common stock that was paid on January 18, 2005, to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 28, 2004. In addition to our regular cash dividend, our Board of Directors also declared a special cash dividend of $0.45 per share of common stock that was paid on January 18, 2005, to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 28, 2004 in connection with the sale of Non-Core assets and other taxable REIT subsidiary activities.

 

On September 9, 2004, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending September 30, 2004, of $0.27 per share of common stock that was paid on October 15, 2004, to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 27, 2004.

 

On May 5, 2004, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending June 30, 2004, of $0.27 per share of common stock that was paid on July 15, 2004, to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 28, 2004.

 

On February 11, 2004, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending March 31, 2004, of $0.27 per share of common stock that was paid on April 15, 2004, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 29, 2004.

 

On December 3, 2003, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend for the quarter ending December 31, 2003, of $0.27 per share of common stock that was paid on January 15, 2004, to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 29, 2003.

 

Cash Balances, Available Borrowings, and Capital Resources

 

As of March 31, 2005, we had total cash of $67.0 million, of which $12.9 million was restricted cash. In addition to the $67.0 million cash balance, we had $189 million in borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility, available upon satisfaction of certain conditions.

 

Our short-term and long-term liquidity and capital resources requirements are derived primarily from five sources: (1) cash on hand, (2) ongoing income from our rental portfolio, (3) proceeds from sales of developed properties, land and non-strategic assets, (4) a revolving line of credit with a total capacity of $200 million, and (5) additional debt. As noted above, our existing revolving credit facility is available for meeting certain short-term liquidity requirements. Our ability to meet our mid- and long-term capital requirements is, in part, dependent upon the ability to obtain additional financing for new construction, completed buildings, acquisitions, and currently unencumbered properties. There is no assurance that we can obtain this financing or obtain this financing on favorable terms.

 

Debt covenants—Our $200 million revolving credit agreement and one other credit agreement, of $40.5 million, have corporate financial covenants including a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.30 to 1, a maximum leverage ratio of 0.65 to 1, a maximum secured indebtedness ratio of 0.50 to 1, and a minimum tangible net worth of $452.8 million, all terms as defined in those agreements. As of or for the period ending March 31, 2005 the actual results were 1.95 to 1; 0.54 to 1; 0.37 to 1; and $754.3 million, respectively. Outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility are subject to a borrowing base consisting of various categories of assets. At March 31, 2005, we had unused availability of $189 million under the line. Our performance against these covenants is measured on a quarterly basis, with fixed charge and debt service coverage ratios being measured on a four-quarter trailing basis. In the event we were to breach any of these covenants and were unable to negotiate satisfactory waivers or amendments, our lenders in these credit facilities could declare amounts outstanding due and payable.

 

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Bonds

 

Assessment District Bonds—These bonds were issued through local municipalities to fund the construction of public infrastructure and improvements, which benefit our properties. Debt service on these bonds is collateralized by tax revenues, properties, or by letters of credit (see Note 8 of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). These bonds are recorded and presented as part of “Mortgage and other debt” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2005 (see Note 5 of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Certain infrastructure costs incurred are reimbursable from these bonds.

 

The following table presents a summary of assessment district bonds that are included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2005 (in thousands except percentages):

 

     Amount

   Interest
Rate


    Cost
Incurred


   Cost
Reimbursed


Development Projects

                          

Stapleton

   $ 22,745    2.38 %   $ 19,809    $ 18,760

Kaiser

     11,603    5.83 %     19,157      19,157

Westminster

     9,140    2.38 %     4,758      4,758

Rancho Cucamonga

     5,638    6.14 %     5,222      5,222
    

        

  

Subtotal

     49,126            48,946      47,897
    

        

  

Operating properties

                          

City of Industry

     4,700    7.87 %     —        —  

Emeryville

     4,481    7.29 %     —        —  

Various others

     3,485    4.00-8.70 %     —        —  
    

        

  

Subtotal

     12,666            —        —  
    

        

  

Total

   $ 61,792          $ 48,946    $ 47,897
    

        

  

 

Community Facility District Bonds—These bonds were issued to finance public infrastructure improvements at Pacific Commons in Fremont, California and were not required to be recorded in our accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. These bonds have a series of maturities up to thirty years. Upon completion of the infrastructure improvements, for which $30 million of bonds were issued, the improvements will be transferred to the City. Of the total cumulative reimbursable cost incurred, approximately $11.7 million have been reimbursed as of March 31, 2005, no reimbursement was received in 2005. The remaining balance of $13.8 million is presented in “Other assets and deferred charges, net” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2005. The $13.8 million will not be requested for reimbursement until the facility components are completed, inspected, and approved by the City. Additional bonds are expected to be issued.

 

At Pacific Commons, developed and designated developed property is taxed first, and any shortfall in annual debt service is paid by a tax on project vacant land.

 

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Tax Audit

 

State Tax Audit

 

In 2002, the State of California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) began auditing a joint venture relating to our redemption in 1999 of our interest in a real estate partnership formed by our predecessor railroad company. In March 2004 we were verbally notified that an audit adjustment was forthcoming. Under California law (which differs from federal tax law) the tax in question was only deferred and was paid in 2003 as part of our REIT conversion. We made the FTB aware of that fact.

 

In late February of 2005, we received an Audit Issue Presentation Sheet (“AIPS”) which is a formal outline summarizing the FTB’s position with respect to this transaction including their intention to assess substantial penalties. Catellus will have the ability to respond to this AIPS prior to the FTB issuing a formal “proposed adjustment.” Based on the AIPS, if we were unsuccessful the maximum current potential exposure could be up to approximately $10 million. Catellus intends to vigorously contest the FTB’s position with respect to this transaction as well as the assessment of proposed penalties.

 

In 2002, the FTB notified CDC that it would audit the corporate tax returns of CDC for the years 1999 and 2000. In June of 2004, the FTB notified us that they would also audit the 1999 and 2000 tax returns of a mortgage REIT subsidiary. Both audits are in process. No significant audit adjustments have been proposed on either of these audits.

 

IRS Audit

 

In March 2003 we received notice that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) intended to audit the 1999 tax returns of Catellus and a mortgage REIT subsidiary. In the third quarter of 2003, the IRS informed us it would also audit the 2000 returns as well as the returns relating to the real estate joint venture under audit by the FTB discussed above. In the third quarter of 2004, we were notified the IRS would audit the 2001 and 2002 returns. In December 2004, the IRS issued requests for information relating to our tax deferred exchanges for the years 1999-2002. In February 2005, we were told of the IRS intention to request an extension of these open tax years from September 2005 to September 2006. We have granted that request.

 

No audit adjustments have been proposed. The IRS has asked for all documents relating to the following issues:

 

1. Charitable contributions deductions for the transfer of certain properties where the appraised fair market value was in excess of the consideration received,

 

2. Tax treatment of the deductions of interest paid to a mortgage REIT subsidiary,

 

3. A redemption of our interest in a real estate partnership (described above), and

 

4. Tax deferred exchanges of real property.

 

All but the first issue above resulted in a substantial portion of the deferred taxes created during the time we operated as a taxable C-corporation. At the time of our REIT conversion, as we expected to no longer be taxed at the REIT level for REIT operations, we reversed approximately $232 million in deferred taxes into income at year end 2003. At the same time, in part because of the ongoing audit described above, we took a charge to current taxes which totals $124 million of the $232 million. The $124 million charge to current taxes relates to the federal and state tax impact of certain of the above issues. The amounts above do not include any provision for possible interest and penalties.

 

If the audit results in an adjustment and if the Company exhausts all available remedies to contest the adjustment (or decides not to contest such adjustment), then our provision above may not be sufficient to cover the exposure and such adjustment could negatively impact our liquidity, statement of operations, and/or balance sheet.

 

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Related Party Transactions

 

The entities below are considered related parties because the listed transactions are with entities in which we have an ownership interest. There are no affiliated persons involved with these entities.

 

We provide development and management services and loan guarantees to various unconsolidated joint venture investments. Fees earned were $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, primarily from SAMS Venture, LLC. Fees earned were $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004, primarily from Third and King Investors, LLC, with the remainder primarily from SAMS Venture, LLC. Deferred fees of $0.6 million primarily from Serrano Associates, LLC and Bergstrom Partners, L.P. at March 31, 2005, will be earned as completed projects are sold or the venture is sold or liquidated. In 2004, we sold our investment in Third and King Investors, LLC.

 

In 2001, we entered into a 99-year ground lease with one of our unconsolidated joint venture investments, Third and King Investors, LLC. Rent and reimbursable payments of $1.2 million were received and recognized as rental income during the three months ended March 31, 2004. This joint venture investment was sold in 2004.

 

We have a $4.5 million collateralized 9.0% note receivable from an unconsolidated joint venture, East Baybridge Partners, LP, for project costs plus accrued interest. The note is collateralized by property owned by the joint venture and matures in October 2028. We have entered into various lease agreements with this unconsolidated joint venture. As lessee, rent expense was $34,000 for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. This lease will expire in November 2011. As lessor, We entered into a ground lease, which will expire in August 2054. We earned rental income of $0.1 million for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, and have recorded a $2.7 million receivable and a $1.2 million reserve associated with this lease. The venture’s current projection reflects approximately $0.2 million available funds, per year, to pay down this receivable.

 

In January 2004, we sold our 45% investment interest in Colorado International Center, an unconsolidated joint venture, for our capital investment balance of $0.3 million to an entity whose principal was a former Company employee.

 

Partnership Accounting

 

At March 31, 2005, we hold significant variable interests in three variable interest entities that do not qualify for consolidation under the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46-R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities – an interpretation of ARB No. 51”. Our significant variable interests are in the form of equity interests in two of our unconsolidated joint ventures and our participation in a master development agreement:

 

    Bergstrom Partners, L.P. was formed in January 2003 to redevelop and market 624 acres of land at a former missile test site in Travis County, Texas. No further contributions are required.

 

    SAMS Venture, LLC was formed in January 2003 to initially develop a new 545,000 square foot office park for the Los Angeles Air Force Base, convey that property to the United States Air Force in exchange for three parcels of land totaling 56 acres and other consideration, and finally either sell or develop for sale the three parcels. Our exposure will increase should this joint venture require additional contributions from our joint venture partners.

 

    A Catellus subsidiary entered into a master development agreement with the City of Austin, Texas in December 2004 to redevelop and market the property formerly known as the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. Our exposure will increase should public financing and sales revenues be insufficient to meet current or projected financial requirements.

 

    Our maximum exposure in the current financial statements as a result of our involvement with these variable interest entities is $11.9 million as of March 31, 2005.

 

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Environmental Matters

 

Many of our properties and our subsidiaries’ properties are in urban and industrial areas and may have been leased to or previously owned by commercial and industrial companies that discharged hazardous materials. We and our subsidiaries incur ongoing environmental remediation and disposal costs and legal costs relating to clean up, defense of litigation, and the pursuit of responsible third parties. Costs incurred by the consolidated group in connection with operating properties and with properties previously sold are expensed. Costs incurred for properties to be sold by us or our subsidiaries are capitalized and will be charged to cost of sales when the properties are sold (see Note 8 of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion).

 

In recent years, certain of our subsidiaries have acquired properties with known environmental problems for cleanup and redevelopment, and we expect that we may continue to form subsidiaries to acquire such properties (or that existing subsidiaries will acquire such properties) when the potential benefits of development warrant. When our subsidiaries acquire such properties, they undertake due diligence to determine the nature of the environmental problems and the likely cost of remediation, and they manage the risk with undertakings from third parties, including the sellers and their affiliates, remediation contractors, third party sureties, or insurers. The costs associated with environmental remediation are included in the costs estimates for properties to be developed.

 

We own an interest in a limited liability company of a residential project near Sacramento, California. At March 31, 2005, the book value of our investment is approximately $13.2 million and the terms of the investment require additional contributions from the members should there be insufficient operating funds (see Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies). The project is located in a county known to contain naturally occurring asbestos in native rock material. The EPA has conducted studies for potential risks associated with asbestos exposure from the native rock materials at various locations including at a school site that is adjacent to our project, and the EPA has concluded that its initial exposure study raises further concerns. At this time we do not know if the results of the studies will have any adverse impact on the project, and the ultimate impact to our financial statements is undeterminable.

 

Forward-Looking Information and Risk Factors

 

This report may contain or incorporate statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “project,” “may,” “intend,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “potential,” by the negative of these terms, and by similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our ability to control or predict. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report.

 

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include:

 

    those identified in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 under the following headings: Risks Related to Real Estate Investments, Other Risks Affecting Our Business and Operations, and Federal Income Tax Risks Relating to REIT Qualification;

 

    general industry, economic and business conditions (which will, among other things, affect availability and creditworthiness of current and prospective tenants, tenant bankruptcies, lease rates and terms, availability and cost of financing, interest rate fluctuations and operating expenses);

 

    adverse changes in the real estate markets, including, among other things, competition with other companies and risks of real estate development, acquisitions and dispositions;

 

    governmental actions and initiatives (including legislative and regulatory changes);

 

    other risks inherent in the real estate business; and

 

    acts of war, other geopolitical events, and terrorist activities that could adversely affect any of the above factors.

 

The above list of factors that may affect future performance and the accuracy of forward-looking statements is illustrative but by no means exhaustive. Therefore, all forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent risk and uncertainty. Except for our ongoing obligation to disclose material information as required by federal securities laws, we do not intend to update you concerning any future revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk as our financial instruments are not subject to foreign exchange rate risk or commodity price risk. We continuously and actively monitor and manage interest costs on our debt and may enter into interest rate-protection contracts based on changing market conditions. At March 31, 2005, we did not have any interest rate protection contracts outstanding.

 

As of March 31, 2005, approximately 88.3% of our debt bears interest at fixed rates and has a weighted average maturity of 5.4 years and a weighted average coupon rate of 6.68%. The interest rate risk for fixed rate debt does not have a significant impact on the Company until such debt matures and may need to be refinanced. Our variable rate debt has a weighted average maturity of 4.3 years and a weighted average coupon rate of 4.09%. To the extent that we incur additional variable rate indebtedness, we increase our exposure to increases in interest rates. If the coupon interest rate increased 100 basis points (1%), the annual short-term effect would be an increase in interest expense and capitalized interest cost, which would have an impact on our cash position of approximately $0.8 million, based on the outstanding balance of our floating rate debt net of cash investments and restricted cash at March 31, 2005. We believe that moderate increases in interest expense as a result of inflation will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.

 

As of March 31, 2005, approximately $10.0 million of our $296.1 million of notes receivable carry interest at variable rates. If interest rates on these variable notes change 100 basis points (1%), the annual effect will be a change in our interest income of approximately $0.1 million. We believe that the moderate change in interest income will not materially affect our financial position, results of operation, or cash flow.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

The Company’s management, with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), and the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of March 31, 2005. No changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2005 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

The Company is subject to lawsuits, certain governmental proceedings (including environmental actions), and various environmental remediation orders of local governmental agencies, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of these lawsuits or other proceedings against the Company and the cost of compliance with any governmental order cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not expect any of these matters to have a material adverse effect on our business, future results of operation, financial condition, or liquidity.

 

Although the Company is a party to routine proceedings incidental to its business, the Company is not a party to, nor is its property the subject of, any material pending legal proceeding, except as provided below.

 

On March 12, 2002, the Department of Toxics and Substance Control of the State of California (“DTSC”) notified the Company of an investigation of the Company, its general contractors, and subcontractors working for such general contractors, concerning the Mission Bay project. The investigation was initiated primarily for purposes of determining whether individuals and companies hauling soil within and from Mission Bay satisfied certain hazardous waste license/certification hauling requirements. The DTSC issued notices of violation, without fines or penalties, to the Company and one subcontractor on May 23, 2002, citing the subcontractor’s failure to qualify as a registered hazardous waste hauler. The Company has not since received any communications from the DTSC regarding any change in the status of the investigation. The Company is working with the DTSC on a basis for concluding the investigation. In any event, the Company does not anticipate that the investigation or any proceeding that may result from the investigation will have a material adverse impact on the Mission Bay project.

 

Also see Note 8, “Commitments and Contingencies,” of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

None.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

See Exhibit Index.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Catellus Development Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

       

CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Date: May 6, 2005      

By:

  /s/ C. WILLIAM HOSLER
            C. William Hosler
            Senior Vice President and
            Chief Financial Officer
            (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: May 6, 2005      

By:

  /s/ EDWARD F. SHAM
                Edward F. Sham
                Vice President and Controller
                (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   
31.1   Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2   Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1   Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2   Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.