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United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington DC 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005

 

-or-

 

¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission File Number 0-24763

 


 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   59-3429602

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

121 West Forsyth Street, Suite 200

Jacksonville, Florida 32202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(904) 598-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Unchanged

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,

if changed since last report)

 


 

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).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 



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          Form 10-Q
Report Page


PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION     
Item 1. Financial Statements     
    

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

   1
    

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

   2
    

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Partners’ Capital and Comprehensive Income (Loss) as of March 31, 2005

   3
    

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

   4
    

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   5
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    25
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    40
Item 4. Controls and Procedures    40
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings    41
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    41
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities    41
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    41
Item 5. Other Information    41
Item 6. Exhibits    41
SIGNATURE    42


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

(in thousands, except unit data)

 

     2005

    2004

 
     (unaudited)        

Assets

              

Real estate investments at cost:

              

Land

   $ 826,266     806,207  

Buildings and improvements

     1,944,493     1,915,655  
    


 

       2,770,759     2,721,862  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     352,818     338,609  
    


 

       2,417,941     2,383,253  

Properties in development

     379,313     426,216  

Operating properties held for sale

     15,910     4,916  

Investments in real estate partnerships

     180,478     179,677  
    


 

Net real estate investments

     2,993,642     2,994,062  

Cash and cash equivalents

     53,591     95,320  

Notes receivable

     23,252     25,646  

Tenant receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $3,683 and $3,393 at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively

     50,051     60,911  

Deferred costs, less accumulated amortization of $27,751 and $25,735 at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively

     40,502     41,002  

Acquired lease intangible assets, net

     13,280     14,172  

Other assets

     21,248     12,711  
    


 

     $ 3,195,566     3,243,824  
    


 

Liabilities and Partners’ Capital

              

Liabilities:

              

Notes payable

     1,291,039     1,293,090  

Unsecured line of credit

     175,000     200,000  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     79,919     102,443  

Acquired lease intangible liabilities, net

     4,923     5,161  

Tenants’ security and escrow deposits

     9,959     10,049  
    


 

Total liabilities

     1,560,840     1,610,743  
    


 

Limited partners’ interest in consolidated partnerships

     1,932     1,827  
    


 

Partners’ Capital:

              

Series D preferred units, par value $100: 500,000 units issued and outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

     49,158     49,158  

Series E preferred units, par value $100: 700,000 units issued, 300,000 units outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

     29,238     29,238  

Series F preferred units, par value $100: 240,000 units issued and outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

     23,366     23,366  

Preferred units, par value $0.01: 800,000 units issued and outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, liquidation preference $250

     200,000     200,000  

General partner; 63,087,592 and 62,808,979 units outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively

     1,306,856     1,304,008  

Limited partners; 1,421,523 and 1,488,364 units outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively

     29,324     30,775  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (5,148 )   (5,291 )
    


 

Total partners’ capital

     1,632,794     1,631,254  
    


 

Commitments and contingencies

   $ 3,195,566     3,243,824  
    


 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

(in thousands, except per unit data)

(unaudited)

 

     2005

    2004

 

Revenues:

              

Minimum rent

   $ 73,682     68,185  

Percentage rent

     551     452  

Recoveries from tenants

     21,746     19,461  

Management fees and commissions

     3,318     1,610  

Equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

     2,391     2,745  
    


 

Total revenues

     101,688     92,453  
    


 

Operating expenses:

              

Depreciation and amortization

     21,004     19,561  

Operating and maintenance

     13,592     12,778  

General and administrative

     8,652     5,883  

Real estate taxes

     10,488     10,100  

Other expenses

     1,428     488  
    


 

Total operating expenses

     55,164     48,810  
    


 

Other expense (income)

              

Interest expense, net of interest income of $505 and $837 in 2005 and 2004, respectively

     21,076     21,051  

Gain on sale of operating properties and properties in development

     (6,542 )   (3,983 )
    


 

Total other expense

     14,534     17,068  
    


 

Income before minority interests

     31,990     26,575  

Minority interest of limited partners

     (76 )   (79 )
    


 

Income from continuing operations

     31,914     26,496  

Discontinued operations:

              

Operating income from discontinued operations

     415     1,775  

Gain on sale of operating properties and properties in development

     8,994     12  
    


 

Income from discontinued operations

     9,409     1,787  
    


 

Net income Net income

     41,323     28,283  

Preferred unit distributions

     (5,774 )   (6,478 )
    


 

Net income for common unit holders

   $ 35,549     21,805  
    


 

Income per common unit - basic:

              

Continuing operations

   $ 0.40     0.33  

Discontinued operations

     0.15     0.03  
    


 

Net income for common unit holders per unit

   $ 0.55     0.36  
    


 

Income per common unit - diluted:

              

Continuing operations

   $ 0.40     0.32  

Discontinued operations

     0.15     0.03  
    


 

Net income for common unit holders per unit

   $ 0.55     0.35  
    


 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Partners’ Capital and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the three months ended March 31, 2005

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

Preferred

Units


   

General Partner
Preferred and

Common Units


    Limited
Partner


   

Accumulated

Other
Comprehensive

Income (Loss)


   

Total

Partners’

Capital


 

Balance at December 31, 2004

   $ 101,762     1,504,008     30,775     (5,291 )   1,631,254  

Comprehensive income:

                                

Net income

     2,112     38,348     863     —       41,323  

Amortization of loss on derivative instruments

                       143     143  
                              

Total comprehensive income

     —       —       —       —       41,466  

Cash distributions for dividends

     —       (34,654 )   (758 )   —       (35,412 )

Preferred unit distribution

     (2,112 )   (3,662 )   —       —       (5,774 )

Common Units issued as a result of common stock issued by Regency, net of repurchases

     —       1,260     —       —       1,260  

Common Units exchanged for common stock of Regency

     —       1,770     (1,770 )   —       —    

Reallocation of limited partners’ interest

     —       (214 )   214     —       —    
    


 

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2005

   $ 101,762     1,506,856     29,324     (5,148 )   1,632,794  
    


 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     2005

    2004

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

              

Net income

   $ 41,323     28,283  

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

              

Depreciation and amortization

     22,266     20,344  

Deferred loan cost and debt premium amortization

     584     616  

Services provided by Regency in exchange for Common Units

     4,343     3,548  

Minority interest of limited partners

     76     79  

Equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships

     (2,391 )   (2,745 )

Net gain on sale of properties

     (17,724 )   (3,995 )

Distributions from operations of investments in real estate partnerships

     3,761     4,644  

Hedge settlement

     —       (5,720 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

              

Tenant receivables

     10,860     17,025  

Deferred leasing costs

     (1,668 )   (2,058 )

Other assets

     (5,971 )   1,889  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     (35,399 )   (28,155 )

Tenants’ security and escrow deposits

     (90 )   158  
    


 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     19,970     33,913  
    


 

Cash flows from investing activities:

              

Development of real estate

     (56,690 )   (63,335 )

Proceeds from sale of real estate investments

     59,240     30,854  

Repayment of notes receivable, net

     2,394     602  

Investments in real estate partnerships

     (11,166 )   (512 )

Distributions received from investments in real estate partnerships

     9,814     17,960  
    


 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     3,592     (14,431 )
    


 

Cash flows from financing activities:

              

Net proceeds from the issuance of Regency stock and Common Units

     3,128     10,761  

Cash paid for conversion of Common Units by limited partner

     —       (7,784 )

Contributions (distributions) from limited partners in consolidated partnerships

     29     (2 )

Distributions to preferred unit holders

     (5,774 )   (6,478 )

Cash distributions for dividends

     (35,412 )   (32,455 )

(Repayments) proceeds of unsecured line of credit, net

     (25,000 )   35,000  

Repayment of notes payable, net

     (352 )   —    

Scheduled principal payments

     (1,484 )   (1,497 )

Deferred loan costs

     (426 )   (3,358 )
    


 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (65,291 )   (5,813 )
    


 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (41,729 )   13,669  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

     95,320     29,869  
    


 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

   $ 53,591     43,538  
    


 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information - cash paid for interest (net of capitalized interest of $2,721 and $3,323 in 2005 and 2004, respectively)

   $ 31,246     30,017  
    


 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions:

              

Common stock issued for partnership units exchanged

   $ 1,770     2,862  
    


 

Real estate contributed as investments in real estate partnerships

   $ 5,264     —    
    


 

Change in fair value of derivative instrument

   $ —       175  
    


 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Regency Centers, L.P.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

(unaudited)

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

  (a) Organization and Principles of Consolidation

 

Regency Centers, L.P. (“RCLP” or the “Partnership”) is the primary entity through which Regency Centers Corporation (“Regency” or the “Company”), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”), conducts all of its business and owns all of its assets.

 

The Partnership was formed in 1996 for the purpose of acquiring certain real estate properties. At March 31, 2005, Regency owns approximately 98% of the outstanding common units of the Partnership.

 

The Partnership’s ownership interests are represented by Units, of which there are i) five series of preferred Units, ii) common Units owned by the limited partners and iii) common Units owned by Regency which serves as the general partner. Each outstanding common Unit owned by a limited partner is exchangeable, on a one share per one Unit basis, for the common stock of Regency or for cash at Regency’s election.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Partnership, its wholly owned subsidiaries, and also partnerships in which it has voting control. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

 

The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature, and in the opinion of management, are necessary to properly state the Partnership’s results of operations and financial position. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Partnership’s December 31, 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  (b) Revenues

 

The Partnership leases space to tenants under agreements with varying terms. Leases are accounted for as operating leases with minimum rent recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease regardless of when payments are due. Accrued rents are included in tenant receivables.

 

Substantially all of the lease agreements contain provisions that grant additional rents based on tenants’ sales volume (contingent or percentage rent) and reimbursement of the tenants’ share of real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance (“CAM”) costs. Percentage rents are recognized when the tenants achieve the specified targets as defined in their lease agreements. Recovery of real estate taxes, insurance and CAM costs are recognized as the respective costs are incurred in accordance with the lease agreements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

  (b) Revenues (continued)

 

The Partnership accounts for profit recognition on sales of real estate in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) Statement No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate.” In summary, profits from sales will not be recognized by the Partnership unless a sale has been consummated; the buyer’s initial and continuing investment is adequate to demonstrate a commitment to pay for the property; the Partnership has transferred to the buyer the usual risks and rewards of ownership; and the Partnership does not have substantial continuing involvement with the property.

 

The Partnership has been engaged by joint ventures to provide asset and property management services for such ventures’ shopping centers. The fees are market based and generally calculated as a percentage of either revenues earned or the estimated values of the properties and are recognized as services are provided.

 

  (c) Real Estate Investments

 

Land, buildings and improvements are recorded at cost. Tenant allowances are treated as tenant improvements. All specifically identifiable costs related to development activities are capitalized into properties in development on the consolidated balance sheet. The capitalized costs include pre-development costs essential to the development of the property, development costs, construction costs, interest costs, real estate taxes, direct employee costs, and other costs incurred during the period of development.

 

The Partnership incurs costs prior to land acquisition including acquisition contract deposits, as well as legal, engineering and other external professional fees related to evaluating the feasibility of developing a shopping center. These pre-acquisition development costs are included in properties in development. If the Partnership determines that the development of a shopping center is no longer probable, any pre-development costs previously incurred are immediately expensed. At March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the Partnership had capitalized pre-development costs of $9.3 million and $10.5 million, respectively.

 

The Partnership’s method of capitalizing interest is based upon applying its weighted average borrowing rate to that portion of the actual development costs expended. The Partnership ceases cost capitalization when the property is available for occupancy upon substantial completion of tenant improvements. In no event would the Partnership capitalize interest on the project beyond 12 months after substantial completion of the building shell.

 

Maintenance and repairs that do not improve or extend the useful lives of the respective assets are reflected in operating and maintenance expense.

 

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of up to 40 years for buildings and improvements, term of lease for tenant improvements, and three to seven years for furniture and equipment.

 

The Partnership allocates the purchase price of assets acquired (net tangible and identifiable intangible assets) and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values at the date of acquisition pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” (“Statement 141”). Statement 141 provides guidance on allocating a portion of the purchase price of a property to intangible assets. The Partnership’s methodology for this allocation

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

  (c) Real Estate Investments (continued)

 

includes estimating an “as-if vacant” fair value of the physical property, which is allocated to land, building and improvements. The difference between the purchase price and the “as-if vacant” fair value is allocated to intangible assets. There are three categories of intangible assets to be considered: (i) value of in-place leases, (ii) above and below-market value of in-place leases and (iii) customer relationship value.

 

The value of in-place leases is estimated based on the value associated with the costs avoided in originating leases comparable to the acquired in-place leases as well as the value associated with lost rental and recovery revenue during the assumed lease-up period. The value of in-place leases is amortized to expense over the estimated weighted-average remaining lease lives.

 

Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for acquired properties are recorded based on the present value of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimates of fair market lease rates for the comparable in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The value of above-market leases is amortized as a reduction of base rental revenue over the remaining terms of the respective leases. The value of below-market leases is accreted as an increase to base rental revenue over the remaining terms of the respective leases, including renewal options.

 

The Partnership allocates no value to customer relationship intangibles if it has pre-existing business relationships with the major retailers in the acquired property because the customer relationships associated with the acquired property provide no incremental value over the Partnership’s existing relationships.

 

The Partnership follows the provisions of SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“Statement 144”). In accordance with Statement 144, the Partnership classifies an operating property as held for sale when it determines that the property is available for immediate sale in its present condition and management is reasonably certain that a sale will be consummated. Operating properties held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. Depreciation and amortization are suspended during the held-for-sale period. The operations of properties held for sale are reclassified into discontinued operations for all periods presented.

 

In accordance with Statement 144, when the Partnership sells a property and will not have continuing involvement after disposition, its operations and gain on sale are reported in discontinued operations when the operations and cash flows are clearly distinguished. Once classified as discontinued operations, these properties are eliminated from ongoing operations. Prior periods are also restated to reflect the operations of these properties as discontinued operations. When the Partnership sells operating properties to its joint ventures or to third parties, and it will have continuing involvement, the operations and gains on sales are included in income from continuing operations.

 

The Partnership reviews its real estate portfolio for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable based upon expected undiscounted cash flows from the property. The Partnership determines impairment by comparing the property’s carrying value to an estimate of fair value based

 

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Regency Centers, L.P.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

  (c) Real Estate Investments (continued)

 

upon varying methods such as i) estimating future cash flows, ii) determining resale values by market, or iii) applying a capitalization rate to net operating income using prevailing rates in a given market. These methods of determining fair value can fluctuate significantly as a result of a number of factors, including changes in the general economy of those markets in which the Partnership operates, tenant credit quality and demand for new retail stores. In the event that the carrying amount of a property is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value, the Partnership will write down the asset to fair value for “held-and-used” assets and to fair value less costs to sell for “held-for-sale” assets.

 

  (d) Deferred Costs

 

Deferred costs include deferred leasing costs and deferred loan costs, net of accumulated amortization. Such costs are amortized over the periods through lease expiration or loan maturity. Deferred leasing costs consist of internal and external commissions associated with leasing the Partnership’s shopping centers. Net deferred leasing costs were $30.5 million and $30.8 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Deferred loan costs consist of initial direct and incremental costs associated with financing activities. Net deferred loan costs were $10.0 million and $10.2 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

  (e) Earnings per Unit and Treasury Stock

 

Basic net income per unit is computed based upon the weighted average number of common units outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per unit also includes common unit equivalents for stock options and restricted stock, if dilutive. See note 8 for the calculation of earnings per unit (“EPU”).

 

Repurchases of the Company’s common stock (net of shares retired) are recorded at cost and are reflected as Treasury stock in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity. Outstanding shares do not include treasury shares. Concurrent with the Treasury stock repurchases by Regency, the Partnership repurchases the same amount of general partnership units from Regency.

 

  (f) Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Any instruments which have an original maturity of 90 days or less when purchased are considered cash equivalents. Cash distributions of normal operating earnings from investments in real estate partnerships are included in cash flows from operations in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

  (g) Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the Partnership’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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Regency Centers, L.P.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

  (h) Stock-Based Compensation

 

Regency is committed to contribute to the Partnership all proceeds from the exercise of options or other stock-based awards granted under Regency’s Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Regency’s ownership in the Partnership will be increased based on the amount of proceeds contributed to the Partnership.

 

Prior to January 1, 2005, the Partnership followed the provisions of SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure” (“Statement 148”). Statement 148 provided alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. In addition, Statement 148 amended the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“Statement 123”), to require more prominent and frequent disclosures in financial statements about the effects of stock-based compensation. As permitted under Statement 123 and Statement 148, the Partnership previously followed the accounting guidelines pursuant to Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“Opinion 25”), for stock-based compensation and furnished the pro-forma disclosures as required under Statement 148.

 

On December 16, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“Statement 123(R)”), which is a revision of Statement 123. Statement 123(R) supersedes Opinion 25. Generally, the approach in Statement 123(R) is similar to the approach described in Statement 123. However, Statement 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the statement of operations based on their fair values. Pro-forma disclosure is no longer an alternative under Statement 123(R).

 

Statement 123(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2005. The Partnership elected early adoption of Statement 123(R) effective January 1, 2005. As permitted by Statement 123(R) the Partnership has applied the “modified prospective” method in which compensation cost is recognized beginning with the effective date (a) based on the requirements of Statement 123(R) for all share-based payments granted after the effective date and (b) based on the requirements of Statement 123 for all awards granted to employees prior to the effective date of Statement 123(R) that remain unvested on the effective date.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Partnership recorded compensation expense of $4.3 million which represents amortization of deferred compensation related to share based payments, of which a portion is capitalized to development projects. The expense includes $274,301 related to stock options and $4.0 for restricted stock and dividend equivalents. Deferred compensation is recorded as a reduction to additional paid in capital in the statement of stockholders’ equity. Prior to 2005, as permitted by Statement 123, the Partnership accounted for share-based payments to employees using Opinion 25’s intrinsic value method and recognized no compensation cost for employee stock options in prior years.

 

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Regency Centers, L.P.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

  (h) Stock-Based Compensation (continued)

 

Had the Partnership adopted Statement 123(R) in the prior period, the impact of that standard would have approximated the impact of Statement 123 in the disclosure of pro-forma net income and earnings per unit described as follows (in thousands except per unit data):

 

     March 31,
2004


Net income for common unit holders as reported:

   $ 21,805

Add: stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income

     3,548

Deduct: total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based methods for all awards

     4,729
    

Pro-forma net income

   $ 20,624
    

Earnings per unit:

      

Basic – as reported

   $ 0.36
    

Basic – pro-forma

   $ 0.34
    

Diluted – as reported

   $ 0.35
    

Diluted – pro-forma

   $ 0.33
    

 

The Partnership has a Long-Term Omnibus Plan (the “Plan”) under which the Board of Directors may grant stock options and other stock-based awards to officers, directors and other key employees. The Plan allows the Partnership to issue up to 5.0 million shares in the form of common stock or stock options, but limits the issuance of common stock excluding stock options to no more than 2.75 million shares. At March 31, 2005, there were approximately 3.5 million shares available for grant under the Plan either through options or restricted stock of which 2.0 million shares are limited to common stock awards other than stock options. The Plan also limits outstanding awards to no more than 12% of outstanding common stock.

 

Stock options are granted under the Plan with an exercise price equal to the stock’s fair market value at the date of grant. All stock options granted have ten-year lives, contain vesting terms of one to five years from the date of grant and some have dividend equivalent rights. Stock options granted prior to 2005 also contained “reload” rights, which allowed for an option holder to receive new options each time existing options were exercised if the existing options were exercised under specific criteria provided for in the Plan. Upon exercise of options under the Plan, the Company will issue new shares. In January 2005, the Company offered to acquire the “reload” rights of existing stock options from the option holders by issuing them additional stock options or restricted stock that will vest 25% per year and be expensed over a four-year period beginning in 2005 in accordance with Statement 123(R). As a result of the offer, on January 18, 2005, the Company granted 771,645 options to 37 employees with an exercise price of $51.36, the fair value on the date of grant, and granted 7,906 restricted shares to 11 employees representing value of $363,664, substantially canceling all of the “reload” rights on existing stock options. One employee chose to retain his reload rights. The stock option reload right buy-out program was not offered to the non-employee directors.

 

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March 31, 2005

 

  (h) Stock-Based Compensation (continued)

 

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton closed-form model (“Black-Scholes”) that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The Partnership uses historical data to estimate option exercises and employee terminations within the valuation model. The expected term of options granted is derived from the output of the option valuation model and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

 

The Partnership believes that the use of the Black-Scholes model meets the fair value measurement objectives of Statement 123(R) and reflects all substantive characteristics of the instruments being valued. The following table represents the assumptions used for the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the per share weighted average fair value of $5.90 for options granted during the period ended March 31, 2005:

 

Expected dividend yield

   4.3 %

Risk-free interest rate

   3.7 %

Expected volatility

   18.0 %

Expected life in years

   4.4  

 

The following table reports stock option activity during the three month period ended March 31, 2005:

 

     Number of
Shares


    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


   Remaining
Contractual
Term


  

Intrinsic
Value

(in thousands)


Outstanding at January 1, 2005

   1,675,163     $ 44.32            

Granted

   771,645       51.36            

Exercised

   (90,557 )     34.54         $ 1,430
    

 

  
  

Outstanding at March 31, 2005

   2,356,251     $ 47.00    5.94    $ 1,487
    

 

  
  

Exercisable at March 31, 2005

   1,525,504     $ 45.57    4.18    $ 3,147
    

 

  
  

 

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March 31, 2005

 

  (h) Stock-Based Compensation (continued)

 

The following table presents information regarding unvested share activity during the three month period ended March 31, 2005:

 

     Non-vested
Number of
Shares


   Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value


Non-vested at January 1, 2005

   59,102    $ 2.22

Granted

   771,645    $ 5.90
    
  

Non-vested at March 31, 2005

   830,747    $ 5.64
    
  

 

As of March 31, 2005, there was $4.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements related to stock options granted under the Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.8 years.

 

Restricted stock granted under the Plan generally vests over a period of four years, although certain grants cliff-vest after eight years, but contain provisions that allow for accelerated vesting over a shorter term if certain performance criteria are met. Compensation expense is measured at the grant date and recognized ratably over the vesting period. The Partnership considers the likelihood of meeting the performance criteria in determining the amount to expense on a periodic basis. In general, such criteria have historically been met, thus expense is recognized at a rate commensurate with the actual vesting period. Restricted stock grants also have certain dividend rights under the Plan, which are expensed in a manner similar to the underlying stock.

 

The following table reports restricted stock activity during the three month period ended March 31, 2005:

 

     Number of
Shares


   

Intrinsic
Value

(in thousands)


Unvested Shares at January 1, 2005

   827,024        

Shares Granted

   255,158        

Shares Vested and Distributed

   (335,993 )   $ 16,501
    

 

Unvested Shares at March 31, 2005

   746,189     $ 35,541
    

 

 

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March 31, 2005

 

  (h) Stock-Based Compensation (continued)

 

As of March 31, 2005, there was $27.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements related to restricted stock granted under the Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.8 years.

 

The following table represents restricted stock granted in January 2005 and 2004 for individual and company level performance during 2004 and 2003, respectively. Shares granted in 2005 include 7,906 shares related to the stock option reload buy-out program discussed above.

 

     2005

   2004

Fair value of stock at date of grant

   $ 51.19    39.97
    

  

4-year vesting grant

     255,158    219,787

8-year vesting grant

     —      64,649
    

  

Total stock grants

     255,158    284,436
    

  

 

The 4-year stock grants vest at the rate of 25% per year and the 8-year stock grants cliff- vest after eight years, but have the ability for accelerated vesting under the terms described above. Based upon restricted stock vesting for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Partnership recorded compensation expense of $3.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively, including the dividends vesting on restricted stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Partnership recorded compensation expense for dividend equivalents related to stock options of $404,840 and $793,404 respectively, related to unexercised stock options. The Partnership also incurs stock based compensation related to fees paid to its Board of Directors, and for non-exempt employee anniversaries.

 

  (i) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

 

In December 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 (“FIN 46”) (revised December 2003 (“FIN 46R”)), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”, which addresses how a business enterprise should evaluate whether it has a controlling financial interest in an entity through means other than voting rights and accordingly should consolidate the entity. FIN 46R replaced FIN 46, which was issued in January 2003. FIN 46R was applicable immediately to a variable interest entity created after January 31, 2003 and as of the first interim period ending after March 15, 2004 to those variable interest entities created before February 1, 2003 and not already consolidated under FIN 46 in previously issued financial statements. The Partnership did not create any variable interest entities after January 31, 2003. The Partnership has adopted FIN 46R, analyzed the applicability of this interpretation to its structures and determined that they are not party to any significant variable interest entities.

 

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March 31, 2005

 

  (j) Segment Reporting

 

The Partnership’s business is investing in retail shopping centers through direct ownership or through joint ventures. The Partnership actively manages its portfolio of retail shopping centers and may from time to time make decisions to sell lower performing properties, or developments not meeting its long-term investment objectives. The proceeds of sales are reinvested into higher quality retail shopping centers through acquisitions or new developments, which management believes will meet its planned rate of return. It is management’s intent that all retail shopping centers will be owned or developed for investment purposes. The Partnership’s revenue and net income are generated from the operation of its investment portfolio. The Partnership also earns incidental fees from third parties for services provided to manage and lease retail shopping centers owned through joint ventures.

 

The Partnership’s portfolio is located throughout the United States; however, management does not distinguish or group its operations on a geographical basis for purposes of allocating resources or measuring performance. The Partnership reviews operating and financial data for each property on an individual basis, therefore, the Partnership defines an operating segment as its individual properties. No individual property constitutes more than 10% of the Partnership’s combined revenue, net income or assets, and thus the individual properties have been aggregated into one reportable segment based upon their similarities with regard to both the nature of the centers, tenants and operational processes, as well as long-term average financial performance. In addition, no single tenant accounts for 10% or more of revenue and none of the shopping centers are located outside the United States.

 

  (k) Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Partnership adopted SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” as amended by SFAS No. 149 (“Statement 133”). Statement 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at their fair value. Gains or losses resulting from changes in the values of those derivatives are accounted for depending on the use of the derivative and whether it qualifies for hedge accounting. The Partnership’s use of derivative financial instruments is normally to mitigate its interest rate risk on a related financial instrument or forecasted transaction through the use of interest rate swaps.

 

Statement 133 requires that changes in fair value of derivatives that qualify as cash flow hedges be recognized in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) while the ineffective portion of the derivative’s change in fair value be recognized immediately in earnings. Upon the settlement of a hedge, gains and losses associated with the transaction are recorded in OCI and amortized over the underlying term of the hedge transaction. Historically all of the Partnership’s derivative instruments have qualified for hedge accounting.

 

To determine the fair value of derivative instruments, the Partnership uses standard market conventions and techniques such as discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models and termination costs at each balance sheet date. All methods of assessing fair value result in a general approximation of value, and such value may never actually be realized.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

  (l) Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity” (“Statement 150”). Statement 150 affects the accounting for certain financial instruments, which requires companies having consolidated entities with specified termination dates to treat minority owners’ interests in such entities as liabilities in an amount based on the fair value of the entities. Although Statement 150 was originally effective July 1, 2003, the FASB has indefinitely deferred certain provisions related to classification and measurement requirements for mandatorily redeemable financial instruments that become subject to Statement 150 solely as a result of consolidation, including minority interests of entities with specified termination dates. As a result, Statement 150 has no impact on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations for the period ended March 31, 2005.

 

At March 31, 2005, the Partnership held a majority interest in two consolidated entities with specified termination dates of 2017 and 2049. The minority owners’ interests in these entities are to be settled upon termination by distribution or transfer of either cash or specific assets of the underlying entities. The estimated fair value of minority interests in entities with specified termination dates was approximately $5.2 million at March 31, 2005 as compared to their carrying value of $927,075. The Partnership has no other financial instruments that are affected by Statement 150.

 

  (m) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 153, Exchange of Non-monetary Assets - an amendment of APB Opinion No 29 (“Statement 153”). The guidance in APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Non-monetary Transactions, is based on the principle that exchanges of non-monetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. The guidance in that Opinion, however, included certain exceptions to that principle. Statement 153 amends Opinion No. 29 to eliminate the exception for non-monetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A non-monetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. Statement 153 is effective for non-monetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The impact of adopting Statement 153 is not expected to have a material adverse impact on the Partnership’s financial position or results of operations.

 

  (n) Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2004 amounts to conform to classifications adopted in 2005.

 

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March 31, 2005

 

2. Discontinued Operations

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Partnership sold 100% of its interest in two properties for net proceeds of $34.7 million. The combined operating income and gains from these properties and properties classified as held for sale are included in discontinued operations. The revenues from properties included in discontinued operations were $1.1 million and $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The operating income and gains from properties included in discontinued operations are reported net of income taxes as follows:

 

     March 31, 2005

   March 31, 2004

     Operating
Income


   Gain on sale
of properties


   Operating
Income


   Gain on sale
of properties


Operations and gain

   $ 468    11,182    1,775    12

Less: Income taxes

     53    2,188    —      —  
    

  
  
  

Discontinued operations, net

   $ 415    8,994    1,775    12
    

  
  
  

 

3. Investments in Real Estate Partnerships

 

The Partnership accounts for all investments in which it owns 50% or less and does not have a controlling financial interest using the equity method. The Partnership’s combined investment in these partnerships was $180.5 million and $179.7 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Any difference between the carrying amount of these investments and the underlying equity in net assets is amortized to equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships over the expected useful lives of the properties and other intangible assets which range in lives from 10 to 40 years. Net income from these partnerships, which includes all operating results, as well as gains and losses on sales of properties within the joint ventures, is allocated to the Partnership in accordance with the respective partnership agreements. Such allocations of net income are recorded in equity in income of investments in real estate partnerships in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Investments in real estate partnerships are primarily comprised of joint ventures where RCLP invests with three co-investment partners, as further described below. In addition to earning its pro-rata share of net income in each of the partnerships, these co-investment partners pay the Partnership fees for asset management, property management, and acquisition and disposition services. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Partnership received fees from these joint ventures of $3.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

 

The Partnership co-invests with the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund in three joint ventures (collectively “Columbia”) in which it has ownership interests of 20% or 30%. As of March 31, 2005, Columbia owned 17 shopping centers, had total assets of $483.2 million, and net income of $3.5 million. The Partnership’s share of Columbia’s total assets and net income was $108.8 million and $585,666, respectively. As of March 31, 2005, Columbia sold one shopping center to an unrelated party for $19.7 million with a gain of $326,443.

 

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March 31, 2005

 

3. Investments in Real Estate Partnerships (continued)

 

The Partnership co-invests with Macquarie CountryWide Trust of Australia (“MCW”), in two joint ventures (collectively, “MCWR”) in which it has an ownership interest of 25%. As of March 31, 2005, MCWR owned 53 shopping centers, had total assets of $780.7 million, and net income of $4.1 million. RCLP’s share of MCWR’s total assets and net income was $195.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2005, MCWR acquired one shopping center from an unrelated party for a purchase price of $24.4 million. The Partnership contributed $4.5 million for its proportionate share of the purchase price, which was net of loan financing placed on the shopping center by MCWR. In addition, MCWR acquired one property from the Partnership valued at $22.1 million, for which the Partnership received cash of $17.1 million.

 

The Partnership co-invests with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) in a joint venture called (“RegCal”) in which it has an ownership interest of 25%. As of March 31, 2005, RegCal owned four shopping centers, had total assets of $126.6 million, and net income of $725,611. The Partnership’s share of RegCal’s total assets and net income was $31.7 million and $210,567, respectively.

 

On February 14, 2005, RCLP and MCW entered into a contract with CalPERS/First Washington to acquire 101 shopping centers operating in 17 states, located primarily in the Washington D.C./Baltimore metro area as well as northern and southern California (“FW Portfolio”). The contract purchase price is $2.74 billion. The portfolio of shopping centers will be owned in a new joint venture between RCLP and MCW (“MCWR II”) in which the Partnership will have an ownership interest of 35%. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of 2005. The Partnership expects to account for its investment in the venture as an unconsolidated investment in real estate partnerships, which it expects to approximate $385 million.

 

The Partnership has executed a bank commitment to provide the financing for its share of the purchase price discussed further in note 5.

 

Recognition of gains from sales to joint ventures is recorded on only that portion of the sales not attributable to the Partnership’s ownership interest. The gains and operations are not recorded as discontinued operations because of RCLP’s continuing involvement in these shopping centers. Columbia, MCWR and RegCal intend to continue to acquire retail shopping centers, some of which they may acquire directly from the Partnership. For those properties acquired from third parties, the Partnership is required to contribute its pro-rata share of the purchase price to the partnerships.

 

With the exception of Columbia, MCWR, and RegCal, all of which intend to continue expanding their investments in shopping centers, the investments in real estate partnerships represent single asset entities formed for the purpose of developing and owning retail shopping centers.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

3. Investments in Real Estate Partnerships (continued)

 

The Partnership’s investments in real estate partnerships as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     Ownership

  2005

   2004

Macquarie CountryWide-Regency (MCWR)

   25%   $ 68,134    65,134

Macquarie CountryWide Direct (MCWR)

   25%     7,944    8,001

Columbia Regency Retail Partners (Columbia)

   20%     40,240    41,380

Cameron Village LLC (Columbia)

   30%     21,348    21,612

Columbia Regency Partners II (Columbia)

   20%     2,018    3,107

RegCal, LLC (RegCal)

   25%     13,256    13,232

Other investments in real estate partnerships

   50%     27,538    27,211
        

  

Investments in Real Estate Partnerships

       $ 180,478    179,677
        

  

 

Summarized financial information for the unconsolidated investments on a combined basis, is as follows (in thousands):

 

     March 31,
2005


   December 31,
2004


Balance Sheet:

           

Investment in real estate, net

   $ 1,352,587    1,320,871

Acquired lease intangibles, net

     76,966    79,240

Other assets

     43,306    39,506
    

  

Total assets

   $ 1,472,859    1,439,617
    

  

Notes payable

   $ 692,658    665,517

Other liabilities

     28,616    24,471

Partners’ equity

     751,585    749,629
    

  

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 1,472,859    1,439,617
    

  

 

Unconsolidated investments in real estate partnerships had notes payable of $692.7 million as of March 31, 2005 and the Partnership’s proportionate share of these loans was $175.2 million. The Partnership does not guarantee any debt of these partnerships and is responsible for only its pro-rata share based upon its ownership percentage.

 

The revenues and expenses for the unconsolidated investments on a combined basis are summarized as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands):

 

     2005

   2004

Statements of Operations:

           

Total revenues

   $ 40,636    22,463

Total expenses

     31,748    16,007

Gain on sale of real estate

     326    8,211
    

  

Net income

   $ 9,214    14,667
    

  

 

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March 31, 2005

 

4. Acquired Lease Intangibles

 

Acquired lease intangible assets are net of accumulated amortization of $3.5 million and $2.6 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. These assets have a remaining weighted average amortization period of approximately six years. The aggregate amortization expense from acquired leases was $892,174 and $490,820 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Acquired lease intangible liabilities are net of previously accreted minimum rent of $2.1 million and $1.9 million at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively and have a remaining weighted average amortization period of approximately six years.

 

5. Notes Payable and Unsecured Line of Credit

 

The Partnership’s outstanding debt at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 consists of the following (in thousands):

 

     2005

   2004

Notes Payable:

           

Fixed rate mortgage loans

   $ 273,821    275,726

Variable rate mortgage loans

     68,227    68,418

Fixed rate unsecured loans

     948,991    948,946
    

  

Total notes payable

     1,291,039    1,293,090

Unsecured line of credit

     175,000    200,000
    

  

Total

   $ 1,466,039    1,493,090
    

  

 

The Partnership has an unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Line”) with a commitment of $500 million with the right to expand the Line by an additional $150 million subject to additional lender syndication. The Line has a three-year term with a one-year extension option at an interest rate of LIBOR plus .75%. At March 31, 2005, the balance on the Line was $175 million. Contractual interest rates on the Line, which are based on LIBOR plus .75%, were 3.5625% and 3.1875% at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. The spread paid on the Line is dependent upon the Partnership maintaining specific investment-grade ratings. The Partnership is also required to comply, and is in compliance, with certain financial covenants such as Minimum Net Worth, Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value (“GAV”) and Secured Indebtedness to GAV and other covenants customary with this type of unsecured financing. The Line is used primarily to finance the development of real estate, but is also available for general working-capital purposes.

 

On February 15, 2005, the Partnership executed a commitment letter related to the Line which will temporarily modify certain Line covenants related to borrowing capacity and leverage, and will also add a temporary bridge loan for $275 million (“Bridge Commitment”). The temporary modifications will expire and the Bridge Commitment will mature nine months after the closing of the FW Portfolio into MCWR II. The Bridge Commitment combined with existing borrowing capacity under the Line will provide sufficient cash for RCLP’s equity investment into MCWR II. These borrowings will raise the Partnership’s debt to assets leverage ratio above current levels, which could exceed the current allowable Line covenants. The temporary modification to the leverage covenant is intended to keep RCLP from defaulting on the Line during the term that the Bridge Commitment is outstanding. The Partnership intends to pay off the Bridge Commitment within the nine month term through a combination of issuing equity and selling shopping centers under our capital recycling program.

 

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March 31, 2005

 

5. Notes Payable and Unsecured Line of Credit (continued)

 

Mortgage loans are secured by certain real estate properties and may be prepaid, but could be subject to a yield-maintenance premium. Mortgage loans are generally due in monthly installments of interest and principal and mature over various terms through 2017. Variable interest rates on mortgage loans are currently based on LIBOR plus a spread in a range of 125 to 150 basis points. Fixed interest rates on mortgage loans range from 5.01% to 9.50%.

 

The fair value of the Partnership’s notes payable and Line are estimated based on the current rates available to the Partnership for debt of the same remaining maturities. Notes payable with variable interest rates and the Line are considered to be at fair value, since the interest rates on such instruments reprice based on current market conditions. Fixed rate loans assumed in connection with real estate acquisitions are recorded in the accompanying financial statements at fair value.

 

Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Partnership for loans with similar terms and average maturities, the fair value of notes payable and the Line is $1.5 billion.

 

As of March 31, 2005, scheduled principal repayments on notes payable and the Line were as follows (in thousands):

 

Scheduled Payments by Year


   Scheduled
Principal
Payments


   Term Loan
Maturities


   Total
Payments


Current year

   $ 4,042    175,428    179,470

2006

     3,775    20,950    24,725

2007 (includes the Line)

     3,542    237,076    240,618

2008

     3,388    19,535    22,923

2009

     3,458    53,047    56,505

2010

     3,919    177,092    181,011

Beyond 5 Years

     13,271    744,242    757,513

Unamortized debt premiums

     —      3,274    3,274
    

  
  

Total

   $ 35,395    1,430,644    1,466,039
    

  
  

 

6. Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Partnership is exposed to capital market risk, such as changes in interest rates. In order to manage the volatility relating to interest rate risk, the Partnership may enter into interest rate hedging arrangements from time to time. The Partnership does not utilize derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

 

On April 1, 2005, the Partnership entered into three forward-starting interest rate swaps of approximately $65.6 million each with fixed rates of 5.029%, 5.05% and 5.05%. The Partnership designated the $196.8 million swaps as cash flow hedges to fix the rate on $200 million of unsecured notes expected to be issued during July 2005, the proceeds of which will be used to repay $100 million of fixed rate unsecured notes maturing on July 15, 2005, and to reduce the Line.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

6. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued)

 

During 2003, the Partnership entered into two forward-starting interest rate swaps for a total of $144.2 million to fix the rate on a refinancing in April 2004. On March 31, 2004, the Partnership settled the swaps with a payment to the counter-party for $5.7 million. The swaps qualify for hedge accounting under Statement 133, therefore the losses associated with the swaps have been included in OCI and the unamortized balance is amortized as additional interest expense over the ten year term of the hedged loan.

 

7. Regency’s Stockholders’ Equity and Partners’ Capital

 

  (a) Preferred Stock

 

Terms and conditions of the preferred stock outstanding as of March 31, 2005 are summarized as follows:

 

Series


   Shares
Outstanding


   Depositary
Shares


   Par Value

   Distribution
Rate


    Callable
by Company


Series 3

   300,000    3,000,000    $ 75,000,000    7.450 %   04/03/08

Series 4

   500,000    5,000,000      125,000,000    7.250 %   08/31/09
    
  
  

          
     800,000    8,000,000    $ 200,000,000           
    
  
  

          

 

These depositary shares are perpetual preferred stock, are not convertible into common stock of the Company, are redeemable at par upon our election five years after the issuance date, and have a liquidation value of $25 per depositary share. The terms of the Series 3 and Series 4 Preferred Stock do not contain any unconditional obligations that would require us to redeem the securities at any time or for any purpose. The proceeds from these transactions were contributed to the Partnership in exchange for 300,000 shares of Series 3 Preferred Units and 500,000 of Series 4 Preferred Units issued to and held by Regency with terms exactly the same as the Series 3 and Series 4 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.

 

  (b) Common Stock

 

On March 30, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to sell 4,312,500 shares of its common stock to an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), in connection with a forward sale agreement (the “Forward Sale Agreement”). The Forward Sale Agreement, which closed on April 5, 2005, is expected to settle on or before August 1, 2005 at which time the Company will deliver the shares and receive approximately $210 million in proceeds from Citigroup’s sale of shares. The net proceeds are intended to be used to repay a portion of the balance of the $275 million Bridge Commitment discussed in note 5.

 

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March 31, 2005

 

7. Regency’s Stockholders’ Equity and Partners’ Capital (continued)

 

  (c) Preferred Units

 

Terms and conditions of the Preferred Units outstanding as of March 31, 2005 are summarized as follows:

 

Series


   Units
Outstanding


   Issue
Price


   Amount
Outstanding


   Distribution
Rate


    Callable by
Partnership


   Exchangeable
by Unit holder


Series D

   500,000    $ 100.00    $ 50,000,000    7.450 %   09/29/09    01/01/14

Series E

   300,000    $ 100.00      30,000,000    8.750 %   05/25/05    05/25/10

Series F

   240,000    $ 100.00      24,000,000    8.750 %   09/08/05    09/08/10
    
         

               
     1,040,000           $ 104,000,000                
    
         

               

 

The Preferred Units, which may be called by RCLP at par after certain dates, have no stated maturity or mandatory redemption, and pay a cumulative, quarterly dividend at fixed rates. The Preferred Units may be exchanged by the holder for Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) at an exchange rate of one share for one unit. The Preferred Units and the related Preferred Stock are not convertible into common stock of the Company. At March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the face value of total Preferred Units issued was $104 million with an average fixed distribution rate of 8.13%.

 

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Regency Centers, L.P.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

8. Earnings per Unit

 

The following summarizes the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per unit for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively (in thousands except per unit data):

 

     2005

   2004

Numerator:

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 31,914    26,496

Discontinued operations

     9,409    1,787
    

  

Net income

     41,323    28,283

Less: Preferred unit distributions and original issuance costs

     5,774    6,478

Less: Common dividends paid on the Company’s unvested restricted stock outstanding

     411    431
    

  

Net income from common unit holders - basic

     35,138    21,374

Add: Common dividends paid on the Company’s stock unvested restricted stock using the Treasury method

     85    99
    

  

Net income for common unit holders - diluted

   $ 35,223    21,473
    

  

Denominator:

           

Weighted average common units outstanding for basic EPU

     63,758    60,702

Incremental units to be issued under unvested the Company’s restricted stock using the Treasury method

     154    185

Incremental units to be issued under common the Company’s stock options using the Treasury method

     80    347
    

  

Weighted average common units outstanding for diluted EPU

     63,992    61,234
    

  

Income per common unit – basic

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.40    0.33

Discontinued operations

     0.15    0.03
    

  

Net income for common unit holders per unit

   $ 0.55    0.36
    

  

Income per common unit – diluted

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 0.40    0.32

Discontinued operations

     0.15    0.03
    

  

Net income for common unit holders per unit

   $ 0.55    0.35
    

  

 

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Regency Centers, L.P.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2005

 

9. Contingencies

 

The Partnership is involved in litigation on a number of matters and is subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business, none of which, in the opinion of management, is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Partnership’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. The Partnership is also subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations and is primarily concerned with dry cleaning plants that currently operate or have operated at its shopping centers. The Partnership believes that the tenants who currently operate plants do so in accordance with current laws and regulations, and that the ultimate disposition of currently known environmental matters will not have a material effect on its financial position. However, the Partnership has no assurance that existing environmental studies with respect to its shopping centers have revealed all potential environmental liabilities; that any previous owner, occupant or tenant did not create a material unknown environmental condition; that the current environmental condition of its properties will not be impacted by current occupants, nearby properties, or unrelated third parties; or that changes in or interpretations of environmental laws and regulations will not result in additional environmental liability.

 

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

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

In addition to historical information, the following information contains forward-looking statements as defined under federal securities laws. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which Regency Centers Corporation (“Regency” or the “Company”) operates, and management’s beliefs and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in national and local economic conditions; financial difficulties of merchants and retailers; competitive market conditions, including pricing of acquisitions and sales of properties and out-parcels; changes in expected leasing activity and market rents; timing of acquisitions, development starts and sales of properties and out-parcels; weather; the ability to obtain governmental approvals; and meeting development schedules. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto of Regency Centers, L.P. (“RCLP” or “Partnership”) appearing elsewhere within.

 

Overview and Operating Philosophy

 

Regency is a qualified real estate investment trust (“REIT”), which began operations in 1993. Our primary operating and investment goal is long-term growth in earnings per share and total shareholder return, which we hope to achieve by focusing on a strategy of owning, operating and developing neighborhood and community shopping centers that are anchored by market-leading supermarkets and retailers located in areas with attractive demographics. Regency owns and operates its shopping centers through our operating partnership, Regency Centers, L.P. (“RCLP”), in which we currently own approximately 98% of the operating partnership units. Regency’s operating, investing and financing activities are generally performed by RCLP, its wholly owned subsidiaries and its joint ventures with third parties.

 

Currently, our real estate investment portfolio before depreciation totals $4.6 billion with 288 shopping centers in 23 states, including approximately $1.4 billion in real estate assets composed of 79 shopping centers owned by unconsolidated joint ventures in 17 states. [Portfolio information is presented (a) on a combined basis, including unconsolidated joint ventures (“Combined Basis”), (b) on a basis that excludes the unconsolidated joint ventures (“Consolidated Properties”) and (c) on a basis that includes only the unconsolidated joint ventures (“Unconsolidated Properties”).] We believe that providing our shopping center portfolio information under these methods provides a more complete understanding of the properties that we own, including those that we partially own and for which we provide property and asset management services. At March 31, 2005, our gross leasable area (“GLA”) on a Combined Basis totaled 33.6 million square feet and was 93.0% leased. The GLA for the Consolidated Properties totaled 24.2 million square feet and was 92.0% leased. The GLA for the Unconsolidated Properties totaled 9.4 million square feet and was 95.7% leased.

 

We earn revenues and generate operating cash flow by leasing space to grocers and retail side-shop tenants in our shopping centers. We experience growth in revenues by increasing occupancy and rental rates at currently owned shopping centers, and by acquiring and developing new shopping centers. A neighborhood center is a convenient, cost-effective distribution platform for food retailers. Grocery-anchored centers generate substantial daily traffic and offer sustainable competitive advantages to their tenants. This high traffic generates increased sales, thereby driving higher occupancy, rental rates and rental-rate growth for Regency, which we expect to sustain our growth in earnings per share and increase the value of our portfolio over the long term.

 

We seek a range of strong national, regional and local specialty tenants, for the same reason that we choose to anchor our centers with leading grocers. We have created a formal partnering process — the Premier Customer Initiative (“PCI”) — to promote mutually beneficial relationships with our non-grocer specialty retailers. The objective of PCI is for Regency to build a base of specialty tenants who represent

 

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the “best-in-class” operators in their respective merchandising categories. Such tenants reinforce the consumer appeal and other strengths of a center’s grocery anchor, help to stabilize a center’s occupancy, reduce re-leasing downtime, reduce tenant turnover and yield higher sustainable rents.

 

We grow our shopping center portfolio through acquisitions and new shopping center development, where we acquire the land and construct the building. Development is customer driven, meaning we generally have an executed lease from the anchor before we start construction. Developments serve the growth needs of our market-leading grocers and anchors, and our specialty retail customers, resulting in modern shopping centers with long-term leases from the grocery anchors and produce attractive returns on our invested capital. This development process can require up to 36 months from initial land or redevelopment acquisition through construction, lease-up and stabilization of rental income, depending upon the size of the project. Generally, anchor tenants begin operating their stores prior to the completion of construction of the entire center, resulting in rental income during the development phase.

 

We intend to maintain a conservative capital structure to fund our growth programs without compromising our investment-grade ratings. Our approach is founded on our self-funding business model. This model utilizes center “recycling” as a key component. Our recycling strategy calls for us to re-deploy the proceeds from the sales of properties into new, higher-quality developments that we expect to generate sustainable revenue growth and more attractive returns. Our commitment to maintaining a high-quality shopping center portfolio dictates that we continually assess the value of all of our properties and sell those that no longer meet our long-term investment criteria.

 

Joint venturing of shopping centers also provides us with a capital source for new development, as well as the opportunity to earn fees for asset and property management services. As asset manager, we are engaged by our partners to apply similar operating, investment, and capital strategies to the portfolios owned by the joint ventures. Joint ventures grow their shopping center investments through acquisitions from third parties or direct purchases from Regency. Although selling properties to joint ventures reduces our ownership interest, we continue to share in the risks and rewards of centers that meet our long-term investment strategy. Regency is not subject to liability and has no obligations or guarantees of the joint ventures beyond its ownership percentage.

 

We have identified certain significant risks and challenges affecting our industry, and we are addressing them accordingly. An economic downturn could result in declines in occupancy levels at our shopping centers, which would reduce our rental revenues; however, we believe that our investment focus on grocery anchored shopping centers that provide daily necessities will minimize the impact of a downturn in the economy. Increased competition from super-centers such as Wal-Mart could result in grocery-anchor closings or consolidations in the grocery store industry. We closely monitor the operating performance and tenants’ sales in our shopping centers that operate near super-centers as well as those tenants operating retail formats that are incurring significant changes in competition or business practice such as the video rental format. A slowdown in our shopping center development program could reduce operating revenues and gains from sales. We believe that developing shopping centers in markets with strong demographics with leading grocery stores will enable us to continue to maintain our development program at historical averages.

 

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Shopping Center Portfolio

 

The following tables summarize general operating statistics related to our shopping center portfolio, which we use to evaluate and monitor our performance. The portfolio information below is presented (a) on a Combined Basis, (b) for Consolidated Properties and (c) for Unconsolidated Properties:

 

    

March 31,

2005


 

December 31,

2004


Number of Properties (a)

   288   291

Number of Properties (b)

   209   213

Number of Properties (c)

   79   78

Properties in Development (a)

   29   34

Properties in Development (b)

   25   32

Properties in Development (c)

   4   2

Gross Leaseable Area (a)

   33,634,563   33,815,970

Gross Leaseable Area (b)

   24,220,864   24,532,952

Gross Leaseable Area (c)

   9,413,699   9,283,018

Percent Leased (a)

   93.0%   92.7%

Percent Leased (b)

   92.0%   91.2%

Percent Leased (c)

   95.7%   96.7%

 

The Partnership seeks to reduce its operating and leasing risks through diversification which it achieves by geographically diversifying its shopping centers; avoiding dependence on any single property, market, or tenant, and owning a portion of its shopping centers through joint ventures.

 

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The following table is a list of the shopping centers summarized by state and in order of largest holdings presented on a Combined Basis:

 

     March 31, 2005

    December 31, 2004

 

Location


   #
Properties


   GLA

   % of Total
GLA


    %
Leased


    #
Properties


   GLA

   % of Total
GLA


    %
Leased


 

California

   50    6,461,701    19.2 %   92.0 %   51    6,527,802    19.3 %   91.9 %

Florida

   49    5,865,451    17.4 %   94.9 %   50    5,970,898    17.7 %   94.9 %

Texas

   32    3,949,235    11.7 %   89.8 %   32    3,968,940    11.7 %   89.3 %

Georgia

   36    3,406,392    10.1 %   95.0 %   36    3,383,495    10.0 %   97.4 %

North Carolina

   13    1,896,368    5.6 %   92.5 %   13    1,890,444    5.6 %   94.2 %

Ohio

   14    1,876,129    5.6 %   86.9 %   14    1,876,013    5.5 %   87.7 %

Colorado

   15    1,639,056    4.9 %   97.2 %   15    1,639,055    4.8 %   98.0 %

Virginia

   12    1,473,949    4.4 %   92.8 %   12    1,488,324    4.4 %   91.1 %

Illinois

   9    1,221,223    3.6 %   97.9 %   9    1,191,424    3.5 %   98.0 %

Washington

   10    1,058,880    3.1 %   98.3 %   11    1,098,752    3.2 %   97.6 %

Oregon

   8    838,056    2.5 %   96.0 %   8    838,056    2.5 %   95.5 %

Tennessee

   7    700,534    2.1 %   95.2 %   7    697,034    2.1 %   70.4 %

Arizona

   5    588,486    1.7 %   92.9 %   5    588,486    1.7 %   93.1 %

South Carolina

   8    522,027    1.6 %   95.5 %   8    522,109    1.5 %   95.7 %

Michigan

   4    368,348    1.1 %   93.4 %   4    368,348    1.1 %   93.4 %

Maryland

   2    326,376    1.0 %   93.9 %   2    326,638    1.0 %   93.9 %

Alabama

   4    324,044    1.0 %   85.9 %   4    324,044    1.0 %   86.7 %

Kentucky

   2    302,670    0.9 %   97.5 %   2    302,670    0.9 %   97.5 %

Delaware

   2    240,418    0.7 %   99.9 %   2    240,418    0.7 %   99.9 %

Pennsylvania

   2    225,697    0.7 %   100.0 %   2    225,697    0.7 %   100.0 %

New Hampshire

   2    140,488    0.4 %   49.3 %   2    138,488    0.4 %   50.0 %

Nevada

   1    118,488    0.4 %   58.7 %   1    118,495    0.4 %   45.5 %

Indiana

   1    90,547    0.3 %   69.3 %   1    90,340    0.3 %   69.2 %
    
  
  

 

 
  
  

 

Total

   288    33,634,563    100.0 %   93.0 %   291    33,815,970    100.0 %   92.7 %
    
  
  

 

 
  
  

 

 

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The following table is a list of the shopping centers summarized by state and in order of largest holdings presented for Consolidated Properties:

 

     March 31, 2005

    December 31, 2004

 

Location


   #
Properties


   GLA

   % of Total
GLA


    %
Leased


    #
Properties


   GLA

   % of Total
GLA


    %
Leased


 

California

   42    5,338,149    22.0 %   90.5 %   44    5,479,470    22.3 %   90.5 %

Florida

   37    4,578,852    18.9 %   94.7 %   38    4,684,299    19.1 %   94.6 %

Texas

   29    3,632,633    15.0 %   89.5 %   29    3,652,338    14.9 %   88.8 %

Ohio

   13    1,767,226    7.3 %   86.2 %   13    1,767,110    7.2 %   87.1 %

Georgia

   17    1,659,194    6.9 %   95.9 %   17    1,656,297    6.8 %   96.1 %

Colorado

   11    1,093,404    4.5 %   96.7 %   11    1,093,403    4.4 %   97.6 %

North Carolina

   9    970,508    4.0 %   96.1 %   9    970,508    3.9 %   97.5 %

Virginia

   8    911,116    3.8 %   88.7 %   8    925,491    3.8 %   86.4 %

Washington

   8    707,568    2.9 %   98.7 %   9    747,440    3.0 %   97.3 %

Tennessee

   6    636,534    2.6 %   94.7 %   6    633,034    2.6 %   67.4 %

Oregon

   6    574,458    2.4 %   96.7 %   6    574,458    2.3 %   96.1 %

Arizona

   4    480,839    2.0 %   91.3 %   4    480,839    2.0 %   91.6 %

Illinois

   3    415,011    1.7 %   96.9 %   3    415,011    1.7 %   97.4 %

Michigan

   4    368,348    1.5 %   93.4 %   4    368,348    1.5 %   93.4 %

Delaware

   2    240,418    1.0 %   99.9 %   2    240,418    1.0 %   99.9 %

Pennsylvania

   2    225,697    0.9 %   100.0 %   2    225,697    0.9 %   100.0 %

South Carolina

   2    140,900    0.6 %   85.0 %   2    140,982    0.6 %   85.7 %

New Hampshire

   2    140,488    0.6 %   49.3 %   2    138,488    0.6 %   50.0 %

Alabama

   2    130,486    0.5 %   94.4 %   2    130,486    0.5 %   97.3 %

Nevada

   1    118,488    0.5 %   58.7 %   1    118,495    0.5 %   45.5 %

Indiana

   1    90,547    0.4 %   69.3 %   1    90,340    0.4 %   69.2 %
    
  
  

 

 
  
  

 

Total

   209    24,220,864    100.0 %   92.0 %   213    24,532,952    100.0 %   91.2 %
    
  
  

 

 
  
  

 

 

The following table is a list of the shopping centers summarized by state and in order of largest holdings presented for Unconsolidated Properties owned in joint ventures:

 

     March 31, 2005

    December 31, 2004

 

Location


   #
Properties


   GLA

   % of Total
GLA


    %
Leased


    #
Properties


   GLA

   % of Total
GLA


    %
Leased


 

Georgia

   19    1,747,198    18.6 %   94.3 %   19    1,727,198    18.6 %   98.6 %

Florida

   12    1,286,599    13.7 %   95.8 %   12    1,286,599    13.8 %   96.1 %

California

   8    1,123,552    11.9 %   98.9 %   7    1,048,332    11.3 %   99.1 %

North Carolina

   4    925,860    9.8 %   88.7 %   4    919,936    9.9 %   90.7 %

Illinois

   6    806,212    8.6 %   98.4 %   6    776,413    8.4 %   98.3 %

Virginia

   4    562,833    6.0 %   99.4 %   4    562,833    6.1 %   98.9 %

Colorado

   4    545,652    5.8 %   98.3 %   4    545,652    5.9 %   98.7 %

South Carolina

   6    381,127    4.0 %   99.3 %   6    381,127    4.1 %   99.3 %

Washington

   2    351,312    3.7 %   97.7 %   2    351,312    3.8 %   98.1 %

Maryland

   2    326,376    3.5 %   93.9 %   2    326,638    3.5 %   93.9 %

Texas

   3    316,602    3.4 %   94.0 %   3    316,602    3.4 %   94.6 %

Kentucky

   2    302,670    3.2 %   97.5 %   2    302,670    3.3 %   97.5 %

Oregon

   2    263,598    2.8 %   94.3 %   2    263,598    2.8 %   94.3 %

Alabama

   2    193,558    2.1 %   80.2 %   2    193,558    2.1 %   79.6 %

Ohio

   1    108,903    1.2 %   97.6 %   1    108,903    1.2 %   96.1 %

Arizona

   1    107,647    1.1 %   100.0 %   1    107,647    1.1 %   100.0 %

Tennessee

   1    64,000    0.7 %   100.0 %   1    64,000    0.7 %   100.0 %
    
  
  

 

 
  
  

 

Total

   79    9,413,699    100.0 %   95.7 %   78    9,283,018    100.0 %   96.7 %
    
  
  

 

 
  
  

 

 

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The following summarizes the four largest grocery tenants occupying our shopping centers at March 31, 2005:

 

Grocery Anchor


   Number of
Stores (a)


   Percentage of
Partnership-
owned GLA (b)


   

Percentage of
Annualized

Base Rent (c)


 

Kroger

   69    10.8 %   7.9 %

Publix

   61    8.5 %   4.9 %

Safeway

   54    6.5 %   4.0 %

Albertsons

   27    3.1 %   2.4 %

(a) For the Combined Properties including stores owned by grocery anchors that are attached to our centers.
(b) For the Combined Properties.
(c) Annualized base rent includes the Consolidated Properties plus the Partnership’s pro-rata share of the Unconsolidated Properties which reflects our effective risk related to those tenants.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

General

 

We expect that cash generated from revenues, including gains from the sale of real estate, will provide the necessary funds on a short-term basis to pay our operating expenses, interest expense, scheduled principal payments on outstanding indebtedness, recurring capital expenditures necessary to maintain our shopping centers properly, and distributions to stock and unit holders. Net cash provided by operating activities was $20.0 million and $33.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, our gains from the sale of real estate were $17.7 million and $4.0 million, we incurred capital expenditures of $2.5 million and $1.4 million to maintain our shopping centers, paid scheduled principal payments of $1.5 million and $1.5 million to our lenders, and paid dividends and distributions of $41.2 million and $38.9 million to our share and unit holders, respectively.

 

Although base rent is supported by long-term lease contracts, tenants who file bankruptcy are able to cancel their leases and close the related stores. In the event that a tenant with a significant number of leases in our shopping centers files bankruptcy and cancels its leases, we could experience a significant reduction in our revenues. On February 21, 2005, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. We currently lease six stores to Winn-Dixie, three of which are owned directly by us and three are owned in joint ventures. Our annualized base rent from Winn-Dixie including our share of the joint ventures is $1.4 million or less than one-half of 1% of our annual base rents. Winn-Dixie currently owes the Partnership $131,426 in pre-petition rent related to common area expense reimbursements, and is current on all rent post-petition. Winn-Dixie continues to review their portfolio of stores, and has given us notice of rejection on one store owned in a joint venture. It is possible that Winn-Dixie may reject additional stores owned by us. We are not aware at this time of the current or pending bankruptcy of any of our other tenants that would cause a significant reduction in our revenues, and no tenant represents more than 8% of our annual base rental revenues.

 

We expect to meet long-term capital requirements for redeemable preferred units, maturing debt, the acquisition of real estate, investments in joint ventures, and the renovation or development of shopping centers from: (i) residual cash generated from operating activities after the payments described above, (ii) proceeds from the sale of real estate, (iii) joint venturing of real estate, (iv) refinancing of debt, and (v) equity raised in the private or public markets. Regency currently has $198.6 million available for equity securities under our shelf registration and RCLP has $180 million available for debt under its shelf registration.

 

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discretionary in nature, they are not expected to burden the capital resources we have currently available for liquidity requirements. Capital necessary to complete developments-in-process are funded from our line of credit. We expect that cash provided by operating activities, unused amounts available under our line of credit and cash reserves are adequate to meet short-term and committed long-term liquidity requirements.

 

Shopping Center Developments, Acquisitions and Sales

 

On a Combined Basis, we had 29 projects under construction or undergoing major renovations at March 31, 2005, which, when completed, will represent an investment of $665.4 million before the estimated reimbursement of certain tenant-related costs and projected sales proceeds from adjacent land and out-parcels of $113.3 million. Costs necessary to complete these developments are estimated to be $292.5 million. These costs are usually already committed as part of existing construction contracts, and will be expended through 2008. These developments are approximately 56% complete and 75% pre-leased. The costs necessary to complete these developments will be funded from the Partnership’s unsecured line of credit, which had $325 millon of available funding at March 31, 2005.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Partnership sold 100% of its interest in two properties for net proceeds of $34.7 million. The combined operating income and gains from these properties and properties classified as held for sale are included in discontinued operations. The revenues from properties included in discontinued operations were $1.1 million and $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Partnerships

 

At March 31, 2005, we had investments in real estate partnerships of $180.5 million. The following is a summary of unconsolidated combined assets and liabilities of these partnerships, and our pro-rata share at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 (in thousands):

 

     2005

   2004

Number of Joint Ventures

     11      11

RCLP’s Ownership

     20%-50%      20%-50%

Number of Properties

     79      78

Combined Assets

   $ 1,472,859    $ 1,439,617

Combined Liabilities

     721,274      689,988

Combined Equity

     751,585      749,629

RCLP’s Share of:

             

Assets

   $ 384,867    $ 374,430

Liabilities

     188,473      179,459

 

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We account for all investments in which we own 50% or less and do not have a controlling financial interest using the equity method. Investments in real estate partnerships are primarily composed of joint ventures where we invest with three co-investment partners, as further described below. In addition to earning our pro-rata share of net income in each of these partnerships, these co-investment partners pay us fees for asset management, property management, and acquisition and disposition services. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, we received fees from these joint ventures of $3.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively. Our investments in real estate partnerships as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     Ownership

   2005

   2004

Macquarie CountryWide-Regency (MCWR)

   25%    $ 68,134    65,134

Macquarie CountryWide Direct (MCWR)

   25%      7,944    8,001

Columbia Regency Retail Partners (Columbia)

   20%      40,240    41,380

Cameron Village LLC (Columbia)

   30%      21,348    21,612

Columbia Regency Partners II (Columbia)

   20%      2,018    3,107

RegCal, LLC (RegCal)

   25%      13,256    13,232

Other investments in real estate partnerships

   50%      27,538    27,211
         

  

Total

        $ 180,478    179,677
         

  

 

We co-invest with the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund in three joint ventures (collectively “Columbia”), in which we have ownership interests of 20% or 30%. As of March 31, 2005, Columbia owned 17 shopping centers, had total assets of $483.2 million, and net income of $ 3.5 million. Our share of Columbia’s total assets and net income was $108.8 million and $585,666, respectively. Columbia sold one shopping centers during the three months ended March 31, 2005 for $19.7 million to an unrelated party with a gain of $326,443.

 

We co-invest with Macquarie CountryWide Trust of Australia (“MCW”) in two joint ventures (collectively, “MCWR”) in which we have an ownership interest of 25%. As of March 31, 2005, MCWR owned 53 shopping centers, had total assets of $780.7 million, and net income of $4.1 million. Our share of MCWR’s total assets and net income was $195.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, MCWR acquired one shopping center from an unrelated party for a purchase price of $24.4 million. We contributed $4.5 million for our proportionate share of the purchase price, which was net of loan financing placed on the shopping center by MCWR. In addition, MCWR acquired one shopping center from us valued at $22.1 million, for which we received cash of $17.1 million.

 

We co-invest with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) in a joint venture called (“RegCal”) in which we have a 25% ownership interest. As of March 31, 2005, RegCal owned four shopping centers, had total assets of $126.6 million, and had net income of $725,611. Our share of RegCal’s total assets and net income was $31.7 million and $210,567, respectively.

 

On February 14, 2005, we entered into a contract with CalPERS/First Washington to acquire 101 shopping centers operating in 17 states, but primarily in the Washington D.C./Baltimore metro area, as well as, northern and southern California (“FW Portfolio”). The contract purchase price is $2.74 billion. The portfolio of shopping centers will be owned in a new joint venture between RCLP and MCW (“MCWR II”) in which we will have an ownership interest of 35%. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of 2005. Upon closing of the acquisition into the joint venture, MCWR II will pay us an acquisition fee and a due diligence fee based upon 1% and .125% of the net purchase price, respectively. We are currently in process of arranging long term financing for the joint venture, and upon loan closing, we will also be paid a debt placement fee equal to .50% of the debt amount arranged. We will only recognize fee income on that portion of the joint venture not owned by us. Approximately 52.5% of the acquisition fee will be subject to achieving certain targeted income levels in 2006 and 2007; and therefore, that portion of the acquisition fee will be deferred and only recognized in 2006 and 2007 if earned. We will also earn recurring fees for asset and property management on a quarterly and monthly basis, respectively. To assist in the transition of the portfolio to us, the seller, First Washington, has

 

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agreed to provide property management services for up to 2 years on approximately 50% of the portfolio which will result in lower property management fee income to us during the transition period. We expect to account for our equity investment in the venture as an unconsolidated investment in real estate partnerships, which we expect to approximate $385 million. We have executed a bank commitment to provide the financing for our share of the purchase price further discussed below as a part of Notes Payable.

 

Recognition of gains from sales to joint ventures is recorded on only that portion of the sales not attributable to our ownership interest. The gains and operations are not recorded as discontinued operations because of our continuing involvement in these shopping centers. Columbia, MCWR and RegCal intend to continue to acquire retail shopping centers, some of which they may acquire directly from us. For those properties acquired from unrelated parties, we are required to contribute our pro-rata share of the purchase price to the partnerships.

 

Shopping center acquisitions, sales and the net acquisitions or sales activities within our investments in real estate partnerships are included in investing activities in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows. Net cash provided by investing activities was $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and net cash used in investing activities was $14.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004.

 

Notes Payable

 

Outstanding debt at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 consists of the following (in thousands):

 

     2005

   2004

Notes Payable:

           

Fixed rate mortgage loans

   $ 273,821    275,726

Variable rate mortgage loans

     68,227    68,418

Fixed rate unsecured loans

     948,991    948,946
    

  

Total notes payable

     1,291,039    1,293,090

Unsecured line of credit

     175,000    200,000
    

  

Total

   $ 1,466,039    1,493,090
    

  

 

Mortgage loans are secured and may be prepaid, but could be subject to yield maintenance premiums. Mortgage loans are generally due in monthly installments of interest and principal, and mature over various terms through 2017. Variable interest rates on mortgage loans are currently based on LIBOR, plus a spread in a range of 125 to 150 basis points. Fixed interest rates on mortgage loans range from 5.01% to 9.50% and average 7.03%.

 

We have an unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Line”) with a commitment of $500 million, and we have the right to expand the Line by an additional $150 million subject to additional lender syndication. The balance of the Line on March 31, 2005 was $175 million. Contractual interest rates on the Line, which are based on LIBOR plus .75%, were 3.5625% at March 31, 2005 and 3.1875% at December 31, 2004. The spread that we pay on the Line is dependent upon maintaining specific investment-grade ratings. We are also required to comply, and are in compliance, with certain financial covenants such as Minimum Net Worth, Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value (“GAV”), Secured Indebtedness to GAV and other covenants customary with this type of unsecured financing. The Line is used primarily to finance the development and acquisition of real estate, but is also available for general working-capital purposes.

 

On February 15, 2005, we executed a commitment letter related to the Line which will temporarily modify certain Line covenants related to our borrowing capacity and leverage, and will also add a temporary bridge loan for $275 million (“Bridge Commitment”). The temporary modifications will expire and the Bridge Commitment will mature nine months after the closing of the FW Portfolio into MCWR II. The Bridge Commitment combined with existing borrowing capacity under the Line will provide sufficient cash for our equity investment into MCWR II. These borrowings will raise our debt to assets leverage ratio above current levels, which could exceed the current allowable Line covenant leverage ratio of 55%.

 

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The temporary modification to the leverage covenant is intended to keep us from defaulting on the Line during the term that the Bridge Commitment is outstanding. We intend to pay-off the Bridge Commitment within the nine month term through a combination of issuing equity and selling shopping centers under our capital recycling program.

 

As of March 31, 2005, scheduled principal repayments on notes payable and the Line were as follows (in thousands):

 

Scheduled Payments by Year


   Scheduled
Principal
Payments


   Term Loan
Maturities


   Total
Payments


Current year

   $ 4,042    175,428    179,470

2006

     3,775    20,950    24,725

2007 (includes the Line)

     3,542    237,076    240,618

2008

     3,388    19,535    22,923

2009

     3,458    53,047    56,505

2010

     3,919    177,092    181,011

Beyond 5 Years

     13,271    744,242    757,513

Unamortized debt premiums

     —      3,274    3,274
    

  
  

Total

   $ 35,395    1,430,644    1,466,039
    

  
  

 

Our investments in real estate partnerships had unconsolidated notes and mortgage loans payable of $692.7 million at March 31, 2005, which mature through 2028. Our proportionate share of these loans was $175.2 million, of which 85.1% had average fixed interest rates of 5.1% and 14.9% had variable interest rates based upon a spread above LIBOR of 1.0% to 1.4%. The loans are primarily non-recourse, but for those that are guaranteed by a joint venture, our guarantee does not extend beyond our ownership percentage of the joint venture.

 

We are exposed to capital market risk such as changes in interest rates. In order to manage the volatility related to interest-rate risk, we originate new debt with fixed interest rates, or we consider entering into interest-rate hedging arrangements. We do not utilize derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. We account for derivative instruments under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” as amended (“Statement 133”). At March 31, 2005, 83% of our total debt had fixed interest rates, compared with 82% at December 31, 2004. We intend to limit the percentage of variable interest-rate debt to be no more than 30% of total debt, which we believe to be an acceptable risk. Based upon the variable interest-rate debt outstanding at March 31, 2005, if variable interest rates were to increase by 1%, our annual interest expense would increase by $2.4 million.

 

On April 1, 2005, we entered into three forward-starting interest rate swaps of approximately $65.6 million each with fixed rates of 5.029%, 5.05% and 5.05%. We designated the $196.8 million swaps as cash flow hedges to fix the rate on $200 million of unsecured notes expected to be issued during July 2005, the proceeds of which will be used to repay $100 million of fixed rate unsecured notes maturing on July 15, 2005 and reduce the Line.

 

Equity Capital Transactions

 

From time to time, we issue equity in the form of exchangeable operating partnership units or preferred units of RCLP, or in the form of common or preferred stock of Regency Centers Corporation. As previously discussed, these sources of long-term equity financing allow us to fund our growth while maintaining a conservative capital structure. The following describes our equity capital transactions as of March 31, 2005.

 

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Preferred Units

 

We have issued Preferred Units in various amounts since 1998, the net proceeds of which we used to reduce the balance of the Line. We issued Preferred Units primarily to institutional investors in private placements. The Preferred Units, which may be called by us in 2005 and 2009, have no stated maturity or mandatory redemption, and they pay a cumulative, quarterly dividend at fixed rates ranging from 7.45% to 8.75%. Generally, the Preferred Units may be exchanged by the holders for Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock at an exchange rate of one share for one unit after ten years from the date of issue or as modified and agreed to by us. The Preferred Units and the related Preferred Stock are not convertible into Regency common stock. At March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the face value of total Preferred Units issued was $104 million, with an average fixed distribution rate of 8.13%. Included in Preferred Units are original issuance costs of $2.2 million that will be expensed as the underlying Preferred Units are redeemed in the future. We expect to redeem $54 million of Preferred Units during 2005 and expense their related issuance costs of $1.4 million. The redemption price will be funded from either issuing a new series of preferred stock or from drawing on the Line.

 

Preferred Stock

 

We currently have outstanding two series of Preferred stock. The Series 3 stock was issued in 2003 and represents 3 million depositary shares or 300,000 shares of 7.45% Series 3 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The Series 4 stock was issued in 2004 and represents 5 million depositary shares or 500,000 shares of 7.25% Series 4 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. These depositary shares are perpetual preferred stock, are not convertible into common stock of the Company, are redeemable at par upon our election five years after the issuance date, and have a liquidation value of $25 per depositary share. The terms of the Series 3 and Series 4 Preferred Stock do not contain any unconditional obligations that would require us to redeem the securities at any time or for any purpose.

 

Common Stock

 

On March 30, 2005, we entered into an agreement to sell 4,312,500 shares of our common stock to an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), in connection with a forward sale agreement (the “Forward Sale Agreement”). The Forward Sale Agreement, which closed on April 5, 2005, is expected to settle on or before August 1, 2005 at which time we will deliver the shares and receive approximately $210 million in proceeds from Citigroup’s sale of shares. The net proceeds are intended to be used to repay a portion of the balance of the $275 million Bridge Commitment discussed above under Notes Payable.

 

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“Statement 123(R)”), which is a revision of Statement 123. Statement 123(R) supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“Opinion 25”). Statement 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the statement of operations based on their fair values. Statement 123(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005; however, early adoption is permitted. The Partnership adopted Statement 123(R) effective on January 1, 2005. In accordance with Statement 123(R), the Partnership has applied the “modified prospective” method in which compensation cost is recognized beginning with the effective date (a) based on the requirements of Statement 123(R) for all share-based payments granted after the effective date and (b) based on the requirements of Statement 123 for all awards granted to employees prior to the effective date of Statement 123(R) that remain unvested on the effective date. For further understanding of our adoption of Statement 123(R) and its impact on our financial statements, see Footnote 1(h) in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

In summary, net cash used in financing activities was $65.3 million and $5.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to the debt and equity activity discussed above and the investing activity also discussed within Liquidity and Capital Resources.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Knowledge about our accounting policies is necessary for a complete understanding of our financial results, and discussion and analysis of these results. The preparation of our financial statements requires that we make certain estimates that impact the balance of assets and liabilities at a financial statement date and the reported amount of income and expenses during a financial reporting period. These accounting estimates are based upon, but not limited to, our judgments about historical results, current economic activity and industry standards. They are considered to be critical because of their significance to the financial statements and the possibility that future events may differ from those judgments, or that the use of different assumptions could result in materially different estimates. We review these estimates on a periodic basis to ensure reasonableness. However, the amounts we may ultimately realize could differ from such estimates.

 

Revenue Recognition and Tenant Receivables – Tenant Receivables represent revenues recognized in our financial statements, and include base rent, percentage rent, and expense recoveries from tenants for common area maintenance costs, insurance and real estate taxes. We analyze tenant receivables, historical bad debt levels, customer credit worthiness and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts. In addition, we analyze the accounts of tenants in bankruptcy, and we estimate the recovery of pre-petition and post-petition claims. Our reported net income is directly affected by our estimate of the collectability of tenant receivables.

 

Capitalization of Costs - We have an investment services group with an established infrastructure that supports the due diligence, land acquisition, construction, leasing and accounting of our development properties. All direct costs related to these activities are capitalized. Included in these costs are interest and real estate taxes incurred during construction, as well as estimates for the portion of internal costs that are incremental and deemed directly or indirectly related to our development activity. If future accounting standards limit the amount of internal costs that may be capitalized, or if our development activity were to decline significantly without a proportionate decrease in internal costs, we could incur a significant increase in our operating expenses.

 

Real Estate Acquisitions - Upon acquisition of operating real estate properties, we estimate the fair value of acquired tangible assets (consisting of land, building and improvements), and identified intangible assets and liabilities (consisting of above- and below-market leases, in-place leases and tenant relationships) and assumed debt in accordance with SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations (“Statement 141”). Based on these estimates, we allocate the purchase price to the applicable assets and liabilities. We utilize methods similar to those used by independent appraisers in estimating the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities. We evaluate the useful lives of amortizable intangible assets each reporting period and account for any changes in estimated useful lives over the revised remaining useful life.

 

Valuation of Real Estate Investments - Our long-lived assets, primarily real estate held for investment, are carried at cost unless circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. We review long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate such an evaluation is warranted. The review involves a number of assumptions and estimates used to determine whether impairment exists. Depending on the asset, we use varying methods such as i) estimating future cash flows, ii) determining resale values by market, or iii) applying a capitalization rate to net operating income using prevailing rates in a given market. These methods of determining fair value can fluctuate significantly as a result of a number of factors, including changes in the general economy of those markets in which we operate, tenant credit quality and demand for new retail stores. If we determine that the carrying amount of a property is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value, we will write down the asset to fair value for “held-and-used” assets and to fair value less costs to sell for “held-for-sale” assets.

 

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certain significant judgments. In evaluating whether a property meets the criteria set forth by SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“Statement 144”), the Partnership makes a determination as to the point in time that it can be reasonably certain that a sale will be consummated. Given the nature of all real estate sales contracts, it is not unusual for such contracts to allow potential buyers a period of time to evaluate the property prior to formal acceptance of the contract. In addition, certain other matters critical to the final sale, such as financing arrangements often remain pending even upon contract acceptance. As a result, properties under contract may not close within the expected time period, or may not close at all. Due to these uncertainties, it is not likely that the Partnership can meet the criteria of Statement 144 prior to the sale formally closing. Therefore, any properties categorized as held for sale represent only those properties that management has determined are likely to close within the requirements set forth in Statement 144. The Partnership also makes judgments regarding the extent of involvement it will have with a property subsequent to its sale, in order to determine if the results of operations and gain on sale should be reflected as discontinued. Consistent with Statement 144, any property sold to an entity in which the Partnership has significant continuing involvement (most often joint ventures) is not considered to be discontinued. In addition, any property which the Partnership sells to an unrelated third party, but retains a property or asset management function, is also not considered discontinued. Therefore, only properties sold, or to be sold, to unrelated third parties that the Partnership, in its judgment, has no continuing involvement are classified as discontinued.

 

Income Tax Status - The prevailing assumption underlying the operation of our business is that we will continue to operate in order to qualify as a REIT, defined under the Internal Revenue Code. We are required to meet certain income and asset tests on a periodic basis to ensure that we continue to qualify as a REIT. As a REIT, we are allowed to reduce taxable income by all or a portion of our distributions to stockholders. We evaluate the transactions that we enter into and determine their impact on our REIT status. Determining our taxable income, calculating distributions, and evaluating transactions requires us to make certain judgments and estimates as to the positions we take in our interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code. Because many types of transactions are susceptible to varying interpretations under federal and state income tax laws and regulations, our positions are subject to change at a later date upon final determination by the taxing authorities.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 153, Exchange of Non-monetary Assets - an amendment of APB Opinion No 29 (“Statement 153”). The guidance in APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Non-monetary Transactions, is based on the principle that exchanges of non-monetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. The guidance in that Opinion, however, included certain exceptions to that principle. Statement 153 amends Opinion No. 29 to eliminate the exception for non-monetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A non-monetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. Statement 153 is effective for non-monetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The impact of adopting Statement 153 is not expected to have a material adverse impact on the Partnership’s financial position or results of operations.

 

Results from Operations

 

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2005 to 2004

 

At March 31, 2005, on a Combined Basis, we were operating or developing 288 shopping centers, as compared to 291 shopping centers at the end of 2004. We identify our shopping centers as either development properties or stabilized properties. Development properties are defined as properties that are in the construction or initial lease-up process and have not reached their initial full occupancy (reaching full occupancy generally means achieving at least 93% leased and rent paying on newly constructed or renovated GLA). At March 31, 2005, on a Combined Basis, we were developing 29 properties, as compared to 34 properties at the end of 2004.

 

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Our revenues increased by $9.2 million, or 10%, to $101.7 million in 2005. This increase was related to changes in occupancy in the portfolio of stabilized and development properties, growth in re-leasing rental rates, operating properties acquired subsequent to March 31, 2004 that had no revenues during the comparable prior year period, revenues from new developments commencing operations subsequent to March 31, 2004, less a reduction in revenues from properties sold not classified as discontinued operations. In addition to collecting minimum rent from our tenants for the GLA that they lease from us, we also collect contingent rent based upon tenant sales, which we refer to as percentage rent. Tenants are also responsible for reimbursing us for their pro-rata share of the expenses associated with operating our shopping centers. In 2005, our minimum rent increased by $5.5 million, or 8%, and our recoveries from tenants increased $2.3 million, or 12%. Percentage rent was $551,539 in 2005, compared with $452,485 million in 2004.

 

Our operating expenses increased by $6.4 million, or 13%, to $55.2 million in 2005 related to increased operating and maintenance costs, general and administrative costs and depreciation expense, as further described below.

 

Our combined operating, maintenance, and real estate taxes increased by $1.2 million, or 5%, for the three months ended March 31, 2005 to $24.1 million. This increase was primarily due to shopping centers acquired during 2004 and new developments that only recently began operating and therefore did not incur operating expenses during the three month period ending on March 31, 2004.

 

Our general and administrative expenses were $8.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared with $5.9 million in 2004, or 47% higher, related to an increase in the total number of employees, higher costs associated with incentive compensation and costs related to implementing new regulations for public companies imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

Our depreciation and amortization expense increased $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 primarily related to new development properties placed in service and operating properties acquired subsequent to March 31, 2004 that had no operations during the comparable prior year period.

 

Our net interest expense was $21.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. Average interest rates on our outstanding debt decreased to 6.41% at March 31, 2005, compared with 6.45% at March 31, 2004. Our weighted average outstanding debt at March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $1.5 billion.

 

We account for profit recognition on sales of real estate in accordance with SFAS Statement No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate.” Profits from sales of real estate will not be recognized by us unless (i) a sale has been consummated; (ii) the buyer’s initial and continuing investment is adequate to demonstrate a commitment to pay for the property; (iii) we have transferred to the buyer the usual risks and rewards of ownership; and (iv) we do not have substantial continuing involvement with the property. Gains from the sale of operating and development properties includes $2.1 million in gains from the sale of six out-parcels for proceeds of $4.2 million and $4.4 million in gains related to the sale of two development properties. For the period ended March 31, 2004, the gains from the sale of operating and development properties included $3.4 million from the sale of seven out-parcels for proceeds of $9.5 million and $629,905 in gains for properties sold. These gains are included in continuing operations rather than discontinued operations because they were either properties that had no operating income, or they were properties sold to joint ventures where we have continuing involvement through our minority investment.

 

Income from discontinued operations was $9.4 million in 2005 related to two properties sold to unrelated parties for net proceeds of $34.7 million and two properties classified as held-for-sale. Income from discontinued operations was $1.8 million in 2004 related to the operations of shopping centers sold or classified as held-for-sale in 2005 as well as 2004. In compliance with the adoption of Statement 144, if we sell an asset in the current year, we are required to reclassify its operating income into discontinued operations for all prior periods. This practice results in a reclassification of amounts previously reported as continuing operations into discontinued operations. Our income from discontinued operations is shown net of income taxes.

 

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Preferred unit distributions were $5.8 million in 2005 which was a net decrease of $703,100 as a result of redemptions and issuance of Series 4 preferred units during 2004.

 

Net income for common unit holders was $35.5 million in 2005, compared with $21.8 million in 2004 or a 63% increase for the reasons described above. Diluted earnings per unit were $0.55 in 2005, compared with $0.35 in 2004, or 57% higher.

 

Environmental Matters

 

We are subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations and we are primarily concerned with dry cleaning plants that currently operate or have operated at our shopping centers in the past. We believe that the tenants who currently operate plants do so in accordance with current laws and regulations. Generally, we use all legal means to cause tenants to remove dry cleaning plants from our shopping centers or convert them to environmentally approved systems. Where available, we have applied and been accepted into state-sponsored environmental programs. We have a blanket environmental insurance policy that covers us against third-party liabilities and remediation costs on shopping centers that currently have no known environmental contamination. We have also placed environmental insurance, where possible, on specific properties with known contamination, in order to mitigate our environmental risk. We believe that the ultimate disposition of currently known environmental matters will not have a material effect on Regency’s financial position, liquidity, or operations; however, we can give no assurance that existing environmental studies with respect to our shopping centers have revealed all potential environmental liabilities; that any previous owner, occupant or tenant did not create any material environmental condition not known to us; that the current environmental condition of the shopping centers will not be affected by tenants and occupants, by the condition of nearby properties, or by unrelated third parties; or that changes in applicable environmental laws and regulations or their interpretation will not result in additional environmental liability to us.

 

Inflation

 

Inflation has remained relatively low and has had a minimal impact on the operating performance of our shopping centers; however, substantially all of our long-term leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation. Such provisions include clauses enabling us to receive percentage rent based on tenants’ gross sales, which generally increase as prices rise; and/or escalation clauses, which generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases. Such escalation clauses are often related to increases in the consumer price index or similar inflation indices. In addition, many of our leases are for terms of less than ten years, which permits us to seek increased rents upon re-rental at market rates. Most of our leases require tenants to pay their share of operating expenses, including common-area maintenance, real estate taxes, insurance and utilities, thereby reducing our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Market Risk

 

We are exposed to interest-rate changes primarily related to the variable interest rate on the Line and the refinancing of long-term debt, which currently contain fixed interest rates. Our interest-rate risk management objective is to limit the impact of interest-rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, we borrow primarily at fixed interest rates and may enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest-rate swaps, caps and treasury locks in order to mitigate our interest-rate risk on a related financial instrument. We have no plans to enter into derivative or interest-rate transactions for speculative purposes.

 

Our interest-rate risk is monitored using a variety of techniques. The table below presents the principal cash flows (in thousands), weighted average interest rates of remaining debt, and the fair value of total debt (in thousands), by year of expected maturity to evaluate the expected cash flows and sensitivity to interest-rate changes.

 

     2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    Thereafter

    Total

   Fair Value

Fixed rate debt

   $ 147,181     24,725     29,680     22,923     56,505     181,011     757,513     1,219,538    1,249,142

Average interest rate for all fixed rate debt

     7.08 %   7.07 %   7.05 %   7.05 %   7.01 %   6.69 %   6.10 %   —       

Variable rate LIBOR debt

   $ 32,289     —       210,938     —       —       —       —       243,227    243,227

Average interest rate for all variable rate debt

     3.04 %   —       3.04 %   —       —       —       —       —       

 

As the table incorporates only those exposures that exist as of March 31, 2005, it does not consider those exposures or positions that could arise after that date. Moreover, because firm commitments are not presented in the table above, the information presented above has limited predictive value. As a result, our ultimate realized gain or loss with respect to interest-rate fluctuations will depend on the exposures that arise during the period, our hedging strategies at that time, and actual interest rates.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Partnership’s management, including the Partnership’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Partnership has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report, and, based on their evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There have been no changes in the Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with this evaluation that occurred during the period covered by this report and that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

We are a party to various legal proceedings, which arise, in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently involved in any litigation nor to our knowledge, is any litigation threatened against us, the outcome of which would, in our judgment based on information currently available to us, have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

 

Item 2. N/A

 

Item 3. None

 

Item 4. None

 

Item 5. None

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

  (a) Exhibits:

 

10.    Material Contracts
     10.1    First Amendment dated as of March 28, 2005 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among Regency Centers, L.P., as Borrower, Regency, each of the Lenders signatory thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Partnership’s Form 8-K filed April 1, 2005)
31.1    Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
31.2    Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
31.3    Rule 13a-14 Certification of Chief Operating Officer.
32.1    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
32.2    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
32.3    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Operating Officer.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Date: May 9, 2005   REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.
    By: Regency Centers Corporation, General Partner
    By:  

/s/ J. Christian Leavitt


        Senior Vice President and
        Principal Accounting Officer

 

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