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LEASES (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
LEASES  
Lessee - Future minimum lease payments and total operating lease liabilities

Future minimum lease payments and total operating lease liabilities from our ground leases as of March 31, 2026 are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Ground Leases

2026

$

9,521

2027

12,695

2028

12,695

2029

12,695

2030

12,695

Thereafter

389,340

Total future minimum lease payments (undiscounted)

449,641

Difference between future undiscounted cash flows and discounted cash flows

(267,646)

Total operating lease liabilities (discounted)

$

181,995

Lessee - Components of operating lease expenses

The components of operating lease expenses were as follows (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31, 

2026

2025

Lease expense:

Contractual lease expense

$

3,458

$

3,363

Variable lease expense (a)

60

50

Total operating lease expense (b)(c)

$

3,518

$

3,413

(a)Variable lease expense includes adjustments such as changes in the consumer price index and payments based on a percentage of a community’s revenue.
(b)Lease expense is reported within the line item Other operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(c)For the three months ended March 31, 2026, Operating lease right-of-use assets and Operating lease liabilities amortized by $1.0 million and $1.0 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, Operating lease right-of-use assets and Operating lease liabilities amortized by $0.9 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Due to the net impact of the amortization, the Company recorded less than $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million of total operating lease expense during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. 
Lessor - Future minimum lease payments

Future minimum lease payments from our retail and commercial leases as of March 31, 2026 are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Retail and Commercial Leases

2026

$

20,814

2027

25,994

2028

23,264

2029

18,772

2030

13,985

Thereafter

85,039

Total future minimum lease payments (a)

$

187,868

(a)We have excluded our apartment home leases from this table as our apartment home leases generally have initial terms of 12 months or less.