Item 1A. Risk Factors
ITEM 1A—Risk Factors.
Except to the extent updated below or to the extent additional factual information disclosed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates to such risk factors (including, without limitation, the matters discussed in Part I, “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”), there were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Our use of joint ventures and participation in a co-investment program may limit our flexibility with jointly owned investments and other assets we may wish to acquire.
In appropriate circumstances, we intend to acquire and recapitalize or develop, as applicable, properties in joint ventures with other persons or entities. We currently have joint ventures that are and are not consolidated within our financial statements. Our participation in joint ventures subjects us to risks, including but not limited to, the following risks that:
• our joint venture partners may have different objectives than we have regarding the appropriate timing and terms of any sale or refinancing of a property, its operation or, if applicable, the commencement of development activities, and we could become engaged in a dispute with any of our joint venture partners that could lead to the sale of either parties’ ownership interest or the property;
• some of our joint ventures are subject to debt and, depending on credit market conditions, the refinancing of such debt may require equity capital calls;
• our joint venture partners may be structured differently than us for tax purposes and this could create conflicts of interest, including with respect to our compliance with the REIT requirements, and our REIT status could be jeopardized if any of our joint ventures do not operate in compliance with REIT requirements;
• our joint venture partners may have competing interests in our markets that could create conflicts of interest;
• our joint venture partners may default on their obligations, which could necessitate that we fulfill their obligation ourselves;
• our joint ventures may be unable to repay any amounts that we may loan to them;
• our joint venture agreements may contain provisions limiting the liquidity of our interest for sale or sale of the entire asset;
• our subsidiaries that would be the general partner or managing member of the joint ventures could be generally liable, under applicable law or the governing agreement of a program venture, for the debts and obligations of the venture, subject to certain exculpation and indemnification rights pursuant to the terms of the governing agreement;
• our joint venture agreements may contain provisions that would allow partners to remove us as the general partner or managing member in certain cases involving cause;
• while we would have discretion to manage joint ventures for which we are the general partner or managing member, our partner(s)’ approval would be required to approve certain matters, and as a result, we may be unable to cause a joint venture to implement certain decisions that we consider beneficial; and
• with respect to our participation in the co-investment program, we could lose opportunities to pursue properties that are within the program’s target investment definition alone or with other partners with whom the terms of the joint venture and/or our returns could be more favorable to us.
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