Commitments and Contingencies
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is periodically subject to claims or litigation in the ordinary course of business, including claims generated from business conducted by tenants on real estate owned by the Company. In these instances, the Company is typically indemnified by the tenant against any losses that might be suffered, and the Company and/or the tenant are typically insured against such claims.

On September 8, 2015, Haggen Holdings, LLC and a number of its affiliates, including Haggen Operations Holdings, LLC, (collectively, the "Debtors") filed petitions for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. At the time of the filing, Haggen Operations Holdings, LLC leased 20 properties on a triple net basis from a subsidiary of the Company under a master lease with initial monthly rents of $1.4 million and an initial lease expiration date of February 28, 2035. Haggen Holdings, LLC is the guarantor of the tenant’s obligations under that master lease. A subsidiary of the Company and the Debtors entered into a settlement agreement whereby the subsidiary consented to the partial assumption and partial rejection of the master lease permitting (a) the assumption of nine stores subject to the lease and their assignment to three unaffiliated grocery operators with winning bids in an auction of the respective leaseholds, (b) the rejection of the leasehold with respect to six of the stores and their return to the Company's possession, and (c) the assumption and continued operation by the tenant of five of the stores. Under the settlement agreement, the subsidiary of the Company received an unsecured stipulated damages claim for $21.0 million against each of Haggen Operations Holdings, LLC and Haggen Holdings, LLC, as well as certain agreed upon fees, expenses and cure payments in the bankruptcy. The court approved the settlement agreement in an order entered November 25, 2015.

During the second quarter of 2016, the bankruptcy court approved a settlement agreement, by and between our subsidiary, the Debtors and Albertson’s LLC, which provides for (a) the partial assignment of the existing Haggen Operations Holdings, LLC master lease to Albertson’s LLC with respect to four of the five properties under the master lease, (b) the rejection of the leasehold with respect to the one store not included in the master lease assignment, (c) the execution of a new lease or leases between the subsidiary of the Company and Albertson’s LLC with respect to the four assigned stores, including a $0.35 million annual rent reduction for one store, and (d) the reimbursement of certain of the Company's fees, expenses and cure amounts solely with respect to the assigned stores. In return for the rent concession, Albertson’s LLC paid the Company $3.0 million upon execution of the amended leases and the Debtors have agreed to grant the Company an allowed administrative claim of $0.8 million. The $3.0 million payment has been recorded to other liabilities on the balance sheet and will be amortized to rent over the remaining lease term. In return for the rejected store, the Company has been granted an incremental allowed unsecured claim of $2.6 million, of which $1.8 million is entitled to administrative priority, against each of Haggen Operations Holdings, LLC and Haggen Holdings, LLC.

Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the Company collected and recognized $2.5 million of the $21.0 million original stipulated damages claim following the property assignments to Albertsons's LLC, and the remaining amounts will be recognized when collected. The amount of the settlement claim was negotiated based on lost rent relating to rejected properties and below market rents on properties assigned to new operators through bankruptcy. As a result, a portion of the collections are recorded in interest income and other in the income statement, and the remainder is recorded in other liabilities on the balance sheet and amortized to rent over the remaining lease term. Of the $2.5 million noted above, $1.8 million was recognized as lease termination income with the remainder recorded on the balance sheet. As of September 30, 2016, the bankruptcy proceeding remains ongoing and there is no guaranty that the remaining claims will be paid or otherwise satisfied in full.
As of September 30, 2016, there were no outstanding claims against the Company that are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
As of September 30, 2016, the Company had commitments totaling $58.0 million, of which $24.7 million relates to future acquisitions with the remainder to fund improvements on properties the Company currently owns. Commitments related to acquisitions contain standard cancellation clauses contingent on the results of due diligence. Of the total commitments of $58.0 million, $43.6 million is expected to be funded during fiscal year 2016. In addition, the Company is contingently liable for $5.7 million of debt owed by one of its tenants and is indemnified by that tenant for any payments the Company may be required to make on such debt.
The Company estimates future costs for known environmental remediation requirements when it is probable that the Company has incurred a liability and the related costs can be reasonably estimated. The Company considers various factors when estimating its environmental liabilities, and adjustments are made when additional information becomes available that affects the estimated costs to study or remediate any environmental issues. When only a wide range of estimated amounts can be reasonably established and no other amount within the range is better than another, the low end of the range is recorded in the consolidated financial statements.