SPIRIT REALTY CAPITAL, INC. - 10-Q filing on 2019-11-05

Organization	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1. Organization Organization and Operations Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Spirit" or, with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Company") operates as a self-administered and self-managed REIT that seeks to generate and deliver sustainable and attractive returns for stockholders by primarily investing in and managing a portfolio of single-tenant, operationally essential real estate throughout the U.S. that is generally leased on a long-term, triple-net basis to tenants operating within retail, office, industrial and other property types. Single tenant, operationally essential real estate generally refers to free-standing, commercial real estate facilities where tenants conduct activities that are essential to the generation of their sales and profits. The Company began operations through a predecessor legal entity in 2003. The Company’s operations are generally carried out through Spirit Realty, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") and its subsidiaries. Spirit General OP Holdings, LLC ("OP Holdings"), one of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries, is the sole general partner and owns approximately 1% of the Operating Partnership. The Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary ("Spirit Notes Partner, LLC") are the only limited partners and together own the remaining 99% of the Operating Partnership. On May 31, 2018 (the "Distribution Date"), the Company completed the spin-off (the "Spin-Off") of the assets that collateralized Master Trust 2014, properties leased to Shopko, and certain other assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT, Spirit MTA REIT ("SMTA"). For periods prior to the Spin-Off, the historical financial results of SMTA are reflected in our consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. The Company formed Spirit Realty AM Corporation (“SRAM”), a wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary on March 28, 2018. The Company transferred its Asset Management Agreement to SRAM on April 1, 2019. The Company allocates personnel and other general and administrative costs to SRAM for management services provided to SMTA, including the sale of Master Trust 2014 on September 20, 2019.

Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Note 1. Organization

Organization and Operations

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Spirit" or, with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Company") operates as a self-administered and self-managed REIT that seeks to generate and deliver sustainable and attractive returns for stockholders by primarily investing in and managing a portfolio of single-tenant, operationally essential real estate throughout the U.S. that is generally leased on a long-term, triple-net basis to tenants operating within retail, office, industrial and other property types. Single tenant, operationally essential real estate generally refers to free-standing, commercial real estate facilities where tenants conduct activities that are essential to the generation of their sales and profits. The Company began operations through a predecessor legal entity in 2003.

The Company’s operations are generally carried out through Spirit Realty, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") and its subsidiaries. Spirit General OP Holdings, LLC ("OP Holdings"), one of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries, is the sole general partner and owns approximately 1% of the Operating Partnership. The Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary ("Spirit Notes Partner, LLC") are the only limited partners and together own the remaining 99% of the Operating Partnership.

On May 31, 2018 (the "Distribution Date"), the Company completed the spin-off (the "Spin-Off") of the assets that collateralized Master Trust 2014, properties leased to Shopko, and certain other assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT, Spirit MTA REIT ("SMTA"). For periods prior to the Spin-Off, the historical financial results of SMTA are reflected in our consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations.

The Company formed Spirit Realty AM Corporation (“SRAM”), a wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary on March 28, 2018. The Company transferred its Asset Management Agreement to SRAM on April 1, 2019. The Company allocates personnel and other general and administrative costs to SRAM for management services provided to SMTA, including the sale of Master Trust 2014 on September 20, 2019.