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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Basis of presentation
 
The accompanying financial statements are unaudited and include the accounts of the Company, including the Operating Partnership and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures required for annual financial statements have been condensed or excluded pursuant to SEC rules and regulations. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. In the opinion of management, all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for the interim periods have been made.
Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Principles of Consolidation
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, including the Operating Partnership and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company presents the portion of any equity it does not own but controls (and thus consolidates) as noncontrolling interest. Noncontrolling interest in the Company includes the LTIP units that have been granted to the Company’s and Advisor’s directors, officers and employees and the OP Units held by third parties. Refer to Note 5 – “Stockholders’ Equity” and Note 7 – “Stock-Based Compensation” for additional information regarding the OP Units and LTIP units.
 
The Company classifies noncontrolling interest as a component of consolidated equity on its Consolidated Balance Sheets, separate from the Company’s total stockholders’ equity. The Company’s net income or loss is allocated to noncontrolling interests based on the respective ownership or voting percentage in the Operating Partnership associated with such noncontrolling interests and is removed from consolidated income or loss on the Consolidated Statements of Operations in order to derive net income or loss attributable to common stockholders. The noncontrolling ownership percentage is calculated by dividing the aggregate number of LTIP units and OP Units held by the total number of units outstanding. Any future issuances of additional LTIP units or OP Units would change the noncontrolling ownership interest.
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and footnotes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
 
On January 1, 2018 the Company adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash” (“ASU 2016-18”), which requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash and cash equivalents and amounts generally described as restricted cash. In accordance with the requirements of ASU 2016-18, the following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash that sums to the total of those amounts at the end of the periods presented on the Company’s accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:
 
 
 
As of March 31,
 
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
3,351
 
$
8,357
 
Restricted cash
 
$
4,050
 
$
1,774
 
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(1)
 
$
7,401
 
$
10,131
 
 
(1) Represents the total of the amounts at the end of the periods presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as required by ASU 2016-18. The cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash balance as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were $7,114 and $20,612, respectively.
 
The Company considers all demand deposits, cashier’s checks, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Amounts included in restricted cash represent (1) certain security deposits received from tenants at the inception of their leases; (2) cash required to be held by a third-party lender as a reserve for debt service; and (3) funds held by the Company that were received from certain tenants that the Company collected to pay specific tenant expenses, such as real estate taxes and insurance, on the tenant’s behalf.      
Receivables, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Tenant Receivables
 
The tenant receivable balance as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $1,253 and $704, respectively. The balance as of March 31, 2018 consisted of $166 in funds owed from the Company’s tenants for rent that the Company had earned but had not yet received, and $1,009 in funds owed by certain of the Company’s tenants for amounts the Company collects to pay specific tenant expenses, such as real estate taxes and insurance, on the tenants’ behalf. Additionally, as of March 31, 2018 the balance included $78 in miscellaneous receivables. The balance as of December 31, 2017 consisted of $125 in funds owed from the Company’s tenants for rent that the Company had earned but had not yet received, and $579 in funds owed by certain of the Company’s tenants for amounts the Company collects to pay specific tenant expenses, such as real estate taxes and insurance, on the tenants’ behalf.
Escrow Deposits [Policy Text Block]
Escrow Deposits
 
The escrow balance as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $2,508 and $1,638, respectively. Escrow deposits include funds held in escrow to be used for the acquisition of properties in the future and for the payment of taxes, insurance, and other amounts as stipulated by the Company’s Cantor Loan, as hereinafter defined.
Deferred Assets [Policy Text Block]
Deferred Assets
 
The deferred assets balance as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $5,171 and $3,993, respectively. The balance as of March 31, 2018 consisted of $5,014 in deferred rent receivables resulting from the recognition of revenue from leases with fixed annual rental escalations on a straight-line basis and the balance of $157 represented other deferred costs. The balance as of December 31, 2017 consisted of $3,842 in deferred rent receivables resulting from the recognition of revenue from leases with fixed annual rental escalations on a straight-line basis and the balance of $151 represented other deferred costs.
Other Assets [Policy Text Block]
Other Assets
 
Other assets primarily consist of capitalized costs related to the Company’s property acquisitions. Costs that are incurred prior to the completion of the acquisition of a property are capitalized if all of the following conditions are met: (a) the costs are directly identifiable with the specific property, (b) the costs would be capitalized if the property were already acquired, and (c) acquisition of the property is probable. These costs are included with the value of the acquired property upon completion of the acquisition. The costs are charged to expense when it is probable that the acquisition will not be completed. The other assets balance was $527 as of March 31, 2018, which consisted of $284 in capitalized costs related to property acquisitions and $58 in a prepaid asset. Additionally, as of March 31, 2018 the other asset balance included $185 in construction-in-process related to tenant improvements at one of the Company’s facilities. The other assets balance was $459 as of December 31, 2017, which consisted of $316 in capitalized costs related to property acquisitions and $143 in a prepaid asset.
Security Deposit Liability [Policy Text Block]
Security Deposits and Other
 
The security deposits and other liability balance as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $4,912 and $2,128, respectively. The balance as of March 31, 2018 consisted of security deposits of $4,209 and a tenant impound liability of $703 related to amounts owed for specific tenant expenses, such as real estate taxes and insurance. The balance as of December 31, 2017 consisted of security deposits of $1,620 and a tenant impound liability of $508 related to amounts owed for specific tenant expenses.
Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Reclassification and Correction for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
 
The Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 includes the expense line item “Operating Expenses.” For the three months ended March 31, 2018 this line item primarily included reimbursable property operating expenses that the Company pays on behalf of certain of its tenants, including real estate taxes and insurance, non-reimbursable property operating expenses, and also includes certain other operating expenses. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded property operating expenses in the “General and Administrative” expense line item. Accordingly, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 these expenses have been reclassified from the “General and Administrative” expense line item into the “Operating Expenses” line item within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
In the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 that was filed with the SEC on May 11, 2017, there were $1,223 of costs incurred in connection with the Company’s amended revolving credit facility that were erroneously expensed and included in the “General and Administrative” expense line item within the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017.  The Company corrected this error by removing the approximately $1,223 from expense and capitalizing it as “Deferred Financing Costs, Net” on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2017. Based upon evaluation and consideration of provisions under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 250 – Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, that incorporates SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99 - Materiality, the Company determined that the impact of the error and its subsequent correction as described above, did not have a material impact on the previously issued financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. The accompanying consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 that are included herein have been adjusted to reflect the correction of this error.
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
New Accounting Pronouncements – Leases and Revenue Recognition
 
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 “Leases” (“ASU 2016-02”). This standard creates Topic 842, Leases, and supersedes FASB ASC 840, “Leases.” ASU 2016-02 requires a lessee to recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases (both operating and finance leases). However, for leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. The main difference between the existing guidance on accounting for leases and the new standard is that operating leases will now be recorded as assets and liabilities. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for operating leases. ASU 2016-02 is expected to impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company has certain operating ground lease arrangements for which it is the lessee and therefore will be required to recognize right of use assets and related lease liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets upon adoption of this new standard. Current GAAP requires only capital leases to be recognized in the statement of financial position, and amounts related to operating leases largely are reflected in the financial statements as rent expense on the income statement and in disclosures to the financial statements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods within those periods) beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company anticipates that its ground leases where it is the lessor will continue to be accounted for as operating leases under the new standard.  The Company does not currently anticipate significant changes in the accounting for its lease revenues.  The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of adopting the new leases standard on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
 
In May 2014, with subsequent updates issued in August 2015 and March, April and May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 was developed to enable financial statement users to better understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The update’s core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Companies are to use a five-step contract review model to ensure revenue is recognized, measured and disclosed in accordance with this principle. Those steps include the following: (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
 
The Company has identified four main revenue streams of which three of them originate from lease contracts and will be subject to Leases ASU 2016-02, Topic 842 (described above) effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company’s revenue streams are:
 
Revenue Recognition (ASU 2014-09, Topic 610-20):
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate properties
 
Leases (ASU 2016-02, Topic 842):
Rental revenues
 
Straight line rents
 
Tenant recoveries
 
Management adopted the provisions of ASU 2014-09 effective January 1, 2018 and has concluded that all of the Company’s material revenue streams fall outside of the scope of this guidance.  During the quarters ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company sold no real estate properties and therefore had no revenue stream from that source. The new standard may be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or prospectively with the cumulative effect, if any, recognized as of the date of adoption.  The Company selected the modified retrospective transition method as of the date of adoption effective January 1, 2018.  Management concluded that the majority of total revenues consist of rental income from leasing arrangements, which is specifically excluded from the standard.  The Company analyzed its remaining revenue streams and concluded there are no changes in revenue recognition with the adoption of the new standard.  As such, adoption of ASU 2014-09 did not result in a cumulative adjustment recognized as of January 1, 2018, and the standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or disclosures.