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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Highlands and its consolidated subsidiaries. Highlands consolidates its wholly-owned subsidiaries and any other entities which it controls (i) through voting rights or similar rights or (ii) by means other than voting rights if Highlands is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The portions of the equity and net income of consolidated subsidiaries that are not attributable to the Company are presented separately as amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests in our consolidated financial statements. Entities which Highlands does not control, and entities which are VIEs in which Highlands is not a primary beneficiary, if any, are accounted for under appropriate GAAP. Highlands’ subsidiaries generally consist of limited liability companies (“LLCs”). The effects of all significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
Refer to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2026, as certain note disclosures contained in such audited financial statements have been condensed or omitted from these interim consolidated financial statements.
Consolidation
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we have determined we are the primary beneficiary of one VIE, the Corvue Venture, and have consolidated the operations of this entity in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The Corvue Venture owns The Locale, a multi-family investment property located in Allendale, Michigan. We reviewed the operating agreement of the Corvue Venture in order to determine our rights and the rights of our third-party partner, including whether those rights are protective or participating. We have determined we are the primary beneficiary of the Corvue Venture because we have (a) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the Corvue Venture, (b) the obligation to absorb the losses that could be significant to the Corvue Venture and (c) the right to receive the benefits that could be significant to the Corvue Venture. Included in total assets and liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2026 is $21,784 of assets and $18,369 of liabilities related to the Corvue Venture. Included in total assets and liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2025 is $21,803 of assets and $18,051 of liabilities related to the Corvue Venture. The assets of the Corvue Venture may only be used to settle obligations of the Corvue Venture and the creditors of the Corvue Venture have no recourse to the general credit of the Company.
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Escrows
We consider all demand deposits, money market accounts and investments in certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements with a maturity of three months or less, at the date of purchase, to be cash equivalents. We maintain our cash and cash equivalents at financial institutions. The combined account balances at one or more institutions exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance coverage and, as a result, there is a concentration of credit risk related to amounts on deposit in excess of FDIC insurance coverage. Restricted cash and escrows is comprised primarily of cash held by our lenders for payment of real estate taxes, insurance and certain capital expenditures and tenant improvements.
Use of Estimates
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions are required in a number of areas, including, but not limited to, evaluating the collectability of accounts receivable, allocating the purchase price of acquired investment properties, and evaluating the impairment of real estate assets. We base these estimates, judgments and assumptions on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.” ASU 2024-03 requires public entities to provide additional disclosures in the notes to the financial statements of certain expense categories which are included in expense line items disclosed on the face of the income statements. Specifically, an entity should provide disclosures in a tabular format for each line item on the income statement which contains any of the following expenses: purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization, and/or depreciation, depletion and amortization. ASU 2024-03 also requires an entity to disclose total selling expenses. ASU 2024-03 may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently analyzing the impact adoption will have on its related disclosures.
Recently issued accounting standards or pronouncements not discussed herein have been excluded because they are either not relevant to the Company, or are not expected to have, or did not have, a material effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.