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2016 Annual Review

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2016
Annual 
Review

01 
- 
CEO Letter 
to Shareholders

68 
- 
HHC by 
The Numbers 

71 
- 
Together  
We Make  
Extraordinary

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Statements  made  in  this  letter  that  are  not  historical  facts,  including  statements  accompanied  by  words  such  as  “anticipate,”  “believe,”  “estimate,”  “expect,”  “forecast,” 
“intend,” “likely,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “realize,” “should,” “transform,” “would,” and other statements of similar expression and other words of similar expression, are 
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These 
statements are based on management’s expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections as of the date of this letter and are not guarantees of future performance. 
Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are set forth as risk factors 
in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In this letter, forward-looking statements include, but are not limited 
to,  expectations  about  the  performance  of  our  Master  Planned  Communities  segment  and  other  current  income  producing  properties  and  future  liquidity,  development 
opportunities, development spending and management plans. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this letter and do 
not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events, information or circumstances that arise after the date of this 
letter except as required by law.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The Company believes that net operating income, or NOI, a non-GAAP financial measure, is a useful supplemental measure of the performance of our Operating Assets 
because it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the revenues and expenses directly associated with owning and operating real 
estate properties and the impact on operations from trends in rental and occupancy rates and operating costs. We define NOI as operating revenues (rental income, tenant 
recoveries and other revenues) less operating expenses (real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, marketing and other property expenses). NOI excludes straight line rents 
and amortization of tenant incentives, net interest expense, ground rent amortization, demolition costs, amortization, depreciation, development-related marketing costs and 
Equity in earnings from Real Estate and Other Affiliates.

We use NOI to evaluate our operating performance on a property-by-property basis because NOI allows us to evaluate the impact that factors, which vary by property, such 
as lease structure, lease rates and tenant base have on our operating results, gross margins and investment returns.

Although we believe that NOI provides useful information to the investors about the performance of our Operating Assets due to the exclusions noted above, NOI should only 
be used as an additional measure of the financial performance of such assets and not as an alternative to GAAP net income (loss).

For a reconciliation of NOI to the most directly comparable GAAP measure see the Supplemental Information at the end of this letter.  No reconciliation of projected NOI is 
included in this letter because we are unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the GAAP measure without unreasonable efforts and we 
believe such reconciliations would imply a degree of precision that would be confusion of misleading to investors.

April 28, 2017

To the shareholders of  
The Howard Hughes 
Corporation from the 
Chief Executive Officer 
– David R. Weinreb

In  the  six  years  since  the  emergence  of The  Howard  Hughes  Corporation  as  a 
publicly  traded  company,  we  have  been  singularly  focused  on  building  our 
business  and  unlocking  the  value  inherent  within  our  portfolio  of  diverse  real 
estate assets.

We are in the early stages of our journey 
reinventing the Howard Hughes legacy. 
As the company evolves into a revenue-
generating portfolio of assets with a 
management team that has expertise 
across our businesses, we are “still reaching 
for the sun”1  – with a goal to create one of 
the great companies of our time.

We have made meaningful strides transforming raw land and underutilized real 
estate  into  vibrant  destinations  that  generate  substantial  recurring  cash  flow 
while  assembling  one  of  the  strongest  real  estate  platforms  with  expertise 
across  planning,  development,  operations,  capital  markets,  marketing,  digital, 
and sponsorship. We have a large, geographically diverse portfolio with a book 
value  of  approximately  $6.4  billion  as  of  December  31,  2016.    This  diversity 
enables us to allocate our capital and expertise for optimal returns throughout 
the  real  estate  cycle  while  mitigating  our  exposure  to  any  one  local  economy 
or  business  segment.  While  we  are  diversified  across  product  type,  we  are 
concentrated in five markets: the Seaport District in New York City; Columbia, 
Maryland; our Houston master planned communities (“MPCs”); our Summerlin 
MPC in Las Vegas; and Ward Village in Honolulu.  

Our  unique  business  model  is  best  understood  by  focusing  on  our  three 
business segments: MPCs, Strategic Developments, and Operating Assets. The 
combination  of  these  three  segments  provides  us  with  important  competitive 
advantages.

We are the largest real estate owner in  
our MPCs, controlling supply and price 
across product types, where we build small 
cities that are their own ecosystems and 
high-barrier sub-markets.

1) Marvin Humes, The Best is Yet to Come, 2016

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PIER 17, SEAPORT DISTRICT - NEW YORK CITY 
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

CEO Letter To Shareholders 
Our control gives us the unique ability to capture demand ahead of the 
curve and accelerate development by focusing on a given product mix 
based on market needs.   Our development expertise and ownership 
of a broad array of real estate product types gives us a competitive 
advantage compared to other specialized real estate owners. Our cash 
flow characteristics also give us a competitive advantage compared to 
other pure development companies.  We are able to use the cash flow 
from our MPC land sales and a growing operating portfolio to self-fund 
the equity requirements of our substantial development pipeline, which 
exceeds 50 million square feet of entitlements. 

One can think of our business as an ecosystem.  By controlling large 
swaths of land in superb markets, we have the ability to deliver value 
not only by product or by asset, but directly to the consumer.  As the 
master developer of each of our communities, we control the land and 
development rights; no new building can be built without our approval.  
This allows us to limit supply and carefully control the experience of 
each person living or working in our communities.   Restricting supply 
gives us pricing power, protects against recessionary environments, and 
allows us to benefit greatly in growing markets. 

The combination of our three 
complementary business segments 
creates a virtuous cycle:  

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 We sell land to residential homebuilders in our MPC segment 
and the new homes attract residents to our cities looking for 
places to work and shop. The cash flow harvested from the sale 
of land to homebuilders funds the construction of our strategic 
developments.

 New homeowners generate demand for commercial developments 
including retail, office, and hospitality offerings, which we build 
only when the timing is right, mitigating development risk.  

 Once our strategic developments are completed and stabilized, 
they transition to our Operating Asset segment and increase 
our recurring Net Operating Income (“NOI”), providing additional 
funding for the equity requirements of our Strategic Development 
segment.

 New office, retail and other commercial amenities make our 
MPC residential land more appealing to buyers and increase the 
velocity of land sales at prices that exceed the broader market. 

 Increased demand for residential land generates more cash flow 
from our MPC segments, and the virtuous cycle continues. 

TOGETHER, WE BELIEVE THESE 
FACTORS WILL CONTINUE TO 
PROVIDE HHC WITH SOME OF THE 
HIGHEST RISK ADJUSTED RETURN 
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PUBLIC 
REAL ESTATE SPACE. 

Red Rock National Park, Summerlin

AEO & Whole Foods Market Under Construction, Ward Village

Land 
Sales

Strategic 
Developments

Operating 
Assets

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Hughes Landing, The Woodlands

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersFinancial Results

Our financial results demonstrate the progress  
we have made in unlocking the value of our asset  
base. Our annualized fourth quarter 2016 NOI of  
$156 million is a 31% increase over full year 
2015 NOI of $119 million.  Consolidated revenue 
increased by $238 million, or 29.8%, to $1 billion 
compared to 2015. It is worth noting that our NOI 
does not yet reflect the full impact of a number of 
projects placed into service that will stabilize in the 
coming years. As of December 31, 2016, we had over 
$665 million in cash on hand.  This cash is sufficient 
to fund all equity requirements at developments 
currently underway. 

2015

$119m

Net Operating Income

Waiea Amenity Deck, Ward Village

4

$665m

Cash on hand
+49%

2016

$156m

Net Operating Income

+31%

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To Shareholders 
Other meaningful 
accomplishments are 
highlighted below: 

AOL Live Event, Seaport District

The Westin Hotel, The Woodlands

THE SEAPORT DISTRICT
•  Sold the 80 South Street Assemblage for $390 million 

($477 per square foot), significantly bolstering our cash 
position, priming us for new opportunities, and preparing 
the company for changes in the real estate cycle.  80 South 
Street was an example of our team’s innovative approach 
and ability to complete large, complicated transactions, as 
we generated approximately $141 million in profits on this 
deal over a 15-month period. 

DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA
•  Received approval for a $90 million Tax Increment Financing 

(TIF) to support infrastructure for approximately 5,000,000 
square feet of development.

•  Completed the development of One Merriweather, a 199,000 
square foot office building in Downtown Columbia that is 
42% leased to MedStar Health.

•  Began construction on Two Merriweather, a 130,000 square 
foot office building in Downtown Columbia that is 75% 
preleased.

•  Began construction on an additional 437 units of multi-

family apartments in Downtown Columbia with our joint-
venture partner Kettler in our m.flats/TEN.M project.   

•  Acquired two office buildings in Downtown Columbia for 

approximately $36 million: One Mall North and the American 
City Building.  Obtaining control of these assets unlocks 1.5 
million square feet of future development within Downtown 
Columbia’s existing entitlements. 

HOUSTON
•  Completed and opened the 302-room The Westin hotel 

SUMMERLIN
•  Completed a 20-year ground lease in Downtown 

in March 2016 located at The Woodlands.

•  Executed a lease and build-to-suit agreement with the 

University of Texas Medical System in The Woodlands 
for a 203,000 square foot medical building.  

•  Commenced construction of our second self-storage 
property, consisting of 784 units, which is scheduled 
to open at the beginning of the second quarter of 2017. 
The first self-storage property, consisting of 654 units, 
opened during the first quarter of 2017. 

•  At Bridgeland, new home sales increased 

approximately 67% year-over-year due, in part, to 
our ability to deliver optimal lot sizes to align with 
changing market demand.

Summerlin for a state-of-the-art practice facility for 
the new NHL team in Las Vegas, the Golden Knights. 

•  Completed and opened, in partnership with Calida, the 
Constellation, a 124-unit multi-family property located 
in Downtown Summerlin that is 66% leased. 

•  Continued the development of The Summit in 

partnership with Discovery Land Company. As of 
December 31, 2016, the luxury golf-course community 
located in Summerlin had over $226 million in 
contracted sales since inception.

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersWARD VILLAGE
•  Contracted to sell approximately 

$341 million in homes at Ward Village 
in 2016, bringing our total sales to 
date to $1.4 billion since launching 
pre-sales of our first buildings in 
early 2014. 

•  Delivered our first residential 

building, Waiea, in November 2016 
with 92% of the 174 units contracted 
for sale as of December 31, 2016.  

•  Continued construction of Anaha, 

our second condominium tower, on 
schedule for completion in the third 
quarter of 2017.  The building had 
approximately 94% of the 317 units 
contracted for sale as of December 
31, 2016.

•  Commenced construction of Ae`o, 
our third condominium tower at 
Ward Village to be constructed 
above Honolulu’s flagship Whole 
Foods Market, which is also under 
construction.  Ae`o is scheduled for 
completion by the end of 2018.  As of 
December 31, 2016, the building had 
265, or 57% of the 466 units, under 
contract.

•  Commenced construction of Ke 

Kilohana, our 424-unit condominium 
tower at Ward Village.  Scheduled 
for delivery in 2019, Ke Kilohana will 
include 375 workforce housing units 
and 49 market rate units with a CVS/
Long’s Drugs located in the base of 
the building.  As of December 31, 
2016, the building had 386, or 91% of 
the 424 units, under contract. 

DISPOSITIONS 
•  Closed on a 72-acre land sale to 

Charles Schwab Corporation for the 
development of a regional corporate 
campus at Circle T Ranch in Westlake, 
Texas, in partnership with Hillwood 
Development Company, Ltd. This 
transaction paves the way for future 
mixed-use development on our 
remaining land.

•  Sold Park West, a non-core open-air 

shopping center in Peoria, Arizona, 
for $33 million, unlocking an $18 
million tax benefit. 

•  Closed on the sale of a parcel of 

land at The Elk Grove Collection in 
January 2017 of approximately 36 
acres for gross sales proceeds of $36 
million. The disposition accelerated 
the monetization of land value at 
the asset while allowing us to retain 
upside in the remaining 64 acres, 
which we plan to develop. In addition, 
we will recognize a tax loss on this 
sale of $38 million as our tax basis 
in the asset was substantially higher 
than our sale price.

• 

The proceeds from these dispositions 
will allow us to redeploy capital 
into acquisitions and strategic 
developments.

OTHER
•  Converted a 20,000 square foot 

restaurant space into a 35,000 square 
foot Nordstrom Rack at the Outlet 
Collection at Riverwalk. The retailer 
opened for business in October 2016. 

•  Acquired the Macy’s parcel at 

Landmark Mall in Alexandria, VA for 
$22 million, which will accelerate  
the timeline to begin redeveloping 
this site.

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•  CONTRACTED TO SELL 
APPROXIMATELY $341 
MILLION IN HOMES AT 
WARD VILLAGE IN 2016, 
BRINGING OUR TOTAL 
SALES TO DATE TO  
$1.4 BILLION 
SINCE LAUNCHING  
PRE-SALES OF OUR 
FIRST BUILDINGS IN  
EARLY 2014. 

Waiea Entrance, Ward Village

HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersHughes Landing under construction 2015, The Woodlands 

Summerlin, Las Vegas

Tipping the Scale

The substantial achievements highlighted above and in 
my previous shareholder letters do not always translate 
into immediate share price appreciation. To quote 
renowned value investor Benjamin Graham:

In the short run, the market is a 
voting machine but in the long 
run, it is a weighing machine. 

While over the past six years our focus has been on 
building our business and increasing the value of our 
assets, we recognize that market value is the ultimate 
barometer of success for a publicly-traded company.  
During the past two years, our market value has 
fluctuated within a relatively small range. 

TOTAL RETURN COMPARISON (INDEX = 100 AT INCEPTION)

We currently trade well below our view of net asset 
value, however, we ascribe to Graham’s philosophy 
that a company’s actual business performance will 
determine its long-term value over short term investor 
sentiment.  

T H E   P O W E R  
O F   T H R E E

As a result, we are sharply focused on maximizing 
our recurring income and the net asset value of our 
holdings.  As a developer of large-scale, mixed-use 
properties and master planned communities, we 
operate with a long-term mindset and our shareholders 
have benefitted from this approach to managing the 
business.  Since our emergence as an independent 
public company in November 2010, HHC’s share price 
has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 
approximately 20%, outpacing the growth of the S&P 
500 (13%), the MSCI US REIT Index (11%), and iShares 
Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate ETF (10%).

Developing master planned communities is a marathon, 
not a sprint, and we are still in the very early stages of our 
goal of creating long term shareholder value. We have just 
begun to achieve our potential; our 50 million square feet 
of remaining entitlements are more than 12 times our total 
development activity over the last six years. 

Despite the substantial business progress we have made 
in the last two years, our shareholder returns over the 
same period have not reflected this progress.  Given the 
relative complexity of our business model, we recognize 
there is an opportunity for us to bring increased clarity 
and transparency to our assets and valuation potential.  In 
2017, we have begun and will continue to introduce several 
initiatives that are outlined below so that our investors can 
better estimate the intrinsic value of the company:    

•  Host quarterly conference calls in which we articulate 
the company’s results.  As we continue to transform 
our developments and land holdings into operating 
assets that generate meaningful recurring cash 
flow, it is now time to provide additional insight into 
those assets.  On our earnings calls, we will explain 
our outlook for each business segment and answer 
investor questions.

• 

Introduce new supplemental disclosures that will 
provide metrics for investors to monitor our growth. 

•  Host our first investor day in May 2017.  This event will 
provide our stakeholders with an opportunity to learn 
more about HHC through an in depth review of the 
company presented by our senior leadership.  

•  Work to expand research coverage to improve 
awareness within the investor community. 

Together, we hope these initiatives will assist existing  
and potential shareholders in understanding the  
Howard Hughes story.  

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Aligned Incentives

As mentioned in my past shareholder letters, upon joining 
HHC I invested $15 million in the company, with Grant 
Herlitz, HHC’s President, investing $2 million, both in 
the form of long term warrants. Throughout my career in 
real estate, I have invested my own capital in ventures I 
support. This commitment to having “skin in the game” is 
at the core of our investment philosophy at The Howard 
Hughes Corporation. This year, I plan on purchasing a new 
$50 million warrant and Grant has agreed to purchase a 
new $2 million warrant. These warrants will be granted 
only if the shareholders approve their issuance at the 
upcoming shareholder meeting and, if the shareholders 
approve the grant, we will pay a fair market value purchase 
price for these warrants.

Investing this capital is a testament to our steadfast 
confidence in HHC’s growth prospects as we will not 
benefit from any gain in the warrant unless the stock price 
trades meaningfully above its current price.  At the same 
time, we will lose our entire investment in the warrants if 
the share price remains flat.   

WHILE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE 
SUCCESS, OUR INTERESTS ARE 
ALIGNED WITH SHAREHOLDERS 
AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED 
THAT WE WILL SUCCEED OR 
FAIL TOGETHER.

HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersT H E   P O W E R  
O F   T H R E E

HHC Value Creation - 
Three Complementary 
Business Segments

We operate in three complementary business 
segments: MPC, Strategic Development, 
and Operating Assets. The combination of 
these three segments enables us to control 
supply and use our scale to drive operating 
efficiencies, become the dominant player in 
our core markets, and deliver outsized risk-
adjusted returns. We think of our communities 
as customer centric ecosystems. Our 
customers live in our homes, work in our office 
buildings, and shop at our retail destinations.    

Our ability to control supply protects our downside in recessionary environments 
while allowing us to benefit during times of growth as we are able to accelerate 
development and bring product to the market faster than our competitors. The 
development of Hughes Landing is an excellent case study.   Since 2013, at Hughes 
Landing, we have developed 1.4 million square feet of Class A office, 390 luxury 
multi-family units, 126,000 square feet of retail and a 205-suite Embassy Suites 
hotel on 66 lakefront acres that together will generate $45 million of stabilized NOI. 

1.

MPC

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

2.

T H E   P O W E R  
O F   T H R E E

3.

OPERATING ASSETS

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110 North Wacker Drive, Chicago

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Master Planned 
Communities

Aerial of Summerlin, Las Vegas

In our MPC segment, we plan, develop and manage small cities in markets with strong 
long-term growth fundamentals, including The Woodlands, Bridgeland, and The Woodlands 
Hills in Houston; Summerlin in Las Vegas; and Columbia, Maryland. This business involves 
the development of residential land and selling the improved acreage to homebuilders 
for the eventual sale of homes to new residents. Combined, our MPCs span over 80,000 
residential acres, approximately four times the size of the island of Manhattan, and are home 
to a population of over 342,000 residents and 160,000 jobs. We leverage our expertise by 
differentiating each of our communities within a distinct environment and unmatched amenity 
base, further fueling demand for homes and commercial development. 

A summary of the undiscounted and uninflated value of our MPC land holdings, exclusive of 
vertical developments and operating properties, is presented below: 

MPC GROSS SALES VALUE

Remaining Saleable and  
Developable Acres

Average Price per Acre 1,2
($ in thousands)

Projected 
Community

Average Cash
Margin

Undiscounted / Uninflated Value
($ in millions) 3

Community

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

SELL-OUT DATE

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

Bridgeland

Maryland4

Summerlin5

The Woodlands

The Woodlands Hills

Total

2,518

-

3,778

314

1,499

8,109

1,530

108

826

788

171

3,423

372

-

577

560

207

394

316

759

957

552

2037

2022

2039

2025

2030

69%

-

68%

98%

81%

646

-

1,482

172

251

2,551

603

34

627

754

94

 2,112

Total

1,249

34

2,109

926

346

4,665

Notes: 
1) Residential pricing: average 2016 acreage pricing for Bridgeland, Summerlin and The Woodlands. Summerlin average pricing excludes the sale of approximately 117  
acres to Pulte with an atypical economic structure. Pro forma acreage pricing for The Woodlands Hills.
2) Commercial pricing: estimate of current value based upon recent sales, third party appraisals and third party MPC experts. The Woodlands Hills commercial is valued at cost.
3) Pre-tax cash flow estimates.
4) Maryland commercial acres exclude land in Downtown Columbia that is held within our Strategic Developments segment.
5) Summerlin excludes 555 acres contributed to the Summit joint venture at an agreed upon value of $225,000/acre.

Summerlin MPC, Las Vegas

$180M

2016 EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES

$1O0M+

2016 REVENUE AT SUMERLIN

8,100 

ACRES REMAINING TO 
BE DEVELOPED & SOLD 
ACROSS OUR MPC’S

Our MPC segment generated earnings before taxes of 
approximately $180 million for 2016 and for the past 
three years has averaged earnings before taxes of 
approximately $172 million. It is worth noting that our 
cash margins at The Woodlands are approximately 98% 
due to the fact that The Woodlands residential is at the 
end of its lifecycle and almost all of the infrastructure is 
already in place. 

The earnings and cash flow generated from this segment 
is one of the elements of HHC that sets us apart from 
other real estate companies. Unlike other developers 
who have few sources of recurring cash flow, our cash 
flows from operating assets and our MPCs have enabled 
us to internally fund our developments without having to 
raise equity and dilute our shareholders.  

Summerlin is a good example. In 2016, Summerlin 
generated over $100 million in land sales and 
participation revenue, exceeding the $100 million 
mark for the fourth year in a row. In 2014, we used 
approximately $106 million of cash generated from 
land sales and contributed land held at a book value of 
$17 million to develop the first stage of our urban core 
in the heart of the community, Downtown Summerlin: 
a 1.4 million square foot lifestyle destination with 
retail and office space. At stabilization, we estimate 
that Downtown Summerlin and ONE Summerlin will 
generate approximately $32 million of recurring net 
operating income. While the value creation resulting from 
delivering this development at its expected stabilized 
yield is clear, what is often missed are the other benefits 
that it generates for the broader MPC.  By providing this 
amenity to Summerlin, we have increased demand for 
homes in the community as evidenced by a 22% increase 
in the price of residential land sold to homebuilders 
since Downtown Summerlin opened. 

As the master developer and majority landowner in 
each of our communities, we have a high degree of 
influence and understanding of both the local economy 
and the microeconomy of the MPC.  The self-contained 
ecosystem that we have created within each of our 
communities has yielded a significant price premium 
over comparable homes outside of our master planned 
environment and has helped shield our properties from 
external economic pressures. Case in point: our Houston 
MPCs. Even though Houston’s economy has experienced 
a slowdown over the last two years, Bridgeland enjoyed 
a record year in 2016 with new home sales up more than 
67% from 2015. In The Woodlands, the office market 
experienced positive net absorption in 2016 and all of 
our tenants are performing their obligations, with some 
expanding their footprint by taking additional square 
footage within our office portfolio.  

With over 8,100 residential acres of land remaining to be 
developed and sold across our communities, we have 
substantial untapped value and significant expected 
future cash flows to be generated.  In addition to the 
residential land, our MPC segment contains more than 
3,400 acres designated for commercial development or 
sale to non-competing users such as hospitals. This land 
is held in our MPC segment until we identify demand for 
a new commercial development, at which point the land 
is transferred into our Strategic Development segment. 

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2.

Strategic 
Developments

50M 
SQ FT 

OF VERTICAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
ENTITLEMENTS 
WITHIN OUR 
PORTFOLIO

Anaha, Ward Village

I am often asked by shareholders about HHC’s future growth. Although we are constantly on the lookout for 
great acquisition opportunities, we have the luxury of being patient given our more than 50 million square feet 
of vertical development entitlements embedded within existing assets.  Below is a table outlining an estimate 
of our remaining entitlements:

REMAINING ENTITLEMENTS 
(IN MILLIONS)

3.

Operating Assets

The vast majority of our operating 
assets are located within our MPCs. 
This helps us achieve scale and, in 
most cases, critical mass, which 
leads to pricing power in lease and 
vendor negotiations. Furthermore, it 
enables us to attract, hire and retain 
the best local leadership and leasing 
teams, provides us flexibility to meet 
changing customer demands, and 
an enhanced ability to identify and 
capitalize on emerging opportunities. 
These competitive advantages, 
in turn, lead to higher rental 
rates, better customer retention, 
higher occupancy, lower operating 
expenses, and greater operating 
margins. 

One of the most readily 
understandable demonstrations of 
our value creation is the substantial 
and increasing recurring cash 
flow we generate as seen in the 
company’s increased NOI. In 2010, 
our company generated recurring 
NOI of $49 million.  As of our most 
recent fourth quarter, our annualized 
NOI was $156 million, a compounded 
annual growth rate of over 21%.  
We have achieved these increases 
without the need to raise equity 
since we became a public company.

We forecast that our recently 
completed projects and those under 
construction, excluding the Seaport, 
will generate about $232 million of 
NOI at stabilization.

OPERATING ASSETS NOI  ($ in millions)

Incremental contribution to operating  
assets NOI(1)

Operating assets NOI

232

92

140

232

76

156

  g r o w t h

2 1 %   C A G R ( 2 )

119

71

55

61

51

49

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q4 2016
annualized

OPERATING ASSETS INCREMENTAL NOI  BRIDGE ($ in millions)

Incremental contribution to operating  
assets NOI(1)

Operating assets NOI

4 9 %   g r o w t h ( 2 )

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t
e
R

Total

8.4

7.0

5.8

12.6

11.3

0.8

Ward Village

The Woodlands

Bridgeland

Summerlin

Columbia

Seaport

Other

4.0

Total

50.0

(1)  Potential incremental NOI from recently completed developments stabilizing as well as projects currently under 

construction, excluding Seaport District. These projects are substantially expected to stabilize by 2020.   

(2) Historical growth is not indicative of future performance.

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Downtown Summerlin, Las Vegas

HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To Shareholders 
 
 
 
 
Five Core Markets 
Transforming Vision 
Into Reality

Waiea, Ward Village

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersUNLOCKING VALUE  
FROM WALL STREET  
TO WAIKIKI 

ELK GROVE 
CALIFORNIA

SUMMERLIN 
LAS VEGAS

In order to illustrate the material value 
creation opportunities available with our 
existing assets, we have provided a detailed 
overview of each of our core assets below, 
beginning with our MPCs.

110 N WACKER 
CHICAGO

SEAPORT 
DISTRICT 
NEW YORK

LANDMARK 
VIRGINIA

WARD VILLAGE 
HAWAII

HOUSTON 
MPC’s

RIVERWALK 
NEW ORLEANS

DOWNTOWN 
COLUMBIA 
MARYLAND

KENDALL 
TOWN CENTER 
FLORIDA

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersSummerlin

For those of you not familiar with Summerlin, it is the premier place to live in 
Las Vegas, with a population today of more than 100,000 residents that will grow 
to 200,000 at full build.  Named after Howard Hughes’ paternal grandmother, 
Summerlin was acquired by the legendary entrepreneur himself in the 1950’s. 
This 22,500 acre MPC is located nine miles west of the Las Vegas strip.  We are 
the largest private land owner in the Las Vegas Valley and have approximately 
4,600 remaining saleable and developable acres.

The Summit

Future 
Developemnt

Downtown Summerlin

Summerlin MPC, Las Vegas

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To Shareholders 200,000

RESIDENTS AT FULL BUILD OUT

 $226M

LOTS CONTRACTED AT  
THE SUMMIT

Summerlin MPC, Las Vegas

The Summit, Summerlin

With 22 schools, 150 parks, 150 miles of trails, 14 
houses of worship, and nine golf courses – all more 
than almost any other community in the country - 
Summerlin is the place to be if you want to live in 
Las Vegas.  This is evident in the home prices, with 
home values at a more than 20% premium over 
other communities in the region.  Summerlin has 
built a strong brand reputation and benefits from 
favorable demographics, with average household 
income approaching $140,000 per year. 

With Southern Nevada’s economy experiencing 
a broad-based expansion, Summerlin continues 
to strengthen as a community.  Visitor traffic is 
at an all-time high, unemployment is at 5.0% (A 
900 basis point improvement from the trough in 
September 2010), and approximately $18 billion 

of commercial real estate development is either 
planned or underway in the Las Vegas Valley, 
including the future NFL stadium that will be home 
to the Raiders.  We are well positioned to increase 
our share of the market as we further distinguish 
the community with the continued development 
and growth of Downtown Summerlin.  The first 
phase of our downtown, totaling 1.4 million square 
feet in 34 buildings, was completed at the end of 
2014. Last year we broke ground on the practice 
facility for the Las Vegas NHL team. We have future 
development entitlements of over 5,000,000 square 
feet of additional residential, office and retail 
space, not including our plans to develop a stadium 
in Downtown Summerlin for the Las Vegas AAA 
baseball team. 

($ in millions)

Asset Type

Square Feet / Units

% Occupied as  
of 12/31/16 

2016 NOI

Q4 2016 NOI 
Annualized

Projected Annual  
Stabilized NOI

Operating Assets

Downtown Summerlin (1)

Retail/Office

Constellation (2)

Multi-Family

1,002,722

124

80.0 %

51.6%

Total

$   19.0

(0.1)

$    18.9

$   20.8

NA

$    20.8

$   32.0

1.1

$   33.1

Notes: 
1) Includes 206,279 SF of office (ONE Summerlin).
2) Joint venture NOI is shown at 50% ownership interest.
(3) Stabilized NOI is shown at greater of (i) trailing 12-month actual results or (ii) stabilized NOI at time of initial underwriting. In certain situations, current 
annualized NOI could exceed projected stabilized NOI as a result of non-recurring items such as lease termination fees.

RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES

We have significant additional capacity at Summerlin with 
approximately 3,800 remaining saleable residential acres, 
translating to approximately 15,700 residential lots, with 
a projected sell-out date of 2039.  Our Summerlin MPC 
segment generated $111 million of residential land sales 
in 2016.  For 2017, we expect our residential land sales 
business to continue to remain strong and for the fifth year 
in a row exceed the $100 million milestone.  Average price 
per acre in 2016 was $537,000, excluding the $40 million 
sale to Pulte Homes.  The Pulte sale was unique as the 
homebuilder will be responsible for installing power and 
drainage facilities to the village. Unlike in one of our typical 
sales, HHC is not obligated to incur any development costs 
within the boundaries of the parcel.

Current sales volume of approximately 7,000 new homes 
per year is half of historical market forecasts that 
projected Las Vegas to reach 14,000 new home sales per 
year by 2016-2017.  Given the recent lack of expansion 
in new home sales, we have remained careful to not sell 
home builders lots that would put excessive inventory in 
their hands.  As part of our efforts to increase velocity, 
we are focused on developing a product that targets a 
broader pool of potential homebuyers.  In the greater Las 
Vegas region, approximately 70% of home sales are below 
$400,000.  In Summerlin, with our focus on maintaining its 
reputation and brand positioning as a luxury community, 
we have historically not met that lower priced segment 
of market demand.  Most recently, we have been focused 
around developing a lot size, structure, and product type 
that can both maintain the high quality of product in 

Summerlin while allowing us to have a price point that 
meets this demand.  Our goal is to access this market 
demand in 2017 and 2018 using land that would otherwise 
not be monetized for many years. This could provide for 
both the acceleration of near term cash flows and increase 
the net present value of this MPC.

THE SUMMIT

The Summit is our joint venture with Discovery Land 
Company (“DLC”) to develop a 555-acre luxury golf course 
community that will further differentiate Summerlin as 
the place to live in the region.  The project delivered its 
first lots in 2016 and is performing above plan.  We had 
contracted to sell 71 lots for $226 million as of December 
31, 2016.  Early interest has come predominantly from the 
local market, which is atypical for traditional DLC projects.  
Development remains on schedule and on budget.  

The early success of The Summit is a testament to 
Mike Meldman, Discovery’s Chairman and CEO, and his 
impressive team as well as the strong brand reputations of 
DLC, HHC, and Summerlin that together create the perfect 
trifecta. 

The joint venture distributed $23 million in 2016, and 
recorded equity in earnings to us of $44 million.  We 
expect The Summit to grow substantially as lots close and 
we realize the full potential of this unique venture. The 
success of this project should also increase the appeal of 
our remaining MPC acreage for homebuilders and future 
home buyers. 

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersDOWNTOWN SUMMERLIN HAS 
STRONG MOMENTUM THAT WILL 
ALLOW US TO DEPLOY OUR 
5.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF 
ENTITLEMENTS AND CONTINUE 
ENHANCING THE COMMUNITY 
WITH OUR NEW COMMERCIAL 
DEVELOPMENTS. 

Tour De Summerlin, Downtown Summerlin

RETAIL AND OFFICE

MULTI-FAMILY

We continued to enhance the tenant mix at Downtown 
Summerlin in 2016, highlighted by the opening of H&M, 
Dave and Busters, West Elm, and Maggiano’s.  The upgraded 
and expanded tenant roster has led to an approximately 
20% increase in year-over-year traffic and sales of $577 
per square foot, excluding pad sites and anchors. In 2016, 
we welcomed over 16 million visitors. Despite these gains, 
we experienced headwinds from the Sports Authority 
and Golfsmith bankruptcies, soft sales from a handful 
of tenants, and lower leasing velocity than we previously 
anticipated.  NOI for Downtown Summerlin and ONE 
Summerlin was $19 million in 2016 and is projected to 
grow to $32 million at stabilization, which we now estimate 
to occur by the end of 2018. The slower than anticipated 
stabilization is primarily due to delayed lease-up and rent 
commencement dates as well as the need to replace  
non-performing tenants or defaulting tenants. 

We completed the Constellation in a joint venture with 
Calida in the third quarter of 2016.  The 124-unit project 
was 66% leased as of December 31, 2016 at average rents 
of $1.49 per square foot.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

Downtown Summerlin has strong momentum that 
will allow us to deploy our 5.5 million square feet of 
entitlements and continue enhancing the community with 
our new commercial developments. 

You can learn more about Summerlin at  
www.Summerlin.com 

INCREASE IN YEAR-OVER-YEAR 
TRAFFIC AT DOWNTOWN SUMMERLIN

Holiday Parade, Downtown Summerlin

Illustrative Rendering of Proposed AAA Baseball Stadium in Downtown Summerlin

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersHouston MPC’s

The Houston region includes The Woodlands, Bridgeland 
and The Woodlands Hills communities.  Each of these assets 
is in a different stage of the MPC life cycle.   

•  The Woodlands: With only 1,000 residential lots and approximately 790 
acres of commercial land remaining to be developed, the community is 
one of our most mature MPCs. 

•  Bridgeland has nearly 15,000 residential lots and 1,530 commercial 

acres remaining for development. 

•  The Woodlands Hills: Forecasted to deliver its first product to 
homebuilders in the latter half of 2017, the new MPC has a full cycle 
estimate of 5,000 residential lots to be developed over a 13-year period.

THE WOODLANDS

BRIDGELAND

THE WOODLANDS HILLS

TOTAL

REMAINING LOTS

REMAINING COMMERCIAL LOTS

SELLOUT PERIOD

1,136

788

8

14,827

1,530

19

5,064

171

13

21,027

2,489

Town Center, The Woodlands

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersDOWNTOWN 
HOUSTON

The Woodlands
Created by visionary oil businessman George Mitchell in 1974 
with an original concept design inspired by James Rouse’s 
master plan of Columbia, Maryland, The Woodlands has grown 
into one of the country’s most recognized MPCs over the last 
40 years. Today, more than 115,000 residents and several 
Fortune 500 corporations call The Woodlands home, including 
Anadarko Petroleum, Chicago Bridge & Iron, and Huntsman 
Corporation.  In addition, several large corporations maintain 
regional campuses in The Woodlands such as ExxonMobil, 
Chevron Phillips, Baker Hughes, McKesson, and Aon.   As a 
result of the robust corporate presence, The Woodlands is one 
of the largest employment hubs in the region with over 60,000 
jobs, helping to maintain economic stability with an average 
household income in excess of $110,000.

Hughes Landing, The Woodlands

Since acquiring Morgan Stanley’s remaining 47.5% 
ownership interest in The Woodlands in 2011 for $117.5 
million and their share in the $261 million of total debt on 
the community, we have sold over 3,000 residential lots for 
approximately $390 million and 169 acres of commercial 
land for $141 million. Today, we value the remaining 
land in The Woodlands at $926 million on an uninflated/
undiscounted basis. In addition, we have invested total 
capital of approximately $890 million to develop or 
redevelop approximately 1.7 million square feet of office, 
224,000 square feet of retail, 704 multi-family units, and 
913 hotel rooms all of which generate net operating income 
of $64 million (annualized as of fourth quarter 2016) and 
$89 million of expected NOI equating to a stabilized yield 
of 10% on our total project costs. Today, we value the 
community at $1.4 billion net of approximately $900 million 
of debt.

Below is a brief overview of our operating assets at  
The Woodlands. 

OFFICE

Our office portfolio in The Woodlands consists of 
approximately 2.1 million square feet across 11 properties. 
Our office properties range in size and location to satisfy 
a broad range of tenant requirements. Our scale allows us 
to compete for tenants at every stage of a company’s life 
cycle, from small companies searching for affordable space 
to Fortune 100 corporations interested in state-of-the-art 
build to suit office space. 

Total NOI from our office portfolio in The Woodlands was 
$32 million in 2016 which is expected to grow to $53 million 
once our newest developments in Hughes Landing stabilize.    
Below is a table outlining our existing operating office 
assets in The Woodlands along with their 2016 projected 
annual stabilized NOI. 

($ in millions)

Operating Assets - Office

1725 –1735 Hughes Landing Blvd

Three Hughes Landing

3 Waterway

4 Waterway

One Hughes Landing

Two Hughes Landing

3831 Technology Forest

9303 New Trails

1400 Woodloch

2201 Lake Woodlands

Total

Square Feet / Units % Occupied as  
of 12/31/16 

2016 NOI

Q4 2016 NOI
Annualized

Projected Annual  
Stabilized NOI

 651,924 

 321,000 

 232,021 

 218,551 

 197,719 

 197,714 

 95,078 

 97,553 

 95,667 

 24,119 

 2,131,346 

73.8%

10.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

96.3%

100.0%

86.7%

93.5%

30.5%

 3.0 

 (0.5)

 6.7 

 6.5 

 6.0 

 5.0 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 1.7 

 (0.1)

31.9

 9.4 

 NA 

 7.2 

 6.7 

 6.2 

 8.2 

 1.8 

 1.5 

 1.7 

 -   

 42.7

 14.4 

 7.6 

 6.7 

 6.5 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 2.0 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 -   

 52.7 

(1) Stabilized NOI is shown at greater of (i) trailing 12-month actual results or (ii) stabilized NOI at time of initial underwriting. In certain situations, 
current annualized NOI could exceed projected stabilized NOI as a result of non-recurring items such as lease termination fees. 

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersEMBASSY SUITES  
HUGHES LANDING 
#1 NATIONAL RANKING

Embassy Suites, Hughes Landing

The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center

Embassy Suites, Hughes Landing

HOSPITALITY

Our hospitality portfolio in The Woodlands consists of three hotels: The Woodlands Resort & 
Conference Center, Embassy Suites at Hughes Landing and The Westin. Today, our portfolio is quite 
different than it was three years ago. In 2014, we completed a redevelopment and expansion of 
the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center that included renovating 222 existing guest rooms and 
constructing a new wing of 184 guest rooms and suites. In 2015, we completed and opened the 
Embassy Suites at Hughes Landing, which has been ranked the top hotel on the Embassy network.  
In 2016, we opened The Westin along The Woodlands Waterway in Town Center. 

As a result of the impact of lower oil prices on the Houston economy, 2016 was a challenging year for 
our hospitality segment as occupancy was lower than forecasted at both the Resort and The Westin. 
We have further optimized the hotels’ operations and they are well positioned to continue to season 
in the coming years.  In 2016, NOI from our hospitality segment was $13 million, which we expect to 
ultimately grow to $32 million at stabilization.

Below is a table outlining our existing operating hospitality assets in The Woodlands along with  
their 2016 projected annual stabilized NOI. 

($ in millions)

Keys

2016 NOI

Q4 2016 NOI
Annualized

Projected Annual  
Stabilized NOI

Operating Assets - Hospitality

Woodlands Resort & Conference Center

The Westin at The Woodlands

Embassy Suites at Hughes Landing

Total

406

302

205

913

$

$

7.6

1.7

3.6

12.9

$

$

 7.7 

 4.6 

 4.3 

 16.6 

$

$

16.5

10.5

4.5

31.5

(1) Stabilized NOI is shown at greater of (i) trailing 12-month actual results or (ii) stabilized NOI at time of initial 
underwriting. In certain situations, current annualized NOI could exceed projected stabilized NOI as a result of non-
recurring items such as lease termination fees. 

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersThe Waterway, The Woodlands

WE OWN THREE  
MULTI-FAMILY 
PROPERTIES IN THE 
WOODLANDS THAT TOTAL 
1,097 UNITS. 

MULTI-FAMILY 

We own three multi-family properties in The Woodlands that total 1,097 units. Similar to our office properties, 
our multi-family portfolio is uniquely positioned to serve a wide range of residents, from millennials moving 
into their first home after college to empty nesters looking for the best amenities a property has to offer. Our 
most recent development, One Lakes Edge, is the gold standard for multi-family living in The Woodlands. 
In 2016, the NOI of our multi-family segment in The Woodlands was $8.3 million. We expect NOI from this 
segment to grow to $17 million once One Lakes Edge stabilizes and Millennium Six Pines contributes our 
100% share for a full year. 

($ in millions)

Operating Assets - Multi-Family

One Lakes Edge (1)

Millennium Six Pines (2)

Millennium Waterway

Total

Units

390

314

393

1,097

% Occupied
As of 12/31/16

2016 NOI

Q4 2016 NOI
Annualized

Projected Annual  
Stabilized NOI

69.2%

85.7%

83.0%

3.6

1.5

3.2

8.3

 4.0 

 3.9 

 3.4 

 11.3 

7.5

4.6

4.5

16.6

Notes: 
1) NOI includes One Lakes Edge Retail.
2) Prior to our acquisition of our partner’s remaining interest in this property in July 2016, we owned an 81.43% interest. The NOI shown here reflects NOI  

earned subsequent to the acquisition. Prior to the acquisition, our share of the property’s NOI was approximately $1 million.

3)  Stabilized NOI is shown at greater of (i) trailing 12-month actual results or (ii) stabilized NOI at time of initial underwriting. In certain situations, current 

annualized NOI could exceed projected stabilized NOI as a result of non-recurring items such as lease termination fees.

RETAIL

We own approximately 308,000 square feet of retail across six properties in The Woodlands. These properties  
are primarily located in Town Center and Hughes Landing and offer a variety of dining and shopping offerings 
from restaurants such as Truluck’s, Fogo de Chao and Del Frisco’s Grille to grocery stores such as Whole Foods 
Market.  Our retail portfolio is 94% leased with an average remaining term of eight years. In 2016, total NOI from 
our retail portfolio in The Woodlands was $8 million.      

Below is a table outlining our existing operating retail assets in The Woodlands along with their 2016  
projected annual stabilized NOI. 

($ in millions)

Operating Assets - Retail

Hughes Landing Retail

One Lakes Edge Retail1

Creekside Village Green

20/25 Waterway

Waterway Garage Retail

1701 Lake Robbins

Total

Square Feet

% Occupied 
As of 12/31/16

2016 NOI

Q4 2016 
Annualized NOI

Projected Annual  
Stabilized NOI

126,131

23,280

74,669

50,062

21,513

12,376

308,031

97.4%

99.3%

84.5%

97.5%

99.8%

64.1%

$

$

3.4

-

1.5

1.8

0.6

0.4

7.7

$

$

 4.2 

 -   

 1.5 

 1.9 

 0.7 

 0.4 

 8.7 

$

$

3.5

-

1.9

1.8

0.8

0.4

8.4

Notes: 
1) NOI included in One Lakes Edge multi-family NOI.
2)  Stabilized NOI is shown at greater of (i) trailing 12-month actual results or (ii) stabilized NOI at time of initial underwriting. In certain situations, current 

annualized NOI could exceed projected stabilized NOI as a result of non-recurring items such as lease termination fees.

In addition to the above, we have a pipeline of entitlements that could total more than 7,000,000 square feet. 

You can learn more about The Woodlands at www.TheWoodlands.com 

One Lakes Edge at Hughes Landing, The Woodlands

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67% 
GROWTH 
IN YEAR 
OVER YEAR 
SALES

Bridgeland

Bridgeland was acquired in 2003.  Located northwest of 
Houston between Highway 290 and Interstate 10, the MPC 
originally encompassed over 10,000 acres before an additional 
1,234 acres were purchased in 2007.  The master plan details 
more than 3,000 acres of open space and 900 acres of lakes, 
helping to differentiate the community and providing appeal 
to buyers. Since construction began in 2004, our predecessors 
invested over $300 million into this asset. 

Bridgeland’s first homes were sold in 2006. Over the long term, 
Bridgeland expects to comprise 20,000 homes and 65,000 
residents.  Today, approximately 2,800 homes have been sold 
and 8,300 residents live in the community.  Unemployment 
in the local trade area is 5.2% and the median household 
income is approximately $100,000.  As other MPCs exhaust 
their supply of residential lots, Bridgeland stands to benefit 
from the continued northern growth in the greater Houston 
area as future home owners are attracted to the master plan 
environment.  

2016 was a robust year for Bridgeland with home sales 67% 
higher than in 2015.  This performance highlights the demand 
that exists for homes priced below $400,000.  In order to meet 
the market demand for this product, we have altered the mix 
of lots that we develop.  We sold 296 lots in 2016 with revenue 
totaling $21 million.  

As Houston grows northwest, Bridgeland will be the beneficiary 
of that growth.  We expect Bridgeland to eventually achieve 
average lot sales in excess of 800 lots per year.  Accelerating 
our lot sales will pave the way for commercial development and 
meaningful growth in recurring income.

You can learn more about Bridgeland at www.Bridgeland.com 

Bridgeland, Houston

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersOWING TO ITS MANY 
AMENITIES AND STRONG 
SCHOOLS, COLUMBIA WAS 
RANKED THE TOP SMALL 
CITY TO LIVE IN BY MONEY 
MAGAZINE IN 2016.

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Downtown Columbia

Columbia

Developed by Jim Rouse, the father of the MPC business, Columbia 
was among the first MPCs in the country. Its strategic position 
between Baltimore, MD, and Washington, D.C. enabled it to thrive. 
Today, it is home to more than 112,000 residents. 

While The Rouse Company sold all of the community’s single-
family residential inventory many years ago, the central core 
was reserved for the last stages of development so that it could 
become an urban-oriented business and cultural hub known 
today as Downtown Columbia.  This strategy is consistent with The 
Woodlands, which created enormous value by reserving strategically 
located “town center” land for commercial development later in the 
life cycle of the MPC. 

Downtown Columbia is located in Howard County, 
which has a population of approximately 287,000 
residents and one of the nation’s most educated 
workforces.  It is at the center of the growing cyber 
security industry because of its proximity to Fort 
George Meade, U.S. Cyber Command, and the 
National Security Agency. 

The county is also home to major research institutions such as 
Johns Hopkins and companies like W.R. Grace, Accuvant Federal 
Solutions, Tenable, and The Coastal Companies.  As of December 
2016, the Howard County unemployment rate was 2.7%. Household 
incomes are high in Howard County with median household 
income at over $110,000. Owing to its many amenities and strong 
schools, Columbia was ranked the top small city to live in by Money 
Magazine in 2016.

Our focus over the past six years has been on the commercial 
development plan for Downtown Columbia, which provides us 
with the ability to develop approximately 13 million square feet 
comprised of 5,500 residential units, 4.3 million square feet of 
office, 1.3 million square feet of retail, and 640 hotel rooms.   Below 
are some updates of our progress over the last 12 months. 

On November 9, 2016, The Howard County Council passed 
legislation approving up to $90 million in tax increment financing 
bonds to fund critical public infrastructure improvements in 
the Merriweather District within Downtown Columbia, including 
significant roadwork and a 2,500-space parking structure. A TIF is a 
vehicle commonly used by jurisdictions around the country to fund 
development of public spaces or infrastructure.  TIFs use future 
incremental tax revenue resulting from the development to finance 
the infrastructure needed to accelerate the larger project.

DOWNTOWN 
COLUMBIA 
MASTER PLAN 
BY THE 
NUMBERS

5,500 

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

4.3M 

SQ FT OF OFFICE

1.3M 

SQ FT OF RETAIL

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RETAIL

Through two transactions in recent years, we acquired 
10-70 Corporate Center and became the dominant office 
landlord in Downtown Columbia, controlling approximately 
50% of the supply in the market.  Last year, we completed 
One Merriweather, the first new office building to be 
delivered in Downtown Columbia in decades. Medstar 
Health, the region’s largest healthcare provider, occupies 
42% of the project and will cover carrying costs while the 
remainder of the building is leased.    

In 2016, we completed leasing the Columbia Regional 
Building, adding NuVasive to the third floor.  We 
successfully repurposed the former Rouse Company 
Headquarters, designed by architecture giant Frank Gehry, 
into a dynamic Whole Foods-anchored destination in  
Fall 2014.  Our Columbia retail portfolio totals 89,000 
square feet.  

MULTI-FAMILY

We began construction on Two Merriweather, our second 
office building in the Merriweather District. Pearson PLC, 
an international publishing and education company, will 
occupy approximately 55% of the building when complete 
at the end of 2017.

Our first multi-family development in Columbia, The 
Metropolitan Downtown Columbia, stabilized in 2016. 
Distributions in 2016 in the 50/50 joint venture with Kettler 
totaled $5 million of which $4 million was a result of 
refinancing the debt. 

In 2016, under another 50/50 joint venture with Kettler, we 
began construction on the 437-unit m.flats/TEN.M project 
adjacent to The Metropolitan Downtown Columbia. We 
contributed five acres of land to the project valued at $23 
million. Additionally, we invested $9 million of capital to 
ready the land for development last year.

Below is a table outlining our existing operating assets  
in Columbia along with their 2016 projected annual 
stabilized NOI.

Additionally, we closed on the purchase of the American 
City Building in the Lakefront District. The purchase price 
of $14 million is net of insurance proceeds held in escrow 
from a previous casualty. While this office building is 
vacant, its value lies in our ability to unravel complicated 
and restrictive parking easements, which will allow us to 
redevelop a significant portion of the Lakefront.  We are 
hard at work fine tuning a dynamic plan that will accelerate 
development opportunities in the market.

In 2016, we purchased One Mall North, a 100,000 square 
foot fully leased office building, for $22 million.  Without 
assigning any value to the improvement, the implied 
purchase price of the building would equate to the value 
of the land we contributed to our first joint venture with 
Kettler for the construction of the Metropolitan.  We believe 
our basis in the buildings positions us to create value over 
the long term.  

COLUMBIA - OPERATING & UNDER DEVELOPMENT ASSETS

($ in millions)

Asset Type

Square Feet / Units

% Occupied 
As of 12/31/16

2016 NOI

Q4 2016 NOI
Annualized

Projected Annual  
Stabilized NOI

Operating Assets

10-70 Columbia Corporate Center

The Metropolitan (1)

Columbia Regional Building

One Mall North

One Merriweather

Columbia Operating Properties

Subtotal

Under Development

m.flats(1)

Two Merriweather

Subtotal

Total

Office

Multi-Family

Retail/Office

Office

Office

Various

886,803

380

88,556

97,364

199,000

100,903

88.6%

92.6%

77.4%

100.0%

42.0%

90.9%

Multi-Family

Office

437

130,000

NA

NA

$

11.3

$

 10.3 

$

12.4

2.1

1.4

NA

NA

(0.1)

14.7

NA

NA

-

14.7

 2.8 

 1.5 

 NA 

 NA 

 0.1 

 14.7 

NA

NA

-

14.7

3.5

2.2

1.6

5.1

0.5

25.3

4.0

3.6

7.6

32.9

Town Center, The Woodlands

One Merriweather, Downtown Columbia

Notes:   
1) Joint venture NOI is shown at share.
2)  Stabilized NOI is shown at greater of (i) trailing 12-month actual results or (ii) stabilized NOI at time of initial underwriting. In certain situations, current annualized NOI could 

exceed projected stabilized NOI as a result of non-recurring items such as lease termination fees.

Merriweather District, Downtown Columbia

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersFuture Growth

We plan to accelerate development in Downtown Columbia in 2017.  We will 
complete previously approved infrastructure and roadwork design required 
to open the southern portion of the Merriweather District for vertical 
development.  

We continue to generate interest from a variety of businesses in Downtown 
Columbia including healthcare, cyber security and other technological and 
research-oriented companies. By developing a corporate employment center, 
more people will want to live and play in Downtown Columbia. Our plans for 
this urban core continue to reflect Rouse’s fifty year old vision, and they are 
on their way to becoming a reality. We are proud to be honoring his legacy 
in creating Downtown Columbia and reimagining the community for a new 
generation of residents and office workers. 

You can learn more about Downtown Columbia at  
www.downtowncolumbiamd.com

Merriweather District, Downtown Columbia

OUR PLANS FOR THIS 
URBAN CORE CONTINUE 
TO REFLECT ROUSE’S 
FIFTY-YEAR OLD VISION, 
AND THEY ARE ON THEIR 
WAY TO BECOMING A 
REALITY. 

Merriweather District, Downtown Columbia

Merriweather District, Downtown Columbia

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To Shareholders 
Seaport District

When we obtained control of the South Street Seaport in 2010, 
we quickly recognized the opportunity to transform the storied 
site into a premier destination for New Yorkers and an anchor 
for the thriving Lower Manhattan community while embracing 
the waterfront and historic cultural fabric of the locale. 

Today, that vision is well on its way to becoming a reality. 

WORLD 
TRADE 
CENTER
9 SUBWAY LINES

FULTON 
TRANSIT 
CENTER

500K OFFICE WORKERS

6 FERRY ROUTES 
& WATER TAXIS

7 MIN WALK

THE SEAPORT DISTRICT

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Lower Manhattan

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EAST RIVER

HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersSEAPORT 
DISTRICT 
SITE PLAN

PIER 17

170,000 SF

THE ROOFTOP

1.5 ACRE VENUE

L3/4 - CREATIVE OFFICE & EXPERIENTIAL RETAIL

Restaurants
by

GREEN 
ROOM

L1 - VILLAGE DINING

TIN BUILDING

50,000+ SF

FOOD HALL 
BY 
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Peck SlipWater StreetWater StreetPearl StreetBeekman StreetFulton StreetFront StreetFront StreetFront StreetSouth StreetFDR DriveTo SubwaysTitanic ParkJohn Street/Burling SlipPIER 15PIER 16PIER 17HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To Shareholders 
ICONIC 
ROOFTOP  
VENUE

That can host events for up 
to 4,000 people standing or 
2,600 seated

WINTER  
VILLAGE

Includes an ice rink and an 
event space that holds up to 
500 people seated and more 
than 1,800 standing

Pier 17 Rooftop - Illustrative Rendering

Pier 17 Rooftop - Illustrative Rendering

Since September 11th, 2001, the Seaport neighborhood 
has become one of the fastest growing residential areas 
in New York City, attracting young, affluent, well-educated 
New Yorkers with average household incomes exceeding 
$200,000. This is only the beginning as many new residents 
will be relocating to the area with 27 residential buildings 
totaling more than 4,100 units under construction or 
planned for completion. An increase in visitors will also 
follow with approximately 4,600 hotel rooms under 
construction or planned for completion. 

At the same time, Downtown NYC has become a hub 
for media, creative, and technology companies with 
more than 800 creative and technology companies 
calling the neighborhood home, which complement the 
existing strong base of financial services and insurance 
businesses.  Today, approximately 500,000 people work in 
Lower Manhattan.  

Lower Manhattan has never been easier to access with the 
opening of the Fulton Transit Center in 2014 (a 5-7 minute 
walk from the Seaport) and the World Trade Transportation 
Hub in 2016 (a 10 minute walk from the Seaport). 

Combined, these two transport links serve more than 
500,000 daily commuters and provide convenient access 
to the Seaport for those living throughout the metropolitan 
area. With Brooklyn’s recent resurgence, Lower Manhattan 
is becoming the new center of New York City.  

As New York’s original commercial hub, the Seaport’s 
distinct architecture and unmatched views of the Brooklyn 
Bridge and East River have always made it a highly visited 
tourist attraction, welcoming approximately 12-15 million 
tourists annually prior to the redevelopment.  However, our 
focus has been to create a carefully curated destination 
that will bring New Yorkers back to the district.  

The current redevelopment encompasses seven buildings 
spanning several city blocks along the East River 
waterfront in Lower Manhattan. The development consists 
of three distinct areas: the historic district, Pier 17, and the 
Tin Building. 

10 CORSO COMO’S 
ONLY US LOCATION

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Fulton Market Building

HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersIn curating the district, we have 
structured many of our leases to 
have a significant component of 
percentage rent or to give HHC 
a partnership interest in the 
business.  As a result, our ability 
to realize returns at the higher 
end of our expectations will be 
driven by the ultimate sales 
productivity per foot that our food 
and beverage and retail offerings 
achieve. We could have accepted 
a more traditional business 
model with a focus on base rents, 
however, I believe we can create 
greater risk adjusted returns and 
a substantially more valuable 
property by creating a destination 
with distinct experiences and by 
participating in tenant success in 
a meaningful way.

Given the Seaport’s many 
possibilities and the current state 
of development, it is currently 
more complicated to value than 
our other core assets. Our vision 
is to create a destination and 
property that we would want 
to own for a lifetime on a site 
that is irreplaceable in location, 
architecture, and iconic nature 
in the heart of one of the fastest 
growing neighborhoods in the 
world’s most vibrant city.  

iPic Theaters - The Tuck Room

Pier 17, Seaport District

Food Hall by Jean-Georges, The Tin Building

We are updating our total 
construction costs for the Seaport 
District, now inclusive of the Tin 
Building, to a gross cost of $785 
million, or $731 million net of our 
Superstorm Sandy insurance 
proceeds of $54 million.  

WE ARE TARGETING A 
STABILIZED ANNUAL 
RETURN BETWEEN 
6% AND 8% OF OUR 
NET COST ESTIMATE 
OF $731 MILLION.

You can learn more about the 
Seaport District at  
www.southstreetseaport.com

experiential retail, including concepts from acclaimed 
restauranteurs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and 
David Chang (Founder of the Momofuku Group). 
Floors three and four will consist of approximately 
100,000 square feet of space that will likely be a 
mix of creative office, experiential retail, and event 
space.  Pier 17 will be highlighted by a 1.5-acre rooftop 
event and entertainment venue that will be home to a 
restaurant, private events, a community open space, 
summer concert series and a vibrant winter village 
experience in a unique setting with unmatched views 
of the Brooklyn Bridge, East River, and the New York 
skyline. The rooftop will be able to hold approximately 
4,000 people standing or 2,600 seated. Pier 17 and 
the rooftop will open in the summer of 2018. Given the 
unique nature of this rooftop, it is a space that needs 
to be seen and experienced in order to understand its 
ultimate potential.  

Tin Building - The Tin Building will encompass 
approximately 50,000 square feet, housing a food 
market that will rival the most extraordinary food 
experiences in the world. Operated by Chef Jean-
Georges Vongerichten, the market will pay homage 
to the original Fulton Fish Market that opened at 
the Seaport in 1822. The existing building will be 
carefully deconstructed, removed from its deteriorated 
platform, and rebuilt 30 feet back from FDR Drive to 
restore its visibility and move it above the flood plain. 
The reconstruction is expected to be complete in 2019.

T H E   P O W E R  

O F   T H R E E

The Seaport District, NYC

Historic District - The historic district, or as we call it, 
the Uplands, consists of 180,000 square feet of retail 
space, which includes the 100,000 square foot Fulton 
Market Building.  Our first cornerstone tenant to open 
in the revitalized district was iPic Theaters, which 
opened in October 2016 with a 20-year lease on 46,000 
square feet in the Fulton Market Building.  The iPic 
at the Seaport is Manhattan’s first new commercial 
multiplex movie theater in over a decade and currently 
iPic’s only Manhattan location. 

In September, we announced that iconic retailer 
10 Corso Como, founded in Milan in 1991 by style 
visionary and former fashion editor Carla Sozzani, will 
open in the Uplands.  The store will be 10 Corso Como’s 
only U.S. location. For those of you not familiar with 
10 Corso Como, it is the world’s original concept store 
and emulates a living magazine with its wide range 
of offerings that include a restaurant, bar, art gallery, 
fashion, home goods, design objects, books and more 
(To learn more visit www.10corsocomo.com). 10 Corso 
Como will join other previously announced tenants in 
the historic district such as McNally Jackson Books, 
Scotch and Soda, By Chloe, Big Gay Ice Cream, and Dita 
Eyewear.  We expect the Uplands to be substantially 
repositioned by mid-2018. 

Pier 17 - The new building will house approximately 
170,000 square feet over four levels overlooking 
the East River and Brooklyn Bridge. The first two 
levels will house a mix of dynamic restaurants and 

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersWard Village

We continue to make our mark in Honolulu with 
substantial progress in transforming Ward Village 
into one of the great urban master plans in the world. 
Our 60-acre vertical MPC, located steps from the 
beach on the south shore of Oahu between downtown 
Honolulu and Waikiki, will become an international 
benchmark for community development, 
architecture, public space and culture.  

Waeia Grand Penthouse, Ward Village

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersAs of December 31, 2016, we had contracted to sell 
approximately $1.4 billion of residential product on towers 
completed or under construction and have approximately 
$541 million of product remaining for sale. We are on 
schedule to deliver one tower per year through 2019 and 
have executed leases to anchor the base of the towers 
with leading operators including Nobu, Merrimans, CVS, 
and Whole Foods Market. Similar to the MPC segment, 
the scale of this development thwarts competition in 
the marketplace and gives us a competitive advantage 
with securing labor, financing, marketing and community 
engagement.

We have made important contributions to the community 
beyond our development activities. We created the Ward 
Village Foundation to give back to the community and to 

date have committed more than $2 million to local causes.  
We have also taken a leadership role in bringing art and 
culture into the neighborhood, as evidenced by our role 
as founding sponsor of the 2017 Honolulu Biennial.   The 
hub of this inaugural biennial is located at Ward Village, 
featuring works from 33 local and internationally renowned 
artists, many being exhibited for the first time in Hawaii 
from March 8 to May 8. Our long-term commitment to 
the city goes beyond our business interests.   Our local 
executives are members of the community and dedicated 
to strengthening Honolulu for future generations. Their 
efforts have touched organizations as wide-ranging as 
the YMCA of Honolulu, Make A Wish Hawaii, The Bishop 
Museum and HomeAid Hawaii (founded by The Ward Village 
Foundation to help serve Honolulu’s homeless population).

Central Plaza, Ward Village

The property is currently comprised of 1.3 million square feet of 
retail, industrial and office space. Our master plan entitlements 
allow for up to 9.3 million square feet of mixed-use development. 
At full build out, we will deliver over 4,000 homes and more than 
one million square feet of retail space.  In 2016, Ward Village 
generated $22 million of NOI from existing retail and industrial 
space, a large portion of which will be redeveloped as part of 
the master plan. It is unusual for a development site to generate 
meaningful recurring income, particularly to continue doing so 
throughout the redevelopment. 

As the largest LEED-ND Platinum certified development in 
the country, Ward Village is at the forefront of sustainable 
community development and will contain public amenities 
at a scale that no other development in Hawaii offers.  
These public amenities include a planned central plaza in 
the heart of the community, new tree-lined sidewalks, and 
bike lanes with access to an over 100-acre public beach 
park and the adjacent Kewalo Harbor, which we control 
and operate under a 35-year ground lease with the Hawaii 
Community Development Authority.  To date, we have sold 
more than 1,100 homes since we began sales in early 2014.

market continue to show strength.  Last year was marked 
by steady year-over-year median price increases and 
limited supply of new home deliveries.  Economists 
forecast median condominium prices to increase by 
approximately 5.5%2 over each of the coming three years.  

We had a strong 2016 at Ward Village, contracting to sell 
$341 million during a year in which our only new product 
to hit the market was Ke Kilohana, our primarily workforce 
housing tower.   We contracted to sell a total of $872 million 
in 2014 and 2015. 

Given its unique beauty and location between the U.S. 
and Asia, Oahu continues to attract a growing number of 
visitors.  In 2016, Honolulu welcomed approximately 8.8 
million visitors, 15% above its prerecession peak in 2006. 
At the same time, the employment market is robust.  As 
of December 2016, the Honolulu unemployment rate was 
2.4%.  As a result of the high barriers to entry and limited 
new supply, Honolulu and the broader Oahu residential 

Because we offer product at a wide range of price points 
to meet demand, we have the opportunity to absorb the 
majority of new customers in this market.  That said, 
absorption has slowed for condominium units priced  
over $2 million due to the increased supply of luxury 
product brought to market over the past several years.   
This will likely impact the design of future towers over  
the medium term.  
2) University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization – State Forecast Update March 2017

Honolulu Art Biennial at the IBM Building, Ward Village - Photograph by Surface Design

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersThe New Nobu Honolulu, Ward Village

Waiea Arrival Experience, Ward Village

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersWAIEA AND ANAHA

We broke ground on Waiea in June 
2014 and opened in November 2016 
at a total cost of approximately $414 
million, excluding land.  The tower 
has an 8,200 square foot Nobu that 
is projected to generate $0.5 million 
in annual NOI in 2017. As of March 31, 
2017, we had sold 163, or 94%, of  
the units. 

We broke ground on Anaha in 
November 2014, which is scheduled 
to begin closings in third quarter 
2017 at a total cost of approximately 
$401 million, excluding land.  This 
tower will include 16,000 square 
feet of retail which is projected to 
generate $1 million in annual NOI 
upon stabilization in 2018. As of 
March 31, 2017, we had sold 301, or 
95%, of the units.  

AE’O

We broke ground on the first phase 
of Ae`o in March 2016 and the tower 
is scheduled to begin closings in the 
first half of 2019 at a total cost of 
approximately $429 million, excluding 
land.  Additionally, the tower will have 
67,000 square feet of retail, anchored 
by a flagship Whole Foods Market, 
which is projected to generate 
$2 million in annual NOI upon 
stabilization in 2019. As of March 31, 
2017, we had sold 288, or 62%, of  
the units.   

KE KILOHANA

We broke ground on Ke Kilohana in 
October 2016, which is scheduled 
for completion in 2019 at a total 
cost of approximately $219 million, 
excluding land.  The 424-unit project 
contains 375 workforce units, priced 
below-market, which allow for the 
development of approximately 1,500 
market-rate units.  The tower will 
include 22,000 square feet of retail 
leased to CVS/Longs Drugs and is 
projected to generate $1 million in 
annual NOI upon stabilization in 
2020. As of March 31, 2017, we had 
sold 387, or 91%, of the units. 

Anaha, Ward Village

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Whole Foods Market & AEO, Ward Village

Ke Kilohana, Ward Village

Excluding the value of our land, 
we anticipate achieving a 30% 
gross margin on our market 
rate condo developments for 
the overall master plan with 
front row sites obtaining higher 
margins and second or third row 
sites obtaining lower margins.  

The market-rate housing projects allow us to subsidize the 
development of workforce housing, which is exclusively 
for local residents.  To date, we have averaged sales per 
foot of approximately $1,400 on our market-rate buildings 
over a wide range of product. We have approximately five 
million square feet of market rate residential development 
entitlements remaining. The completed master plan will 
include more than one million square feet of retail for 
which we expect to achieve net rents between $50 and $75 
per foot. It is worth noting that Ward is located 5-7 minutes 
walking distance from Ala Moana Mall, one of the most 
productive shopping destinations in the country with sales 
of approximately $1,400 per foot, and as such we expect 
the retail of the development to grow into a valuable 
source of recurring income. 

KEWALO HARBOR

The Kewalo Basin Harbor sits along Ward Village’s frontage 
and forms the foreground of ocean views for thousands 
of condominiums planned or in construction. The Harbor, 
which leases slips for charter, commercial fishing, and 
recreational vessels, is a valuable amenity to the greater 
community that is unmatched on the island.  In 2015 
following an extensive RFP process, the Hawaii Community 
Development Authority (HCDA) granted us the rights to 
refurbish and reinvigorate two parcels of land that skirt 
the harbor as well as manage the harbor.  This will allow us 
to create an integrated environment around Ward Village 
that maintains the integrity and rich history of the area.  

The site is approximately 55 acres and is comprised 
of 144 boat slips. We plan to spend approximately $23 
million in order to replace existing piers, improve security 
features, upgrade access to utilities, and add 36 boat 
slips for a total of 180 slips after redevelopment. In-water 
construction is expected to commence in late-2017 with 
expected completion in late 2019.  In addition to being 
an amenity for the broader community, thanks to its 
depth and large slips, Kewalo is regularly home to large 
superyachts making their way across the Pacific.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

As I mentioned last year, we continue to think about how 
we can develop innovative product that will meet the 
needs of the market and enable us to accelerate sales. To 
that end, we are focused on bringing our next residential 
tower to market this summer, which will consist of smaller, 
more efficient units with lower nominal price points.

You can learn more about Ward Village at  
www.Wardvillage.com

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersOther Notable 
Opportunities

Other assets include 110 N. Wacker in Chicago, Landmark Mall in 
Alexandria, Circle T Ranch in Dallas, Elk Grove in California, and 
West Windsor in New Jersey. These assets are held in our Strategic 
Development segment. Even though they are not part of our core 
assets, we have significantly advanced predevelopment efforts and 
have taken major steps to unlock value. These steps include:

•  Beginning to masterplan a large mixed-use development in 

partnership with Hillwood at Circle T Ranch

•  Acquiring the Macy’s site at Landmark Mall, providing us 
with the ability to transform the enclosed mall and the 
Macy’s parcel into a vibrant open-air, mixed-use community 
with retail, residential, and entertainment components. 

•  Executing on a partial sale of land at our Elk Grove site to 

The Wilton Rancheria tribe for $36 million in January 2017.  
The tribe will construct a casino on the site which will be 
linked to our future outlet/hybrid lifestyle development. 

•  Recently announcing plans for a future 51-story, trophy-

class office building to be developed on 110 North Wacker in 
collaboration with Riverside Investment & Development. 

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110 North Wacker Drive, Chicago

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To ShareholdersCONTENT 
IS KING

Twenty-one years ago, Bill Gates wrote an article 
about the importance of content and the role 
it would play in the growth of the internet.  The 
article was titled “Content is King” and that idea 
might be even more relevant today than when it 
was written.  

We operate in a world in which 
unique content and experiences, 
both in the digital and physical 
worlds, command a premium.  

Today, businesses that offer customers unique 
content, product, or experiences are the ones 
that are in the best position to thrive (think 
Disney, Zara, and Netflix). Consumers are less 
and less likely to shop for purely transactional 
reasons; instead they seek distinct offerings. As 
ecommerce and most notably Amazon continue to 
grow, content will become increasingly important 
in differentiating real estate destinations and 
generating returns on investment.  

We are constantly looking for 
alternative ways to develop and 
enhance our real estate by using 
innovative designs and offerings.

At HHC every detail counts.  

From identifying up and coming retail tenants 
to experimenting with new technologies in 
wall or floor coverings in the common areas of 
our office and retail assets, each decision is 
carefully analyzed to ensure that our products 
are best positioned for long term success and 
differentiation. A visit to one of our core assets is 
the best way to experience our unique approach 
to development. 

Yayoi Kusama Exhibit at Honolulu Art Biennial, Ward Village

I often say that it takes both great assets and great people 
to be successful. To accomplish the extraordinary, we 
need a team of talented individuals who share a common 
purpose and possess the passion associated with the 
HHC DNA. Over the past six years, we have assembled the 
HHC team and continue to increase its depth. In 2016, we 
announced two key senior hires that further our expertise 
and collective experience. 

In October, we announced the hiring of David R. O’Reilly 
as our Chief Financial Officer.   David previously served 
as Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of 
Parkway Properties, Inc., a Florida-based publicly traded 
real estate investment trust (NYSE:PKY) which focused on 
the ownership of office properties. During his career, David 
has been involved in a broad range of financial advisory 
and merger and acquisition activities, including leveraged 
buyouts, initial public offerings and single-asset and 
pooled CMBS transactions. He is well qualified to help us 
assess and execute on the many opportunities that lay 
ahead for HHC.

When David was hired as our CFO, he purchased a six-year 
warrant to acquire common shares in the company for $1 
million. There is no better way to be aligned than to truly 
have “skin in the game.” 

In December, we announced that Michael J. Slosser joined 
us to lead our hospitality division.  Michael is based in The 
Woodlands, TX where the hospitality portfolio includes 
The Westin, an Embassy Suites by Hilton in Hughes 
Landing®, and the highly acclaimed Woodlands® Resort 
& Conference Center. Michael brings a long and successful 
track record in hospitality ranging from top business hotels 
to iconic resorts. With his notable experience, Michael is 
a critical addition to our leadership team as we continue 
to strengthen our hospitality division.  We look forward 
to leveraging his expertise across our hotel portfolio and 
integrating the highest level of customer experience in 
every segment of our business.

I am particularly proud of two employee milestones that 
were achieved this year. In February and March at Ward 
Village, we celebrated the 49th and 50th anniversaries of 
Lynn Onaka and Joyce Yoshida working for the property. We 
thank them both for their tireless hard work, commitment, 
and incredible loyalty. That is something to celebrate!

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HHC Annual Review 2016CEO Letter To Shareholders 
 
 
 
HHC’s 
Financial Flexibility

Historically, developers have often failed as a result of limited capital in 
changing market conditions. We work hard every day to mitigate liquidity risk 
and maintain a strong balance sheet. 

In early March, we executed on an opportunistic refinancing of our existing 
$750 million notes.  The existing notes carried a coupon of 6.875% and became 
open to a call in October of 2016.  In refinancing this obligation, our goal was to 
execute a transaction that would refinance the issue on a positive net present 
value basis, add meaningful duration to our maturity schedule, and maintain or 
improve our current liquidity profile.  When we closed on our new $800 million 
note issuance at 5.375%, which was a 150 basis point improvement to our 
existing issue, we accomplished all of those goals.  

We believe that one way to mitigate our capital markets risk is to move with 
alacrity when opportunities arise and maintain access to multiple portions 
of the capital markets. By actively accessing the construction loan, mortgage 
loan and unsecured debt markets, we maintain strong capital availability for 
our company.

Since our initial bond offering in 2013, 
we have made material improvements 
in our credit profile. Our total assets 
have grown 78% from $3.6 billion to $6.4 
billion, and our operating asset segment 
has grown 136% from $1.1 billion to $2.6 
billion in total assets.  During this period 
of growth, we have maintained discipline 
in our financing strategy.  

Our leverage statistics at the time of our $800 million bond offering in 
March 2017 showed consolidated net debt to net book capitalization of 
38%.   Further, we have improved our unencumbered assets base such that 
42% of our undepreciated real estate assets are unencumbered.  Of our 
debt outstanding, 77% is associated with our income-producing operating 
asset segment.  That debt represents only 56% of depreciated book value 
substantially less on a market value basis.  We also received an upgrade on  
the ratings of our new bond issue from S&P to B+.  

 While we have made significant progress improving the financial profile of our 
company, we still are not satisfied with our current ratings and believe that we 
have and will continue to make meaningful improvements to our credit profile.  
We intend to work to communicate this progress with our debt investors and 
the rating agencies to receive better recognition for the company’s strong 
credit profile.

Hughes Landing, The Woodlands

Track Record of  
Value Creation

After emerging as an independent public company six years ago, we have delivered 
substantial returns for our investors while diligently working to minimize risks. We have 
completed the development of over 3.9 million square feet of commercial operating 
properties since 2011, investing approximately $1.6 billion of total capital, which is 
projected to generate a 9.2% yield on cost, or $144 million of NOI. Because of our low cost 
basis in the land relative to the market value, we only invested approximately $354 million 
of cash equity in these projects, generating a 21.9% return on equity assuming a 5.5% 
cost of debt. These investments and returns are based on the book value of our land and 
exclusive of condominium development as well as projects under construction such as the 
Seaport District.

While the value creation over the past six years has been significant, we have only begun 
to achieve our potential.  We own one of the preeminent development pipelines with over 
50 million square feet of vertical entitlements remaining across our portfolio, without the 
need to acquire another development site or external asset. This is a material competitive 
advantage over other real estate investors.  

We also have a clear, short-term roadmap to unlocking shareholder value in our recent 
development projects.  Through the stabilization of our recently completed projects, we 
can generate further cash net operating income growth of 47%, increasing our current 
annualized fourth quarter NOI of $156 million to $232 million, which excludes any future 
developments, acquisitions, or NOI generated from the Seaport District.

3.9M SQ FT

COMPLETED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2011

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HHC Board of Directors & Senior Leadership - Pier 17 Property Tour

Conclusion

Six years from our inception, we have made significant 
progress creating value for shareholders and building 
a platform to execute on large-scale, complex 
developments that will enable us to further monetize 
our vast development pipeline. As I look to the balance 
of 2017 and beyond, I remain confident in our company’s 
position as we work to accelerate value creation and 
continue transforming our assets into a self-sustaining 
revenue generating portfolio.  As Frank Sinatra sang  
most elegantly “[our] best is yet to come.” 

Warm regards,

David R. Weinreb 
Chief Executive Officer 

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Coming Soon to the Seaport District

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BY THE 
NUMBERS

67% 
GROWTH 
IN YEAR 
OVER YEAR 
SALES

AT BRIDGELAND

SOLD 80 SOUTH STREET IN NEW YORK FOR

$390M
$141M

FOR A PROFIT OF

OVER 15 MONTHS

OBTAINED

TIF TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR

$90M
5M SF

OF DEVELOPMENT AT DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA 

CASH ON HAND OVER

SQ FT COMPLETED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2011

$665M
3.9M
$1.6BN
9.2%

INVESTED APPROXIMATELY 

SINCE 2011 WHICH IS PROJECTED TO GENERATE A

YIELD ON COST

STABILIZED NOI TARGET

$232M
373%

INCREASE FROM 2010

$1.4BN

CUMULATIVE  SALES AT 
WARD VILLAGE SINCE  
PRE-SALES BEGAN IN 2014

$226M

CONTRACTED SALES AT  
THE SUMMIT AS OF YEAR 
END 2016

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WE MAKE 
EXTRAORDINARY

The People and Partnerships 
Helping Us Create Extraordinary Experiences 
From Wall Street to Waikiki. 

"iPic is a natural fit for New 
York and New Yorkers, and 
we are excited to enhance 
the redevelopment of such 
an iconic destination as the 
South Street Seaport." 

HAMID HASHEMI  
President and CEO, 
iPic Entertainment

Seaport 
District 
NYC

"I'M SO EXCITED 
TO BE PART OF THE 
REVITALIZATION OF 
THE STORIED SEAPORT 
DISTRICT THAT IS 
BECOMING A HUB FOR 
CUTTING-EDGE FOOD 
CONCEPTS IN LOWER 
MANHATTAN." 

DAVID CHANG  
Chef and Founder,  
Momofuku

"As someone who looked forward to 
sourcing fish daily at the Fulton Fish 
Market at the Seaport and has watched 
the area lose its relevance over the  
last decade,  

I AM HONORED 
TO BE A PART OF 
THIS CATALYTIC 
TRANSFORMATION.  

It is a privilege to be a part of the 
revitalization of this beloved, culturally 
rich and historic neighborhood alongside 
The Howard Hughes Corporation."

JEAN-GEORGES VONGERICHTEN 
Chef and Restaurateur

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Seaport 
District 
NYC

“AS A EUROPEAN, I AM VERY EXCITED 
TO SEE 10 CORSO COMO COME TO 
THE PLACE WHERE NEW YORK CITY 
WAS BORN. THE SEAPORT DISTRICT’S 
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE 
AND INNOVATION IS INSPIRING. I AM 
LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING AN 
EXTRAORDINARY DESTINATION IN SUCH 
A UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE 
INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE  
A FOCUS FOR GROWTH,” 

Carla Sozzani,  
Founder of 10 Corso Como

“SOUTH STREET IS ON ITS WAY TO 
BECOMING DOWNTOWN’S HOTTEST 
TICKET AROUND.” 

Steve Cuozzo, New York Post

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North 
Wacker 
Drive

“IN MY ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOWARD 
HUGHES CORPORATION, IT IS EVIDENT THEIR TEAM 
UNDERSTANDS THE POSITIVE IMPACT THIS HIGH-PROFILE 
PROJECT WILL HAVE ON RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND 
THE OVERALL AESTHETIC APPEAL IN THE CENTRAL 
BUSINESS DISTRICT,”  

BRENDAN REILLY – 42ND WARD ALDERMAN 

"  I can't tell you how 
happy we are to be a 
part of the Columbia 
community and how 
excited we are to have 
opened a store here." 

SCOTT ALLSHOUSE  
Mid-Atlantic  
Region President,  
Whole Foods Market 

“THIS PROJECT WILL ADD TO CHICAGO’S 
SKYLINE WHILE CONTINUING TO BUILD 
ON OUR THRIVING RIVERFRONT,”  

MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL

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"WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE 
THE WESTIN AT THE WOODLANDS TO OUR 
GLOBAL GUESTS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS, 
ENSURING THAT THEY ALL LEAVE FEELING 
BETTER THAN WHEN THEY ARRIVED."  

BOB JACOBS 
Vice President of Brand Management, North America,  
Westin Hotels & Resorts

“THIS DEVELOPMENT SYMBOLIZES THE 
ATTRACTIVENESS OF OUR CITY TO INVESTORS 
AND NATIONAL BRANDS WHILE UNDERSCORING 
THE GROWTH OF OUR ECONOMY THROUGH 
INCREASED SALES TAX REVENUE AND NEW JOBS 
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW 
ORLEANS. RIVERWALK HAS ANCHORED THIS 
IMPORTANT CORRIDOR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE 
A PLACE-BASED STRATEGY THAT TURBO CHARGES 
THE RIVERFRONT.”

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. 

"This beautiful new hotel is 
a fantastic addition to the 
vibrant Hughes Landing 
development. This hotel 
will also help meet the 
growing demand for upscale, 
full-service hotels in The 
Woodlands – which has 
experienced tremendous 
growth in recent years." 

BILL DUNCAN  
Global Head,  
Embassy Suites by Hilton

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Downtown 
Summerlin 
NV

Summerlin 
NV

“DOWNTOWN SUMMERLIN IS A UNIQUE DESTINATION AND 
ONE IN WHICH I WAS PROUD TO BASE MY BUSINESSES, 
INCLUDING THE CITY’S FIRST MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 
TEAM. I ALSO CHOSE SUMMERLIN AS A PLACE TO LIVE 
BECAUSE IT HAS THE PERFECT BLEND OF NATURAL BEAUTY 
AND MODERN AMENITIES.” 

BILL FOLEY, CHAIRMAN AND CEO,  
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS.

"THE HOWARD HUGHES 
CORPORATION HAS 
MADE A DESTINATION 
LIKE NO OTHER IN 
THE COUNTRY. WITH 
ITS GRAND OPENING 
THIS MONTH, ALL 
ROADS IN NEVADA 
LEAD TO DOWNTOWN 
SUMMERLIN. " 

BRIAN SANDOVAL  
GOVERNOR OF NEVADA

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Ward 
Village 
HI

"WARD VILLAGE IS CREATING 
A NEW COMMUNITY IN THE 
HEART OF HONOLULU THAT 
IS UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT 
EXISTS IN HAWAI'I." 

The combination of world class architecture, a walkable 
neighborhood and an authentic district of high quality shops, 
restaurants and entertainment offerings makes Ward Village a 
unique destination and the place to be in Honolulu.  

NOBU MATSUHISA  
Chef and Restaurateur 

"The design for Ae‘o is 
indicative of Ward Village 
and its bold vision of the 
future. We are delighted to 
enhance these perceptions 
of place through the 
architecture to set the 
stage for an active, healthy 
and engaged lifestyle." 

PETER BOHLIN  
Founding Design Principal, 
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

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"WHAT IS OUTSTANDING IN MY 
MIND ABOUT THE HOWARD HUGHES 
CORPORATION IS JUST HOW MUCH 
TIME THEY REALLY TOOK TO GET TO 
KNOW US.  I FEEL THAT THEY HAVE 
TRULY GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO 
ENSURE THAT ACCOMMODATIONS 
WERE NOT ONLY MADE BUT THAT 
TRUE RESPECT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO 
OUR PEOPLE AND OUR PLACE IN 
THIS LAND." 

HINA WONG-KALU 
HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY LEADER

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"We believe in the power that art has 
to bring communities and cultures 
together. We are incredibly excited to 
have launched this year the very first 
Honolulu Biennial with our founding, 
title sponsor, the Howard Hughes 
Corporation. This festival is game-
changer for our hometown, featuring 33 
dynamic contemporary artists spread 
across our city and in Ward Village." 

ISABELLA ELLAHEH HUGHES & KATHERINE TUIDER, 
DIRECTORS AND CO-FOUNDERS, 
HONOLULU BIENNIAL FOUNDATION

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"At Ward Village, Howard 
Hughes has set out to build 
not just a set of residential 
buildings, but a collection of 
major works of architecture 
by some of the world’s great 
architects. It represents 
a level of architectural 
ambition that is new to 
Honolulu, and over the next 
generation will make the 
city a center of world class 
architecture." 

PAUL GOLDBERGER
Architectural Consultant  
and Critic

"Ward Village represents the most 
luxurious tower residences on the 
market in Hawaii. It is international 
class. Along with New York, Paris, 
London & Tokyo, it is designed
and built to the level of these places." 

TONY INGRAO 
President and Principal, Ingrao Inc.

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2015

"This is the company that I am most proud of 
because it didn’t exist before, and I get real 
satisfaction from building something from scratch 
that creates meaningful long term value... It is an 
investment that we intend to hold forever. This is  
a company with the current team that has  
unlimited possibilities."

BILL ACKMAN
Founder, Pershing Square Capital Management
Chairman, The Howard Hughes Corporation

90

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DAVID R. WEINREB, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
David R. Weinreb is the Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors of The Howard Hughes Corporation. Known for his 
passion, tenacity and entrepreneurial spirit, Mr. Weinreb has directed the company's efforts since its emergence in 2010, building a portfolio of 
some of the most sought-after real estate in the country. His vision, leadership and acumen led him to be honored as the 2013 Ernst and Young 
Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in Real Estate for the region. In 2012, he was named as one of the Top 200 CEOs in the U.S. by ExecRank 
and in 2015 he was listed in the 2015 Commercial Observer Power 100 as one of 100 most powerful people in New York City real estate.

A real estate industry veteran for over 30 years, Mr. Weinreb spent 17 years as Chairman and CEO of TPMC Realty Corporation, a company 
he built into a multi-faceted investment firm prior to joining The Howard Hughes Corporation. Located in Dallas, Texas, TPMC, whose tenant 
roster included many Fortune 500 companies, specialized in the acquisition and repositioning of underperforming real estate and real estate 
related assets across the United States. In addition to development, ownership and management of real estate, the firm's activities included 
mezzanine financing and private equity investing.

Mr. Weinreb attended New York University and began his real estate career in the late 1980s in New York City. He is a member of the International 
Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land Institute. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the 
University of Southern California. His philanthropic interests are both local and national.
GRANT HERLITZ, PRESIDENT
Mr. Herlitz oversees the daily operation and works closely with the CEO in driving strategy for the company. Previously,  Mr. Herlitz was 
President and Chief Financial Officer of TPMC Realty Corporation. He joined TPMC in 2000 as Vice President of Investments using his 
varied financial and management experience to position himself for multiple roles within the company.
DAVID O’REILLY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
David O’Reilly joined The Howard Hughes Corporation in October 2016 as the Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for managing the 
company’s investment and financial strategy, working with the executive team to unlock meaningful long-term value across the company’s 
portfolio. Prior to joining The Howard Hughes Corporation, Mr. O’Reilly served as Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of 
Parkway Properties, Inc. - a New York Stock Exchange-traded real estate investment trust focused on office properties. 
PETER F. RILEY, GENERAL COUNSEL
M r.  R i ley  ha s  over  30  yea r s  of  ex per ience,  work i ng  i n  bot h  t he  publ ic  a nd  pr ivat e  sec tor.  P r ior  to  joi n i ng  t he  compa ny,  
and since 2004, Mr. Riley was a partner at K&L Gates LLP with a significant focus on tax aspects of fund formation, joint ventures and the 
acquisition, disposition, operation and financing of real estate assets. Previously, Mr. Riley led the tax department at Kelly, Hart & Hallman, 
and was Senior Tax Counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WILLIAM ACKMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
William Ackman is the CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., an SEC registered investment adviser 
founded in 2003. Pershing Square is a concentrated research-intensive fundamental value investor in long and occasionally short investments 
in the public markets. 

Prior to forming Pershing Square, Mr. Ackman co-founded Gotham Partners Management Co., LLC, an investment adviser that managed 
public and private equity hedge fund portfolios. Prior to Gotham Partners, Mr. Ackman began his career in real estate investment banking at 
Ackman Brothers & Singer, Inc. Mr. Ackman received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude 
from Harvard College.

Mr. Ackman is the Chairman of the board of The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE: HHC). He is a Trustee of the Pershing Square Foundation, 
a member of the Board of Trustees at The Rockefeller University and the Board of Dean’s Advisors of the Harvard Business School.

ADAM FLATTO
Adam Flatto is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Company, a privately-held real estate investment and development 
company based in New York City. He has been with The Georgetown Company since 1990, and since that time has been involved with the 
development, acquisition and ownership of over 20 million square feet of commercial real estate projects throughout the United States.
Mr. Flatto is a trustee and board member of several civic and cultural institutions. He is Co-Chairman of the Park Avenue Armory and Co-
Chairman of the Robin Hood Housing Advisory Board. He is also a trustee of the Enterprise Foundation and the Wexner Center for the Arts. 
Mr. Flatto graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and received his MBA from the Wharton School.
JEFFREY FURBER
Jeffrey Furber is the Chief Executive Officer of AEW Capital Management, L.P. (“AEW”) and Chairman of AEW Europe. AEW provides 
real estate investment management services to investors worldwide. AEW and its affiliates manage over $60 billion of real estate assets and 
securities on behalf of many of the world’s leading institutional and private investors.
ALLEN MODEL
Allen Model is the Co-Founder of Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd. (“OSC”), and has been Treasurer and Managing Director since 1992. 
OSC is an international consulting firm that provides public information services to a number of clients worldwide, including the United 
States Agency for International Development, The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank and host governments. He has had extensive 
real estate development experience as a lawyer in the field, investor, and advisor to real estate development firms.
SCOT SELLERS
Scot Sellers served as Chief Executive Officer of Archstone, one of the world’s largest apartment companies, from January 1997 until his 
retirement in February 2013. Prior to that, he was Archstone’s Chief Investment Officer from 1995 to 1997. Under his leadership, Archstone 
moved from being a mid-sized owner of apartments in secondary and tertiary cities to becoming the largest publicly traded owner of urban 
high-rise apartments in the nation’s premier cities. During his 36-year career in the apartment business, Mr. Sellers has been responsible for 
the development, acquisition and operation of over $40 billion of apartment communities in over 50 different cities across the United States.  
Mr. Sellers served as the Chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts from November 2005 to November 2006. 
STEVEN SHEPSMAN
Steven  Shepsman  is  an  Executive  Managing  Director  and  Founder  of  New  World  Realty  Advisors,  a  real  estate  investment  and 
advisory  firm  specializing  in  real  estate  restructurings,  development  and  finance.  Earlier  in  his  career,  Mr.  Shepsman,  a  CPA,  
was a Managing Partner of Kenneth Leventhal and Company and of Ernst & Young’s Real Estate Practice.
BURTON M. TANSKY
Burton M. Tansky is a luxury retail veteran who served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Neiman Marcus 
Group, Inc. from 2010 to 2013. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Group from 2004 to 2010, Chief Executive 
Officer of Neiman Marcus Stores from 1994 to 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of Bergdorf Goodman from 1990 to 1994. Prior to 
that, he was the President of Saks Fifth Avenue from 1980 to 1990.  Mr. Tansky’s philanthropic interests are both local and national.

MARY ANN TIGHE
Mary Ann Tighe has been credited with transforming New York’s skyline during her more than 32 years in the real estate industry. 
She has been responsible for over 98 million square feet of commercial transactions, and her deals have anchored more than 14.4 
million square feet of new construction in the New York region. Ms. Tighe has been CEO of CBRE’s New York Tri-State region since 
2002, a region of approximately 2,500 employees. In January 2010, Ms. Tighe was named Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New 
York, the first woman to hold this position in REBNY’s 114-year history and the first broker in 30 years.

DAVID R. WEINREB
See corporate officers.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Supplemental Information

(in thousands)

Retail
The Woodlands
Creekside Village Green
Hughes Landing Retail
1701 Lake Robbins
20/25 Waterway Avenue
Waterway Garage Retail
Columbia
Columbia Regional 
Summerlin
Downtown Summerlin
Ward Village
Ward Village Retail 
Other
Cottonwood Square
Lakeland Village Center at Bridgeland
Outlet Collection at Riverwalk
Total Retail NOI

Office
The Woodlands
One Hughes Landing
Two Hughes Landing
Three Hughes Landing 
1725 Hughes Landing Boulevard
1735 Hughes Landing Boulevard 
2201 Lake Woodlands Drive
9303 New Trails 
3831 Technology Forest Drive
3 Waterway Square
4 Waterway Square
1400 Woodloch Forest
Columbia
10-70 Columbia Corporate Center
Columbia Office Properties
One Mall North
Summerlin
ONE Summerlin 
Other
110 N. Wacker
Total Office NOI

Multi-family 
The Woodlands
Millennium Six Pines Apartments
Millennium Waterway Apartments
One Lakes Edge
South Street Seaport
85 South Street 
Total Multi-family NOI

Hospitality
The Woodlands
Embassy Suites at Hughes Landing
The Westin at The Woodlands
The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center
Total Hospitality NOI
Total Retail, Office, Multi-family, and Hospitality NOI

Other
The Woodlands
The Woodlands Ground leases
The Woodlands Parking Garages
2000 Woodlands Parkway
Other
Other Properties 
Total Other
Operating Assets NOI excluding properties sold or in redevelopment

Redevelopments
South Street Seaport
South Street Seaport
Other
Landmark Mall
Total Operating Asset Redevelopments NOI

Dispositions
The Woodlands
The Club at Carlton Woods
Other
Park West
Rio West Mall
Total Operating Asset Dispositions NOI
Total Operating Assets NOI - Consolidated

Straight-line lease amortization
Early extinguishment of debt
Demolition costs
Development-related marketing costs
Provision for impairment
Depreciation and Amortization
Write-off of lease intangibles and other
Other income, net
Equity in earnings from Real Estate Affiliates
Interest, net
Less partners' share of Operating Assets EBT
Total Operating Assets EBT

Company's Share of Equity Method Investments NOI
The Woodlands
Forest View / Timbermill Apartments
Millennium Six Pines Apartments
Millennium Waterway Apartments
Stewart Title of Montgomery County, TX
Woodlands Sarofim # 1
Columbia
The Metropolitan Downtown Columbia
Summerlin
Constellation
Las Vegas 51s 
South Street Seaport
33 Peck Slip 
Company's share NOI - equity investees

Plus: Joint Venture Partner's Share of NOI
Total NOI - equity investees

Adjustments to NOI 
Equity Method Investments EBT
Less: Joint Venture Partner's Share of EBT
Equity in earnings from Real Estate and Other Affiliates

Distributions from Summerlin Hospital Investment - Cost basis investment
Segment equity in earnings from Real Estate and Other Affiliates

 For the three months ended 
December 31,  

2016

2015

2016

2015

 For the year ended December 31,  
2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

$

380
1,057
90
483
163

363

4,371

5,009

175
134
1,469
13,694

1,552
2,054
(105)
450
1,901
(14)
384
453
1,797
1,680
414

2,574
29
75

836

$

285
682
103
499
150

342

3,417

6,181

183
-
1,606
13,448

1,151
1,110
-
(208)
(34)
(26)
438
541
1,618
1,304
373

2,927
107
-

111

1,529
15,609

1,523
10,935

985
856
1,000

132
2,973

1,065
1,154
1,928
4,147
36,423

371
(128)
(46)
-
946
1,143
37,566

92

(150)
(58)

-

489
-
489
37,997

1,057
-
(629)
(2,072)
-
(21,767)
(60)
1,475
185
(10,425)
-
5,761

$

-
-
-
283
94

689

(54)
(280)

156
888

$

1,307
2,195

(1,487)
708
(523)
185

-
1,018
835

135
1,988

(25)
-
2,042
2,017
28,388

335
(53)
-

1,030
1,312
29,700

(2,268)

(45)
(2,313)

-

427
-
427
27,814

4,759
-
(264)
(2,366)
-
(24,490)
(78)
524
550
(9,019)
-
(2,570)

$

-
741
-
339
61

455

-
(238)

-
1,358

$

969
2,327

(809)
1,518
(968)
550

1,549
3,402
364
1,765
643

1,387

16,632

22,048

705
190
5,125
53,810

6,014
5,033
(514)
120
2,857
(127)
1,641
1,968
6,735
6,466
1,708
-
11,275
(104)
75

-
2,365
-
6,105
51,617

1,498
3,183
3,623

523
8,827

3,563
1,739
7,591
12,893
127,147

1,417
(448)
(51)

3,871
4,789
131,936

(532)
-
(676)
(1,208)

-

1,835
-
1,835
132,563

10,689
-
(1,123)
(7,110)
(35,734)
(86,313)
(60)
4,601
2,802
(39,447)
-
(19,132)

-
1,252
-
989
308
-
2,069
-
(54)
34

-
471
5,069

5,430
10,499

(9,527)
972
(786)
186

$

$

$

$

824
1,468
399
1,883
690

1,342

10,117

25,566

677
-
6,450
49,416

5,262
4,489
-
(208)
(34)
(144)
1,898
1,956
6,288
5,766
1,621

12,375
450
-

(206)

6,100
45,613

-
4,169
982

494
5,645

(25)
-
10,560
10,535
111,209

1,190
(508)
-

3,857
4,539
115,748

(2,692)

(347)
(3,039)

(942)

1,812
-
870
113,579

7,391
-
(2,675)
(9,747)
-
(89,075)
(671)
524
1,883
(31,111)
-
(9,902)

-
1,151
-
1,004
299

597

-
153

$

$

$

-
-
185
1,505
809

268

810

24,255

647
-
528
29,007

4,443
157
-
-
-
141
1,860
(1)
6,181
5,756
1,191

2,351
496
-

-

$

-
-
-
1,640
370

-

-

24,144

451
-
(763)
25,842

(139)
-
-
-
-
(167)
1,679
-
2,059
5,886
1,160

757
1,151
-

-

$

-
-
-
1,582
97

-

-

22,045

432
-
221
24,377

-
-
-
-
-

53
1,819
-
-
5,544
1,995

140
2,304
-

-

-
-
-
1,310
7

-

-

21,481

380
-
418
23,596

-
-
-
-
-
332
742
-
-
1,639
649

-
2,649
-

-

6,077
28,652

6,023
18,409

6,073
17,928

6,115
12,126

-
4,386
-

(188)
4,198

-
-
6,092
6,092
67,949

458
(598)
-

2,116
1,976
69,925

(593)

953
360

(4,410)

2,058
77
(2,275)
68,010

1,064
-
(6,712)
(9,770)
-
(49,272)
(2,216)
-
2,025
(16,930)
-
(13,801)

-
(68)
-
1,330
303

-

-
(77)

$

-
4,457
-

-
4,457

-
-
10,167
10,167
58,875

444
(749)
-

(41)
(346)
58,529

(8,980)

491
(8,489)

(5,241)

1,608
790
(2,843)
47,197

1,759
-
(2,078)
-
-
(31,427)
(2,884)
-
3,893
(19,011)
-
(2,551)

-
-
-
1,257
283

-

-

(7)

$

-
2,589
-

-
2,589

-
-
10,670
10,670
55,564

404
(1,128)
-

1,703
979
56,543

639

923
1,562

(4,242)

830
1,250
(2,162)
55,943

(736)
-
-
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(23,318)
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3,683
(16,104)
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1,530
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576
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47,333

918
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(20,309)
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3,926
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913
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1,488

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2,783

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3,212
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3,347
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136

2,450
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2,826
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376

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(77)
3,767
(2,377)
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1,969
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3,276
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1,307

3,061
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3,093
(3,061)
32

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185

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550

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2,616
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1,747
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1,649
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2,503
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2,376
3,683

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3,894
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674
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22,980

484
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337
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366
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805
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2,310
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Honolulu Art Biennial, Ward Village