Organization	3 Months Ended
Organization	Mar. 31, 2022
Organization [Abstract]
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]	Organization and Basis of Presentation Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS), or the Company, is a real estate investment trust engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of Class A multifamily properties, with select investments in grocery-anchored shopping centers. Preferred Apartment Communities’ investment objective is to generate attractive, stable returns for stockholders by investing in income-producing properties and acquiring or originating real estate loans. As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned or was invested in 113 properties in 13 states, predominantly in the Southeast region of the United States. Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with its tax year ended December 31, 2011. The Company was externally managed and advised by Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, or its Former Manager, a Delaware limited liability company and related party until January 31, 2020 (see Note 6). We refer to this transaction as the Internalization. Pending Acquisition by Affiliates of BREIT As previously announced, on February 16, 2022, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Pike Parent LLC (“Parent”), Pike Merger Sub I LLC (“Merger Sub I”), Pike Merger Sub II LLC (“Merger Sub II”), Pike Merger Sub III LLC (“Merger Sub III” and, together with Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II, the “Parent Parties”), the Operating Partnership and PAC Operations, LLC (“Operations”). The Parent Parties are affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“BREIT”), which is an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) Merger Sub II will merge with and into the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Merger”) with the Operating Partnership being the surviving entity and immediately following the consummation of the Partnership Merger, (ii) Operations will merge with and into Merger Sub III (the “Operations Merger”) with Merger Sub III being the surviving entity and immediately following the Operations Merger, (iii) the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub I (the “Company Merger” and, together with the Partnership Merger and the Operations Merger, the “Mergers”) with Merger Sub I being the surviving entity. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) each share of Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Mergers will be automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $25.00 in cash and (ii) each share of Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Mergers will be automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $1,000 in cash, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends, if any, to and including the closing date of the Mergers. Notwithstanding the forgoing, any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock held by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or by the Parent Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries, if any, will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be retired and will cease to exist, and no consideration will be paid in connection with the Mergers. The Mergers are subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by the Company’s common stockholders at a special meeting to be held on June 7, 2022. The Mergers are expected to close on the third business day after the conditions to closing are satisfied or waived, including approval of the Company’s common stockholders of the Mergers. The Company can provide no assurances regarding whether the Mergers will close as expected during the second quarter of 2022, or at all. The board of directors of the Company has unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and has recommended approval of the Mergers by the Company’s common stockholders. Any unexercised warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Company (“Warrants”) will remain outstanding following the completion of the Mergers in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to receive $25.00 in cash less the exercise price for each Warrant for each underlying share of Common Stock. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had 62,929,382 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and was the approximate 99.2% owner of Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., or the Operating Partnership, at that date. The number of partnership units not owned by the Company totaled 526,128 at March 31, 2022 and represented Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership, or Class A OP Units. The Class A OP Units are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the Operating Partnership's choice of either cash or Common Stock. In the case of cash, the value is determined based upon the trailing 20-day volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock. The Company controlled the Operating Partnership through its sole general partner interest and conducted substantially all of its business through the Operating Partnership until January 31, 2020. Beginning February 1, 2020, the Company conducts substantially all of its business through PAC Operations, LLC, or Operations (formerly known as PAC Carveout, LLC), a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership. Operations has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with its tax year ended December 31, 2020. The Company has determined the Operating Partnership is a variable interest entity, or VIE, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company is involved with other VIEs as discussed in Note 4. New Market Properties, LLC owns and conducts the business of our portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers. Preferred Office Properties, LLC owns and conducts the business of our portfolio of office buildings. Preferred Campus Communities, LLC owned and conducted the business of our portfolio of off-campus student housing communities until the sale of all our student housing communities on November 3, 2020. Each of these entities are or were indirect subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. Basis of Presentation These consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not contain all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain adjustments have been made consisting of normal recurring accruals, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The potential reach, severity and duration of impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and developments related to any variants, will cause our estimates and forecasts of future events to be inherently less certain. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Amounts are presented in thousands where indicated.

PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC 10-Q