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American Assets Trust, Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/17 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 11/3/17, at 2:02pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1500217-17-117   ·   File #s:  1-35030, 333-202342-01

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/03/17  American Assets Trust, Inc.       10-Q        9/30/17   90:9.4M
          American Assets Trust, L.P.

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    867K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 4: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    129K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     45K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    126K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R5          Consolidated Statement of Equity (Unaudited)        HTML    147K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    131K 
20: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     83K 
21: R8          Real Estate                                         HTML     57K 
22: R9          Acquired In-Place Leases and Above/Below Market     HTML     42K 
                Leases                                                           
23: R10         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     73K 
24: R11         Derivative and Hedging Activities                   HTML     52K 
25: R12         Other Assets                                        HTML     40K 
26: R13         Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits              HTML     42K 
27: R14         Debt                                                HTML    131K 
28: R15         Partners Capital of American Assets Trust, L.P.     HTML     33K 
29: R16         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc.               HTML    113K 
30: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
31: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     52K 
32: R19         Operating Leases                                    HTML     35K 
33: R20         Components of Rental Income and Expense             HTML     85K 
34: R21         Other Income, Net                                   HTML     44K 
35: R22         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     31K 
36: R23         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    149K 
37: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     78K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     46K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R26         Real Estate (Tables)                                HTML     55K 
40: R27         Acquired In-Place Leases and Above/Below Market     HTML     42K 
                Leases (Tables)                                                  
41: R28         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     68K 
42: R29         Derivative and Hedging Activities (Tables)          HTML     39K 
43: R30         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     40K 
44: R31         Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits (Tables)     HTML     41K 
45: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    115K 
46: R33         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc. (Tables)      HTML    109K 
47: R34         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     37K 
48: R35         Operating Leases (Tables)                           HTML     33K 
49: R36         Components of Rental Income and Expense (Tables)    HTML     84K 
50: R37         Other Income, Net (Tables)                          HTML     43K 
51: R38         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    152K 
52: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     43K 
                Supplement Disclosures Related to Consolidated                   
                Statements of Cash Flows (Details)                               
54: R41         Real Estate (Details)                               HTML     39K 
55: R42         Real Estate Property Asset Acquisitions (Details)   HTML     64K 
56: R43         REAL ESTATE Pacific Ridge & Gateway Marketplace     HTML     44K 
                Financial Results (Details)                                      
57: R44         ACQUIRED IN-PLACE LEASES AND ABOVE/BELOW MARKET     HTML     45K 
                LEASES Acquired Lease Intangibles and Leasing                    
                Costs Included in Other Assets and Other                         
                Liabilities and Deferred Credits (Details)                       
58: R45         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     31K 
59: R46         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Financial     HTML     42K 
                Liabilities Fair Value Measurement on a Recurring                
                Basis (Details)                                                  
60: R47         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Carrying      HTML     43K 
                Amount and Fair Value of Financial Instruments                   
                (Details)                                                        
61: R48         Derivative and Hedging Activities (Details)         HTML    106K 
62: R49         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     54K 
63: R50         Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits (Details)    HTML     47K 
64: R51         DEBT - Summary of Total Secured Notes Payable       HTML     76K 
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
65: R52         DEBT - Summary of Total Unsecured Notes Payable     HTML    143K 
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
66: R53         Debt (Details)                                      HTML    120K 
67: R54         Partners Capital of American Assets Trust, L.P.     HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R55         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc. (Details)     HTML     45K 
69: R56         Equity of American Assets Trust, Inc. - ATM Equity  HTML     42K 
                Program (Details)                                                
70: R57         EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. - Dividends   HTML     32K 
                Declare and Paid on Shares on Common Stock and                   
                Noncontrolling Common Units (Details)                            
71: R58         EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. - Summary of  HTML     51K 
                Activity of Restricted Stock Awards (Details)                    
72: R59         EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. -             HTML     56K 
                Computation of Basic and Diluted EPS (Details)                   
73: R60         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     31K 
74: R61         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     98K 
75: R62         Commitments and Contingencies - Current Minimum     HTML     53K 
                Annual Payments under Leases (Details)                           
76: R63         Operating Leases (Details)                          HTML     33K 
77: R64         Operating Leases - Minimum Future Rentals from      HTML     40K 
                Noncancelable Operating Leases (Details)                         
78: R65         COMPONENTS OF RENTAL INCOME AND EXPENSE -           HTML     48K 
                Component of Rental Income (Details)                             
79: R66         Components of Rental Income and Expense (Details)   HTML     29K 
80: R67         Components of Rental Income and Expense -           HTML     44K 
                Components of Rental Expenses (Details)                          
81: R68         OTHER INCOME, NET Components of Other Income        HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R69         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     46K 
83: R70         Segment Reporting (Details)                         HTML     28K 
84: R71         Segment Reporting - Operating Activity Within       HTML     46K 
                Reportable Segments (Details)                                    
85: R72         SEGMENT REPORTING - Reconciliation of Segment       HTML     50K 
                Profit to Net Income Attributable to Stockholders                
                (Details)                                                        
86: R73         SEGMENT REPORTING - Net Real Estate and Secured     HTML     48K 
                Note Payable Balances (Details)                                  
87: R74         SEGMENT REPORTING - Capital Expenditures (Details)  HTML     38K 
89: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    163K 
88: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    101K 
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10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- aat-20170930_cal                XML    273K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- aat-20170930_def                 XML    898K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- aat-20170930_lab                      XML   1.72M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- aat-20170930_pre               XML   1.13M 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- aat-20170930                          XSD    203K 
90: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001500217-17-000117-xbrl      Zip    273K 


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — aat-20170930_pre


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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