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Stratus Properties Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 6/25/20, at 4:51pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  885508-20-29   ·   File #:  1-37716

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 6/25/20  Stratus Properties Inc            10-Q        3/31/20   55:6.2M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML     32K 
 3: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 4: EX-10.7     Material Contract                                   HTML     69K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
19: R1          Cover Page Cover Page                               HTML     70K 
43: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     90K 
48: R3          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML     92K 
32: R4          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML     91K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     62K 
42: R6          General                                             HTML     43K 
47: R7          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     45K 
33: R8          Related Party Transactions                          HTML     45K 
17: R9          Dispositions                                        HTML     19K 
51: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     40K 
35: R11         Debt                                                HTML     46K 
22: R12         Profit Participation Incentive Plan                 HTML     21K 
26: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     20K 
52: R14         Business Segments                                   HTML    161K 
36: R15         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     19K 
23: R16         General (Policies)                                  HTML     24K 
27: R17         General (Tables)                                    HTML     34K 
53: R18         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     45K 
34: R19         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     41K 
15: R20         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     35K 
29: R21         Debt Summary of Debt (Tables)                       HTML     42K 
49: R22         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    161K 
44: R23         General (Details)                                   HTML     71K 
16: R24         General - Carrying Amounts (Details)                HTML     46K 
30: R25         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     41K 
50: R26         Related Party Transactions Saint Mary, L.P.         HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R27         Related Party Transactions Stratus Kingwood, L.P.   HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
14: R28         Related Party Transactions Other Transactions       HTML     22K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R29         Dispositions (Details)                              HTML     32K 
25: R30         Fair Value Measurements - Carrying Amount and Fair  HTML     33K 
                Value (Details)                                                  
21: R31         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     34K 
38: R32         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     73K 
55: R33         Profit Participation Incentive Plan (Details)       HTML     31K 
24: R34         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
20: R35         Business Segments Revenues from External Customers  HTML     57K 
                for Products and Services (Details)                              
37: R36         Business Segments Segment Information (Details)     HTML    113K 
54: R37         Subsequent Events Subsequent Event (Details)        HTML     19K 
39: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     86K 
40: XML         XBRL Instance -- strs-20200331_htm                   XML   1.34M 
41: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     48K 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- strs-20200331_cal               XML    141K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- strs-20200331_def                XML    535K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- strs-20200331_lab                     XML   1.06M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- strs-20200331_pre              XML    692K 
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46: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              232±   341K 
28: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000885508-20-000029-xbrl      Zip    256K

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