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HELD FOR SALE
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale or as held for distribution to owners [abstract]  
HELD FOR SALE
HELD FOR SALE
The following is a summary of the assets and liabilities classified as held for sale as at December 31, 2019 and 2018:
AS AT DEC. 31
(MILLIONS)
Infrastructure

 
Real Estate

 
Renewable Power and Other

 
 2019 Total 

 
2018 Total

Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
42

 
$
1

 
$
15

 
$
58

 
$
21

Accounts receivable and other
120

 
5

 
49

 
174

 
112

Investment properties

 
251

 

 
251

 
617

Property, plant and equipment
1,307

 

 
423

 
1,730

 
779

Equity accounted investments
190

 
223

 

 
413

 
568

Other long-term assets
872

 

 

 
872

 
88

Deferred income tax assets
1

 

 
3

 
4

 

Assets classified as held for sale
$
2,532

 
$
480

 
$
490

 
$
3,502

 
$
2,185

Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and other
$
182

 
$
2

 
$
39

 
$
223

 
$
193

Non-recourse borrowings of managed entities
774

 
138

 
159

 
1,071

 
619

Deferred income tax liabilities
364

 

 
32

 
396

 

Liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale
$
1,320

 
$
140

 
$
230

 
$
1,690

 
$
812


As at December 31, 2019, assets held for sale within our Infrastructure segment include a Texas electricity transmission business, a Colombian regulated distribution business and the Australian operations of a North American based rail business.
Assets held for sale within the company’s Real Estate segment include six triple net lease assets, one office asset and an equity accounted investment in the U.S.
Within our Renewable Power segment, we are currently holding for sale solar assets in South Africa and Asia. Our Private Equity segment has assets and liabilities from its cold storage logistics business in their business services segment being classified as held for sale.
During the 2019 fiscal year, we disposed of $6.9 billion and $2.8 billion of assets and liabilities held for sale, respectively. The majority of disposals related to our Real Estate segment, with $5.8 billion of assets held for sale and $2.1 billion of liabilities held for sale being disposed of.