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Rental Properties
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Rental Properties
Rental Properties
The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of rental properties as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (in thousands):
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Buildings and improvements
$
1,721,187

 
$
1,602,676

Furniture, fixtures & equipment
43,723

 
54,737

Land
497,134

 
496,879

 
2,262,044

 
2,154,292

Accumulated depreciation
(369,854
)
 
(335,116
)
Total
$
1,892,190

 
$
1,819,176


Depreciation expense on rental properties was $36.1 million and $33.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.