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Organization
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
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Organization
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Description of Business
Entertainment Properties Trust (the Company) is a Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT) organized on August 29, 1997. The Company develops, owns, leases and finances megaplex theatres, entertainment retail centers (centers typically anchored by an entertainment component such as a megaplex theatre and containing other entertainment-related or retail properties), public charter schools and other destination recreational and specialty properties. The Company’s properties are located in the United States and Canada.