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Real Estate
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Real Estate
Note 4 — Real Estate
     Real estate consists of:
                 
    Second        
    Quarter-End     Year-End  
    2011     2010  
    (In thousands)  
Entitled, developed and under development projects
  $ 400,287     $ 403,059  
Undeveloped land
    90,067       86,608  
Income producing properties
    102,983       95,963  
 
           
 
    593,337       585,630  
Accumulated depreciation
    (25,198 )     (23,438 )
 
           
 
  $ 568,139     $ 562,192  
 
           
     Included in entitled, developed and under development projects are the estimated costs of assets we expect to convey to utility and improvement districts of $62,030,000 at second quarter-end 2011 and $59,079,000 at year-end 2010, including $36,552,000 included in both second quarter-end 2011 and year-end 2010 related to our Cibolo Canyons project near San Antonio, Texas. These costs relate to water, sewer and other infrastructure assets we have submitted to utility or improvement districts for approval and reimbursement. We submitted for reimbursement to these districts $2,336,000 in first six months 2011 and $1,827,000 in first six months 2010. We collected $187,000 from these districts in first six months 2011 and $183,000 in first six months 2010. We expect to collect the remaining amounts billed when these districts achieve adequate tax bases to support payment.
     Also included in entitled, developed and under development projects is our investment in the resort development owned by third parties at our Cibolo Canyons project. In second quarter 2011, we received $1,603,000 from the Special Improvement District (SID) related to hotel occupancy revenues and other revenues from resort sales collected as taxes by the SID. We currently account for these collections as a reduction of our investment. At second-quarter-end 2011, we have $40,399,000 invested in the resort development.
     Income producing properties principally represents our investment in a 401 unit multifamily property in Houston, Texas and a 413 room hotel in Austin, Texas. In addition, in second quarter 2011, we reclassified $4,555,000 in land from entitled, developed and under development projects to income producing properties as result of commencing construction on a 289 unit multifamily project in Austin, Texas. At second-quarter end 2011, our investment in this project, including land and construction in progress is $5,961,000, with an estimated additional cost to complete construction of $24,579,000.
     We recognized asset impairment charges in second quarter 2011 of $450,000 related to a residential real estate project located near Dallas, Texas and $900,000 in second quarter 2010 related to a residential real estate project located near Salt Lake City, Utah.
     Depreciation expense, primarily related to income producing properties, was $1,760,000 in first six months 2011 and $1,465,000 in first six months 2010 and is included in other operating expenses.