CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Investment in real estate, net:
Student housing properties ($32,875 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	$ 1,553,782	$ 935,962
Accumulated depreciation (($318) related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	(150,912)	(128,121)
Land and property held for sale	15,019	37,163
Land held for investment	7,413	7,413
Investment in real estate, net	1,425,302	852,417
Investment in unconsolidated entities	87,730	259,740
Cash and cash equivalents ($670 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	15,679	15,240
Restricted cash	17,411	5,429
Student receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,223 and $459, respectively ($36, net of allowance of $9 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	2,070	1,587
Cost and earnings in excess of construction billings	0	3,887
Intangible assets, net	9,315	0
Other assets ($236 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	32,823	35,742
Total assets	1,590,330	1,174,042
Liabilities:
Mortgage and construction loans ($21,170 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	600,750	300,673
Line of credit and other debt	367,680	317,746
Accounts payable and accrued expenses ($534 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	28,621	53,816
Construction billings in excess of cost and earnings	0	481
Other liabilities ($607 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	35,025	22,092
Total liabilities	1,032,076	694,808
Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized: 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (liquidation preference $25.00 per share), 6,100,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014	61	61
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 and 500,000,000 shares authorized, 64,776,220 and 64,742,713 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	648	648
Additional common and preferred paid-in capital	781,280	773,998
Accumulated deficit and distributions	(301,776)	(301,566)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(3,090)	(2,616)
Total Campus Crest Communities, Inc. stockholders' equity	477,123	470,525
Noncontrolling interests	81,131	8,709
Total equity	558,254	479,234
Total liabilities and equity	$ 1,590,330	$ 1,174,042

Carrying value of land and properties held for sale.

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- Definition

The sum of carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of other forms of debt not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy and the carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of draw downs on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) post balance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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