Real Estate Disposition Activities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Real Estate Disposition Activities

Real Estate Disposition Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company sold two wholly-owned operating communities, two land parcels and air rights.

• Avalon on Stamford Harbor, located in Stamford, CT, containing 323 homes and a marina with 74 boat slips, was sold for $115,500,000. The Company’s gain on the disposition was $70,936,000, reported in gain on sale of communities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

• Avalon Lyndhurst, located in Lyndhurst, NJ, containing 328 homes, was sold for $99,000,000. The Company's gain on the disposition was $35,216,000, reported in gain on sale of communities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

• Two undeveloped land parcels and air rights, representing the right to increase density for future residential development, in the New York Metro region were sold for an aggregate sales price of $23,820,000, resulting in an aggregate gain of $9,626,000, reported in gain on sale of real estate on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The Company had previously recognized impairment charges of $800,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2015, and $5,933,000 in 2008 for the land parcels.

The results of operations for Avalon on Stamford Harbor and Avalon Lyndhurst are included in income from continuing operations on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The operations for any real estate assets sold from January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 and which were classified as held for sale and discontinued operations as of and for the period ended December 31, 2013, have been presented as income from discontinued operations in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The following is a summary of income from discontinued operations for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

	For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
	9/30/2015		9/30/2014		9/30/2015		9/30/2014
	(unaudited)				(unaudited)
Rental income	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	579
Operating and other expenses	—		—		—		(269		)
Depreciation expense	—		—		—		—
Income from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	310

At September 30, 2015, the Company had no real estate assets that qualified as held for sale.