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USD ($)
USD ($) / shares
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<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: 0in; ">
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>7. LEASING ACTIVITY</b>
</div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Future minimum rental payments due from tenants under noncancelable operating leases as of December
31, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):
</div>
<div align="center">
<table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<tr valign="bottom">
<td width="86%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="9%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
</tr>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2011
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">494,328</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2012
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">446,437</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2013
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">389,111</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2014
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">321,221</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2015
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">256,225</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Thereafter
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">817,299</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">2,724,621</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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</table>
</div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">In addition to minimum rental payments, most leases require the tenants to pay for their pro
rata share of specified operating expenses. These payments are included as operating expense
reimbursement in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
</div>
</div>
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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 13
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1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
USD ($)
USD ($) / shares
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<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: 0in; ">
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>7. LEASING ACTIVITY</b>
</div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Future minimum rental payments due from tenants under noncancelable operating leases as of December
31, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):
</div>
<div align="center">
<table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<tr valign="bottom">
<td width="86%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="9%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
</tr>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2011
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">494,328</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2012
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">446,437</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2013
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">389,111</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2014
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">321,221</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2015
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">256,225</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Thereafter
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">817,299</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">2,724,621</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</table>
</div>
<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">In addition to minimum rental payments, most leases require the tenants to pay for their pro
rata share of specified operating expenses. These payments are included as operating expense
reimbursement in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
</div>
</div>
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 13
-Paragraph 23
-Subparagraph c
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