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Business Segments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting, Reconciliation of Revenues, Operating Income and Assets | The following reconciliations are presented in thousands:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  |  | 2017 |  |  |  | 2016 |  |  |  | 2017 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate operations segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  | $ | 478,718 |  |  | $ | 512,759 |  |  | $ | 1,532,706 |  |  | $ | 1,525,623 |
Other Americas |  |  | 23,157 |  |  |  | 15,598 |  |  |  | 54,690 |  |  |  | 44,616 |
Europe |  |  | 16,369 |  |  |  | 18,967 |  |  |  | 56,676 |  |  |  | 54,975 |
Asia |  |  | 16,588 |  |  |  | 14,660 |  |  |  | 48,399 |  |  |  | 40,687 |
Total real estate operations segment |  |  | 534,832 |  |  |  | 561,984 |  |  |  | 1,692,471 |  |  |  | 1,665,901 |
Strategic capital segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  |  | 17,340 |  |  |  | 9,940 |  |  |  | 159,925 |  |  |  | 28,876 |
Other Americas |  |  | 6,061 |  |  |  | 5,805 |  |  |  | 21,976 |  |  |  | 16,884 |
Europe |  |  | 26,289 |  |  |  | 113,577 |  |  |  | 78,524 |  |  |  | 161,686 |
Asia |  |  | 18,352 |  |  |  | 13,259 |  |  |  | 45,316 |  |  |  | 39,673 |
Total strategic capital segment |  |  | 68,042 |  |  |  | 142,581 |  |  |  | 305,741 |  |  |  | 247,119 |
Total revenues |  |  | 602,874 |  |  |  | 704,565 |  |  |  | 1,998,212 |  |  |  | 1,913,020 |
Segment net operating income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate operations segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  |  | 363,802 |  |  |  | 385,837 |  |  |  | 1,144,176 |  |  |  | 1,131,340 |
Other Americas |  |  | 16,037 |  |  |  | 10,417 |  |  |  | 36,403 |  |  |  | 29,127 |
Europe |  |  | 11,454 |  |  |  | 13,787 |  |  |  | 40,713 |  |  |  | 40,420 |
Asia |  |  | 11,711 |  |  |  | 7,650 |  |  |  | 33,386 |  |  |  | 24,830 |
Total real estate operations segment |  |  | 403,004 |  |  |  | 417,691 |  |  |  | 1,254,678 |  |  |  | 1,225,717 |
Strategic capital segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  |  | 1,645 |  |  |  | (577 | ) |  |  | 103,252 |  |  |  | 1,959 |
Other Americas |  |  | 3,934 |  |  |  | 2,975 |  |  |  | 14,666 |  |  |  | 9,163 |
Europe |  |  | 16,497 |  |  |  | 91,390 |  |  |  | 49,229 |  |  |  | 125,460 |
Asia |  |  | 9,970 |  |  |  | 4,169 |  |  |  | 18,813 |  |  |  | 12,754 |
Total strategic capital segment |  |  | 32,046 |  |  |  | 97,957 |  |  |  | 185,960 |  |  |  | 149,336 |
Total segment net operating income |  |  | 435,050 |  |  |  | 515,648 |  |  |  | 1,440,638 |  |  |  | 1,375,053 |
Reconciling items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General and administrative expenses |  |  | 57,656 |  |  |  | 58,157 |  |  |  | 171,350 |  |  |  | 165,634 |
Depreciation and amortization expenses |  |  | 201,903 |  |  |  | 224,867 |  |  |  | 656,639 |  |  |  | 705,249 |
Operating income |  |  | 175,491 |  |  |  | 232,624 |  |  |  | 612,649 |  |  |  | 504,170 |
Earnings from unconsolidated entities, net |  |  | 55,066 |  |  |  | 45,857 |  |  |  | 172,267 |  |  |  | 145,622 |
Interest expense |  |  | (64,190 | ) |  |  | (75,310 | ) |  |  | (212,456 | ) |  |  | (232,577 | )
Interest and other income, net |  |  | 4,816 |  |  |  | 2,932 |  |  |  | 9,493 |  |  |  | 7,051 |
Gains on dispositions of investments in real estate and revaluation of equity investments upon acquisition of a controlling interest, net |  |  | 779,053 |  |  |  | 117,296 |  |  |  | 959,384 |  |  |  | 461,963 |
Foreign currency and derivative losses, net |  |  | (18,872 | ) |  |  | (1,730 | ) |  |  | (46,327 | ) |  |  | (26,277 | )
Gains (losses) on early extinguishment of debt, net |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,492 |  |  |  | (30,596 | ) |  |  | 2,484 |
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 931,364 |  |  | $ | 323,161 |  |  | $ | 1,464,414 |  |  | $ | 862,436 |
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  |  | 2017 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate operations segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  | $ | 19,199,770 |  |  | $ | 21,286,422 |
Other Americas |  |  | 1,857,678 |  |  |  | 978,476 |
Europe |  |  | 1,058,894 |  |  |  | 1,346,589 |
Asia |  |  | 1,008,217 |  |  |  | 936,462 |
Total real estate operations segment |  |  | 23,124,559 |  |  |  | 24,547,949 |
Strategic capital segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  |  | 17,136 |  |  |  | 18,090 |
Europe |  |  | 44,990 |  |  |  | 47,635 |
Asia |  |  | 748 |  |  |  | 1,301 |
Total strategic capital segment |  |  | 62,874 |  |  |  | 67,026 |
Total segment assets |  |  | 23,187,433 |  |  |  | 24,614,975 |
Reconciling items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities |  |  | 5,371,758 |  |  |  | 4,230,429 |
Assets held for sale or contribution |  |  | 321,905 |  |  |  | 322,139 |
Notes receivable backed by real estate |  |  | - |  |  |  | 32,100 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 568,726 |  |  |  | 807,316 |
Other assets |  |  | 204,328 |  |  |  | 242,973 |
Total reconciling items |  |  | 6,466,717 |  |  |  | 5,634,957 |
Total assets |  | $ | 29,654,150 |  |  | $ | 30,249,932 |

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