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Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt [Abstract]

Summary of Senior notes payable and other debt

		September 30,				December 31,
		2011				2010
		(In thousands)
Unsecured revolving credit facilities		$	474,000			$	40,000
37/8% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011			230,000				230,000
9% Senior Notes due 2012			82,433				82,433
81/4% Senior Notes due 2012			72,950				—
Unsecured term loan due 2012			250,000				—
Unsecured term loan due 2013			200,000				200,000
6.25% Senior Notes due 2013			269,850				—
3.125% Senior Notes due 2015			400,000				400,000
6% Senior Notes due 2015			234,420				—
61/2% Senior Notes due 2016			200,000				400,000
63/4% Senior Notes due 2017			225,000				225,000
4.750% Senior Notes due 2021			700,000				—
6.90% Senior Notes due 2037			52,400				—
6.59% Senior Notes due 2038			22,973				—
Mortgage loans and other			2,651,830				1,349,521
Total			6,065,856				2,926,954
Capital lease obligations			143,119				—
Unamortized fair value adjustment			145,647				11,790
Unamortized commission fees and discounts			(41,481	)			(38,700	)
Senior notes payable and other debt		$	6,313,141			$	2,900,044

Scheduled maturities of borrowing arrangements and other provisions excluding capital lease obligations

						Unsecured
		Principal Amount				Revolving Credit				Scheduled Periodic
		Due at Maturity				Facilities (1)				Amortization				Total Maturities
		(In thousands)
2011		$	230,700			$	—			$	12,798			$	243,498
2012 (2)			517,913				474,000				50,347				1,042,260
2013			872,623				—				44,110				916,733
2014			220,891				—				39,998				260,889
2015			835,792				—				32,503				868,295
Thereafter (3)			2,539,451				—				194,730				2,734,181
Total maturities		$	5,217,370			$	474,000			$	374,486			$	6,065,856

Future minimum lease payments required under the capital lease agreements

2011		$	2,343
2012			9,446
2013			9,573
2014			9,699
2015			9,826
Thereafter			172,553
Total minimum lease payments			213,440
Less: Amount related to interest			(70,321	)
		$	143,119

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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