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SCHEDULE III REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
SCHEDULE III REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION  
SCHEDULE III REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

SCHEDULE III
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
December 31, 2011
(Dollars in Thousands)

 
  For the Years Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2010   2009  
 
  (In thousands)
 

Reconciliation of real estate:

                   

Carrying cost:

                   

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 6,600,886   $ 6,292,621   $ 6,160,630  

Additions during period:

                   

Acquisitions

    10,491,275     315,538     108,376  

Capital expenditures

    102,918     21,038     13,798  

Dispositions:

                   

Sales and/or transfers to assets held for sale

    (157,764 )   (46,083 )   (34,525 )

Foreign currency translation

    (7,911 )   17,772     44,342  
               

Balance at end of period

  $ 17,029,404   $ 6,600,886   $ 6,292,621  
               

Accumulated depreciation:

                   

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 1,368,219   $ 1,177,911   $ 987,691  

Additions during period:

                   

Depreciation expense

    380,734     197,256     198,789  

Dispositions:

                   

Sales and/or transfers to assets held for sale

    (16,536 )   (8,259 )   (11,469 )

Foreign currency translation

    (2,441 )   1,311     2,900  
               

Balance at end of period

  $ 1,729,976   $ 1,368,219   $ 1,177,911