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Segment Reporting | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting | Segment Reporting The Company's reportable operating segments include Established Communities, Other Stabilized Communities and Development/Redevelopment Communities. Annually as of January 1 st, the Company determines which of its communities fall into each of these categories and generally maintains that classification throughout the year for the purpose of reporting segment operations, unless disposition or redevelopment plans regarding a community change.
• | Established Communities (also known as Same Store Communities) are consolidated communities where a comparison of operating results from the prior year to the current year period is meaningful, as these communities were owned and had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of the beginning of the prior year period. The Established Communities for the year ended December 31, 2014, are communities that are consolidated for financial reporting purposes, had stabilized occupancy as of January 1, 2013, are not conducting or planning to conduct substantial redevelopment activities and are not held for sale or planned for disposition within the current year period. A community is considered to have stabilized occupancy at the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of development or redevelopment.
• | Other Stabilized Communities includes all other completed communities that have stabilized occupancy, as defined above. Other Stabilized Communities do not include communities that are conducting or planning to conduct substantial redevelopment activities within the current year. Other Stabilized Communities for the year ended December 31, 2014 include the stabilized operating communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition.
• | Development/Redevelopment Communities consists of communities that are under construction and have not received a certificate of occupancy for the entire community, and where substantial redevelopment is in progress or is planned to begin during the current year and communities under lease-up that had not reached stabilized occupancy, as defined above, as of January 1, 2014.
In addition, the Company owns land for future development and has other corporate assets that are not allocated to an operating segment. The Company's segment disclosures present the measure(s) used by the chief operating decision maker for purposes of assessing each segment's performance. The Company's chief operating decision maker is comprised of several members of its executive management team who use net operating income ("NOI") as the primary financial measure for Established Communities and Other Stabilized Communities. NOI is defined by the Company as total revenue less direct property operating expenses. Although the Company considers NOI a useful measure of a community's or communities' operating performance, NOI should not be considered an alternative to net income or net cash flow from operating activities, as determined in accordance with GAAP. NOI excludes a number of income and expense categories as detailed in the reconciliation of NOI to net income. A reconciliation of NOI to net income for years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 is as follows (dollars in thousands):
| For the year ended
| 12/31/14 |  | 12/31/13 |  | 12/31/12
Net income | $ | 697,327 |  |  | $ | 352,771 |  |  | $ | 423,562 |
Indirect operating expenses, net of corporate income | 49,055 |  |  | 41,554 |  |  | 31,911 |
Investments and investment management expense | 4,485 |  |  | 3,990 |  |  | 6,071 |
Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries | (3,717 | ) |  | 45,050 |  |  | 11,350 |
Interest expense, net (1) | 180,618 |  |  | 172,402 |  |  | 136,920 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net | 412 |  |  | 14,921 |  |  | 1,179 |
Loss on interest rate contract | — |  |  | 51,000 |  |  | — |
General and administrative expense | 41,425 |  |  | 39,573 |  |  | 34,101 |
Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated entities | (148,766 | ) |  | 11,154 |  |  | (20,914 | )
Depreciation expense (1) | 442,682 |  |  | 560,215 |  |  | 243,680 |
Income tax expense | 9,368 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Casualty and impairment loss | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,449 |
Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated real estate entity | — |  |  | — |  |  | (14,194 | )
Gain on sale of real estate assets | (85,415 | ) |  | (240 | ) |  | (280 | )
Gain on sale of discontinued operations | (37,869 | ) |  | (278,231 | ) |  | (146,311 | )
Income from discontinued operations | (310 | ) |  | (16,713 | ) |  | (26,820 | )
Net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations | (15,199 | ) |  | (19,448 | ) |  | (13,776 | )
Net operating income | $ | 1,134,096 |  |  | $ | 977,998 |  |  | $ | 667,928 |
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(1) | Includes amounts associated with assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations.
The following is a summary of NOI from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations, for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):
| For the year ended
| 12/31/2014 |  | 12/31/2013 |  | 12/31/2012
Rental income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations | $ | 24,389 |  |  | $ | 30,867 |  |  | $ | 21,463 |
Operating expenses real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations | (9,190 | ) |  | (11,419 | ) |  | (7,687 | )
Net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations | $ | 15,199 |  |  | $ | 19,448 |  |  | $ | 13,776 |
The primary performance measure for communities under development or redevelopment depends on the stage of completion. While under development, management monitors actual construction costs against budgeted costs as well as lease-up pace and rent levels compared to budget. The following table provides details of the Company's segment information as of the dates specified (dollars in thousands). The segments are classified based on the individual community's status as of the beginning of the given calendar year. Therefore, each year the composition of communities within each business segment is adjusted. Accordingly, the amounts between years are not directly comparable. Segment information for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 have been adjusted for the real estate assets that were sold from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014, or otherwise qualify as held for sale and/or discontinued operations as of December 31, 2014, as described in Note 7, "Real Estate Disposition Activities."
| Total revenue |  | NOI |  | % NOI change from prior year |  | Gross real estate (1)
For the year ended December 31, 2014 (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Established |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New England | $ | 179,116 |  |  | $ | 113,905 |  |  | 0.8 | % |  | $ | 1,373,065 |
Metro NY/NJ | 318,710 |  |  | 223,591 |  |  | 3.1 | % |  | 2,379,178 |
Mid-Atlantic | 98,590 |  |  | 69,498 |  |  | (2.5 | )% |  | 647,374 |
Pacific Northwest | 54,230 |  |  | 37,637 |  |  | 7.0 | % |  | 500,247 |
Northern California | 174,527 |  |  | 132,899 |  |  | 8.2 | % |  | 1,402,444 |
Southern California | 139,841 |  |  | 95,626 |  |  | 5.2 | % |  | 1,225,328 |
Total Established (3) | 965,014 |  |  | 673,156 |  |  | 3.5 | % |  | 7,527,636 |
Other Stabilized | 497,756 |  |  | 343,061 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 6,062,844 |
Development / Redevelopment | 186,852 |  |  | 117,879 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 3,972,180 |
Land Held for Future Development | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | 180,516 |
Non-allocated (4) | 11,050 |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | 41,643 |
Total | $ | 1,660,672 |  |  | $ | 1,134,096 |  |  | 16.0 | % |  | $ | 17,784,819 |
For the year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Established |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New England | $ | 159,670 |  |  | $ | 103,679 |  |  | 2.3 | % |  | $ | 1,227,582 |
Metro NY/NJ | 249,742 |  |  | 172,912 |  |  | 4.4 | % |  | 1,921,307 |
Mid-Atlantic | 100,548 |  |  | 71,851 |  |  | 0.1 | % |  | 633,598 |
Pacific Northwest | 46,564 |  |  | 31,283 |  |  | 5.3 | % |  | 444,825 |
Northern California | 141,038 |  |  | 106,745 |  |  | 11.7 | % |  | 1,233,851 |
Southern California | 119,024 |  |  | 81,182 |  |  | 5.1 | % |  | 1,058,883 |
Total Established (3) | 816,586 |  |  | 567,652 |  |  | 4.9 | % |  | 6,520,046 |
Other Stabilized | 486,780 |  |  | 330,998 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 6,626,884 |
Development / Redevelopment | 117,186 |  |  | 79,348 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 3,024,035 |
Land Held for Future Development | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | 300,364 |
Non-allocated (4) | 11,502 |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | 10,279 |
Total | $ | 1,432,054 |  |  | $ | 977,998 |  |  | 46.4 | % |  | $ | 16,481,608 |
For the year ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Established |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New England | $ | 145,629 |  |  | $ | 94,481 |  |  | 5.1 | % |  | $ | 1,115,098 |
Metro NY/NJ | 213,360 |  |  | 148,441 |  |  | 7.4 | % |  | 1,760,429 |
Mid-Atlantic | 103,784 |  |  | 75,313 |  |  | 3.2 | % |  | 591,669 |
Pacific Northwest | 32,942 |  |  | 23,433 |  |  | 15.0 | % |  | 306,289 |
Northern California | 112,875 |  |  | 83,091 |  |  | 14.1 | % |  | 1,015,947 |
Southern California | 99,302 |  |  | 68,880 |  |  | 7.0 | % |  | 947,723 |
Total Established (3) | 707,892 |  |  | 493,639 |  |  | 7.6 | % |  | 5,737,155 |
Other Stabilized | 131,248 |  |  | 84,504 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 1,284,666 |
Development / Redevelopment | 129,767 |  |  | 89,785 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 2,032,277 |
Land Held for Future Development | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | 316,037 |
Non-allocated (4) | 10,257 |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | 73,724 |
Total | $ | 979,164 |  |  | $ | 667,928 |  |  | 14.6 | % |  | $ | 9,443,859 |
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(1) | Does not include gross real estate assets held for sale of $64,497, $318,713 and $627,483 as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
(2) | Results for the year ended December 31, 2014 reflect the operating segments determined as of January 1, 2014, which include stabilized communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition in the Other Stabilized segment.
(3) | Gross real estate for the Company's Established Communities includes capitalized additions of approximately $52,635, $33,553 and $25,448 in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
(4) | Revenue represents third-party management, accounting, and developer fees and miscellaneous income which are not allocated to a reportable segment.

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