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Real Estate Disposition Activities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Details regarding the real estate sales | Details regarding the real estate sales are summarized in the following table (dollars in thousands):
Community Name |  | Location |  | Period of sale |  | Apartment homes |  | Debt |  | Gross sales price |  | Net cash proceeds (1)
Eaves Trumbull |  | Trumbull, CT |  | Q116 |  | 340 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 70,250 |  |  | $ | 68,665 |
Avalon Essex |  | Peabody, MA |  | Q216 |  | 154 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,100 |  |  | 44,085 |
Eaves Nanuet |  | Nanuet, NY |  | Q316 |  | 504 |  |  | — |  |  | 147,000 |  |  | 145,722 |
Avalon Shrewsbury |  | Shrewsbury, MA |  | Q316 |  | 251 |  |  | — |  |  | 60,500 |  |  | 59,263 |
Avalon at Freehold |  | Freehold, NJ |  | Q316 |  | 296 |  |  | — |  |  | 68,000 |  |  | 66,320 |
Avalon Brandemoor I & II |  | Lynnwood, WA |  | Q416 |  | 506 |  |  | — |  |  | 132,000 |  |  | 128,021 |
Other real estate dispositions (2) |  | multiple |  | Q1-Q416 |  | N/A |  |  | — |  |  | 41,178 |  |  | 20,641 |
Total of 2016 asset sales |  |  |  |  |  | 2,051 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 564,028 |  |  | $ | 532,717 |
Total of 2015 asset sales |  |  |  |  |  | 851 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 289,320 |  |  | $ | 282,163 |
Total of 2014 asset sales |  |  |  |  |  | 1,337 |  |  | $ | 16,341 |  |  | $ | 304,250 |  |  | $ | 281,125 |
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(1) | Net cash proceeds does not include the sale of an affordable restricted apartment building adjacent to one of the Company's Development Communities, for which consideration was received in the form of a mortgage note, discussed below.
(2) | Primarily composed of the sales of land to AVA North Point discussed in Note 5, “Investments in Real Estate Entities” and ancillary real estate discussed in note (1).
Summary of income from discontinued operations | The following is a summary of income from discontinued operations for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):
| For the year ended
| 12/31/16 |  | 12/31/15 |  | 12/31/14
Rental income | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 579 |
Operating and other expenses | — |  |  | — |  |  | (269 | )
Income from discontinued operations | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 310 |

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