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Business (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Business [Abstract] |
Schedule of Real Estate Properties | The ownership breakdown includes (table does not include various uncompleted development properties):
|  | Properties |  | Apartment Units
Wholly Owned Properties |  | 362 |  |  | 97,825 |
Master-Leased Properties – Consolidated |  | 3 |  |  | 853 |
Partially Owned Properties – Consolidated |  | 19 |  |  | 3,771 |
Partially Owned Properties – Unconsolidated |  | 3 |  |  | 1,281 |
Military Housing |  | 2 |  |  | 5,063 |
|  | 389 |  |  | 108,793 |

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