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Business (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
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 |  | 291 |  |  | 73,226 |
Master-Leased Properties – Consolidated |  | 3 |  |  | 853 |
Partially Owned Properties – Consolidated |  | 18 |  |  | 3,471 |
Partially Owned Properties – Unconsolidated |  | 3 |  |  | 1,281 |
Military Housing (A) |  | 2 |  |  | 5,161 |
|  | 317 |  |  | 83,992 |
(A) | The Company sold its interest in the management contracts and related rights associated with the military housing ventures at Joint Base Lewis McChord effective April 1, 2016.

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