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Real Estate (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Real Estate [Abstract] |
Summary of Carrying Amounts of Investment in Real Estate | The following table summarizes the carrying amounts for the Company’s investment in real estate (at cost) as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (amounts in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Land |  | $ | 5,883,065 |  |  | $ | 5,936,188 |
Depreciable property: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 18,759,542 |  |  |  | 18,904,686 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 1,941,353 |  |  |  | 1,916,458 |
In-Place lease intangibles |  |  | 496,652 |  |  |  | 497,957 |
Projects under development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  |  | 23,531 |  |  |  | 23,531 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 202,222 |  |  |  | 158,099 |
Land held for development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  |  | 64,460 |  |  |  | 64,460 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 38,142 |  |  |  | 32,228 |
Investment in real estate |  |  | 27,408,967 |  |  |  | 27,533,607 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (7,420,293 | ) |  |  | (7,276,786 | )
Investment in real estate, net |  | $ | 19,988,674 |  |  | $ | 20,256,821 |
Disposed Properties to Unaffiliated Parties | During the quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Company disposed of the following to unaffiliated parties (sales price in thousands):
|  | Properties |  |  | Apartment Units |  |  | Sales Price |
Rental Properties – Consolidated |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 897 |  |  | $ | 370,200 |
Total |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 897 |  |  | $ | 370,200 |

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