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Real Estate (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
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, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (amounts in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Land |  | $ | 5,785,367 |  |  | $ | 5,785,367 |
Depreciable property: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 18,476,711 |  |  |  | 18,464,484 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 1,989,219 |  |  |  | 1,970,033 |
In-Place lease intangibles |  |  | 486,137 |  |  |  | 486,137 |
Projects under development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  |  | 23,531 |  |  |  | 23,531 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 452,479 |  |  |  | 387,603 |
Land held for development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  |  | 46,160 |  |  |  | 46,160 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 42,200 |  |  |  | 40,010 |
Investment in real estate |  |  | 27,301,804 |  |  |  | 27,203,325 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (8,059,619 | ) |  |  | (7,859,657 | )
Investment in real estate, net |  | $ | 19,242,185 |  |  | $ | 19,343,668 |

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