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Real Estate - Held For Sale (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Real Estate Held for Development and Sale [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale | Real estate held for sale consisted of the following as of (dollars in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Property held for sale: |  |  |  |
Land and improvements |  | $ | 11,821 |  |  | $ | 11,419 |
Building and improvements |  | 17,853 |  |  | 17,776 |
Work in process |  | 600 |  |  | 72 |
|  | 30,274 |  |  | 29,267 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |  | (1,619 | ) |  | (1,606 | )
Less impairment |  | (5,163 | ) |  | (4,124 | )
|  | $ | 23,492 |  |  | $ | 23,537 |
Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale, Gains Recognized | The following table summarizes the number of held for sale Properties sold and the corresponding gain recognized on the disposition of held for sale Properties included in discontinued operations for the quarters ended March 31 (dollars in thousands):
| Quarter Ended March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
# of Sold Properties |  | Gain |  | # of Sold Properties |  | Gain
Discontinued operations (1) | 2 |  |  | $ | 505 |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 314 |
(1) None of the gains from property sales for the period were reported in continuing operations.

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