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Property:
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Property:  
Property:

6. Property:

        Property consists of the following:

 
  March 31,
2012
  December 31,
2011
 

Land

  $ 1,253,072   $ 1,273,649  

Building improvements

    5,367,670     5,440,394  

Tenant improvements

    443,979     442,862  

Equipment and furnishings

    122,716     123,098  

Construction in progress

    320,655     209,732  
           

 

    7,508,092     7,489,735  

Less accumulated depreciation

    (1,417,530 )   (1,410,692 )
           

 

  $ 6,090,562   $ 6,079,043  
           

        Depreciation expense was $58,746 and $52,052 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

        The gain on remeasurement, sale or write down of assets for the three months ended March 31, 2012 includes the write off of development costs of $1,964. The gain on remeasurement, sale or write down of assets for the three months ended March 31, 2011 consists of the remeasurement gain of $1,838 on the purchase of a 50% ownership interest in Desert Sky Mall (See Note 15—Acquisitions) offset in part by the write-off of development costs of $38.