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Property:

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

6. Property:

Property consists of the following:

	June 30, 2012			December 31, 2011

Land	$	1,227,504		$	1,273,649
Building improvements		5,226,712			5,440,394
Tenant improvements		439,861			442,862
Equipment and furnishings		123,271			123,098
Construction in progress		347,882			209,732

		7,365,230			7,489,735
Less accumulated depreciation		(1,420,223	)		(1,410,692	)

	$	5,945,007		$	6,079,043

Depreciation expense was $57,615 and $51,323 for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $114,937 and $101,660 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The (loss) gain on remeasurement, sale or write down of assets, net includes the write off of development costs of $4,204 and $447 during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $5,242 and $484 during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The Company recognized a gain of $1,734 on the purchase of Superstition Springs Land (See Note 15—Acquisitions) in connection with the GGP Exchange (See Note 4—Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011. In addition, the Company recognized a gain of $1,838 on the purchase of a 50% ownership interest in Desert Sky Mall (See Note 15—Acquisitions) during the six months ended June 30, 2011.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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