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Operating Partnership (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Partnership [Abstract] |
Schedule of Consolidated Financial Statement Infomation for the Operating Partnership | The condensed consolidated financial statement information for the Operating Partnership is presented as follows:
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
ASSETS: |  |  |
Net investment in real estate assets | $ | 6,328,982 |  |  | $ | 6,005,670 |
Other assets | 761,243 |  |  | 713,889 |
Total assets | $ | 7,090,225 |  |  | $ | 6,719,559 |
LIABILITIES: |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage and other indebtedness | $ | 4,745,683 |  |  | $ | 4,489,355 |
Other liabilities | 358,800 |  |  | 303,578 |
Total liabilities | 5,104,483 |  |  | 4,792,933 |
Redeemable noncontrolling interests | 465,596 |  |  | 456,105 |
Partners’ capital | 1,456,650 |  |  | 1,466,241 |
Noncontrolling interests | 63,496 |  |  | 4,280 |
Total partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests | 1,520,146 |  |  | 1,470,521 |
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests | $ | 7,090,225 |  |  | $ | 6,719,559 |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Total revenues | $ | 1,032,677 |  |  | $ | 1,049,961 |  |  | $ | 1,043,818 |
Depreciation and amortization | (265,192 | ) |  | (270,828 | ) |  | (279,936 | )
Other operating expenses | (389,053 | ) |  | (420,554 | ) |  | (363,033 | )
Income from operations | 378,432 |  |  | 358,579 |  |  | 400,849 |
Interest and other income | 3,955 |  |  | 2,583 |  |  | 3,909 |
Interest expense | (244,432 | ) |  | (267,072 | ) |  | (281,101 | )
Gain on extinguishment of debt | 265 |  |  | 1,029 |  |  | — |
Gain on investments | 45,072 |  |  | — |  |  | 888 |
Gain on sales of real estate assets | 2,286 |  |  | 59,396 |  |  | 2,887 |
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates | 8,313 |  |  | 6,138 |  |  | (188 | )
Income tax benefit (provision) | (1,404 | ) |  | 269 |  |  | 6,417 |
Income from continuing operations | 192,487 |  |  | 160,922 |  |  | 133,661 |
Operating income (loss) of discontinued operations | (18,906 | ) |  | 24,073 |  |  | (35,828 | )
Gain (loss) on discontinued operations | 938 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 379 |
Net income | 174,519 |  |  | 184,994 |  |  | 98,212 |
Noncontrolling interest in earnings of other consolidated subsidiaries | (23,652 | ) |  | (25,217 | ) |  | (25,001 | )
Net income attributable to partners of the operating partnership | $ | 150,867 |  |  | $ | 159,777 |  |  | $ | 73,211 |

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