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Discontinued Operations and Disposition of Real Estate and Real Estate Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Results Relating to Assets Sold or Designated as Held for Sale | The operating results related to assets sold, designated as held for sale or deconsolidated as of December 31, 2012, is as follows (in thousands):
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Revenues |  | $ | 9,265 |  |  | $ | 48,987 |  |  | $ | 73,152 |
Operating expenses |  |  | 4,186 |  |  |  | 19,735 |  |  |  | 32,488 |
Impairment charges |  |  | 21,076 |  |  |  | 57,932 |  |  |  | 87,045 |
Interest, net |  |  | 1,961 |  |  |  | 13,194 |  |  |  | 26,669 |
Debt extinguishment costs, net |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,191 |  |  |  | 409 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 2,305 |  |  |  | 14,404 |  |  |  | 24,323 |
|  |  | 29,528 |  |  |  | 112,456 |  |  |  | 170,934 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  |  | (20,263 | ) |  |  | (63,469 | ) |  |  | (97,782 | )
Gain on deconsolidation of interests |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,716 |  |  |  | 5,221 |
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax |  |  | 3,847 |  |  |  | 40,163 |  |  |  | 5,775 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | (16,416 | ) |  | $ | (18,590 | ) |  | $ | (86,786 | )
Net Gains on Disposition of Real Estate and Real Estate Investments | The Company recorded net gains on disposition of real estate and real estate investments as follows (in millions):
|  | For the Year Ended December 31 |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Land sales(A) |  | $ | 5.6 |  |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 1.0 |
Previously deferred gains and other gains and losses on dispositions(B) |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 7.5 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
|  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 7.1 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |
(A) | These dispositions did not meet the criteria for discontinued operations, as the land did not have any significant operations prior to disposition.
(B) | These gains are a result of partial asset sales that did not meet the criteria for discontinued operations and assets that were contributed to joint ventures in prior years.

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