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	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Primary beneficiary item	Sep. 30, 2014 Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Cost basis investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Cost basis investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Cost basis investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Cost basis investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Circle T Ranch and Power Center Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Circle T Ranch and Power Center Equity method investments	Oct. 11, 2011 HHMK Development item	Sep. 30, 2014 HHMK Development	Sep. 30, 2014 HHMK Development Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 HHMK Development Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 HHMK Development Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 HHMK Development Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 HHMK Development Equity method investments	May 15, 2013 KR Holdings	Sep. 17, 2012 KR Holdings	Jun. 14, 2012 KR Holdings	Sep. 30, 2014 KR Holdings	Sep. 30, 2014 KR Holdings Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 KR Holdings Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 KR Holdings Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 KR Holdings Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 KR Holdings Equity method investments	Sep. 17, 2012 KR Holdings A & B Properties, Inc.	Sep. 17, 2012 KR Holdings Mezzanine loan agreements item	Sep. 30, 2014 KR Holdings Construction loan	May 15, 2013 KR Holdings Construction loan	Jul. 05, 2012 Millennium Phase II, LLC acre	May 14, 2012 Millennium Phase II, LLC item	Sep. 30, 2014 Millennium Phase II, LLC Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Millennium Phase II, LLC Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Millennium Phase II, LLC Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Millennium Phase II, LLC Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Millennium Phase II, LLC Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Stewart Title Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Stewart Title Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Stewart Title Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Stewart Title Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Stewart Title Equity method investments	Jan. 24, 2014 Summerlin Apartments, LLC item acre	Sep. 30, 2014 Summerlin Apartments, LLC Equity method investments	Aug. 06, 2012 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club	Aug. 06, 2012 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club Las Vegas 51S LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club Equity method investments	Jul. 11, 2013 ParcelD	Oct. 27, 2011 ParcelD	Sep. 30, 2014 ParcelD Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 ParcelD Equity method investments	Jul. 11, 2013 ParcelD Construction loan	Sep. 30, 2014 Woodlands Sarofim Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Woodlands Sarofim Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Woodlands Sarofim Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2013 Woodlands Sarofim Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Woodlands Sarofim Equity method investments	Sep. 30, 2014 Properties owned by real estate affiliates	Oct. 04, 2013 Parcel C item acre sqft	Sep. 30, 2014 Parcel C Equity method investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Parcel C Equity method investments
Investment in Real Estate and Other Affiliates
Economic/Legal ownership (as a percent)																50.00%	50.00%			50.00%		50.00%		50.00%					50.00%		50.00%		50.00%							81.43%		81.43%		81.43%	50.00%		50.00%		50.00%		50.00%			50.00%		50.00%		50.00%			50.00%	50.00%		20.00%		20.00%		20.00%			50.00%	50.00%
Carrying Value	$ 85,344,000		$ 85,344,000		$ 61,021,000		$ 81,428,000		$ 81,428,000		$ 57,275,000	$ 3,916,000	$ 3,916,000		$ 3,746,000	$ 9,005,000	$ 9,004,000			$ 110,000		$ 110,000		$ 13,000					$ 41,171,000		$ 41,171,000		$ 19,764,000							$ 1,937,000		$ 1,937,000		$ 2,174,000	$ 3,770,000		$ 3,770,000		$ 3,843,000					$ 10,835,000		$ 10,835,000		$ 10,636,000			$ 4,362,000	$ 3,461,000		$ 2,600,000		$ 2,600,000		$ 2,579,000			$ 7,638,000	$ 5,801,000
Share of Earnings/Dividends	5,509,000	3,594,000	18,164,000	12,034,000			5,641,000	3,594,000	16,515,000	9,531,000		(132,000)	1,649,000	2,503,000						386,000	290,000	869,000	443,000						5,066,000	2,716,000	14,801,000	7,907,000								(243,000)	(59,000)	(378,000)	(59,000)		383,000	382,000	901,000	899,000						22,000	220,000	198,000	220,000				0			27,000	45,000	124,000	121,000				0
Aggregate carrying value of unconsolidated VIEs	61,700,000		61,700,000		38,400,000
Secured debt																																																																					194,400,000
Share of the entity in secured debt																																																																					106,000,000
Number of variable interest entities						1
Carrying values of the assets associated with the operations of the consolidated VIEs	20,700,000		20,700,000		20,600,000
Carrying values of the liabilities associated with the operations of the consolidated VIEs	200,000		200,000		100,000
Number of local developers with whom the entity entered into a joint venture																		2
Capital contribution																																																				10,500,000
Area of land contributed to the joint venture (in acres)																																						4.8												5.5																				5
Number of units in Class A apartment building to be constructed																																							314											124																				437
Area of real estate property to be constructed (in square feet)																																																																						31,000
Fair value of the land contributed to joint venture																																						15,500,000												3,200,000									20,300,000											23,400,000
Book value of land contributed to joint venture	263,032,000		263,032,000		244,041,000																																																																	4,000,000
Transaction value, per constructed unit of land contributed to joint venture																																																											53,500											53,500
Ownership ratio in a joint venture (as a percent)																											50.00%																										100.00%
Number of debt instruments																																			2
Aggregate principal amount of debt issued																																			20,000,000																												64,100,000
Blended interest rate (as a percent)																																			12.00%
Option to extend, term																																			1 year
Preferred return, on capital (as a percent)																										13.00%
Maximum share in the profits of joint venture																																		3,000,000
Mortgage loan																																				79,700,000	132,000,000
Net cash proceeds from sale of condominium rights				47,500,000																					30,800,000
Percentage of in substance real estate sold																									50.00%
Cash contributed by joint venture partner																									16,800,000													3,000,000																					13,300,000
Percentage of ownership interest of partners in joint venture																									50.00%																									50.00%										50.00%
Area of land (in acres)																																																		400
Percentage of proceeds in excess of an amount determined by applying a specified capitalization rate to NOI																																																		100.00%
Percentage of proceeds from sale of property																																																		50.00%
Capitalization rate (as a percent)																																																		7.00%
Maximum Facility Amount																																				132,000,000
Variable rate basis																																				one-month LIBOR																											one-month LIBOR
Interest rate margin (as a percent)																																				3.00%																											2.40%
Total assets																												253,000,000
Total liabilities																												170,200,000
Gross sales																												163,900,000
Net income																												29,600,000
Deferred profit																			1,500,000
Construction loan secured																																						37,700,000
Distribution of the cash contributed by joint venture partner																																																											7,000,000
Future contribution required in accordance with the loan agreement																																																											3,100,000
Additional improvements made in the venture																																																											16,400,000
Net profit recognized on partial sale of joint venture interest																																																											$ 700,000