REAL ESTATE

A summary of our real estate investments and related encumbrances is as follows:



	Cost		Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization			Encumbrances
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2014
Retail and mixed-use properties	$	5,478,085	$	(1,423,682	)	$	541,568
Retail properties under capital leases	121,069		(35,179		)	71,647
Residential	9,844		(8,189		)	22,130
	$	5,608,998	$	(1,467,050	)	$	635,345
December 31, 2013
Retail and mixed-use properties	$	5,024,800	$	(1,310,791	)	$	565,935
Retail properties under capital leases	115,028		(31,955		)	71,671
Residential	9,635		(7,725		)	22,521
	$	5,149,463	$	(1,350,471	)	$	660,127

Retail and mixed-use properties includes the residential portion of Santana Row, Bethesda Row, Pike & Rose, Congressional Plaza and Chelsea Commons. The residential property investment is our investment in Rollingwood Apartments.

2014 Significant Property Acquisitions

Effective January 1, 2014, we acquired a controlling interest in The Grove at Shrewsbury, a 187,000 square foot shopping center in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and Brook 35, a 99,000 square foot shopping center in Sea Girt, New Jersey for a gross value of $161 million. Our effective economic interest approximates 84% and was funded by the assumption of our share of $68 million of mortgage debt, 632,000 downREIT operating partnership units, and $13 million of cash (which was in an escrow account at December 31, 2013). Approximately $1.7 million and $2.3 million of net assets acquired were allocated to other assets for "above market leases" and other liabilities for "below market leases," respectively. Additionally, $71.1 million was allocated to redeemable and nonredeemable noncontrolling interests. We incurred $2.0 million of acquisition costs, of which $1.0 million were incurred in 2014, and are included in "general and administrative expenses" in 2014 and 2013 on the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

We have entered into an agreement to acquire the interest of one of the noncontrolling interest holders in The Grove at Shrewsbury in 2015. As this noncontrolling interest is mandatorily redeemable, it has been classified as a liability of approximately $9 million and is included in "other liabilities and deferred credits" on the December 31, 2014 consolidated balance sheet. An additional noncontrolling interest holder has the right to require us to acquire its interests in The Grove at Shrewsbury and Brook 35 at the then current fair market value beginning on January 1, 2017.

2013 Significant Property Acquisitions and Dispositions

On April 3, 2013, we acquired the fee interest in a 95,000 square foot retail property located in Darien, Connecticut for $47.3 million. Approximately $0.1 million and $1.8 million of net assets acquired were allocated to other assets for "above market leases" and other liabilities for "below market leases", respectively. We incurred $0.2 million of acquisition costs which are included in "general and administrative expenses" in 2013.

On April 5, 2013, one of our tenants acquired our fee interest in the land under an office building at our Village of Shirlington property in Arlington, Virginia, that was subject to a long term ground lease. The ground lease included an option for the tenant to purchase the fee interest. The sales price was $6.5 million, and the gain was $5.0 million.

On July 22, 2013, we sold the fee interest in our final building at Fifth Avenue in San Diego, California, for a sales price of $15.3 million resulting in a gain of $10.7 million. On September 10, 2013 we sold the fee interest in a building in Forest Hills (Queens), New York, for a sales price of $20.4 million resulting in a gain of $13.2 million. Both sales were completed as a Section 1031 tax deferred exchange transaction with the acquisition of the property in Darien.

On October 1, 2013, we acquired the fee interest in an 11.8 acre land parcel adjacent to our Assembly Row development project for a purchase price of $18.0 million.

On December 19, 2013, we acquired the fee interest in a land parcel contiguous with our Montrose Crossing shopping center that is encumbered by two retail ground leases. The total purchase price was $10.5 million and our 89.9% share was $9.4 million.