Real Estate Assets, Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table Text Block]

Real estate assets, excluding assets held-for-sale, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Buildings and tenant improvements	$	5,691,561	$	5,295,336
Land and improvements	2,753,809		2,532,541
Other real estate investments (1)	123,970		165,500
Real estate assets	$	8,569,340	$	7,993,377

Table Illustration of Number of Properties in Discontinued Operations

The following table illustrates the number of sold or held-for-sale properties in this report, all of which were excluded from discontinued operations:

	Held-for-Sale at September 30, 2020	Sold Year-to-Date in 2020	Sold in 2019	Total
Properties sold or classified as held-for-sale	—	2	28	30

Allocation of Common Shareholders' Income (Loss) Between Continuing and Discontinued Operations

The following table illustrates the General Partner's share of the income attributable to common shareholders from continuing operations and discontinued operations, reduced by the allocation of income between continuing and discontinued operations to the noncontrolling interests (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders	$	71,783	$	226,455	$	130,989	$	341,807
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders	40		111		110		363
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	71,823	$	226,566	$	131,099	$	342,170

Schedule of Discontinued Operations, Properties Held-for-Sale, Aggregate Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block]

The following table illustrates aggregate balance sheet information for assets held-for-sale (in thousands):

	Held-for-Sale Properties Included in Continuing Operations
	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Land and improvements	$	—	$	4,561
Buildings and tenant improvements	—		18,840
Undeveloped land	—		—
Accumulated depreciation	—		(7,132)
Deferred leasing and other costs, net	—		2,100
Other assets	—		94
Total assets held-for-sale	$	—	$	18,463
Total liabilities related to assets held-for-sale	$	—	$	887