Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets

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Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets [Abstract]  
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
 
September 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
Prepaid expenses
$
23,552

 
$
19,270

Lease incentives
8,751

 
5,578

Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net
6,705

 
7,991

Deferred tax asset
6,222

 
6,612

Construction contract costs incurred in excess of billings
5,465

 
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Interest rate derivatives
5,195

 
—

Other equity method investments
4,928

 
2,425

Other assets
3,257

 
2,183

Prepaid expenses and other assets
$
64,075

 
$
44,059



Other assets, as reported above, include operating notes receivable due from tenants with terms exceeding one year totaling $186,000 at September 30, 2013 and $271,000 at December 31, 2012.  We carried allowances for estimated losses for most of these balances.