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Disclosure - SENIOR NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER DEBT - Exchangeable Senior Notes (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955544 - Disclosure - SENIOR NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER DEBT - Senior Notes (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955545 - Disclosure - SENIOR NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER DEBT - Mortgages (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955546 - Disclosure - SENIOR NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER DEBT - Indebtedness of Maturities (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955547 - Disclosure - SENIOR NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER DEBT - Derivatives and Hedging (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955548 - Disclosure - SENIOR NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER DEBT - 2026 Activity (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955549 - Disclosure - FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Carrying Amounts and Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Details) link:presentationLink link:calculationLink link:definitionLink 9955550 - 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