Debt (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Debt
The Company's debt is summarized below:
 
2013
Weighted Average Effective
Interest Rates (a)
 
September 30,
2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Revolving credit facilities
4.92
%
 
$
151,508

 
$

Master trust notes
6.54
%
 
918,073

 
937,395

CMBS - fixed-rate
5.26
%
 
2,403,340

 
963,663

CMBS - variable-rate (b)
4.71
%
 
129,638

 
49,460

Unsecured fixed rate promissory note
9.90
%
 
1,475

 
1,571

 
 
 
3,604,034

 
1,952,089

Unamortized net debt premium (discount)
 
 
2,409

 
(57,211
)
Total debt, net
 
 
$
3,606,443

 
$
1,894,878

(a) The effective interest rates include amortization of debt discount, amortization of deferred financing costs, and related debt insurer premiums, where applicable, calculated as of September 30, 2013.
(b) Variable-rate notes are predominately hedged with interest rate swaps (see Note 7).
Debt Maturities of Mortgages and Notes Payable, Including Balloon Payments
As of September 30, 2013, scheduled debt maturities of the Company’s revolving credit facilities, mortgages and notes payable, including balloon payments, are as follows (in thousands):
 
Scheduled
Principal
 
Balloon
Payment
 
Total
Remainder of 2013
$
13,292

 
$
5,000

 
$
18,292

2014
54,907

 
72,261

 
127,168

2015
55,578

 
271,147

 
326,725

2016
49,087

 
889,805

 
938,892

2017
42,428

 
944,994

 
987,422

Thereafter
146,225

 
1,059,310

 
1,205,535

 
$
361,517

 
$
3,242,517

 
$
3,604,034

Interest Expense and Related Borrowings
The following table summarizes interest expense on the related borrowings (in thousands):
 
Three Months 
 Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months 
 Ended September 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Interest expense – Term Note payable
$

 
$
6,210

 
$

 
$
19,925

Interest expense – revolving credit facilities
1,196

 

 
1,572

 

Interest expense – mortgages and notes payable
47,196

 
29,879

 
106,284

 
89,313

Interest expense – other
8

 
1

 
475

 
9

Amortization of deferred financing costs (a)
2,327

 
837

 
12,457

 
2,550

Amortization of net losses related to interest rate swaps

 
1,081

 

 
3,415

Amortization of debt (premium)/discount(b)
(341
)
 
3,967

 
5,588

 
7,726

Total interest expense
$
50,386

 
$
41,975

 
$
126,376

 
$
122,938

(a)
Includes $9.5 million arising from financing commitments related to the Merger for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
(b)
Income recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2013 is attributable to the amortization of debt premiums recorded on debt assumed in the Merger and recorded at fair value under purchase accounting.