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10-K 1 els1231201410-k.htm 10-K ELS 12.31.14 10-K ELS 12.31.2014 10-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014
or
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from            to
Commission File Number: 1-11718
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
36-3857664
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Two North Riverside Plaza,
Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois
60606
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(312) 279-1400
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
New York Stock Exchange
(Title of Class)
(Name of exchange on which registered)
6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable
Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 Par Value
New York Stock Exchange
(Title of Class)
(Name of exchange on which registered)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.     Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.     Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
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The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $3,472.3 million as of June 30, 2014 based upon the closing price of $44.16 on such date using beneficial ownership of stock rules adopted pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude voting stock owned by Directors and Officers, some of whom may not be held to be affiliates upon judicial determination.
At February 20, 2015 , 84,239,214 shares of the Registrant’s common stock were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Part III incorporates by reference portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 12, 2015 .





Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PART I.
Item 1.
Business
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2.
Properties
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosure
PART II.
Item 5.
Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Forward-Looking Statements
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures
Item 9B.
Other Information
PART III.
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
Item 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
PART IV.
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules


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PART I
Item 1. Business
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
General
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (“ELS”), a Maryland corporation, together with MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and its other consolidated subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”), are referred to herein as “we,” “us,” and “our.” We elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 1993.
We are a fully integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties (“Properties”). We lease individual developed areas (“Sites”) with access to utilities for placement of factory built homes, cottages, cabins or recreational vehicles (“RVs”). Customers may lease individual Sites or enter right-to-use contracts providing the customer access to specific Properties for limited stays. We were formed in December 1992 to continue the property operations, business objectives and acquisition strategies of an entity that had owned and operated Properties since 1969. As of December 31, 2014 , we owned or had an ownership interest in a portfolio of 384 Properties located throughout the United States and Canada, consisting of 143,113 residential Sites. These Properties are located in 32 states and British Columbia (with the number of Properties in each state or province shown parenthetically) as follows: Florida ( 121 ), California ( 49 ), Arizona ( 42 ), Texas ( 17 ), Pennsylvania ( 15 ), Washington ( 14 ), Colorado ( 10 ), Wisconsin ( 10 ), Oregon ( 9 ), North Carolina ( 8 ), Delaware ( 7 ), Indiana ( 7 ), Nevada ( 7 ), New York ( 7 ), Virginia ( 7 ), New Jersey ( 6 ), Illinois ( 5 ), Maine ( 5 ), Massachusetts ( 5 ), Idaho ( 4 ), Michigan ( 4 ), Minnesota ( 4 ), New Hampshire ( 3 ), South Carolina ( 3 ), Utah ( 3 ), Maryland ( 2 ), North Dakota ( 2 ), Ohio ( 2 ), Tennessee ( 2 ), Alabama ( 1 ), Connecticut ( 1 ), Kentucky ( 1 ), and British Columbia ( 1 ).
Properties are designed and improved for several home options of various sizes and designs that are produced off-site by third-party manufacturers, installed and set on designated Sites (“Site Set”) within the Properties. These homes can range from 400 to over 2,000 square feet. Properties may also have Sites that can accommodate a variety of RVs. Properties generally contain centralized entrances, internal road systems and designated Sites. In addition, Properties often provide a clubhouse for social activities and recreation and other amenities, which may include swimming pools, shuffleboard courts, tennis courts, pickleball, golf courses, lawn bowling, restaurants, laundry facilities and cable television service. In some cases, utilities are provided or arranged by us; otherwise, the customer contracts for the utility directly. Some Properties provide water and sewer service through municipal or regulated utilities, while others provide these services to customers from on-site facilities. Properties generally are designed to attract retirees, empty-nesters, vacationers and second home owners; however, certain of our Properties focus on affordable housing for families. We focus on owning properties in or near retirement and vacation destinations and large metropolitan markets.
Employees and Organizational Structure
We have an annual average of approximately 3,900 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees dedicated to carrying out our operating philosophy and strategies of stockholder value enhancement and service to our customers. The operations of each Property are coordinated by an on-site team of employees that typically includes a manager, clerical staff and maintenance workers, each of whom works to provide maintenance and care to the Properties. The on-site team of employees at each Property also provides customer service and coordinates lifestyle-oriented activities for customers. Direct supervision of on-site management is the responsibility of our regional vice presidents and regional and district managers who have substantial experience addressing the needs of customers and finding or creating innovative approaches to maximize value and increase cash flow from property operations. Complementing this field management staff are approximately 200 full-time corporate employees who assist in all functions related to the management of our Properties.
Our Formation
Our operations are conducted primarily through our Operating Partnership. We contributed the proceeds from our initial public offering in 1993 and subsequent offerings to our Operating Partnership for a general partnership interest. In 2004, the general partnership interest was contributed to MHC Trust, a private REIT subsidiary owned by us. In 2013, MHC Trust was merged into ELS, resulting in the general partnership interest of our Operating Partnership being directly held by ELS. The financial results of our Operating Partnership and our Subsidiaries are consolidated in our consolidated financial statements, which can be found beginning on page F-1 of this Form 10-K. In addition, since certain activities, if performed by us, may not be qualifying REIT activities under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), we have formed taxable REIT Subsidiaries, as defined in the Code, to engage in such activities.

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For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we treated the merger of MHC Trust into ELS as a tax-deferred liquidation of MHC Trust under Section 332 of the Code.
Realty Systems, Inc. (“RSI”) is a wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary of ours that is engaged in the business of purchasing and selling or leasing Site Set homes that are located in Properties owned and managed by us. RSI also provides brokerage services to residents at such Properties who move from a Property but do not relocate their homes. RSI may provide brokerage services, in competition with other local brokers, by seeking buyers for the Site Set homes. Subsidiaries of RSI also operate ancillary activities at certain Properties, such as golf courses, pro shops, stores and restaurants. Several Properties are also wholly owned by our taxable REIT Subsidiaries.
Business Objectives and Operating Strategies
Our primary business objective is to maximize both current income and long-term growth in income. Our operating strategy is to own and operate the highest quality Properties in sought-after locations near urban areas and retirement and vacation destinations across the United States.
We focus on Properties that have strong cash flow and plan to hold such Properties for long-term investment and capital appreciation. In determining cash flow potential, we evaluate our ability to attract high quality customers to our Properties and retain these customers who take pride in the Property and in their homes. Our operating, investment and financing strategies include:
Consistently providing high levels of services and amenities in attractive surroundings to foster a strong sense of community and pride of home ownership;
Efficiently managing the Properties to increase operating margins by controlling expenses, increasing occupancy and maintaining competitive market rents;
Increasing income and property values by strategic expansion and, where appropriate, renovation of the Properties;
Utilizing technology to evaluate potential acquisitions, identify and track competing properties and monitor customer satisfaction;
Selectively acquiring properties that have potential for long-term cash flow growth and creating property concentrations in and around major metropolitan areas and retirement or vacation destinations to capitalize on operating synergies and incremental efficiencies;
Managing our debt balances such that we maintain financial flexibility, have minimal exposure to interest rate fluctuations and maintain an appropriate degree of leverage to maximize return on capital; and
Developing and maintaining the relationships with various capital providers.
We focus on creating an attractive residential environment by providing a well-maintained, comfortable Property with a variety of recreational and social activities and superior amenities, as well as offering a multitude of lifestyle housing choices. In addition, we regularly conduct evaluations of the cost of housing in the marketplaces in which our Properties are located and survey rental rates of competing properties. We also conduct satisfaction surveys of our customers to determine the factors they consider most important in choosing a property. We seek to improve Site utilization and efficiency by tracking types of customers and usage patterns and marketing to those specific customer groups.
These business objectives and their implementation are consistent with business strategies determined by our Board of Directors and may be changed at any time.
Acquisitions and Dispositions
Over the last decade we have continued to grow our portfolio of Properties (including owned or partly owned Properties), from 275 Properties with over 101,200 Sites to 384 Properties with over 143,100 Sites. During the year ended December 31, 2014 , we acquired seven Properties with over 3,800 Sites. We continually review the Properties in our portfolio to ensure that they fit our business objectives. Over the last five years, we redeployed capital to properties in markets we believe have greater long-term potential by acquiring 93 Properties primarily located in retirement and vacation destinations and selling 13 Properties that were not aligned with our long-term goals.
We believe that opportunities for property acquisitions are still available. Increasing acceptability of and demand for a lifestyle that includes Site Set homes and RVs, as well as continued constraints on development of new properties, adds to the attractiveness of our Properties as investments. We believe we have a competitive advantage in the acquisition of additional properties due to our experienced management, significant presence in major real estate markets and access to capital resources. We are actively seeking to acquire and are engaged at any time in various stages of negotiations relating to the possible acquisition of additional properties, which may include contracts outstanding to acquire such properties that are subject to the satisfactory completion of our due diligence review.

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We anticipate that new acquisitions will generally be located in the United States, although we may consider other geographic locations provided they meet certain acquisition criteria. We utilize market information systems to identify and evaluate acquisition opportunities, including the use of a market database to review the primary economic indicators of the various locations in which we expect to expand our operations.
Acquisitions will be financed from the most appropriate sources of capital, which may include undistributed funds from operations, issuance of additional equity securities, sales of investments, collateralized and uncollateralized borrowings and issuance of debt securities. In addition, we may acquire properties in transactions that include the issuance of limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) as consideration for the acquired properties. We believe that an ownership structure that includes our Operating Partnership will permit us to acquire additional properties in transactions that may defer all or a portion of the sellers’ tax consequences.
When evaluating potential acquisitions, we consider, among others, the following factors:
The current and projected cash flow of the property and the potential for increased cash flow;
The geographic area and the type of property;
The replacement cost of the property, including land values, entitlements and zoning;
The location, construction quality, condition and design of the property;
The potential for capital appreciation of the property;
The terms of tenant leases or usage rights, including the potential for rent increases;
The potential for economic growth and the tax and regulatory environment of the community in which the property is located;
The potential for expansion of the physical layout of the property and the number of Sites;
The occupancy and demand by customers for properties of a similar type in the vicinity and the customers’ profiles;
The prospects for liquidity through sale, financing or refinancing of the property;
The competition from existing properties and the potential for the construction of new properties in the area; and
Working capital demands.
When evaluating potential dispositions, we consider, among others, the following factors:
Whether the Property meets our current investment criteria;
Our desire to exit certain non-core markets and recycle the capital into core markets; and
Our ability to sell the Property at a price that we believe will provide an appropriate return for our stockholders.
When investing capital, we consider all potential uses of the capital, including returning capital to our stockholders. Our Board of Directors continues to review the conditions under which we may repurchase our stock. These conditions include, but are not limited to, market price, balance sheet flexibility, other opportunities and capital requirements.
Property Expansions
Several of our Properties have available land for expanding the number of Sites available to be utilized by our customers. Development of these Sites (“Expansion Sites”) is evaluated based on the following factors: local market conditions; ability to subdivide; accessibility through the Property or externally; infrastructure needs including utility needs and access as well as additional common area amenities; zoning and entitlement; costs and uses of working capital; topography; and ability to market new Sites. When justified, development of Expansion Sites allows us to leverage existing facilities and amenities to increase the income generated from the Properties. Our acquisition philosophy includes owning Properties with potential Expansion Site development. Approximately 78 of our Properties have expansion potential, with up to approximately 5,200 acres available for expansion.
Leases or Usage Rights
At our Properties, a typical lease for the rental of a Site entered into between us and the owner or renter of a home is for a month-to-month or year-to-year term, renewable upon the consent of both parties or, in some instances, as provided by statute. These leases are cancelable, depending on applicable law, for non-payment of rent, violation of Property rules and regulations or other specified defaults. Long-term leases that are non-cancelable by the tenant are in effect at approximately 8,500 Sites in 26 of the Properties. Some of these leases are subject to rental rate increases based on the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), in some instances allowing for pass-throughs of certain items such as real estate taxes, utility expenses and capital expenditures, after taking into consideration certain minimums, maximums and market conditions. Generally, adjustments to our market rates, if appropriate, are made on an annual basis. At Properties zoned for RV use, we have long-term relationships with many of our customers who typically enter into short-term rental agreements. Many resort customers also leave deposits to reserve a Site for the following year. Generally, these customers cannot live full time on the Property. At resort Properties designated for use by

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customers who have entered a right-to-use or membership contract, the contract generally grants the customer access to designated Properties on a continuous basis of up to 14 days in exchange for dues payments. The customer may make a nonrefundable upfront payment to upgrade the contract which increases usage rights during the contract term. We may finance the nonrefundable upfront payment. Most of the contracts provide for an annual dues increase, usually based on increases in the CPI. Approximately 33% of current customers are not subject to annual dues increases in accordance with the terms of their contracts, generally because the customers are over 61 years old or meet certain other specified criteria.

Regulations and Insurance
General . Our Properties are subject to a variety of laws, ordinances and regulations, including regulations relating to recreational facilities such as swimming pools, clubhouses and other common areas, regulations relating to providing utility services, such as electricity, and regulations relating to operating water and wastewater treatment facilities at certain of our Properties. We believe that each Property has all material permits and approvals necessary to operate. We work closely with government agencies to renew these permits and approvals in the ordinary course of business.
At certain of our Properties primarily used as membership campgrounds, state statutes limit our ability to close a Property unless a reasonable substitute Property is made available for members’ use. Many states also have consumer protection laws regulating right-to-use or campground membership sales and the financing of such sales. Some states have laws requiring us to register with a state agency and obtain a permit to market (see Item 1A. “Risk Factors”).
Rent Control Legislation . At certain of our Properties, principally in California, state and local rent control laws limit our ability to increase rents and to recover increases in operating expenses and the costs of capital improvements. Enactment of such laws has been considered at various times in other jurisdictions. We presently expect to continue to maintain Properties, and may purchase additional properties, in markets that are either subject to rent control or in which rent-limiting legislation exists or may be enacted. For example, Florida law requires that rental increases be reasonable, and Delaware requires rental increases greater than the change in the consumer price index to be justified. Also, certain jurisdictions in California in which we own Properties limit rent increases to changes in the CPI or some percentage of CPI. As part of our effort to realize the value of Properties subject to restrictive regulation, we have initiated lawsuits at various times against various municipalities imposing such regulations in an attempt to balance the interests of our stockholders with the interests of our customers.
Insurance . The Properties are insured against risks causing property damage and business interruption including events such as fire, flood, earthquake, or windstorm. The relevant insurance policies contain various deductible requirements, such as coverage limits and particular exclusions. Our current property and casualty insurance policies, which we plan to renew, expire on April 1, 2015. We have a $100 million loss limit with respect to our all-risk property insurance program including named windstorms, which include, for example, hurricanes. This loss limit is subject to additional sub-limits as set forth in the policy form, including, among others, a $25 million aggregate loss limit for earthquakes in California. Policy deductibles primarily range from a $125,000 minimum to 5% per unit of insurance for most catastrophic events. A deductible indicates our maximum exposure, subject to policy limits and sub-limits, in the event of a loss.
Industry
We believe that modern properties similar to our Properties provide an opportunity for increased cash flows and appreciation in value. These may be achieved through increases in occupancy rates and rents, as well as expense controls, expansion of existing Properties and opportunistic acquisitions, for the following reasons:
Barriers to Entry: We believe that the supply of new properties in locations we target will be constrained by barriers to entry. The most significant barrier has been the difficulty of securing zoning permits from local authorities. This has been the result of (i) the public’s historically poor perception of manufactured housing, and (ii) the fact that manufactured housing communities and RV resorts generate less tax revenue than conventional housing properties because the homes are treated as personal property (a benefit to the homeowner) rather than real property. Another factor that creates substantial barriers to entry is the length of time between investment in a property’s development and the attainment of stabilized occupancy and the generation of revenues. The initial development of the infrastructure may take up to two or three years. Once a property is ready for occupancy, it may be difficult to attract customers to an empty property. Substantial occupancy levels may take several years to achieve.
Industry Consolidation : According to various industry reports, there are approximately 50,000 manufactured home properties and approximately 8,750 RV resorts (excluding government owned properties) in North America. Most of these properties are not operated by large owner/operators, and approximately 3,400 of the manufactured home properties and 1,300 of the RV resorts contain 200 Sites or more. We believe that this relatively high degree of fragmentation provides us, as a national organization with experienced management and substantial financial resources, the opportunity to purchase additional properties as evidenced by our acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2014.

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Customer Base : We believe that properties tend to achieve and maintain a stable rate of occupancy due to the following factors: (i) customers typically own their own homes, (ii) properties tend to foster a sense of community as a result of amenities such as clubhouses and recreational and social activities, (iii) customers often sell their homes in-place (similar to site-built residential housing) with no interruption of rental payments to us, and (iv) moving a Site Set home from one property to another involves substantial cost and effort.
Lifestyle Choice : According to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (“RVIA”), nearly one in eleven U.S. households owns an RV and there are currently 8.9 million RV owners. The 77 million people born from 1946 to 1964 or “baby boomers” make up the fastest growing segment of this market. According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, every day 12,500 Americans turn 50. We believe that this population segment, seeking an active lifestyle, will provide opportunities for our future cash flow growth. As RV owners age and move beyond the more active RV lifestyle, they will often seek more permanent retirement or vacation establishments. Site Set housing has become an increasingly popular housing alternative for retirement, second-home, and “empty-nest” living. According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, the baby-boom generation will constitute almost 19% of the U.S. population within the next 20 years. Among those individuals who are nearing retirement (age 46 to 64), approximately 55% plan on moving upon retirement.
We believe that the housing choices in our Properties are especially attractive to such individuals throughout this lifestyle cycle. Our Properties offer an appealing amenity package, close proximity to local services, social activities, low maintenance and a secure environment. In fact, many of our Properties allow for this cycle to occur within a single Property.
Construction Quality: Since 1976, the federal requirements for all factory built housing have become more stringent, resulting in significant increases in quality. The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (“HUD”) standards for Site Set housing construction quality are the only federal standards governing housing quality of any type in the United States. Site Set homes produced since 1976 have received a “red and silver” government seal certifying that they were built in compliance with the federal code. The code regulates Site Set home design and construction, strength and durability, fire resistance and energy efficiency, and the installation and performance of heating, plumbing, air conditioning, thermal and electrical systems. In newer homes, top grade lumber and dry wall materials are common. Also, manufacturers are required to follow the same fire codes as builders of site-built structures. Although resort cottages, which are generally smaller homes, do not come under the same regulations, with only certain states having regulations, many of the manufacturers of Site Set homes also produce resort cottages with many of the same quality standards.
Comparability to Site-Built Homes: Since inception, the Site Set housing industry has experienced a trend toward multi-section homes. Many modern Site Set homes are longer (up to 80 feet, compared to 50 feet in the 1960’s) and wider than earlier models. Many such homes have nine-foot ceilings or vaulted ceilings, fireplaces and as many as four bedrooms, and closely resemble single-family ranch-style site-built homes. At our Properties, there is an active resale or rental market for these larger homes. According to the 2013 U.S. Census American Community Survey, manufactured homes represent 9.4% of total housing units.
Second Home Demographics : According to 2014 National Association of Realtors (“NAR”) reports, sales of second homes in 2013 accounted for 33% of residential transactions, or 1.8 million second-home sales in 2013. There were approximately 8.0 million vacation homes in 2013. The typical vacation-home buyer is 43 years old and earned $85,600 in 2013. According to 2014 NAR reports, approximately 41% of vacation homes were purchased in the south; 28% were purchased in the west; 18% were purchased in the northeast; and 14% were purchased in the Midwest. In looking ahead, NAR believes that baby boomers are still in their peak earning years, and the leading edge of their generation is approaching retirement. As they continue to have the financial means to purchase a second home as a vacation property, investment opportunity, or perhaps as a retirement retreat, those baby boomers will continue to drive the market for second homes. We believe it is likely that over the next decade we will continue to see high levels of second-home sales, and resort homes and cottages in our Properties will continue to provide a viable second-home alternative to site-built homes.
Notwithstanding our belief that the industry information highlighted above provides us with significant long-term growth opportunities, our short-term growth opportunities could be disrupted by the following:
Shipments —According to statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, shipments of new manufactured homes declined from 2005 through 2009. Since then, manufactured home shipments have increased each year and are on pace for a sixth straight year of growth. Although new manufactured home shipments continue to be below historical levels, shipments in 2014 increased about 6.6% to 64,300 units as compared to shipments in 2013 of 60,300 units. According to the RVIA, wholesale shipments of RVs increased 11.1% in 2014 to approximately 356,700 units as compared to 2013 , which continued a positive trend in RV shipments that started in late 2009. Certain industry experts have predicted that 2015 RV shipments will increase by about 4% as compared to 2014 .

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U.S. Census: Manufactured Homes Survey
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Source: RVIA

Sales: Retail sales of RVs totaled approximately 259,000 in 2014 , a 5.8% increase from 2013 RV sales of 244,800 and a 24.4% increase from 2012 RV sales of 208,200 . We believe that consumers remain concerned about the current economy, and by prospects that the economy might remain sluggish in the years ahead. However, the enduring appeal of the RV lifestyle has translated into continued strength in RV sales despite the economic turmoil. According to RVIA, RV ownership has reached record levels: 8.9 million American households now own an RV, the highest level ever recorded, which constitutes an increase of 12.7% since 2005. RV sales could continue to benefit as aging baby-boomers continue to enter the age range in which RV ownership is highest. RV dealers typically have relationships with third party lenders who provide financing for a purchase of an RV.
Availability of financing: Since 2008 few sources of financing have been available for manufactured home and RV manufacturers. In addition, the economic and legislative environment has made it difficult for purchasers of manufactured homes and RVs to obtain financing. Legislation enacted in 2010 known as the SAFE Act (Safe Mortgage Licensing Act) requires community owners interested in providing financing for customer purchases of manufactured homes to register as a mortgage loan originator in states where they engage in such financing. In comparison to financing available to purchasers of site-built homes, the few third party financing sources available to purchasers of manufactured homes offer financing with higher down payments, higher rates and shorter maturities, and loan approval is subject to more stringent underwriting criteria. Certain government stimulus packages have also provided government guarantees for site-built single family home loans, thereby increasing the supply of financing for that market. We have a small network of lending relationships that provide financing options for our customers. In addition, during 2013 we entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party home manufacturer to create a new joint venture, ECHO Financing, LLC, to buy and sell homes and purchase loans made by an unaffiliated lender to residents at our Properties.
Please see our risk factors in Item 1A - Risk Factors and financial statements and related notes beginning on page F-1 of this Form 10-K for more detailed information.
Available Information
We file reports electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy information and statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov . We maintain an Internet site with information about us and hyperlinks to our filings with the

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SEC at http://www.equitylifestyle.com , free of charge. Requests for copies of our filings with the SEC and other investor inquiries should be directed to:
Investor Relations Department
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Two North Riverside Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone: 1-800-247-5279
e-mail: investor_relations@equitylifestyle.com

Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our Performance and Common Stock Value Are Subject to Risks Associated With the Real Estate Industry.
Adverse Economic Conditions and Other Factors Could Adversely Affect the Value of our Properties and our Cash Flow . Several factors may adversely affect the economic performance and value of our Properties. These factors include:
changes in the national, regional and/or local economic climate;
local conditions such as an oversupply of lifestyle-oriented properties or a reduction in demand for lifestyle-oriented properties in the area, the attractiveness of our Properties to customers, competition from manufactured home communities and other lifestyle-oriented properties and alternative forms of housing (such as apartment buildings and site-built single family homes);
the ability of manufactured home and RV manufacturers to adapt to changes in the economic climate and the availability of units from these manufacturers;
the ability of our potential customers to sell or lease their existing site-built residences in order to purchase resort homes or cottages at our Properties, and heightened price sensitivity for seasonal and second homebuyers;
the possible reduced ability of our potential customers to obtain financing on the purchase of resort homes, resort cottages or RVs;
government stimulus intended to primarily benefit purchasers of site-built housing;
fluctuations in the availability and price of gasoline, especially for our transient customers;
our ability to collect rent, annual payments and principal and interest from customers and pay or control maintenance, insurance and other operating costs (including real estate taxes), which could increase over time;
the failure of our assets to generate income sufficient to pay our expenses, service our debt and maintain our Properties, which may adversely affect our ability to make expected distributions to our stockholders;
our inability to meet mortgage payments on any Property that is mortgaged, in which case the lender could foreclose on the mortgage and take the Property;
interest rate levels and the availability of financing, which may adversely affect our financial condition;
changes in laws and governmental regulations (including rent control laws and regulations governing usage, zoning and taxes), which may adversely affect our financial condition;
changes in laws and governmental regulations related to proposed minimum wage increases may adversely affect our financial condition;
poor weather, especially on holiday weekends in the summer that could reduce the economic performance of our Northern resort Properties; and
our ability to attract customers to enter new or upgraded right-to-use contracts and to retain customers who have previously entered right-to-use contracts.
New Acquisitions May Fail to Perform as Expected and Competition for Acquisitions May Result in Increased Prices for Properties . We intend to continue to acquire Properties. Newly acquired Properties may fail to perform as expected. We may underestimate the costs necessary to bring an acquired Property up to standards established for our intended market position. Difficulties in integrating acquisitions may prove costly or time-consuming and could divert management attention. Additionally, we expect that other real estate investors with significant capital will compete with us for attractive investment opportunities. These competitors may include publicly traded REITs, private REITs and other types of investors. Such competition increases prices for Properties. We expect to acquire Properties with cash from sources including but not limited to secured or unsecured financings, proceeds from offerings of equity or debt, offerings of OP Units, undistributed funds from operations and sales of investments. We may not be in a position or have the opportunity in the future to make suitable Property acquisitions on favorable terms.
The Intended Benefits of Our Acquisitions May Not Be Realized, Which Could Have a Negative Impact on the Market Price of Our Common Stock. Acquisitions pose risks for our ongoing operations, including that:
senior management’s attention may be diverted from the management of daily operations to the integration of an acquisition;
an acquisition may not perform as well as we anticipate;

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we may incur costs and expenses associated with any undisclosed or potential liabilities; and
unforeseen difficulties may arise in integrating an acquisition into our portfolio.
As a result of the foregoing, we cannot assure you that any acquisitions that we make will be accretive to us in the near term or at all. Furthermore, if we fail to realize the intended benefits of an acquisition, the market price of our common stock could decline to the extent that the market price reflects those benefits.
Because Real Estate Investments Are Illiquid, We May Not be Able to Sell Properties When Appropriate . Real estate investments generally cannot be sold quickly. We may not be able to vary our portfolio promptly in response to economic or other conditions, forcing us to accept lower than market value. This inability to respond promptly to changes in the performance of our investments could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to service debt and make distributions to our stockholders.
The Current Volume of Home Sales Has Resulted In An Increased Use of Our Rental Program to Maintain Occupancy. In recent years, our ability to sell new and used homes was significantly impacted by the disruption in the single family housing market. To maintain occupancy, we increased our manufactured home rental operations by purchasing new homes for rental and also renting used homes acquired from customers through purchase, lien sale or abandonment. While our long-term goal is to sell these rental units to homeowners, there is no assurance that we will be successful and we may not be able to liquidate our investment in these homes. In addition, our home rental operations compete with other types of rentals (e.g., apartments), and there is no assurance we will be able to maintain tenants in our investment of rental units.
Some Potential Losses Are Not Covered by Insurance. We carry comprehensive insurance coverage for losses resulting from property damage and environmental liability and business interruption claims on all of our Properties. In addition we carry liability coverage for other activities not specifically related to property operations. These coverages include, but are not limited to, Directors & Officers liability, Employer Practices liability, Fiduciary liability and Cyber liability. We believe that the policy specifications and coverage limits of these policies should be adequate and appropriate. There are, however, certain types of losses, such as lease and other contract claims that generally are not insured. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of coverage limits occur, we could lose all or a portion of the capital we have invested in a Property or the anticipated future revenue from a Property. In such an event, we might nevertheless remain obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the Property.
Our current property and casualty insurance policies, which we plan to renew, expire on April 1, 2015. We have a $100 million loss limit with respect to our all-risk property insurance program including named windstorms, which include, for example, hurricanes. This loss limit is subject to additional sub-limits as set forth in the policy form, including, among others, a $25 million aggregate loss limit for an earthquake in California. Policy deductibles primarily range from a $125,000 minimum to 5% per unit of insurance for most catastrophic events. A deductible indicates our maximum exposure, subject to policy limits and sub-limits, in the event of a loss.
Our Depositary Shares, Which Represent Our 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, Have Not Been Rated and are Subordinated to Our Debt. We have not obtained and do not intend to obtain a rating for our depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”) which represent our 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”). No assurance can be given, however, that one or more rating agencies might not independently determine to issue such a rating or that such a rating, if issued, would not adversely affect the market price of the Depositary Shares. In addition, the Depositary Shares are subordinate to all of our existing and future debt. As described below, our existing debt may restrict, and our future debt may include restrictions on, our ability to pay distributions to preferred stockholders or to make an optional redemption payment to preferred stockholders. The issuance of additional shares of preferred stock on parity with or senior to our Series C Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares would dilute the interests of the holders of our Depositary Shares, and any issuance of preferred stock senior to our Series C Preferred Stock (and, therefore, the Depositary Shares) or of additional indebtedness could affect our ability to pay distributions on, redeem or pay the liquidation preference on our Depositary Shares. Other than the conversion rights afforded to holders of our preferred shares that may occur in connection with a change of control triggering event, none of the provisions relating to our preferred shares contain any provision affording the holders of our preferred shares protection in the event of a highly leveraged or other transaction, including a merger or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all our assets or business, that might materially and adversely affect the holders of our preferred shares, so long as the rights of the holders of our preferred shares are not materially and adversely affected.
Adverse Changes In General Economic Conditions May Adversely Affect Our Business.
Our success is dependent upon economic conditions in the U.S. generally and in the geographic areas in which a substantial number of our Properties are located. Adverse changes in national economic conditions and in the economic conditions of the regions in which we conduct substantial business may have an adverse effect on the real estate values of our Properties, our financial performance and the market price of our common stock.

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Fluctuations in U.S. currency relative to other countries, primarily Canada, may impact our business. Many of our southern properties earn revenues from Canadian customers who visit during the winter season. In the event the value of Canadian currency decreases relative to the U.S. dollar, we may see a decline in revenue from these customers. In certain properties and markets, the revenue contribution from Canadian customers is significant.

Increases in oil and gasoline prices may have an adverse impact on the RV industry. As customers’ cost to power their recreational vehicles increases, they may reduce the amount of time spent traveling in their RVs. This may negatively impact revenues at our Properties that target these customers.

We have Properties located in geographic areas that are dependent on the energy industry for jobs. In the event the local economies in these areas are negatively impacted by declining oil prices, we may experience reduced property occupancy or be unable to increase rental rates at such Properties.
In a recession or under other adverse economic conditions, non-earning assets and write-downs are likely to increase as debtors fail to meet their payment obligations. Although we maintain reserves for credit losses and an allowance for doubtful accounts in amounts that we believe should be sufficient to provide adequate protection against potential write-downs in our portfolio, these amounts could prove to be insufficient.
Laws and Regulations Relating to Campground Membership Sales and Properties Could Adversely Affect the Value of Certain Properties and Our Cash Flow.
Many of the states in which we do business have laws regulating right-to-use or campground membership sales. These laws generally require comprehensive disclosure to prospective purchasers, and usually give purchasers the right to rescind their purchase between three to five days after the date of sale. Some states have laws requiring us to register with a state agency and obtain a permit to market. We are subject to changes, from time to time, in the application or interpretation of such laws that can affect our business or the rights of our members.
In some states, including California, Oregon and Washington, laws place limitations on the ability of the owner of a campground property to close the property unless the customers at the property receive access to a comparable property. The impact of the rights of customers under these laws is uncertain and could adversely affect the availability or timing of sale opportunities or our ability to realize recoveries from Property sales.
The government authorities regulating our activities have broad discretionary power to enforce and interpret the statutes and regulations that they administer, including the power to enjoin or suspend sales activities, require or restrict construction of additional facilities and revoke licenses and permits relating to business activities. We monitor our sales and marketing programs and debt collection activities to control practices that might violate consumer protection laws and regulations or give rise to consumer complaints.
Certain consumer rights and defenses that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction may affect our portfolio of contracts receivable. Examples of such laws include state and federal consumer credit and truth-in-lending laws requiring the disclosure of finance charges, and usury and retail installment sales laws regulating permissible finance charges.
In certain states, as a result of government regulations and provisions in certain of the right-to-use or campground membership agreements, we are prohibited from selling more than ten memberships per site. At the present time, these restrictions do not preclude us from selling memberships in any state. However, these restrictions may limit our ability to utilize Properties for public usage and/or our ability to convert Sites to more profitable or predictable uses, such as annual rentals.
Debt Financing, Financial Covenants and Degree of Leverage Could Adversely Affect Our Economic Performance.
Scheduled Debt Payments Could Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition . Our business is subject to risks normally associated with debt financing. The total principal amount of our outstanding indebtedness was approximately $2.2 billion as of December 31, 2014 . In January 2015, we refinanced $190.0 million of debt that was set to mature in 2015 and 2016, which results in approximately $312.0 million of remaining debt that is currently set to mature in 2015 and 2016. Our substantial indebtedness and the cash flow associated with serving our indebtedness could have important consequences, including the risks that:
our cash flow could be insufficient to pay distributions at expected levels and meet required payments of principal and interest;
we might be required to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to pay our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund the implementation of our business strategy, acquisitions, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes;
our debt service obligations could limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

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we may not be able to refinance existing indebtedness (which requires substantial principal payments at maturity) and, if we can, the terms of such refinancing might not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness;
if principal payments due at maturity cannot be refinanced, extended or paid with proceeds of other capital transactions, such as new equity capital, our cash flow will not be sufficient in all years to repay all maturing debt; and
if prevailing interest rates or other factors at the time of refinancing (such as the possible reluctance of lenders to make commercial real estate loans) result in higher interest rates, increased interest expense would adversely affect net income, cash flow and our ability to service debt and make distributions to stockholders.
Ability To Obtain Mortgage Financing Or To Refinance Maturing Mortgages May Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition . Lenders’ demands on borrowers as to the quality of the collateral and related cash flows may make it challenging to secure financing on attractive terms or at all. If terms are no longer attractive or if financing proceeds are no longer available for any reason, these factors may adversely affect cash flow and our ability to service debt and make distributions to stockholders.
Financial Covenants Could Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition . If a Property is mortgaged to secure payment of indebtedness, and we are unable to meet mortgage payments, the mortgagee could foreclose on the Property, resulting in loss of income and asset value. The mortgages on our Properties contain customary negative covenants, which among other things limit our ability, without the prior consent of the lender, to further mortgage the Property and to discontinue insurance coverage. In addition, our unsecured credit facilities contain certain customary restrictions, requirements and other limitations on our ability to incur indebtedness, including total debt-to-assets ratios, debt service coverage ratios and minimum ratios of unencumbered assets to unsecured debt. Foreclosure on mortgaged Properties or an inability to refinance existing indebtedness would likely have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
Our Degree of Leverage Could Limit Our Ability to Obtain Additional Financing . Our debt-to-market-capitalization ratio (total debt as a percentage of total debt plus the market value of the outstanding common stock and Units held by parties other than us) was approximately 31% as of December 31, 2014 . The degree of leverage could have important consequences to stockholders, including an adverse effect on our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, development or other general corporate purposes, and makes us more vulnerable to a downturn in business or the economy generally.
We May Be Able To Incur Substantially More Debt, Which Would Increase The Risks Associated With Our Substantial Leverage. Despite our current indebtedness levels, we may still be able to incur substantially more debt in the future. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, an even greater portion of our cash flow will be needed to satisfy our debt service obligations. As a result, the related risks that we now face could intensify and increase the risk of a default on our indebtedness.
We Depend on Our Subsidiaries’ Dividends and Distributions.
Substantially all of our assets are owned indirectly by the Operating Partnership. As a result, we have no source of cash flow other than distributions from our Operating Partnership. For us to pay dividends to holders of our common stock and preferred stock, the Operating Partnership must first distribute cash to us. Before it can distribute the cash, our Operating Partnership must first satisfy its obligations to its creditors.
Stockholders’ Ability to Effect Changes of Our Control is Limited.
Provisions of Our Charter and Bylaws Could Inhibit Changes of Control . Certain provisions of our charter and bylaws may delay or prevent a change of control or other transactions that could provide our stockholders with a premium over the then-prevailing market price of their common stock or Series C Preferred Stock or which might otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders. These include the Ownership Limit described below. Also, any future series of preferred stock may have certain voting provisions that could delay or prevent a change of control or other transaction that might involve a premium price or otherwise be beneficial to our stockholders.
Maryland Law Imposes Certain Limitations on Changes of Control . Certain provisions of Maryland law prohibit “business combinations” (including certain issuances of equity securities) with any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, or with an affiliate of ours, who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the owner of 10% or more of the voting power of our outstanding voting stock (an “Interested Stockholder”), or with an affiliate of an Interested Stockholder. These prohibitions last for five years after the most recent date on which the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder. After the five-year period, a business combination with an Interested Stockholder must be approved by two super-majority stockholder votes unless, among other conditions, our common stockholders receive a minimum price for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the Interested Stockholder for shares of our common stock. The Board of Directors has exempted from these provisions under the Maryland law any business combination with Samuel Zell, who is our Chairman of the Board, certain holders of OP Units who received them

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at the time of our initial public offering, and our officers who acquired common stock at the time we were formed and each and every affiliate of theirs.
We Have a Stock Ownership Limit for REIT Tax Purposes . To remain qualified as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, not more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares of capital stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the federal income tax laws applicable to REITs) at any time during the last half of any taxable year. To facilitate maintenance of our REIT qualification, our charter, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits Beneficial Ownership (as defined in our charter) by any single stockholder of more than 5% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of our outstanding capital stock. We refer to this as the “Ownership Limit.” Within certain limits, our charter permits the Board of Directors to increase the Ownership Limit with respect to any class or series of stock. The Board of Directors, upon receipt of a ruling from the IRS, opinion of counsel, or other evidence satisfactory to the Board of Directors and upon 15 days prior written notice of a proposed transfer which, if consummated, would result in the transferee owning shares in excess of the Ownership Limit, and upon such other conditions as the Board of Directors may direct, may exempt a stockholder from the Ownership Limit. Absent any such exemption, capital stock acquired or held in violation of the Ownership Limit will be transferred by operation of law to us as trustee for the benefit of the person to whom such capital stock is ultimately transferred, and the stockholder’s rights to distributions and to vote would terminate. Such stockholder would be entitled to receive, from the proceeds of any subsequent sale of the capital stock we transferred as trustee, the lesser of (i) the price paid for the capital stock or, if the owner did not pay for the capital stock (for example, in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the market price of the capital stock on the date of the event causing the capital stock to be transferred to us as trustee or (ii) the amount realized from such sale. A transfer of capital stock may be void if it causes a person to violate the Ownership Limit. The Ownership Limit could delay or prevent a change in control of us and, therefore, could adversely affect our stockholders’ ability to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price for their common stock or adversely affect the best interest of our stockholders.
Conflicts of Interest Could Influence Our Decisions.
Certain Stockholders Could Exercise Influence in a Manner Inconsistent With the Stockholders’ Best Interests . As of December 31, 2014 , Mr. Samuel Zell and certain affiliated holders beneficially owned approximately 8.8% of our outstanding common stock (in each case including common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and the exchange of Units). Mr. Zell is the chairman of our Board of Directors. Accordingly, Mr. Zell has significant influence on our management and operation. Such influence could be exercised in a manner that is inconsistent with the interests of other stockholders.
Mr. Zell and His Affiliates Continue to be Involved in Other Investment Activities . Mr. Zell and his affiliates have a broad and varied range of investment interests, including interests in other real estate investment companies involved in other forms of housing, including multifamily housing. Mr. Zell and his affiliates may acquire interests in other companies. Mr. Zell may not be able to control whether any such company competes with us. Consequently, Mr. Zell’s continued involvement in other investment activities could result in competition to us as well as management decisions that might not reflect the interests of our stockholders.
Risk of Governmental Action and of Litigation.
We own Properties in certain areas of the country where the rental rates in our Properties have not increased as fast as the real estate values either because of locally imposed rent control or long term leases. In such areas, certain local government entities have at times investigated the possibility of seeking to take our Properties by eminent domain at values below the value of the underlying land. While no such eminent domain proceeding has been commenced, and we would exercise all of our rights in connection with any such proceeding, successful condemnation proceedings by municipalities could adversely affect our financial condition. Moreover, certain of our Properties located in California are subject to rent control ordinances, some of which not only severely restrict ongoing rent increases but also prohibit us from increasing rents upon turnover. Such regulations allow customers to sell their homes for a premium representing the value of the future rent discounts resulting from rent-controlled rents.
Tenant groups have filed lawsuits against us seeking to limit rent increases and/or seeking large damage awards for our alleged failure to properly maintain certain Properties or other tenant related matters, such as the case currently pending in the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, Case No. H041913, involving our California Hawaiian manufactured home property.
Environmental and Utility-Related Problems Are Possible and Can be Costly.
Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment may require a current or previous owner or operator of real property to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum product releases at such property. The owner or operator may have to pay a governmental entity or third parties for property damage and for investigation and clean-up costs incurred by such parties in connection with the contamination. Such laws typically impose clean-up responsibility and liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of or caused the presence of the contaminants. Even if more than one person may have been responsible for the contamination, each person covered by the environmental laws may be held

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responsible for all of the clean-up costs incurred. In addition, third parties may sue the owner or operator of a site for damages and costs resulting from environmental contamination emanating from that site.
Environmental laws also govern the presence, maintenance and removal of asbestos. Such laws require that owners or operators of property containing asbestos properly manage and maintain the asbestos, that they notify and train those who may come into contact with asbestos and that they undertake special precautions, including removal or other abatement, if asbestos would be disturbed during renovation or demolition of a building. Such laws may impose fines and penalties on real property owners or operators who fail to comply with these requirements and may allow third parties to seek recovery from owners or operators for personal injury associated with exposure to asbestos fibers.
Utility-related laws and regulations also govern the provision of utility services and operations of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Such laws regulate, for example, how and to what extent owners or operators of property can charge renters for provision of, for example, electricity, and whether and to what extent such utility services can be charged separately from the base rent. Such laws also regulate the operations and performance of water treatment facilities and wastewater treatment facilities. Such laws may impose fines and penalties on real property owners or operators who fail to comply with these requirements.
We have a Significant Concentration of Properties in Florida and California, and Natural Disasters or Other Catastrophic Events in These or Other States Could Adversely Affect the Value of Our Properties and Our Cash Flow.
As of December 31, 2014 , we owned or had an ownership interest in 384 Properties located in 32 states and British Columbia, including 121 Properties located in Florida and 49 Properties located in California. The occurrence of a natural disaster or other catastrophic event in any of these areas may cause a sudden decrease in the value of our Properties. While we have obtained insurance policies providing certain coverage against damage from fire, flood, property damage, earthquake, wind storm and business interruption, these insurance policies contain coverage limits, limits on covered property and various deductible amounts that we must pay before insurance proceeds are available. Such insurance may therefore be insufficient to restore our economic position with respect to damage or destruction to our Properties caused by such occurrences. Moreover, each of these coverages must be renewed every year and there is the possibility that all or some of the coverages may not be available at a reasonable cost. In addition, in the event of such a natural disaster or other catastrophic event, the process of obtaining reimbursement for covered losses, including the lag between expenditures we incurred and reimbursements received from the insurance providers, could adversely affect our economic performance.
Market Interest Rates May Have an Effect on the Value of Our Common Stock.
One of the factors that investors consider important in deciding whether to buy or sell shares of a REIT is the distribution rates with respect to such shares (as a percentage of the price of such shares) relative to market interest rates. If market interest rates go up, prospective purchasers of REIT shares may expect a higher distribution rate. Higher interest rates would not, however, result in more of our funds to distribute and, in fact, would likely increase our borrowing costs and potentially decrease funds available for distribution. Thus, higher market interest rates could cause the market price of our publicly traded securities to go down.
We Are Dependent on External Sources of Capital.
To qualify as a REIT, we must distribute to our stockholders each year at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain). In addition, we intend to distribute all or substantially all of our net income so that we will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our earnings. Because of these distribution requirements, it is not likely that we will be able to fund all future capital needs, including acquisitions, from income from operations. We therefore will have to rely on third-party sources of debt and equity capital financing, which may or may not be available on favorable terms or at all. Our access to third-party sources of capital depends on a number of things, including conditions in the capital markets generally and the market’s perception of our growth potential and our current and potential future earnings. It may be difficult for us to meet one or more of the requirements for qualification as a REIT, including but not limited to our distribution requirement. Moreover, additional equity offerings may result in substantial dilution of stockholders’ interests, and additional debt financing may substantially increase our leverage.
We Face Possible Risks Associated with the Physical Effects of Climate Change.
We cannot predict with certainty whether climate change is occurring and, if so, at what rate. However, the physical effects of climate change could have a material adverse effect on our Properties, operations and business. For example, many of our properties are located in the southeast and southwest regions of the United States, particularly in Florida, California and Arizona. To the extent climate change causes changes in weather patterns, our markets could experience increases in storm intensity and rising sea-levels. Over time, these conditions could result in declining demand for space in our Properties or our inability to operate them. Climate change may also have indirect effects on our business by increasing the cost of (or making unavailable) property

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insurance on terms we find acceptable, increasing the cost of energy and increasing the cost of snow removal or related costs at our Properties.  Proposed legislation to address climate change could increase utility and other costs of operating our Properties which, if not offset by rising rental income, would reduce our net income. There can be no assurance that climate change will not have a material adverse effect on our Properties, operations or business.
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Could be Costly.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), all public accommodations and commercial facilities must meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. Compliance with the ADA requirements could involve removal of structural barriers to access or use by disabled persons. Other federal, state and local laws may require modifications to or restrict further renovations of our Properties with respect to such accesses. Although we believe that our Properties are in compliance in all material respects with present requirements, noncompliance with the ADA or related laws or regulations could result in the United States government imposing fines or private litigants being awarded damages against us. Such costs may adversely affect our ability to make distributions or payments to our investors.
Affordable Care Act Compliance Could be Costly.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enacted into law in 2010, and amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Affordable Care Act”). The Affordable Care Act is designed to expand access to affordable health insurance, among other objectives. Many aspects of the Affordable Care Act are being implemented through new regulations and regulatory guidance, which are continuing to be issued. While we cannot accurately predict at this time the full effect of the Affordable Care Act on our business, compliance may adversely impact our labor costs, our ability to negotiate favorable terms under our benefits plans for our employees, our ability to attract or retain employees or our operations to the extent that compliance may affect the composition of our workforce, any or all of which could be costly. Such costs may adversely affect our ability to make distributions or payments to our investors.

We Face Risks Relating to Cybersecurity Attacks That Could Cause Loss of Confidential Information and Other Business Disruptions.

We rely extensively on internally and externally hosted computer systems to process transactions and manage our business, and our business is at risk from and may be impacted by cybersecurity attacks. These could include attempts to gain unauthorized access to our data and computer systems.  Attacks can be both individual and/or highly organized attempts organized by very sophisticated hacking organizations. We employ a number of measures to prevent, detect and mitigate these threats. While we continue to improve our cybersecurity and take measures to protect our business, there is no guarantee such efforts will be successful in preventing a cyber attack. A cybersecurity attack could compromise the confidential information of our employees, customers and vendors to the extent such information exists on our systems.  A successful attack could disrupt and affect our business operations.
Our Qualification as a REIT is Dependent on Compliance With U.S. Federal Income Tax Requirements.
We believe we have been organized and operated in a manner so as to qualify for taxation as a REIT, and we intend to continue to operate so as to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Our current and continuing qualification as a REIT depends on our ability to meet the various requirements imposed by the Code, which relate to organizational structure, distribution levels, diversity of stock ownership and certain restrictions with regard to owned assets and categories of income. If we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income that is distributed to our stockholders. However, qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes is governed by highly technical and complex provisions of the Code for which there are only limited judicial or administrative interpretations. In connection with certain transactions, we have received, and relied upon, advice of counsel as to the impact of such transactions on our qualification as a REIT. Our qualification as a REIT requires analysis of various facts and circumstances that may not be entirely within our control, and we cannot provide any assurance that the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) will agree with our analysis or the analysis of our tax counsel. In particular, the proper U.S. federal income tax treatment of right-to-use membership contracts is uncertain and there is no assurance that the IRS will agree with our treatment of such contracts. If the IRS were to disagree with our analysis or our tax counsel’s analysis of various facts and circumstances, our ability to qualify as a REIT could be adversely affected. In addition, legislation, new regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions might significantly change the tax laws with respect to the requirements for qualification as a REIT or the U.S. federal income tax consequences of qualification as a REIT.

If, with respect to any taxable year, we failed to maintain our qualification as a REIT (and if specified relief provisions under the Code were not applicable to such disqualification), we would be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years

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following the year during which qualification was lost. If we lost our REIT status, we could not deduct distributions to stockholders in computing our net taxable income and we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our net taxable incomes. If we had to pay U.S. federal income tax, the amount of money available to distribute to stockholders and pay indebtedness would be reduced for the year or years involved, and we would no longer be required to distribute money to stockholders. Although we currently intend to operate in a manner designed to allow us to qualify as a REIT, future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause us to revoke the REIT election.

Furthermore, we own a direct interest in certain subsidiary REITs which elected to be taxed as REITs under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. Provided that each subsidiary REIT qualifies as a REIT, our interest in such subsidiary REIT will be treated as a qualifying real estate asset for purposes of the REIT asset tests, and any dividend income or gains derived by us from such subsidiary REIT will generally be treated as income that qualifies for purposes of the REIT gross income tests. To qualify as a REIT, the subsidiary REIT must independently satisfy all of the REIT qualification requirements. If such subsidiary REIT were to fail to qualify as a REIT, and certain relief provisions did not apply, it would be treated as a regular taxable corporation and its income would be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In addition, a failure of the subsidiary REIT to qualify as a REIT could have an adverse effect on our ability to comply with the REIT income and asset tests, and thus our ability to qualify as a REIT.

We May Pay Some Taxes, Reducing Cash Available for Shareholders.

Even if we qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we may be subject to some U.S. federal, foreign, state and local taxes on our income and property. Since January 1, 2001, certain of our corporate subsidiaries have elected to be treated as “taxable REIT subsidiaries” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and are taxable as regular corporations and subject to certain limitations on intercompany transactions. If tax authorities determine that amounts paid by our taxable REIT subsidiaries to us are greater than what would be paid under similar arrangements among unrelated parties, we could be subject to a 100% penalty tax on the excess payments, and ongoing intercompany arrangements could have to change, resulting in higher ongoing tax payments. To the extent we are required to pay U.S. federal, foreign, state or local taxes or U.S. federal penalty taxes due to existing laws or changes to them, we will have less cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
Interpretation of and Changes to Accounting Policies and Standards Could Adversely Affect Our Reported Financial Results.
Our Accounting Policies and Methods Are the Basis on Which We Report Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and They May Require Management to Make Estimates About Matters that Are Inherently Uncertain. Our accounting policies and methods are fundamental to the manner in which we record and report our financial condition and results of operations. Management must exercise judgment in selecting and applying many of these accounting policies and methods in order to ensure that they comply with generally accepted accounting principles and reflect management’s judgment as to the most appropriate manner in which to record and report our financial condition and results of operations. In some cases, management must select the accounting policy or method to apply from two or more alternatives, any of which might be reasonable under the circumstances yet might result in reporting materially different amounts than would have been reported under a different alternative.
Changes in Accounting Standards Could Adversely Affect Our Reported Financial Results. The bodies that set accounting standards for public companies, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the SEC and others, periodically change or revise existing interpretations of the accounting and reporting standards that govern the way that we report our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. These changes can be difficult to predict and can materially impact our reported financial results. In some cases, we could be required to apply a new or revised accounting standard, or a revised interpretation of an accounting standard, retroactively, which could have a negative impact on reported results or result in the restatement of our financial statements for prior periods.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update no. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP. Refer to Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for additional detail regarding this recently issued guidance.
Our Accounting Policies for Entering Right-To-Use Contracts Result in a Substantial Deferral of Revenue in Our Financial Results. In 2008, we began entering right-to-use contracts. Customers who enter upgraded right-to-use contracts are generally required to make an upfront nonrefundable payment to us. We incur significant selling and marketing expenses to originate the right-to-use contract upgrades, and the majority of expenses must be expensed in the period incurred, while the related revenues and commissions are generally deferred and recognized over the expected life of the contract, which is estimated based upon historical attrition rates. The expected life of a right-to-use contract is currently estimated to be 31 years . As a result, we may incur a loss from entering right-to-use contract upgrades, build up a substantial deferred revenue liability balance, and recognize substantial non-cash revenue in the years subsequent to originally entering the contract upgrades. This accounting may make it difficult for investors to interpret the financial results from the entry of right-to-use contract upgrades. At the time we began entering right-to-use contracts

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and after corresponding with the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC, we adopted a revenue recognition policy for the right-to-use contracts in accordance with the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition” (“FASB ASC 605”).
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.

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Item 2. Properties
General
Our Properties provide attractive amenities and common facilities that create a comfortable and attractive home for our customers, with most offering a clubhouse, a swimming pool, laundry facilities and cable television service. Many also offer additional amenities such as sauna/whirlpool spas, golf courses, tennis, pickleball, shuffleboard and basketball courts, exercise rooms and various social activities such as concerts. Since most of our customers generally live in our communities for a long time, it is their responsibility to maintain their homes and the surrounding area. It is our role to ensure that customers comply with our Property policies and to provide maintenance of the common areas, facilities and amenities. We hold periodic meetings with our Property management personnel for training and implementation of our strategies. The Properties historically have had, and we believe they will continue to have, low turnover and high occupancy rates.
Property Portfolio
As of December 31, 2014 , we owned or had an ownership interest in a portfolio of 384 Properties located throughout the United States and British Columbia containing 143,113 residential Sites. A total of 137 of the Properties are encumbered by debt as of December 31, 2014 (see Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of this debt). The distribution of our Properties throughout the United States reflects our belief that geographic diversification helps to insulate the portfolio from regional economic influences. We intend to target new acquisitions in or near markets where our Properties are located and will also consider acquisitions of properties outside such markets. (Refer to Note 2(c) of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K.)
Our two largest Properties as determined by property operating revenues are Colony Cove, located in Ellenton, Florida, and Viewpoint Resort, located in Mesa, Arizona. Each accounted for approximately 2.0% of our total property operating revenues, including deferrals, for the year ended December 31, 2014 .
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Properties we owned as of December 31, 2014 , categorized according to major markets and excluding Properties owned through joint ventures. The RV communities Sites occupied by annual customers are presented as 100% occupied. The annual rent for each year presented is the annualized December monthly Site rent per occupant.  Subtotals by markets and grand totals for all markets are presented on a weighted average basis.

Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Florida
East Coast:
Cheron Village
Davie
FL
MH
30


202
202
97.0
%
$
8,199

Carriage Cove
Daytona Beach
FL
MH
59


418
418
90.2
%
$
6,316

Coquina Crossing
Elkton
FL
MH
316
26
145
597
566
95.2
%
$
6,952

Bulow Plantation
Flagler Beach
FL
MH
323
181
722
276
276
98.6
%
$
6,789

Bulow RV
Flagler Beach
FL
RV
(f)


352
83
100.0
%
$
6,186

Carefree Cove
Ft. Lauderdale
FL
MH
20


164
164
93.9
%
$
7,273

Park City West
Ft. Lauderdale
FL
MH
60


363
363
98.9
%
$
7,062

Sunshine Holiday MH
Ft. Lauderdale
FL
MH
32


245
245
98.8
%
$
7,390

Sunshine Holiday RV
Ft. Lauderdale
FL
RV
(f)


130
36
100.0
%
$
5,943

Lake Worth Village
Lake Worth
FL
MH
117


823
823
79.3
%
$
6,087

Maralago Cay
Lantana
FL
MH
102
5

603
603
98.7
%
$
8,346


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Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Coral Cay
Margate
FL
MH
121


818
818
98.5
%
$
7,246

Lakewood Village
Melbourne
FL
MH
68


349
349
87.4
%
$
5,340

Holiday Village
Ormond Beach
FL
MH
43


301
301
87.4
%
$
5,278

Sunshine Holiday
Ormond Beach
FL
RV
69


349
131
100.0
%
$
5,528

The Meadows, FL
Palm Beach Gardens
FL
MH
55


379
379
86.8
%
$
7,591

Breezy Hill RV
Pompano Beach
FL
RV
52


762
394
100.0
%
$
7,071

Highland Wood RV
Pompano Beach
FL
RV
15


148
19
100.0
%
$
6,121

Lighthouse Pointe
Port Orange
FL
MH
64


433
433
84.5
%
$
5,456

Pickwick
Port Orange
FL
MH
84
4

432
432
99.5
%
$
6,150

Space Coast (a)
Rockledge
FL
RV
24


270
151
100.0
%
$
3,462

Indian Oaks
Rockledge
FL
MH
38


208
208
100.0
%
$
5,050

Countryside at Vero Beach
Vero Beach
FL
MH
125


644
644
89.4
%
$
6,424

Heritage Plantation
Vero Beach
FL
MH
64


437
437
82.8
%
$
6,088

Holiday Village, FL
Vero Beach
FL
MH
20


128
128
100.0
%
$
5,810

Sunshine Travel
Vero Beach
FL
RV
30
6
48
300
124
100.0
%
$
5,482

Heron Cay
Vero Beach
FL
MH
130


589
589
85.9
%
$
6,386

Vero Palm
Vero Beach
FL
MH
64


285
285
80.0
%
$
5,975

Village Green
Vero Beach
FL
MH
174


782
781
85.9
%
$
6,966

Palm Beach Colony
West Palm Beach
FL
MH
48


284
284
91.2
%
$
5,546

Central:











Clover Leaf Farms
Brooksville
FL
MH
227

100
779
779
96.0
%
$
5,501

Clover Leaf Forest
Brooksville
FL
RV
30


277
134
100.0
%
$
3,172

Clerbrook
Clermont
FL
RV
288


1,255
406
100.0
%
$
5,038

Lake Magic
Clermont
FL
RV
69


471
133
100.0
%
$
5,282

Orange Lake
Clermont
FL
MH
38


242
242
95.5
%
$
4,229

Orlando
Clermont
FL
RV
270
30
136
850
181
100.0
%
$
3,437

Haselton Village
Eustis
FL
MH
52


291
291
97.6
%
$
3,854

Southern Palms
Eustis
FL
RV
120


950
340
100.0
%
$
4,715

Lakeside Terrace
Fruitland Park
FL
MH
39


241
241
98.8
%
$
3,956

Grand Island
Grand Island
FL
MH
35


362
362
63.8
%
$
5,564

Sherwood Forest
Kissimmee
FL
MH
124


769
769
94.5
%
$
6,001

Sherwood Forest RV
Kissimmee
FL
RV
107
43
149
513
119
100.0
%
$
6,025

Tropical Palms (g) (h)
Kissimmee
FL
RV
59


541
%
$

Beacon Hill Colony
Lakeland
FL
MH
31


201
201
98.5
%
$
4,547

Beacon Terrace
Lakeland
FL
MH
55


297
297
99.0
%
$
4,521

Kings & Queens
Lakeland
FL
MH
18


107
107
90.7
%
$
4,395

Lakeland Harbor
Lakeland
FL
MH
65


504
504
99.4
%
$
4,672

Lakeland Junction
Lakeland
FL
MH
23


193
193
97.9
%
$
4,048


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Markets/Metro Area
Properties
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Coachwood Colony
Leesburg
FL
MH
29


201
201
90.0
%
$
4,338

Mid-Florida Lakes
Leesburg
FL
MH
290


1,225
1,225
84.1
%
$
5,966

Southernaire
Mt. Dora
FL
MH
14


114
114
84.2
%
$
4,273

Foxwood
Ocala
FL
MH
56


373
373
82.3
%
$
4,937

Oak Bend
Ocala
FL
MH
62
3

262
262
87.0
%
$
5,394

Villas at Spanish Oaks
Ocala
FL
MH
69


459
459
86.5
%
$
5,263

Audubon
Orlando
FL
MH
40


280
280
95.4
%
$
4,484

Hidden Valley
Orlando
FL
MH
50


303
303
99.0
%
$
6,262

Starlight Ranch
Orlando
FL
MH
130


783
783
86.0
%
$
5,955

Covington Estates
Saint Cloud
FL
MH
59


241
241
96.7
%
$
4,343

Parkwood Communities
Wildwood
FL
MH
121


694
694
97.3
%
$
3,361

Three Flags RV Resort
Wildwood
FL
RV
23


221
27
100.0
%
$
2,368

Winter Garden
Winter Garden
FL
RV
27


350
120
100.0
%
$
4,887

Gulf Coast (Tampa/Naples):
Toby’s RV
Arcadia
FL
RV
44


379
264
100.0
%
$
3,037

Sunshine Key
Big Pine Key
FL
RV
54


409
78
100.0
%
$
10,247

Winter Quarters Manatee
Bradenton
FL
RV
42


415
231
100.0
%
$
5,418

Windmill Manor
Bradenton
FL
MH
49


292
292
95.9
%
$
6,807

Glen Ellen
Clearwater
FL
MH
12


106
106
91.5
%
$
3,949

Hillcrest
Clearwater
FL
MH
25


278
278
96.8
%
$
5,524

Holiday Ranch
Clearwater
FL
MH
12


150
150
95.3
%
$
5,140

Silk Oak
Clearwater
FL
MH
19


181
181
94.5
%
$
5,307

Shady Oaks
Clearwater
FL
MH
31


249
249
95.6
%
$
5,054

Shady Village
Clearwater
FL
MH
19


156
156
94.9
%
$
4,998

Crystal Isles
Crystal River
FL
RV
38


260
57
100.0
%
$
5,279

Lake Haven
Dunedin
FL
MH
48


379
379
94.2
%
$
6,285

Colony Cove
Ellenton
FL
MH
538


2,207
2,207
91.6
%
$
6,752

Ridgewood Estates
Ellenton
FL
MH
77


380
380
98.9
%
$
4,712

Fiesta Key
Long Key
FL
RV
28


324
15
100.0
%
$
6,040

Fort Myers Beach Resort
Fort Myers
FL
RV
31


306
107
100.0
%
$
6,505

Gulf Air Resort
Fort Myers Beach
FL
RV
25


246
152
100.0
%
$
5,730

Barrington Hills
Hudson
FL
RV
28


392
245
100.0
%
$
3,565

Down Yonder
Largo
FL
MH
50


361
361
99.7
%
$
6,554

East Bay Oaks
Largo
FL
MH
40


328
328
99.1
%
$
5,493

Eldorado Village
Largo
FL
MH
25


227
227
99.6
%
$
5,517

Shangri La
Largo
FL
MH
14


160
160
93.8
%
$
5,319

Vacation Village
Largo
FL
RV
29


293
162
100.0
%
$
4,690

Whispering Pines - Largo
Largo
FL
MH
55


393
392
88.3
%
$
5,893


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Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Winter Quarters Pasco
Lutz
FL
RV
27


255
186
100.0
%
$
4,159

Buccaneer
N. Ft. Myers
FL
MH
223
39
162
971
971
98.6
%
$
6,850

Island Vista MHC
N. Ft. Myers
FL
MH
121


616
616
72.4
%
$
4,821

Lake Fairways
N. Ft. Myers
FL
MH
259


896
896
99.3
%
$
6,546

Pine Lakes
N. Ft. Myers
FL
MH
314


584
584
100.0
%
$
8,201

Pioneer Village
N. Ft. Myers
FL
RV
90


733
373
100.0
%
$
5,096

The Heritage
N. Ft. Myers
FL
MH
214
22
132
453
453
98.5
%
$
6,304

Windmill Village
N. Ft. Myers
FL
MH
69


491
491
92.3
%
$
5,351

Country Place
New Port Richey
FL
MH
82


515
515
100.0
%
$
6,037

Hacienda Village
New Port Richey
FL
MH
66


505
505
98.4
%
$
5,678

Harbor View
New Port Richey
FL
MH
69


471
471
97.5
%
$
4,810

Bay Lake Estates
Nokomis
FL
MH
34


228
228
94.3
%
$
7,085

Lake Village
Nokomis
FL
MH
65


391
391
99.2
%
$
6,448

Royal Coachman
Nokomis
FL
RV
111


546
432
100.0
%
$
7,175

Silver Dollar
Odessa
FL
RV
412


459
392
100.0
%
$
6,833

Terra Ceia
Palmetto
FL
RV
18


203
150
100.0
%
$
4,191

Lakes at Countrywood
Plant City
FL
MH
122


424
424
91.3
%
$
4,997

Meadows at Countrywood
Plant City
FL
MH
140
13
110
799
799
95.4
%
$
5,865

Oaks at Countrywood
Plant City
FL
MH
44


168
168
76.2
%
$
4,965

Harbor Lakes
Port Charlotte
FL
RV
80


528
307
100.0
%
$
5,348

Emerald Lake
Punta Gorda
FL
MH
28


200
200
96.0
%
$
4,734

Gulf View
Punta Gorda
FL
RV
78


206
62
100.0
%
$
5,191

Tropical Palms
Punta Gorda
FL
MH
50


294
294
88.8
%
$
4,154

Winds of St. Armands No.
Sarasota
FL
MH
74


471
471
98.5
%
$
7,182

Winds of St. Armands So.
Sarasota
FL
MH
61


306
306
99.3
%
$
7,330

Peace River
Wauchula
FL
RV
72
38

454
44
100.0
%
$
2,388

Topics
Spring Hill
FL
RV
35


230
170
100.0
%
$
3,498

Pine Island
St. James City
FL
RV
31


363
107
100.0
%
$
5,815

Carefree Village
Tampa
FL
MH
58


401
401
96.5
%
$
4,971

Tarpon Glen
Tarpon Springs
FL
MH
24


169
169
88.8
%
$
5,187

Featherock
Valrico
FL
MH
84


521
521
98.3
%
$
5,290

Bay Indies
Venice
FL
MH
210


1,309
1,309
98.3
%
$
8,516

Ramblers Rest
Venice
FL
RV
117


647
401
100.0
%
$
6,460

Crystal Lakes-Zephyrhills
Zephyrhills
FL
MH
146

140
321
318
95.6
%
$
3,747

Sixth Avenue
Zephyrhills
FL
MH
14


140
140
77.9
%
$
2,792

Total Florida Market



9,942
410
1,844
51,559
42,469
93.9
%
$
5,905


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Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
California
Northern California:
Monte del Lago
Castroville
CA
MH
54


310
310
99.7
%
$
13,264

Colony Park
Ceres
CA
MH
20


186
186
90.9
%
$
6,493

Russian River
Cloverdale
CA
RV
41


135
2
100.0
%
$
2,973

Snowflower (h)
Emigrant Gap
CA
RV
612
200

268
%
$

Four Seasons
Fresno
CA
MH
40


242
242
90.9
%
$
4,550

Yosemite Lakes
Groveland
CA
RV
403
30
111
299
4
100.0
%
$
2,035

Tahoe Valley (b) (h)
Lake Tahoe
CA
RV
86
20
200
413
%
$

Sea Oaks
Los Osos
CA
MH
18


125
125
100.0
%
$
6,399

Ponderosa (b)
Lotus
CA
RV
22


170
18
100.0
%
$
3,948

Turtle Beach
Manteca
CA
RV
39


79
25
100.0
%
$
3,961

Coralwood (b)
Modesto
CA
MH
22


194
194
69.6
%
$
8,262

Lake Minden
Nicolaus
CA
RV
165
82
540
323
9
100.0
%
$
3,077

Lake of the Springs
Oregon House
CA
RV
954
507
1,014
541
63
100.0
%
$
2,939

Concord Cascade
Pacheco
CA
MH
31


283
283
100.0
%
$
8,732

San Francisco RV (h)
Pacifica
CA
RV
12


131
%
$

Quail Meadows
Riverbank
CA
MH
20


146
146
89.7
%
$
8,508

California Hawaiian
San Jose
CA
MH
50


418
418
100.0
%
$
11,633

Sunshadow (b)
San Jose
CA
MH
30


121
121
100.0
%
$
11,609

Village of the Four Seasons
San Jose
CA
MH
30


271
271
100.0
%
$
10,704

Westwinds (4 Properties) (b)
San Jose
CA
MH
88


723
723
99.9
%
$
12,506

Laguna Lake
San Luis Obispo
CA
MH
100


300
300
100.0
%
$
6,440

Contempo Marin
San Rafael
CA
MH
63


396
396
99.7
%
$
11,937

DeAnza Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
CA
MH
30


198
198
92.9
%
$
15,727

Santa Cruz Ranch RV Resort (h)
Scotts Valley
CA
RV
7


106
%
$

Royal Oaks
Visalia
CA
MH
20


149
149
81.2
%
$
6,664

Southern California:












Soledad Canyon
Acton
CA
RV
273


1,251
91
100.0
%
$
2,807

Los Ranchos
Apple Valley
CA
MH
30


389
389
96.7
%
$
6,670

Date Palm Country Club (b)
Cathedral City
CA
MH
232
3
24
538
538
97.0
%
$
11,967

Date Palm RV
Cathedral City
CA
RV
(f)


140
23
100.0
%
$
4,178

Oakzanita
Descanso
CA
RV
145
5

146
20
100.0
%
$
3,050

Rancho Mesa
El Cajon
CA
MH
20


158
158
96.2
%
$
11,870

Rancho Valley
El Cajon
CA
MH
19


140
140
97.1
%
$
12,593

Royal Holiday
Hemet
CA
MH
22


198
196
65.3
%
$
5,810

Idyllwild
Idyllwild
CA
RV
191


287
49
100.0
%
$
2,556

Pio Pico
Jamul
CA
RV
176
10

512
114
100.0
%
$
3,654


20





Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Wilderness Lakes
Menifee
CA
RV
73


529
46
100.0
%
$
3,891

Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill
CA
RV
62


339
44
100.0
%
$
3,492

Pacific Dunes Ranch (h)
Oceana
CA
RV
48


215
%
$

San Benito
Paicines
CA
RV
199
23

523
56
100.0
%
$
2,830

Palm Springs
Palm Desert
CA
RV
35


401
33
100.0
%
$
3,681

Las Palmas
Rialto
CA
MH
18


136
136
100.0
%
$
7,142

Parque La Quinta
Rialto
CA
MH
19


166
166
100.0
%
$
6,757

Rancho Oso
Santa Barbara
CA
RV
310
40

187
20
100.0
%
$
3,503

Meadowbrook
Santee
CA
MH
43


338
338
99.7
%
$
9,374

Lamplighter
Spring Valley
CA
MH
32


270
270
99.3
%
$
12,514

Santiago Estates
Sylmar
CA
MH
113
9

300
300
100.0
%
$
13,143

Total California Market



5,017
929
1,889
13,690
7,310
96.3
%
$
9,634

Arizona












Countryside RV
Apache Junction
AZ
RV
53


560
274
100.0
%
$
3,365

Golden Sun RV
Apache Junction
AZ
RV
33


329
205
100.0
%
$
3,500

Apache East
Apache Junction
AZ
MH
17


123
123
97.6
%
$
5,200

Denali Park
Apache Junction
AZ
MH
33


163
163
98.2
%
$
4,395

Valley Vista (h)
Benson
AZ
RV
6


145
%
$

Casita Verde RV
Casa Grande
AZ
RV
14


192
99
100.0
%
$
2,541

Fiesta Grande RV
Casa Grande
AZ
RV
77


767
529
100.0
%
$
3,072

Foothills West RV
Casa Grande
AZ
RV
16


188
119
100.0
%
$
2,541

Sunshine Valley
Chandler
AZ
MH
55


381
381
93.7
%
$
5,672

Verde Valley
Cottonwood
AZ
RV
273
129
515
352
67
100.0
%
$
3,150

Casa del Sol East II
Glendale
AZ
MH
29


239
239
95.8
%
$
6,399

Casa del Sol East III
Glendale
AZ
MH
28


236
236
92.8
%
$
6,095

Palm Shadows
Glendale
AZ
MH
33


294
294
95.2
%
$
5,469

Mesa Spirit (a)
Mesa
AZ
RV
90


1,600
645
100.0
%
$
16

Monte Vista
Mesa
AZ
RV
142
56
515
832
751
100.0
%
$
6,162

Viewpoint
Mesa
AZ
RV
332
55
467
1,991
1,613
100.0
%
$
5,928

Hacienda de Valencia
Mesa
AZ
MH
51


364
364
98.9
%
$
6,622

The Highlands at Brentwood
Mesa
AZ
MH
45


268
268
99.6
%
$
7,285

Seyenna Vistas (The Mark)
Mesa
AZ
MH
60
4

407
407
96.1
%
$
4,201

Apollo Village
Peoria
AZ
MH
29
3

238
238
98.7
%
$
5,796

Casa del Sol West I
Peoria
AZ
MH
31


245
245
98.8
%
$
6,491

Carefree Manor
Phoenix
AZ
MH
16


130
130
100.0
%
$
5,508

Central Park
Phoenix
AZ
MH
37


293
293
100.0
%
$
6,845

Desert Skies
Phoenix
AZ
MH
24


166
166
99.4
%
$
6,209

Sunrise Heights
Phoenix
AZ
MH
28


199
199
99.5
%
$
6,357


21





Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Whispering Palms
Phoenix
AZ
MH
15


116
116
100.0
%
$
5,226

Desert Vista
Salome
AZ
RV
10


125
5
100.0
%
$

Sedona Shadows
Sedona
AZ
MH
48
6
10
198
198
99.5
%
$
8,983

Venture In
Show Low
AZ
RV
26


389
271
100.0
%
$
3,231

Paradise
Sun City
AZ
RV
80


950
771
100.0
%
$
4,596

The Meadows
Tempe
AZ
MH
60


390
391
99.2
%
$
6,979

Fairview Manor
Tucson
AZ
MH
28


237
237
97.9
%
$
4,606

Westpark
Wickenburg
AZ
MH
48

30
231
188
100.0
%
$
6,312

Araby
Yuma
AZ
RV
25


337
306
100.0
%
$
3,574

Cactus Gardens
Yuma
AZ
RV
43


430
278
100.0
%
$
2,445

Capri RV
Yuma
AZ
RV
20


303
256
100.0
%
$
3,221

Desert Paradise
Yuma
AZ
RV
26


260
130
100.0
%
$
2,501

Foothill
Yuma
AZ
RV
18


180
73
100.0
%
$
2,476

Mesa Verde
Yuma
AZ
RV
28


345
304
100.0
%
$
3,121

Suni Sands
Yuma
AZ
RV
34


336
210
100.0
%
$
2,983

Total Arizona Market



2,061
253
1,537
15,529
11,782
99.4
%
$
5,105

Colorado












Hillcrest Village
Aurora
CO
MH
72


601
601
96.7
%
$
7,321

Cimarron
Broomfield
CO
MH
50


327
327
90.8
%
$
7,389

Holiday Village
Co. Springs
CO
MH
38


240
240
84.6
%
$
6,659

Bear Creek
Sheridan
CO
MH
12


124
124
84.7
%
$
7,345

Holiday Hills
Denver
CO
MH
99


736
736
80.4
%
$
7,458

Golden Terrace
Golden
CO
MH
32


264
264
93.2
%
$
7,805

Golden Terrace South
Golden
CO
MH
15


80
80
75.0
%
$
7,580

Golden Terrace South RV (h)
Golden
CO
RV
(f)


80
%
$

Golden Terrace West
Golden
CO
MH
39
7

311
311
80.1
%
$
7,591

Pueblo Grande
Pueblo
CO
MH
33


250
251
61.8
%
$
4,410

Woodland Hills
Thornton
CO
MH
55


434
434
75.6
%
$
7,196

Total Colorado Market



445
7
3,447
3,368
83.6
%
$
7,207

Northeast












Stonegate Manor
North Windham
CT
MH
114


372
372
96.2
%
$
5,431

Waterford
Bear
DE
MH
159


731
731
95.6
%
$
7,263

Whispering Pines
Lewes
DE
MH
67
2

393
393
87.8
%
$
5,746

Mariners Cove
Millsboro
DE
MH
101


375
375
95.5
%
$
7,838

Aspen Meadows
Rehoboth Beach
DE
MH
46


200
200
99.5
%
$
6,416

Camelot Meadows
Rehoboth Beach
DE
MH
61


301
301
99.0
%
$
6,048

McNicol
Lewes
DE
MH
25


92
93
96.8
%
$
5,727

Sweetbriar
Millsboro
DE
MH
38


145
145
95.2
%
$
5,507


22





Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres
(d)
Expansion

Sites
(e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
The Glen
Rockland
MA
MH
24


36
36
100.0
%
$
7,310

Gateway to Cape Cod
Rochester
MA
RV
80


194
61
100.0
%
$
2,413

Hillcrest - MA
Rockland
MA
MH
19


80
80
95.0
%
$
7,203

Old Chatham RV
South Dennis
MA
RV
47
11

312
268
100.0
%
$
4,288

Sturbridge
Sturbridge
MA
RV
223


155
85
100.0
%
$
2,245

Fernwood
Capitol Heights
MD
MH
40


329
329
94.2
%
$
6,274

Williams Estates and Peppermint Woods
Middle River
MD
MH
121


803
804
98.8
%
$
6,967

Mount Desert Narrows
Bar Harbor
ME
RV
90
12

206
5
100.0
%
$
1,922

Patten Pond
Ellsworth
ME
RV
43
60

137
10
100.0
%
$
2,691

Moody Beach
Wells
ME
RV
48

30
203
84
100.0
%
$
3,511

Pinehurst RV Park
Old Orchard Beach
ME
RV
58


550
498
100.0
%
$
3,574

Narrows Too
Trenton
ME
RV
42


207
7
100.0
%
$
2,254

Sandy Beach RV
Contoocook
NH
RV
40


190
106
100.0
%
$
3,128

Pine Acres (a)
Raymond
NH
RV
100


421
252
100.0
%
$
3,567

Tuxbury Resort
South Hampton
NH
RV
193
100

305
169
100.0
%
$
3,292

Mays Landing (a)
Mays Landing
NJ
RV
18


168
45
100.0
%
$
2,752

Echo Farms (a)
Ocean View
NJ
RV
31


237
205
100.0
%
$
4,179

Lake & Shore
Ocean View
NJ
RV
162


401
256
100.0
%
$
4,940

Chestnut Lake
Port Republic
NJ
RV
32


185
28
100.0
%
$
2,082

Sea Pines
Swainton
NJ
RV
75


549
271
100.0
%
$
3,476

Pine Ridge at Crestwood
Whiting
NJ
MH
188


1,035
1,035
88.7
%
$
5,566

Rondout Valley Resort
Accord
NY
RV
184
94

398
82
100.0
%
$
2,842

Alpine Lake
Corinth
NY
RV
200
54

500
329
100.0
%
$
3,073

Lake George Escape
Lake George
NY
RV
178
30

576
43
100.0
%
$
3,782

The Woodlands
Lockport
NY
MH
225


1,182
1,182
87.6
%
$
5,316

Greenwood Village
Manorville
NY
MH
79
14
7
512
512
98.4
%
$
8,790

Brennan Beach
Pulaski
NY
RV
201


1,377
1,192
100.0
%
$
2,428

Lake George Schroon Valley
Warrensburg
NY
RV
151


151
91
100.0
%
$
2,305

Greenbriar Village
Bath
PA
MH
63


319
319
96.9
%
$
6,943

Sun Valley
Bowmansville
PA
RV
86

20
265
209
100.0
%
$
2,903

Green Acres
Breinigsville
PA
MH
149


595
595
94.3
%
$
7,847

Gettysburg Farm
Dover
PA
RV
124


265
72
100.0
%
$
2,101

Timothy Lake South
East Stroudsburg
PA
RV
65


327
93
100.0
%
$
2,252

Timothy Lake North
East Stroudsburg
PA
RV
93


323
140
100.0
%
$
2,243

Circle M
Lancaster
PA
RV
103


380
67
100.0
%
$
2,107

Hershey Preserve
Lebanon
PA
RV
196
20

297
58
100.0
%
$
3,050

Robin Hill
Lenhartsville
PA
RV
44


270
148
100.0
%
$
2,676

PA Dutch County
Manheim
PA
RV
102


269
79
100.0
%
$
1,977


23





Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres (d)
Expansion

Sites (e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Spring Gulch
New Holland
PA
RV
114


420
134
100.0
%
$
4,177

Lil Wolf
Orefield
PA
MH
56


271
271
95.6
%
$
7,102

Scotrun
Scotrun
PA
RV
63

35
178
132
100.0
%
$
1,938

Appalachian
Shartlesville
PA
RV
86
30
200
358
201
100.0
%
$
2,697

Mountain View - PA
Walnutport
PA
MH
45


189
188
93.1
%
$
5,527

Total Northeast Market



4,892
427
292
18,734
13,381
96.3
%
$
5,086

Southeast
Hidden Cove
Arley
AL
RV
99
60
200
79
52
100.0
%
$
2,081

Diamond Caverns Resort
Park City
KY
RV
714
350
469
220
9
100.0
%
$
1,475

Forest Lake
Advance
NC
RV
306
81

305
96
100.0
%
$
1,016

Scenic
Asheville
NC
MH
28


206
205
82.4
%
$
4,265

Waterway RV
Cedar Point
NC
RV
27


336
323
100.0
%
$
3,897

Twin Lakes
Chocowinity
NC
RV
132


419
326
100.0
%
$
3,199

Green Mountain Park
Lenoir
NC
RV
1,077
400
360
447
163
100.0
%
$
1,610

Lake Gaston
Littleton
NC
RV
69

20
235
174
100.0
%
$
2,512

Lake Myers RV
Mocksville
NC
RV
74


425
298
100.0
%
$
2,259

Goose Creek
Newport
NC
RV
92
6
51
735
632
100.0
%
$
4,177

Carolina Landing
Fair Play
SC
RV
73


192
54
100.0
%
$
1,605

Inlet Oaks
Murrells Inlet
SC
MH
35


172
172
98.8
%
$
4,370

The Oaks at Point South (h)
Yemassee
SC
RV
10


93
%
$

Natchez Trace
Hohenwald
TN
RV
672
140

531
147
100.0
%
$
1,168

Cherokee Landing
Saulsbury
TN
RV
254
124

339
3
100.0
%
$
1,572

Meadows of Chantilly
Chantilly
VA
MH
82


500
500
99.6
%
$
11,739

Harbor View (h)
Colonial Beach
VA
RV
69


146
%
$

Lynchburg
Gladys
VA
RV
170
59

222
30
100.0
%
$
1,277

Chesapeake Bay
Gloucester
VA
RV
282
80
200
392
135
100.0
%
$
3,359

Virginia Landing
Quinby
VA
RV
863
178

233
2
100.0
%
$
922

Regency Lakes
Winchester
VA
MH
165


523
523
91.0
%
$
5,891

Williamsburg
Williamsburg
VA
RV
65


211
88
100.0
%
$
2,153

Total Southeast Market
5,358
1,478
1,300
6,961
3,932
97.8
%
$
4,576

Midwest












O’Connell’s
Amboy
IL
RV
286
100
600
668
367
100.0
%
$
3,064

Pheasant Lake Estates
Beecher
IL
MH
160


613
613
100.0
%
$
7,010

Pine Country
Belvidere
IL
RV
131


126
135
100.0
%
$
1,689

Willow Lake Estates
Elgin
IL
MH
111


616
616
85.2
%
$
8,445

Golf Vista Estates
Monee
IL
MH
144
4

408
408
90.9
%
$
7,613

Indian Lakes
Batesville
IN
RV
545
159
318
1,000
446
100.0
%
$
1,691

Horseshoe Lakes
Clinton
IN
RV
289
96
96
123
75
100.0
%
$
898


24





Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres (d)
Expansion

Sites (e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Twin Mills RV
Howe
IN
RV
137
5
50
501
218
100.0
%
$
2,146

Hoosier Estates
Lebanon
IN
MH
60


288
288
91.3
%
$
3,638

Lakeside
New Carlisle
IN
RV
13


89
80
100.0
%
$
5,463

Oak Tree Village
Portage
IN
MH
76


361
361
66.2
%
$
5,408

North Glen Village
Westfield
IN
MH
88


282
282
80.9
%
$
4,662

Lake in the Hills
Auburn Hills
MI
MH
51


238
237
87.3
%
$
5,707

Bear Cave Resort
Buchanan
MI
RV
25
10

136
10
100.0
%
$
1,953

Saint Claire
Saint Claire
MI
RV
210
100

229
65
100.0
%
$
1,184

Swan Creek
Ypsilanti
MI
MH
59


294
294
97.6
%
$
5,528

Cedar Knolls
Apple Valley
MN
MH
93


457
457
81.4
%
$
7,094

Cimarron Park
Lake Elmo
MN
MH
230


505
505
82.8
%
$
7,210

Rockford Riverview Estates
Rockford
MN
MH
88


428
428
81.1
%
$
4,527

Rosemount Woods
Rosemount
MN
MH
50


182
182
94.0
%
$
6,647

Buena Vista
Fargo
ND
MH
76


399
398
86.7
%
$
4,901

Meadow Park
Fargo
ND
MH
17


116
116
85.3
%
$
3,633

Kenisee Lake
Jefferson
OH
RV
143
50

119
60
100.0
%
$
1,292

Wilmington
Wilmington
OH
RV
109
41

169
90
100.0
%
$
1,765

Rainbow Lake Manor
Bristol
WI
MH
99


270
270
93.7
%
$
6,999

Fremont
Fremont
WI
RV
98
5

325
124
100.0
%
$
2,951

Yukon Trails
Lyndon Station
WI
RV
150
30

214
119
100.0
%
$
1,939

Blackhawk (a)
Milton
WI
RV
214


490
370
100.0
%
$
3,077

Lakeland (a)
Milton
WI
RV
107


682
485
100.0
%
$
3,743

Westwood Estates
Pleasant Prairie
WI
MH
95


327
324
90.7
%
$
7,382

Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
WI
RV
133


610
420
100.0
%
$
2,183

Tranquil Timbers
Sturgeon Bay
WI
RV
125


270
185
100.0
%
$
2,084

Neshonoc Lakeside
West Salem
WI
RV
48


284
179
100.0
%
$
3,265

Arrowhead
Wisconsin Dells
WI
RV
166
40
200
377
192
100.0
%
$
1,787

Total Midwest Market



4,426
640
1,264
12,196
9,399
92.1
%
$
4,760

Nevada, Utah, and Idaho












Coach Royale
Boise
ID
MH
12


91
91
75.8
%
$
4,583

Maple Grove
Boise
ID
MH
38


271
271
80.4
%
$
4,955

Shenandoah Estates
Boise
ID
MH
24


154
154
98.7
%
$
5,724

West Meadow Estates
Boise
ID
MH
29


178
178
100.0
%
$
5,688

Mountain View - NV
Henderson
NV
MH
72


354
354
99.2
%
$
8,600

Las Vegas
Las Vegas
NV
RV
11


217
5
100.0
%
$
3,070

Bonanza
Las Vegas
NV
MH
43


353
353
56.7
%
$
6,080

Boulder Cascade
Las Vegas
NV
MH
39


299
299
76.3
%
$
6,976

Cabana
Las Vegas
NV
MH
37


263
263
98.1
%
$
7,021


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Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres (d)
Expansion

Sites (e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Flamingo West
Las Vegas
NV
MH
37


258
258
98.1
%
$
8,007

Villa Borega
Las Vegas
NV
MH
40


293
293
75.1
%
$
7,023

Westwood Village
Farr West
UT
MH
46


314
314
99.7
%
$
5,261

All Seasons
Salt Lake City
UT
MH
19


121
121
100.0
%
$
6,055

St. George
Hurricane
UT
RV
26


123
5
100.0
%
$

Total Nevada, Utah, and Idaho Market



473
3,289
2,959
86.9
%
$
8,639

Northwest












Cultus Lake (Canada) (b)
Lindell Beach
BC
RV
15


178
46
100.0
%
$
2,821

Thousand Trails Bend
Bend
OR
RV
289
100
145
351
35
100.0
%
$
2,338

Pacific City
Cloverdale
OR
RV
105


307
32
100.0
%
$
3,591

South Jetty
Florence
OR
RV
57


204
3
100.0
%
$
1,206

Seaside Resort
Seaside
OR
RV
80


251
49
100.0
%
$
2,997

Whaler’s Rest Resort
South Beach
OR
RV
39


170
16
100.0
%
$
3,224

Mt. Hood
Welches
OR
RV
115
30
202
436
70
100.0
%
$
5,822

Shadowbrook
Clackamas
OR
MH
21


156
156
99.4
%
$
8,118

Falcon Wood Village
Eugene
OR
MH
23


183
183
97.8
%
$
6,663

Quail Hollow (b)
Fairview
OR
MH
21


137
137
95.6
%
$
8,102

Birch Bay
Blaine
WA
RV
31


246
24
100.0
%
$
2,957

Mt. Vernon
Bow
WA
RV
311


251
27
100.0
%
$
3,184

Chehalis
Chehalis
WA
RV
309
85

360
29
100.0
%
$
2,621

Grandy Creek
Concrete
WA
RV
63


179
2
100.0
%
$
1,987

Tall Chief
Fall City
WA
RV
71


180
7
100.0
%
$
5,824

La Conner (b)
La Conner
WA
RV
106
5

319
30
100.0
%
$
3,871

Leavenworth
Leavenworth
WA
RV
255
50

266
20
100.0
%
$
1,890

Thunderbird Resort
Monroe
WA
RV
45
2

136
26
100.0
%
$
2,682

Little Diamond
Newport
WA
RV
360
119

520
4
100.0
%
$
1,846

Oceana Resort
Ocean City
WA
RV
16


84
2
100.0
%
$
1,017

Crescent Bar Resort
Quincy
WA
RV
14


115
18
100.0
%
$
3,311

Long Beach
Seaview
WA
RV
17


144
11
100.0
%
$
2,196

Paradise Resort
Silver Creek
WA
RV
60


214
6
100.0
%
$
2,091

Kloshe Illahee
Federal Way
WA
MH
50


258
258
100.0
%
$
9,902

Total Northwest Market
2,473
391
347
5,645
1,191
99.1
%
$
6,450

Texas
Alamo Palms
Alamo
TX
RV
58


643
342
100.0
%
$
4,078

Bay Landing
Bridgeport
TX
RV
443
235

293
56
100.0
%
$
2,258

Colorado River
Columbus
TX
RV
218
51

132
20
100.0
%
$
3,228

Victoria Palms
Donna
TX
RV
117


1,122
512
100.0
%
$
5,041

Lake Texoma (b)
Gordonville
TX
RV
201


301
107
100.0
%
$
2,083


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Property
City
State
MH/RV
Acres (c)
Developable

Acres (d)
Expansion

Sites (e)
Total Number of Sites as of 12/31/14
Total Number of Annual Sites as of 12/31/14
Annual Site Occupancy as of 12/31/14
Annual Rent as of 12/31/14
Lakewood
Harlingen
TX
RV
30


301
110
100.0
%
$
2,129

Paradise Park RV
Harlingen
TX
RV
60


563
299
100.0
%
$
3,262

Sunshine RV
Harlingen
TX
RV
84


1,027
404
100.0
%
$
2,709

Tropic Winds
Harlingen
TX
RV
112
74

531
126
100.0
%
$
2,094

Medina Lake
Lakehills
TX
RV
208
50

387
21
100.0
%
$
2,111

Paradise South
Mercedes
TX
RV
49


493
205
100.0
%
$
2,269

Lake Tawakoni (b)
Point
TX
RV
324
11

293
72
100.0
%
$
2,099

Fun n Sun RV
San Benito
TX
RV
135
40

1,435
623
100.0
%
$
3,469

Southern Comfort
Weslaco
TX
RV
40


403
327
100.0
%
$
2,998

Country Sunshine
Weslaco
TX
RV
37


390
178
100.0
%
$
2,988

Lake Whitney (b)
Whitney
TX
RV
403
158

261
30
100.0
%
$
2,679

Lake Conroe
Willis
TX
RV
129
30
300
363
154
100.0
%
$
3,513

Total Texas Market



2,648
649
300
8,938
3,586
100.0
%
$
3,322













Grand Total All Markets



37,735
5,184
8,773
139,988
99,377
94.8
%
$
6,040

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(a)
Property acquired in 2014.
(b)
Land is leased by us under a non-cancelable operating lease. (See Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K.)
(c)
Acres are approximate. Acreage for some Properties were estimated based upon 10 Sites per acre.
(d)
Acres are approximate. There can be no assurance that developable acres will be developed. Development is contingent on many factors including, but not limited to, cost, ability to subdivide, accessibility, infrastructure needs, zoning, entitlement and topography.
(e)
Expansion Sites are approximate and only represent Sites that could be developed and is further dependent upon necessary approvals. Certain Properties with Expansion Sites noted may have vacancies and therefore, Expansion Sites may not be added.
(f)
Acres for this RV park are included in the acres for the adjacent manufactured home community listed directly above this Property.
(g)
Property not operated by us during 2014 , as the Property is leased to a third party operator.
(h)
Property does not contain annual Sites.


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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
The legal proceedings disclosure is incorporated herein by reference from Note 18 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-K.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure
None.


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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol ELS. On February 20, 2015 , the reported closing price per share of ELS common stock on the NYSE was $54.36 and there were approximately 281 holders of record. The high and low sales prices and closing sales prices on the NYSE and distributions for our common stock during 2014 and 2013 are set forth in the table below:
Close
High
Low
Distributions
Declared
2014
1st Quarter
$
40.65

$
41.61

$
35.75

$
0.3250

2nd Quarter
$
44.16

$
45.17

$
40.14

$
0.3250

3rd Quarter
$
42.36

$
46.27

$
41.44

$
0.3250

4th Quarter
$
51.55

$
52.62

$
42.33

$
0.3250

Close
High
Low
Distributions
Declared
2013
1st Quarter
$
38.40

$
38.41

$
33.84

$
0.2500

2nd Quarter
$
39.30

$
42.78

$
36.60

$
0.2500

3rd Quarter
$
34.17

$
41.68

$
33.84

$
0.2500

4th Quarter
$
36.23

$
38.68

$
33.47

$
0.2500

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
Total Number of Shares
Purchased (a)
Average Price  Paid per Share (a)
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans  or Programs
Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
10/1/14-10/31/14

$

None
None
11/1/14-11/30/14
766

$
48.43

None
None
12/1/14-12/31/14
34,727

$
51.87

None
None
____________________
(a)
Of the common stock repurchased from October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 , 35,493 shares were repurchased at the open market price and represent common stock surrendered to us to satisfy income tax withholding obligations due as a result of the vesting of Restricted Share Grants. Certain of our executive officers may from time to time adopt non-discretionary, written trading plans that comply with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1, or otherwise monetize their equity-based compensation. The Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1 provides executives with a method to monetize their equity-based compensation in an automatic and non-discretionary manner over time.













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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following table sets forth selected financial and operating information on a historical basis. The historical operating data has been derived from our historical financial statements. The following information should be read in conjunction with all of the financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Historical Financial Information
(Amounts in thousands, except for per share and property data)
Years Ended December 31,
2014
2013 (1)
2012 (1)
2011 (1)
2010 (1)
Income Statement Data:
Total Revenues
$
776,809

$
729,048

$
684,298

$
577,609

$
517,897

Total Expenses
(644,376
)
(653,840
)
(622,450
)
(537,600
)
(459,296
)
Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures
4,578

2,039

1,899

1,948

2,027

Gain on sale of property (2)
1,457





Income from discontinued operations

7,133

6,116

547


Gain (loss) on sale of property, net of taxes

41,525

4,596


(231
)
Consolidated net income
$
138,468

$
125,905

$
74,459

$
42,504

$
60,397

Net income available for Common Shares
$
118,731

$
106,919

$
54,779

$
22,775

$
38,354

Comprehensive income attributable to Common Shares
$
119,234

$
108,443

$
54,742

$
20,467

$
38,354

Earnings per Common Share - Basic:
Net income available for Common Shares
$
1.42

$
1.29

$
0.67

$
0.32

$
0.63

Earnings per Common Share - Fully Diluted:
Net income available for Common Shares
$
1.41

$
1.28

$
0.66

$
0.32

$
0.62

Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding
$
1.30

$
1.00

$
0.88

$
0.75

$
0.60

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding - basic
83,362

83,018

82,348

71,182

61,034

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding - fully diluted
91,511

91,196

90,862

80,660

71,036

Balance Sheet Data:
Real estate, before accumulated depreciation
$
4,387,913

$
4,228,106

$
4,044,650

$
3,960,692

$
2,584,987

Total assets
3,446,339

3,392,309

3,398,622

3,496,407

2,048,755

Total mortgage notes and term loan
2,212,246

2,192,368

2,261,610

2,276,250

1,012,919

Non-controlling interest preferred OP Units




200,000

Series A Preferred Stock (3)



200,000


Series C Preferred Stock (3)
136,144

136,144

136,144



Total Common Equity (4)
775,849

827,061

788,158

799,280

260,158

Other Data:
Funds from operations (5)
$
246,588

$
191,049

$
209,993

$
147,457

$
125,989

Normalized funds from operations (5)
$
253,257

$
232,298

$
209,688

$
165,950

$
130,001

Total Properties (at end of period) (6)
384

377

383

382

307

Total Sites (at end of period) (6)
143,113

139,126

142,679

141,132

111,002

________________________________
1.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2014 presentation. These reclassifications did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
2.
Effective January 1, 2014, we adopted on a prospective basis the new Accounting Standard Update 2014-08, Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity which changed the definition of discontinued operations. Under the new guidance the gain on sale of property recognized during the year ended December 31, 2014 did not meet the criteria of discontinued operations and accordingly it is presented as part of our continuing operations.
3.
In 2011, we, on behalf of selling stockholders, closed on a public offering of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”). The selling stockholders received the Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for $200 million of previously issued series D and series F Perpetual Preferred OP Units. In 2012, we issued 54,458 shares of Series C Preferred Stock which are represented by Depositary Shares. We also exchanged 5,445,765 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock for 5,445,765 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100 th of a share of Series C Preferred Stock. Also in 2012, we redeemed the remaining 2,554,235 of Series A Preferred Stock.
4.
In 2011, we issued 12,075,000 shares of common stock in an equity offering for proceeds of approximately $344.0 million, net of offering costs. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we issued 3,416,552 shares of Common Stock and 1,740,000 shares of Series B Subordinated Non-Voting Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) with an aggregate value of $224.2 million, net of offering costs, to partially fund the purchase of a portfolio of Properties (refer to footnote 6 below). All of the Series B Preferred Stock was exchanged for Common Stock.
5.
Refer to Item 7 contained in this Form 10-K for information regarding why we present funds from operations and normalized funds from operations and for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to net income.
6.
In 2011, we closed on the acquisition of a portfolio that consisted of 74 manufactured home communities and one RV resort containing 30,129 Sites on approximately 6,400 acres located in 16 states.


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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with “Selected Financial Data” and the historical Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
2014 Accomplishments
Occupancy within our Core Portfolio (as defined below) increased by 214 Sites to a total of 92.2% at year end and home owner base occupancy increased by 464 sites.
New home sales volume increased more than double relative to 2013.
Closed on the acquisition of seven RV resorts for a total purchase price of approximately $85.7 million .
Exercised our purchase option and acquired land comprising a portion of the Colony Cove property for approximately $35.9 million, which resulted in the termination of the previous ground lease related to the property.
Raised our annual dividend to $1.30 per share in 2014, an increase of 30% compared to $1.00 per share in 2013.
Amended our Line of Credit to increase the borrowing capacity from $380.0 million to $400.0 million and extend the maturity date to July 17, 2018.
Amended our $200.0 million term loan to decrease the per annum interest rate and extend the maturity date to January 10, 2020.
Paid maturing debt of approximately $90.0 million and refinanced the loan secured by our Colony Cove community.
Overview and Outlook
Occupancy in our Properties, as well as our ability to increase rental rates, directly affects revenues. Our revenue streams are predominantly derived from customers renting our Sites on a long-term basis.
The following table shows the breakdown of our Sites by type. Our community Sites and annual resort Sites are leased on an annual basis. Seasonal Sites are leased to customers generally for three to six months. Transient Sites are leased to customers on a short-term basis. The revenue from seasonal and transient Sites is generally higher during the first and third quarters. We expect to service over 100,000 customers at our transient Sites in 2015, and we consider this revenue stream to be our most volatile as it is subject to weather conditions and other factors affecting the marginal RV customer’s vacation and travel preferences. Sites designated as right-to-use Sites are primarily utilized to service the approximately 96,100 customers who have entered right-to-use contracts. We also have interests in joint venture Properties for which revenue is classified as Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.
Total Sites as of
December 31, 2014
Community Sites
70,000

Resort Sites:
Annual
25,600

Seasonal
10,100

Transient
10,200

Right-to-use (1)
24,100

Joint Ventures (2)
3,100

143,100

_____________________
(1)
Includes approximately 5,100 Sites rented on an annual basis.
(2)
Joint ventures have approximately 2,200 annual Sites, approximately 400 seasonal Sites and approximately 500 transient Sites.
The following comparisons exclude the results from the 11 manufactured home communities that were disposed of during 2013 (the “Michigan Properties”). Their results have been reclassified to “Discontinued operations” on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for 2013 and 2012 , which was prior to our prospective adoption of ASU 2014-08 (see Note 5 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K). Core Portfolio (“Core Portfolio”) consists of our Properties owned and operated for the same period in 2014 and 2013 .
For the year ended December 31, 2014 , property operating revenues in our Core Portfolio, excluding deferrals, were up 3.6% and property operating expenses in our Core Portfolio, excluding deferrals and property management, were up 2.5% , resulting in an increase in core net operating income before property management and deferrals of 4.5% .

A significant portion of our rental agreements on community Sites have rent increases that are directly or indirectly connected to published CPI statistics that are issued from June through September of the year prior to the increase effective date.
Twenty seven properties, including 19 of our 49 California Properties, our seven Delaware Properties and one of our five Massachusetts Properties are affected by state and local rent control regulations. The impact of the rent control regulations is to

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limit our ability to implement rent increases based on prevailing market conditions. The regulations generally permit us to increase rates by a percentage of the increase in the CPI. The limit on rent increases may range from 60% to 100% of CPI with certain maximum limits depending on the jurisdiction.
In the years following the disruption in the site-built housing market, our home sales business was negatively affected by our customers’ inability to sell their existing site-built homes and relocate to their retirement destination. As a result, we focused on home rental rather than sales as our primary source of occupancy upon turnover. As we managed and expanded our portfolio of rental homes, we placed homes in communities where we believed we could successfully sell homes as the market improved. We continue to allocate capital to home purchases based on our assessment of market conditions and emphasize home sales in that assessment. We continue to see population growth in our key markets, increased access to distribution channels for our products and a renewed willingness by our customers to commit to us for a longer period of time. Also, we have seen a decrease in homes coming back to us, which generally means that our residents have the opportunity to resell their homes.
We continue to focus on the quality of occupancy growth by increasing the number of home owners in our portfolio. As of December 31, 2014, we increased occupancy by 214 sites with an increase in home owner occupancy of 464 sites compared with occupancy at December 31, 2013. By comparison, as of December 31, 2013, our occupancy increased by 312 sites with a decrease in home owner occupancy of 95 sites compared with occupancy at December 31, 2012.
Beginning in 2013, we have experienced an increase in the sales volume of new and used homes in our communities. We attribute this increase to various factors including management s focus on increasing the number of homeowners within our communities, changes to incentive structures for our on-site personnel to emphasize home sales rather than rentals, and willingness of an increasing number of customers to commit their capital to purchase a home in one of our communities. New home sales in the manufactured home communities in our Core Portfolio increased more than double over the prior year. The recent new home sales have been primarily in our California, Colorado and Florida communities. Used home sales in the manufactured home communities in our Core Portfolio during 2014 decreased 4.5% over the prior year, and increased 23.3% since 2012.
During 2013 we formed a joint venture, ECHO Financing, LLC (the “ECHO JV”), with a home manufacturer to buy and sell homes, as well as to offer another financing option to purchasers of homes at our Properties. Under certain circumstances, the ECHO JV may also rent homes to customers in our communities. In the MH industry, chattel financing options available today include community owner funded programs or third party lender programs that provide subsidized financing to customers and require the community owner to guarantee customer defaults. Third party lender programs have stringent underwriting criteria, sizable down payment requirements, short loan amortization and high interest rates.
As of December 31, 2014 , we had 5,221 occupied home rentals in our MH communities. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 , home rental program net operating income was approximately $35.8 million and $39.0 million, respectively, net of rental asset depreciation expense of approximately $10.9 million and $6.5 million, respectively. The net operating income and rental asset depreciation expense does not include the revenue and expense associated with our ECHO JV. The increase in rental asset depreciation expense is due to the 2014 change in depreciable life (see Note 2(d) in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K). Approximately $39.3 million and $38.7 million of home rental operations revenue was included in community base rental income for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. We believe that at this time we compete effectively with other types of rentals (i.e., apartments). We continue to evaluate home rental operations and expect to continue to invest in additional units.
In our RV resorts, we are focused on engaging with our existing customers and providing them the lifestyle they seek as well as attracting additional customers interested in our Properties. We continue to experience growth in our annual revenues as a result of our ability to increase rental rates and occupancy. Our 2014 Core Portfolio annual revenues were 5.5% higher than in 2013. Our customer base is loyal and engaged in the lifestyle we offer at our Properties. We have annual customers who have stayed ten years with us and our member base includes members who have camped with us for more than twenty years. Our social media presence has increased within this member base.

In the spring of 2010, we introduced low-cost membership products that focus on the installed base of approximately nine million RV owners. Such products include right-to-use contracts that entitle the customer to use certain Properties. We are offering a Thousand Trails Camping Pass (“TTC”) (formerly Zone Park Pass), which can be purchased for one to five geographic areas of the United States and requires an annual payment. In 2014, the required annual payment was $545. The TTC replaces high cost products that were typically entered into at Properties after tours and lengthy sales presentations. Prior to 2010, we incurred significant costs to generate leads, conduct tours and make sales presentations. A single zone TTC requires no additional upfront payment while additional zones may be purchased for modest additional upfront payments. Since inception we have entered into approximately 55,900 TTCs. In 2014, we entered into approximately 18,200 TTCs, or a 16.7% increase from approximately 15,600 TTCs in 2013. Of the 18,200 TTC’s activated during 2014,10,000 were sold to dues paying members and the remainder were activated through select RV dealers.


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In 2012, we initiated a program with RV dealers to feature our TTC as part of the dealers’ sales and marketing efforts. We provide the dealer with a TTC membership to give to their customers in connection with the purchase of an RV. No cash is received from the member during the first year of membership for memberships activated through the RV dealer program. Since inception, we have activated 15,780 TTCs through the RV dealer program. Our renewal rate for these RV dealer memberships is approximately 18%.
Existing customers are eligible to upgrade their right-to-use contract from time-to-time. An upgrade is currently distinguishable from a new right-to-use contract that a customer would enter by, depending on the type of upgrade, offering (1) increased length of consecutive stay by 50% (i.e., up to 21 days); (2) ability to make earlier advance reservations; (3) discounts on rental units; (4) access to additional Properties, which may include use of Sites at non-membership RV resorts and (5) membership in discount travel programs. Each upgrade contract requires a nonrefundable upfront payment. We may finance the nonrefundable upfront payment.
We are actively seeking to acquire and are engaged at any time in various stages of negotiations relating to the possible acquisition of additional properties, which may include contracts outstanding to acquire such properties that are subject to the satisfactory completion of our due diligence review.
Property Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Dispositions
The following chart lists the Properties or portfolios acquired, invested in, or sold since January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 .
Property
Transaction Date
Sites
Total Sites as of January 1, 2013
142,679

Property or Portfolio:
Acquisitions:
Pheasant Lake
August 1, 2013
613

Rainbow Lake
August 1, 2013
270

Westwood Estates
August 1, 2013
324

Fiesta Key
September 16, 2013
324

Neshonoc
December 17, 2013
284

Blackhawk
January 7, 2014
490

Lakeland
January 24, 2014
682

Pine Acres
September 26, 2014
421

Echo Farms
September 29, 2014
237

Mays Landing
September 30, 2014
168

Space Coast
October 1, 2014
270

Mesa Spirit
December 30, 2014
1,600

Expansion Site Development and other:
Sites added (reconfigured) in 2013
(24
)
Sites added (reconfigured) in 2014
119

Dispositions:
Avon on the Lake
July 23, 2013
(616
)
Cranberry Lake
July 23, 2013
(328
)
Fairchild Lake
July 23, 2013
(344
)
Grand Blanc Crossing
July 23, 2013
(478
)
Holly Hills
July 23, 2013
(241
)
Oakland Glens
July 23, 2013
(724
)
Old Orchard
July 23, 2013
(200
)
Royal Estates
July 23, 2013
(183
)
Westbrook
July 23, 2013
(387
)
Westbridge Manor
July 23, 2013
(1,424
)
Ferrand Estates
September 25, 2013
(419
)
Total Sites as of December 31, 2014
143,113


The gross investment in real estate has increased approximately $160 million to $4,388 million as of December 31, 2014 from $4,228 million as of December 31, 2013 primarily due to the aforementioned acquisitions of Properties during the period.

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Markets
The following table identifies our largest markets by number of Sites and provides information regarding our Properties (excluding five Properties owned through Joint Ventures).
Major Market
Total Sites
Number of
Properties
Percent of
Total Sites
Percent of Total
Property Operating
Revenues (1)
Florida
51,559

119

36.8
%
40.9
%
Northeast
18,734

51

13.4
%
11.5
%
Arizona
15,529

40

11.1
%
9.6
%
California
13,690

48

9.8
%
15.2
%
Midwest
12,196

34

8.7
%
7.1
%
Texas
8,938

17

6.4
%
3.0
%
Southeast
6,961

22

5.0
%
3.4
%
Northwest
5,645

24

4.0
%
3.0
%
Colorado
3,447

10

2.5
%
3.3
%
Other
3,289

14

2.3
%
3.0
%
Total
139,988

379

100.0
%
100.0
%
_____________________
(1)
Property operating revenues for this calculation excludes approximately $14.4 million of property operating revenue not allocated to Properties, which consists primarily of upfront payments from right-to-use contracts.
Qualification as a REIT
We believe that we have qualified for taxation as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes since our taxable year ended December 31, 1993. We plan to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. For example, to qualify as a REIT, at least 95% of our gross income must come from sources that are itemized in the REIT tax laws. We are also required to distribute to stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income computed without regard to our deduction for dividends paid and our net capital gain. The fact that we hold our assets through our Operating Partnership and our Subsidiaries further complicates the application of the REIT requirements.

If we fail to qualify as a REIT, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates. Also, unless the IRS granted us relief under certain statutory provisions, we would remain disqualified as a REIT for four years following the year we first failed to qualify. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are subject to certain foreign, state and local taxes on our income and property and U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.

Supplemental Measures
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations include certain non-GAAP financial measures that in management’s view of the business we believe are meaningful as they allow the investor the ability to understand key operating details of our business both with and without regard to certain accounting conventions or items that may not always be indicative of recurring annual cash flow of the portfolio. These non-GAAP financial measures as determined and presented by us may not be comparable to related or similarly titled measures reported by other companies, and include Income from property operations, Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and Normalized Funds from Operations (“Normalized FFO”).
Income from property operations represents rental income, utility income and right-to-use income less property and maintenance expenses, real estate tax, sales and marketing expenses, and property management. We believe that Income from property operations is helpful to investors and analysts as a direct measure of the actual operating results of our manufactured home and RV communities. A discussion of FFO, Normalized FFO and a reconciliation to net income are included in the presentation of FFO following our “Results of Operations.”

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The following table reconciles Income from continuing operations before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures to Income from property operations for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 (amounts in thousands):
Total Portfolio
Years Ended
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Income from property operations
$
376,633

$
354,248

$
339,390

Income from home sales operations and other
3,179

2,702

914

Total other income and expenses, net
(247,379
)
(281,742
)
(278,456
)
Income from continuing operations before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures and gain on sale of property
$
132,433

$
75,208

$
61,848


Results of Operations
Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2014 to Year Ended December 31, 2013
The following tables comparing the year ended December 31, 2014 with the year ended December 31, 2013 exclude the results from the 11 Properties that have been reclassified to “Discontinued operations” on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for 2013 prior to our prospective adoption of ASU 2014-08.
Income from Property Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for the Core Portfolio and the total portfolio for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (amounts in thousands). The Core Portfolio may change from time-to-time depending on acquisitions, dispositions and significant transactions or unique situations. The Core Portfolio in this comparison of the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 includes all Properties acquired on or prior to December 31, 2012 that we have owned and operated continuously since January 1, 2013. Core Portfolio growth percentages exclude the impact of GAAP deferrals of upfront payments from right-to-use contracts and related commissions.
Core Portfolio
Total Portfolio
2014
2013
Variance
%
Change
2014
2013
Variance
%
Change
Community base rental income
$
418,877

$
406,572

$
12,305

3.0
%
$
426,886

$
409,801

$
17,085

4.2
%
Rental home income
14,756

14,239

517

3.6
%
14,827

14,267

560

3.9
%
Resort base rental income
156,918

146,989

9,929

6.8
%
163,968

147,234

16,734

11.4
%
Right-to-use annual payments
44,862

47,967

(3,105
)
(6.5
)%
44,860

47,967

(3,107
)
(6.5
)%
Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
13,892

13,815

77

0.6
%
13,892

13,815

77

0.6
%
Utility and other income
69,080

63,581

5,499

8.6
%
70,209

63,800

6,409

10.0
%
Property operating revenues, excluding deferrals
718,385

693,163

25,222

3.6
%
734,642

696,884

37,758

5.4
%
Property operating and maintenance
238,449

228,900

9,549

4.2
%
243,914

229,897

14,017

6.1
%
Rental home operating and maintenance
7,413

7,443

(30
)
(0.4
)%
7,441

7,474

(33
)
(0.4
)%
Real estate taxes
46,926

47,902

(976
)
(2.0
)%
48,714

48,279

435

0.9
%
Sales and marketing, gross
12,418

13,509

(1,091
)
(8.1
)%
12,418

13,509

(1,091
)
(8.1
)%
Property operating expenses, excluding deferrals and Property management
305,206

297,754

7,452

2.5
%
312,487

299,159

13,328

4.5
%
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and Property management
413,179

395,409

17,770

4.5
%
422,155

397,725

24,430

6.1
%
Property management
42,638

40,193

2,445

6.1
%
42,638

40,193

2,445

6.1
%
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals (1)
370,541

355,216

15,325

4.3
%
379,517

357,532

21,985

6.1
%
Right-to-use contracts, deferred and sales and marketing, deferred, net
2,884

3,284

(400
)
(12.2
)%
2,884

3,284

(400
)
(12.2
)%
Income from property operations
$
367,657

$
351,932

$
15,725

4.5
%
$
376,633

$
354,248

$
22,385

6.3
%
__________________________
(1) Non-GAAP measure.
The 3.0% increase in Core Portfolio community base rental income primarily reflects a 2.6% increase in rates and a 0.4% increase in occupancy. The average monthly base rent per site increased to $552 in 2014 from $538 in 2013. The average occupancy increased to 92.2% in 2014 from 91.8% in 2013. The increase in property operating and maintenance expenses was primarily

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driven by repair and maintenance which includes non-recurring, storm related expenses, utility expenses due to higher rate and usage related to electric expense and payroll expense due to an increase in personnel.
The increase in rental home income is discussed in further detail in the Rental Operations table below. Rental home operating and maintenance expenses have remained consistent in the current year.
Resort base rental income is comprised of the following (amounts in thousands):
Core Portfolio
Total Portfolio
2014
2013
Variance
% Change
2014
2013
Variance
% Change
Annual
$
99,826

$
94,624

$
5,202

5.5
%
$
104,006

$
94,668

$
9,338

9.9
%
Seasonal
24,480

22,875

1,605

7.0
%
25,052

22,898

2,154

9.4
%
Transient
32,612

29,490

3,122

10.6
%
34,910

29,668

5,242

17.7
%
Resort base rental income
$
156,918

$
146,989

$
9,929

6.8
%
$
163,968

$
147,234

$
16,734

11.4
%
Right-to-use annual payments decreased 6.5% partly due to memberships activated through the RV dealer program in 2013 for which we recorded approximately $2.0 million of non-cash revenues and expenses, and partly due to a decrease in member count. During the year ending December 31, 2014 , our member count decreased by 2,147 members compared to the same period in 2013 . Right-to-use contracts current period, gross, net of sales and marketing, gross, increased primarily due to higher upgrade sales.
The following table summarizes the growth rate percentages excluding pr operty management expense (amounts in thousands):
Core Portfolio
Total Portfolio
2014
2013
Variance
%
Change
2014
2013
Variance
%
Change
Property operating revenues, excluding Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
$
704,493

$
679,348

$
25,145

3.7
%
$
720,750

$
683,069

$
37,681

5.5
%
Property operating expenses, excluding Sales and marketing, gross
292,788

284,245

8,543

3.0
%
300,069

285,650

14,419

5.0
%
Income from property operations, excluding Right-to-use contracts current period, gross and Sales and marketing, gross
$
411,705

$
395,103

$
16,602

4.2
%
$
420,681

$
397,419

$
23,262

5.9
%
The increase in total portfolio income from property operations is primarily due to increases in Core community base rental income, Core resort base rental income and the additional income from property operations related to the 2013 and 2014 acquisitions, partially offset by increases in repair and maintenance, payroll and utility expenses.

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Home Sales Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for our Home Sales Operations for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (amounts in thousands, except home sales volumes).
2014
2013
Variance
% Change
Gross revenues from new home sales (1)
$
13,584

$
4,836

$
8,748

180.9
%
Cost of new home sales (1)
(11,444
)
(4,315
)
(7,129
)
(165.2
)%
Gross profit from new home sales
2,140

521

1,619

310.7
%
Gross revenues from used home sales
14,834

13,035

1,799

13.8
%
Cost of used home sales
(15,303
)
(12,981
)
(2,322
)
(17.9
)%
Gross (loss) profit from used home sales
(469
)
54

(523
)
(968.5
)%
Brokered resale revenues and ancillary services revenues, net
3,850

4,212

(362
)
(8.6
)%
Home selling expenses
(2,342
)
(2,085
)
(257
)
(12.3
)%
Income from home sales operations and other
$
3,179

$
2,702

$
477

17.7
%
Home sales volumes:
New home sales (2)
336

109

227

208.3
%
New Home Sales Volume - ECHO JV
136

26

110

423.1
%
Used home sales
1,526

1,588

(62
)
(3.9
)%
Brokered home resale
936

835

101

12.1
%
_____________________
(1)
New home sales gross revenues and costs of new home sales does not include the revenues and costs associated with our ECHO JV.
(2)
Total new home sales volume includes home sales from our ECHO JV for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. Includes one third-party dealer sale for the year ended December 31, 2013 .
The increase in income from home sales operations and other is primarily due to an increase in new home sales and gross profits from new home sales, partially offset by a decrease in ancillary services revenues, an increase in home selling expenses, and a decrease in profits from used home sales.

Rental Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for our manufactured home Rental Operations for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (amounts in thousands, except rental unit volumes).
2014
2013
Variance
% Change
Manufactured homes:
New Home
$
22,711

$
22,278

$
433

1.9
%
Used Home
31,399

30,715

684

2.2
%
Rental operations revenue (1)
54,110

52,993

1,117

2.1
%
Rental home operating and maintenance
(7,441
)
(7,474
)
33

0.4
%
Income from rental operations
46,669

45,519

1,150

2.5
%
Depreciation on rental homes (2)
(10,906
)
(6,535
)
(4,371
)
(66.9
)%
Income from rental operations, net of depreciation
$
35,763

$
38,984

$
(3,221
)
(8.3
)%
Gross investment in new manufactured home rental units (3)
$
107,729

$
114,136

$
(6,407
)
(5.6
)%
Gross investment in used manufactured home rental units
$
63,258

$
63,736

$
(478
)
(0.7
)%
Net investment in new manufactured home rental units
$
90,134

$
101,073

$
(10,939
)
(10.8
)%
Net investment in used manufactured home rental units
$
48,020

$
54,871

$
(6,851
)
(12.5
)%
Number of occupied rentals – new, end of period (4)
2,001

2,060

(59
)
(2.9
)%
Number of occupied rentals—used, end of period
3,220

3,411

(191
)
(5.6
)%
_____________________
(1)
Approximately $39.3 million and $38.7 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively, of Site rental income are included in Community base rental income in the Income from Property Operations table. The remainder of home rental income is included in Rental home income in the Income from Property Operations table.
(2)
Included in depreciation on real estate and other costs in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.
(3)
New home cost basis does not include the costs associated with our ECHO JV. Our investment in the ECHO JV was $6.3 million and $2.7 million at December 31, 2014 , and December 31, 2013 , respectively.
(4)
Includes 33 homes rented through our ECHO JV in 2014.

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The increase in income from rental operations is primarily due to the increase in rates on rental units. In the ordinary course of business, we acquire used homes from customers through purchase, foreclosure of a lien, or abandonment. In a vibrant new home sale market, used homes may be sold in place or removed from sites and replaced with new homes. Used homes may also be rented either in the condition received or after warranted rehabilitation. While we continue to focus on selling homes, we continue to evaluate rental units and, based on market conditions, we expect to invest in additional new homes for customer rentals. The increase in depreciation from rental homes is driving the overall decrease in income from rental operations, net of depreciation, due to the change in depreciable life of our new and used manufactured homes effective January 1, 2014.
Other Income and Expenses
The following table summarizes other income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (amounts in thousands).
2014
2013
Variance
% Change
Depreciation on real estate and rental homes
$
(111,065
)
$
(108,229
)
$
(2,836
)
(2.6
)%
Amortization of in-place leases
(3,999
)
(1,940
)
(2,059
)
(106.1
)%
Interest income
8,347

8,260

87

1.1
%
Income from other investments, net
7,053

7,515

(462
)
(6.1
)%
General and administrative (excluding transaction costs)
(25,763
)
(26,248
)
485

1.8
%
Transaction costs
(1,647
)
(1,963
)
316

16.1
%
Property rights initiatives
(2,923
)
(2,771
)
(152
)
(5.5
)%
Early debt retirement
(5,087
)
(37,844
)
32,757

86.6
%
Interest and related amortization
(112,295
)
(118,522
)
6,227

5.3
%
Total other expenses, net
$
(247,379
)
$
(281,742
)
$
34,363

12.2
%

Depreciation on real estate and rental homes increased primarily due to the acquisitions that occurred in the third quarter of 2013 and the change in the depreciable life of our new and used manufactured homes.
Amortization of in-place leases increased primarily due to the expected one-year life of in-place leases. In-place lease amortization in 2014 and 2013 includes the amortization of in-place leases at eight and five properties, respectively. However, the amortization in 2013 includes eight months of amortization at two properties.
Early debt retirement expenses decreased primarily due to defeasance costs incurred in 2013 totaling $37.8 million as a result of the long-term refinancing plan. In 2014 we incurred a prepayment fee of approximately $5.1 million associated with the early retirement of the loan secured by our Colony Cove community.
Interest and related amortization decreased primarily due to a decrease in secured debt for a majority of 2014 and overall lower weighted average interest rates, resulting from the aforementioned long-term refinancing initiative.
Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2013 to Year Ended December 31, 2012
The following tables comparing the year ended December 31, 2013 with the year ended December 31, 2012 exclude the results from the 11 Properties that have been reclassified to “Discontinued operations” on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for 2013 and 2012 prior to our prospective adoption of ASU 2014-08.

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Income from Property Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for the Core Portfolio and the total portfolio for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands). The Core Portfolio may change from time-to-time depending on acquisitions, dispositions and significant transactions or unique situations. The Core Portfolio in this comparison of the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 includes all Properties acquired on or prior to December 31, 2011 that we have owned and operated continuously since January 1, 2012. Core Portfolio growth percentages exclude the impact of GAAP deferrals of upfront payments from right-to-use contracts entered and related commissions.
Core Portfolio
Total Portfolio
2013
2012
Variance
%
Change
2013
2012
Variance
%
Change
Community base rental income
$
406,579

$
394,592

$
11,987

3.0
%
$
409,801

$
394,606

$
15,195

3.9
%
Rental home income
14,236

11,649

2,587

22.2
%
14,267

11,649

2,618

22.5
%
Resort base rental income
141,261

134,273

6,988

5.2
%
147,234

134,327

12,907

9.6
%
Right-to-use annual payments
47,967

47,662

305

0.6
%
47,967

47,662

305

0.6
%
Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
13,815

14,025

(210
)
(1.5
)%
13,815

14,025

(210
)
(1.5
)%
Utility and other income
63,119

62,461

658

1.1
%
63,800

62,470

1,330

2.1
%
Property operating revenues, excluding deferrals
686,977

664,662

22,315

3.4
%
696,884

664,739

32,145

4.8
%
Property operating and maintenance
225,653

220,295

5,358

2.4
%
229,897

220,415

9,482

4.3
%
Rental home operating and maintenance
7,443

6,369

1,074

16.9
%
7,474

6,369

1,105

17.3
%
Real estate taxes
47,479

45,563

1,916

4.2
%
48,279

45,590

2,689

5.9
%
Sales and marketing, gross
13,509

11,437

2,072

18.1
%
13,509

11,437

2,072

18.1
%
Property operating expenses, excluding deferrals and Property management
294,084

283,664

10,420

3.7
%
299,159

283,811

15,348

5.4
%
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and Property management
392,893

380,998

11,895

3.1
%
397,725

380,928

16,797

4.4
%
Property management
40,193

37,999

2,194

5.8
%
40,193

37,999

2,194

5.8
%
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals (1)
352,700

342,999

9,701

2.8
%
357,532

342,929

14,603

4.3
%
Right-to-use contracts, deferred and sales and marketing, deferred, net
3,284

3,539

(255
)
(7.2
)%
3,284

3,539

(255
)
(7.2
)%
Income from property operations
$
349,416

$
339,460

$
9,956

2.9
%
$
354,248

$
339,390

$
14,858

4.4
%
__________________________
(1) Non-GAAP measure.
The 3.0% increase in Core Portfolio community base rental income primarily reflects a 2.4% increase in rates and a 0.6% increase in occupancy. The average monthly base rent per site increased to $538 in 2013 from $525 in 2012. The average occupancy increased to 91.8% in 2013 from 91.2% in 2012. The increase in property operating and maintenance expenses was primarily driven by repair and maintenance which includes non-recurring storm related expenses due to higher electric and water expenses and insurance.
The increase in rental home income and rental home operating and maintenance are discussed in further detail in the Rental Operations table below.
Resort base rental income is comprised of the following (amounts in thousands):
Core Portfolio
Total Portfolio
2013
2012
Variance
% Change
2013
2012
Variance
% Change
Annual
$
90,575

$
87,168

$
3,407

3.9
%
$
94,668

$
87,222

$
7,446

8.5
%
Seasonal
22,196

21,077

1,119

5.3
%
22,898

21,077

1,821

8.6
%
Transient
28,490

26,028

2,462

9.5
%
29,668

26,028

3,640

14.0
%
Resort base rental income
$
141,261

$
134,273

$
6,988

5.2
%
$
147,234

$
134,327

$
12,907

9.6
%

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The 0.6% increase in right-to-use annual payments is primarily due to an increase in member count. During the year ending December 31, 2013, our member count increased by 1,590 members compared to the same period in 2012. Right-to-use contracts current period, gross, net of sales and marketing, gross, decreased primarily due to an increase in sales and marketing expenses.
The following table summarizes the growth rate percentages excluding pr operty management expense (amounts in thousands):
Core Portfolio
Total Portfolio
2013
2012
Variance
%
Change
2013
2012
Variance
%
Change
Property operating revenues, excluding Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
$
673,162

$
650,637

$
22,525

3.5
%
$
683,069

$
650,714

$
32,355

5.0
%
Property operating expenses, excluding Sales and marketing, gross
280,575

272,227

8,348

3.1
%
285,650

272,374

13,276

4.9
%
Income from property operations, excluding Right-to-use contracts current period, gross and Sales and marketing, gross
$
392,587

$
378,410

$
14,177

3.7
%
$
397,419

$
378,340

$
19,079

5.0
%
The increase in total portfolio income from property operations is primarily due to an increase in rates and occupancy in community base rental income and resort base rental income due to increases in annual, seasonal, and transient revenues partially offset by the property operating and maintenance increases described above.
Home Sales Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for our Home Sales Operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands, except home sales volumes).
2013
2012
Variance
% Change
Gross revenues from new home sales (1)
$
4,836

$
1,698

$
3,138

184.8
%
Cost of new home sales (1)
(4,315
)
(1,440
)
(2,875
)
(199.7
)%
Gross profit from new home sales
521

258

263

101.9
%
Gross revenues from used home sales
13,035

6,532

6,503

99.6
%
Cost of used home sales
(12,981
)
(7,578
)
(5,403
)
(71.3
)%
Gross profit (loss) from used home sales
54

(1,046
)
1,100

(105.2
)%
Brokered resale revenues and ancillary services revenues, net
4,212

3,093

1,119

36.2
%
Home selling expenses
(2,085
)
(1,391
)
(694
)
(49.9
)%
Income from home sales operations and other
$
2,702

$
914

$
1,788

195.6
%
Home sales volumes:
Total new home sales (2)
109

35

74

211.4
%
New Home Sales Volume - ECHO JV
26


26

100.0
%
Used home sales
1,588

1,306

282

21.6
%
Brokered home resale
835

906

(71
)
(7.8
)%
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(1)
Gross revenues from new home sales and Cost of new home sales does not include revenues and costs associated with our ECHO JV, which was acquired during the year ended December 31, 2013 .
(2)
Total new home sales volume includes 26 home sales through our ECHO JV and one third-party dealer sale for the year ended December 31, 2013 . Includes one third party dealer for the year ended December 31, 2012 .
The increase in income from home sales operations and other is primarily due to an increase in home sales volume at generally higher prices resulting in higher gross profits on used home sales as well as ancillary operations throughout our portfolio.

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Rental Operations
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for our manufactured home Rental Operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands, except rental unit volumes).
2013
2012
Variance
% Change
Manufactured homes:
New Home
$
22,278

$
17,932

$
4,346

24.2
%
Used Home
30,715

26,417

4,298

16.3
%
Rental operations revenue (1)
52,993

44,349

8,644

19.5
%
Rental home operating and maintenance
(7,474
)
(6,369
)
(1,105
)
(17.3
)%
Income from rental operations
45,519

37,980

7,539

19.8
%
Depreciation on rental homes (2)
(6,535
)
(5,553
)
(982
)
(17.7
)%
Income from rental operations, net of depreciation
$
38,984

$
32,427

$
6,557

20.2
%
Gross investment in new manufactured home rental units (3)
$
114,136

$
105,733

$
8,403

7.9
%
Gross investment in used manufactured home rental units
$
63,736

$
59,809

$
3,927

6.6
%
Net investment in new manufactured home rental units
$
101,073

$
96,194

$
4,879

5.1
%
Net investment in used manufactured home rental units
$
54,871

$
53,959

$
912

1.7
%
Number of occupied rentals – new, end of period
2,060

1,834

226

12.3
%
Number of occupied rentals—used, end of period
3,411

3,230

181

5.6
%
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(1)
Approximately $38.7 million and $32.7 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 , respectively, of Site rental income are included in Community base rental income in the Income from Property Operations table. The remainder of home rental income is included in Rental home income in the Income from Property Operations table.
(2)
Included in depreciation on real estate and other costs in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.
(3)
The new home cost basis does not include the costs associated with our ECHO JV, which was acquired during the year ended December 31, 2013 . Our investment in the ECHO JV was $2.7 million at December 31, 2013 .
The increase in income from rental operations is primarily due to the increase in the number occupied rental units. In the ordinary course of business, we acquire used homes from customers through purchase, foreclosure of a lien, or abandonment. In a vibrant new home sale market older homes may be removed from Sites and replaced with new homes. In the current environment, however, used homes may be rented either in the condition received or after warranted rehabilitation. We continue to evaluate rental units and, depending on market conditions, may invest in new homes.
Other Income and Expenses
The following table summarizes other income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands).
2013
2012
Variance
% Change
Depreciation on real estate and rental homes
$
(108,229
)
$
(102,083
)
$
(6,146
)
(6.0
)%
Amortization of in-place leases
(1,940
)
(39,467
)
37,527

95.1
%
Interest income
8,260

8,135

125

1.5
%
Income from other investments, net
7,515

6,795

720

10.6
%
General and administrative (excluding transaction costs)
(26,248
)
(26,231
)
(17
)
(0.1
)%
Transaction costs
(1,963
)
(157
)
(1,806
)
(1,150.3
)%
Property rights initiatives
(2,771
)
(1,456
)
(1,315
)
(90.3
)%
Early debt retirement
(37,844
)

(37,844
)
100.0
%
Interest and related amortization
(118,522
)
(123,992
)
5,470

4.4
%
Total other expenses, net
$
(281,742
)
$
(278,456
)
$
(3,286
)
(1.2
)%

During the year ended December 31, 2013 , we recorded an additional $3.5 million in depreciation expense to correct amounts recorded in prior periods related to certain assets. In addition, there is an increase in rental home depreciation driven by a higher number of rental homes.

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Amortization of in-place leases decreased primarily due to the expected term of in-place leases. In-place lease amortization in 2013 includes the amortization of in-place leases at five Properties and in 2012 included the amortization at 75 Properties.
Income from other investments, net increased primarily due to net insurance proceeds of $1.6 million related to the settlement of the hurricane litigation and miscellaneous corporate income of $0.5 million offset by the $1.4 million expense of the contingent asset related to our Colony Cove property
Early debt retirement expenses increased primarily due to defeasance costs associated with the early retirement of 29 mortgages (see Note 8 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-K). This also contributed to the decrease in interest and related amortization. Transaction costs increased due to litigation settlement costs of $0.9 million and acquisition costs of $1.0 million. Rent control initiatives and other increased primarily due to a payment of approximately $1.4 million related to an award of attorney’s fees and costs to the City of San Rafael in the rent control litigation (see Note 18 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
Our primary demands for liquidity include payment of operating expenses, debt service, including principal and interest, capital improvements on properties, purchasing both new and pre-owned homes, acquisitions of new Properties, and distributions. We expect similar demands for liquidity will continue for the short-term and long-term. Our commitment to capital improvements on existing assets is anticipated to be consistent with last year. Our primary sources of cash include operating cash flows, proceeds from financings, borrowings under our unsecured Line of Credit (“LOC”) and proceeds from issuance of equity and debt securities. We have entered into equity distribution agreements with sales agents, pursuant to which we may sell, from time-to-time, shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $125.0 million. We have not sold any common stock to date under the equity distribution agreements. In addition, we have available liquidity in the form of authorized and unissued preferred stock of approximately 9.9 million shares and approximately 116.1 million shares of authorized but unissued common stock registered for sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a shelf registration statement which was automatically effective when filed with the SEC. Our charter allows us to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share and up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

On July 15, 2013, we effected a two-for-one stock split of our common stock (see Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K). All common stock and OP Unit share and per share data in this Form 10-K and in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and notes for periods prior to this date have been adjusted retroactively to reflect the stock split.
One of our stated objectives is to maintain financial flexibility.  Achieving this objective allows us to take advantage of strategic opportunities that may arise.  We believe effective management of our balance sheet, including maintaining various access points to raise capital, manage future debt maturities and borrow at competitive rates enables us to meet this objective.  We believe we currently have sufficient liquidity, in the form of $73.7 million in available cash as of December 31, 2014 and $400.0 million available on our LOC, to satisfy our near term obligations. On July 17, 2014, we amended our LOC to increase the borrowing capacity under the LOC from $380.0 million to $400.0 million with the option to increase the borrowing capacity by $100.0 million , subject to certain conditions (See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K).
We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements, including all distributions, generally through available cash as well as net cash provided by operating activities and availability under our existing LOC. We consider these resources to be adequate to meet our operating requirements for capital improvements, amortizing debt and payment of dividends and distributions.
We expect to meet certain long-term liquidity requirements such as scheduled debt maturities, property acquisitions and capital improvements by use of our current cash balance, long-term collateralized and uncollateralized borrowings including borrowings under the existing LOC and the issuance of debt securities or additional equity securities, in addition to net cash provided by operating activities. As of December 31, 2014, we have approximately $279.1 million of scheduled debt maturities in 2015 (excluding scheduled principal payments on debt maturing in 2015 and beyond). In January 2015, we refinanced $168.6 million of such debt, which results in approximately $110.5 million of remaining debt that is currently set to mature in 2015. We expect to satisfy our 2015 maturities with existing cash, anticipated operating cash flow and refinancing proceeds.
During the year ended December 31, 2014 , we closed on four loans with total proceeds of $54.0 million that are secured by two manufactured home communities and two RV resorts. The loans have a weighted average interest rate of 4.54% per annum and are set to mature in 2034 and 2038 . We also refinanced the $53.8 million loan secured by our Colony Cove community with a stated interest rate of 4.65% per annum that was scheduled to mature in 2017. The new loan, with gross proceeds of $115.0 million , has a 25 year term and carries a stated interest rate of 4.64% per annum. We paid a prepayment fee of approximately $5.1

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million associated with the early retirement of the prior loan. The aforementioned loan proceeds were used toward paying off 17 mortgages totaling approximately $90.0 million that had a weighted average interest rate of 5.57% per annum.
In connection with the acquisitions closed during the year ended December 31, 2014, we assumed approximately $13.3 million of mortgage debt, excluding mortgage note premiums of $1.0 million , secured by the Blackhawk and Lakeland RV resorts with a weighted average interest rate of 6.48% per annum, which are set to mature in 2017 and 2018 . We also assumed approximately $19.0 million of mortgage debt, excluding a mortgage note premium of $1.0 million , secured by Mesa Spirit RV resort with an interest rate of 5.66% per annum, which is set to mature in 2017 .
The table below summarizes cash flow activity for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 (amounts in thousands).
For the years ended
December 31,
2014
2013
2012
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
285,745

$
255,349

$
236,445

Net cash used in investing activities
(127,885
)
(37,854
)
(86,565
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(142,573
)
(196,194
)
(183,214
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
$
15,287

$
21,301

$
(33,334
)
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities increased $30.4 million to $285.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 from $255.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 . The increase in cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to an increase of approximately $61.2 million in income from continuing operations and an increase of $15.1 million in escrow deposits, goodwill and other assets offset by the decrease in gain on sale of property of approximately $40.1 million in 2014 due to the 2013 sale of the Michigan Properties. Net cash provided by operating activities increased $18.9 million to $255.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 from $236.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 . The increase in 2013 was primarily due to an increase of approximately $13.5 million in income from continuing operations.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $127.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $37.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 . Significant components of net cash used in investing activities include:
We paid approximately $81.4 million in 2014 to acquire the Blackhawk, Lakeland, Pine Acres, Echo Farms, Mays Landing, Space Coast, and Mesa Spirit RV resorts, as well as the Colony Cove land purchase. These acquisitions contributed an additional 3,868 Sites to our portfolio. In 2013, we paid approximately $117.7 million for Pheasant Lake, Rainbow Lake, and Westwood Estates manufactured housing communities and Fiesta Key and Neshonoc RV resorts, which resulted in an additional 1,815 Sites (see Note 5 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of our recent acquisitions).
We received approximately $2.1 million in proceeds in 2014 from the condemnation of a certain parcel at our Seyenna Vista Property (see Note 5 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for further description of the sale).
We received approximately $158.0 million in 2013 from the disposition of the Michigan Properties (see Note 5 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for further discussion of the sale).
We received approximately $10.6 million in 2014 of net deferred exchange deposits which were used to acquire the Blackhawk and Lakeland RV Resorts. We paid approximately $13.8 million in 2013 to a net tax deferred exchange deposit and used approximately $1.8 million to acquire the Neshonoc RV Resort.
We paid approximately $63.7 million and $64.7 million for capital improvements for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively (see Capital Improvements table below).
We contributed approximately $3.5 million to the ECHO JV in 2014, in addition to the $2.6 million we invested in 2013. Additionally, during the year ended 2014, we received $5.9 million in distributions from various joint ventures. Of this amount, approximately $2.6 million exceeded our basis in our joint venture and were recorded as income. (see Note 6 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of our joint ventures).

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We received approximately $14.9 million of repayments on notes receivable in 2014 compared to $11.6 million in 2013 partially offset by new notes receivable of $9.4 million in 2014 compared to $10.3 million in 2013.

Capital improvements
The table below summarizes capital improvements activity for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 (amounts in thousands).
For the years ended December 31, (1)
2014
2013
2012
Recurring Capital Expenditures (2)
$
24,877

$
24,881

$
29,287

Property upgrades and site development
9,219

591

920

New home investments (3)
17,629

23,553

29,218

Used home investments
10,119

14,731

15,179

Total Property
61,844

63,756

74,604

Corporate
1,877

958

656

Total Capital improvements
$
63,721

$
64,714

$
75,260

__________________________________________________
(1)
Excludes non-cash activity of approximately $1.4 million , $2.6 million and $5.3 million of used homes acquired by repossessions of Chattel Loans collateral for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , respectively.
(2)
Recurring capital expenditures are primarily comprised of common area improvements, furniture, and mechanical improvements.
(3)
Excludes new home investments associated with our ECHO JV.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $142.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to net cash used in financing activities of $196.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 . Significant components of net cash used in financing activities include:
We closed on $169.0 million in financing proceeds in 2014 compared to $375.5 million in financing proceeds in 2013(see Note 8 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of our borrowing arrangements).
We paid approximately $34.2 million of amortizing principal debt, approximately $90.0 million of maturing mortgages, refinanced the $53.8 million loan secured by our Colony Cove community and paid approximately $11.7 million in debt issuance and early debt retirement costs in 2014 . This compares to the approximately $350.7 million of amortizing principal debt, approximately $99.8 million of maturing mortgages and approximately $43.0 million in debt issuance and early debt retirement costs in 2013. (see Note 8 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of our borrowing arrangements).
We received approximately $20.0 million in LOC proceeds and made repayments in the same amount in 2013.
We made distributions of approximately $120.7 million in 2014 to common stockholders, common OP unitholders and preferred stockholders, paid approximately $1.9 million in stock repurchase and redemption costs, and paid approximately $0.6 million for offering costs and other expenses, offset by proceeds received of approximately $1.3 million from the exercise of stock options and the sale of shares through the employee stock purchase plan. (see Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of our equity transactions).
We made distributions of approximately $77.5 million in 2013 to common stockholders, common OP unitholders and preferred stockholders and paid approximately $0.5 million for offering costs (see Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for a description of our equity transactions).

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Contractual Obligations
As of December 31, 2014 , we were subject to certain contractual payment obligations as described in the table below (amounts in thousands):

Total (5)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Thereafter
Long Term Borrowings (1)
$
2,197,853

$
310,609

$
249,185

$
88,105

$
220,239

$
221,189

$
1,108,526

Interest Expense (2)
609,789

108,346

86,994

77,743

68,885

54,598

213,223

Operating Lease
13,692

1,862

1,961

1,993

2,039

1,925

3,912

LOC Maintenance Fee (3)
2,873

811

811

811

440



Ground Lease (4)
19,438

1,941

1,948

1,955

1,955

1,963

9,676

Total Contractual Obligations
$
2,843,645

$
423,569


$
340,899

$
170,607

$
293,558

$
279,675

$
1,335,337

Weighted average interest rates - Long Term Borrowings
4.73
%
5.10
%
5.00
%
4.91
%
4.81
%
4.57
%
4.57
%
_____________________
(1)
Balance excludes note premiums of $14.4 million . Balance s include debt maturing and scheduled periodic payments.
(2)
Amounts include interest expected to be incurred on our secured debt based on obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2014 .
(3)
As of December 31, 2014 , assumes we will not exercise our one year extension option on July 17, 2018 and assumes we will maintain our current leverage ratios as defined by the LOC.
(4)
We also lease land under non-cancelable operating leases at certain of the Properties expiring in various years from 2015 to 2054. The majority of the lease terms require twelve equal payments per year plus additional rents calculated as a percentage of gross revenues.
(5)
We do not include insurance, property taxes and cancelable contracts in the contractual obligations table.
We believe that we will be able to refinance our maturing debt obligations on a secured or unsecured basis; however, to the extent we are unable to refinance our debt as it matures, we believe that we will be able to repay such maturing debt through available cash as well as operating cash flow, asset sales and/or the proceeds from equity issuances. With respect to any refinancing of maturing debt, our future cash flow requirements could be impacted by significant changes in interest rates or other debt terms, including required amortization payments. As of December 31, 2014, 16.0% of our outstanding debt is fully amortizing.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosures. We believe that the following critical accounting policies, among others, affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Long-Lived Assets
Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations as incurred and significant renovations and improvements that improve the asset and extend the useful life of the asset are capitalized over their estimated useful life.
In accordance with the Codification Sub-Topic “Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” (“FASB ASC 360-10-35”), we periodically evaluate our long-lived assets to be held and used, including our investments in real estate, for impairment indicators. Our judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on factors such as operational performance, market conditions and legal factors. Future events could occur which would cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist and an impairment loss is warranted.
Real estate investments are subject to varying degrees of risk. Several factors may adversely affect the economic performance and value of our real estate investments. These factors include:
the general economic climate;
competition from other housing options;
local conditions, such as an increase in unemployment;
changes in governmental regulations and the related cost of compliance; and
changes in market rental rates.
Any adverse changes in these factors could cause an impairment in our assets, including real estate and investments in unconsolidated joint venture partnerships.
For long-lived assets to be held and used, if an impairment indicator exists, we compare the expected future undiscounted cash flows against the carrying amount of that asset. If the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying

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amount of the asset, we record an impairment loss for the carrying amount in excess of the estimated fair value, if any, of the asset. For the periods presented, no impairment losses were recorded.
For Properties to be disposed of, an impairment loss is recognized when the fair value of the Property, less the estimated cost to sell, is less than the carrying amount of the Property measured at the time we have made the decision to dispose of the Property, have a commitment to sell the Property and/or are actively marketing the Property for sale. A Property to be disposed of is reported at the lower of its carrying amount or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell. Subsequent to the date that a Property is held for disposition, depreciation expense is not recorded. We account for our Properties held for disposition in accordance with FASB ASC 360-10-35.
In April 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2014-08, “Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity” (“ASU 2014-08”). ASU 2014-08 revised the definition of discontinued operations to limit the criteria for classification and presentation to disposals of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. The pronouncement is effective prospectively beginning January 1, 2015, but allows for early adoption. Pursuant to its terms, we have elected to adopt ASU 2014-08, effective January 1, 2014. Accordingly, the results of assets sold or held for sale are classified as discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and within continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 . The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 (see Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for additional detail regarding our significant accounting policies).
Revenue Recognition
We account for leases with our customers as operating leases. Rental income is recognized over the term of the respective lease or the length of a customer’s stay, the majority of which are for a term of not greater than one year . We evaluate all amounts receivable from customers and an allowance is established for amounts greater than 30 days past due. Our allowance for uncollectible rents receivable was approximately $5.1 million and $4.9 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. We will continue to monitor and assess these receivables and changes in required allowances may occur in the future due to changes in the market environment.
In conjunction with the acquisition of the Thousand Trails business, we decided to account for the entry of right-to-use contracts in accordance with the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition” (“FASB ASC 605”) based on correspondence with the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC. A right-to-use contract gives the customer the right to a set schedule of usage at a specified group of Properties. Customers may choose to upgrade their contracts to increase their usage and the number of Properties they may access. A contract requires the customer to make annual payments during the term of the contract and may require an upfront nonrefundable payment. The stated term of a right-to-use contract is at least one year and the customer may renew his contract by continuing to make the annual payments. We will recognize the upfront nonrefundable payments over the estimated customer life which, based on historical attrition rates, we have estimated to be 31 years . For example, we have currently estimated that 2.9% of customers who enter a new right-to-use contract will terminate their contract after the fifth year. Therefore, the upfront nonrefundable payments from 2.9% of the contracts entered in any particular period are amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of five years as five years is the estimated customer life for 2.9% of our customers who enter a contract. The historical attrition rates for upgrade contracts are lower than for new contracts, and therefore, the nonrefundable upfront payments for upgrade contracts are amortized at a different rate than for new contracts.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update no. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP. Refer to Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for additional detail regarding this recently issued guidance.
We continue to monitor customer lives based on historical attrition rates and changes in revenue recognized may occur in the future due to changes in customer behavior.
Right-to-use annual payments by customers under the terms of the right-to-use contracts are deferred and recognized ratably over the one year period in which access to Sites at certain Properties are provided.
Business Combinations
We apply the provisions of Codification Topic “Business Combinations” (“FASB ASC 805”) to all transactions or events in which we obtain control of one or more businesses, including those effected without the transfer of consideration, for example, by contract or through a lapse of minority veto rights. These provisions require the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize the full fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction (whether a full or partial acquisition);

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establish the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed; and require expensing of most transaction and restructuring costs.
Our method for allocating the purchase price to acquired investments in real estate requires us to make subjective assessments for determining fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. This includes determining the value of the buildings, land and improvements, construction in progress, ground leases, in-place leases, above and/or below market leases, purchase option intangible assets and/or liabilities, and any debt assumed.We determine and allocate the purchase price of an acquired company to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the business combination date. The purchase price allocation process requires us to use significant estimates and assumptions, including fair value estimates, as of the business combination date. We utilize third-party valuation companies to help us determine certain fair value estimates used for assets and liabilities.
While we use our best estimates and assumptions as a part of the purchase price allocation process to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the business combination date, our estimates and assumptions are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the purchase price allocation period, which is generally one year from the business combination date, we may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements with any unconsolidated investments or joint ventures that we believe have or are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or capital resources.
Inflation
Substantially all of the leases at the Properties allow for monthly or annual rent increases which provide us with the opportunity to achieve increases, where justified by the market, as each lease matures. Such types of leases generally minimize our risks of inflation. In addition, our resort Properties are not generally subject to leases and rents are established for these Sites on an annual basis. Our right-to-use contracts generally provide for an annual dues increase, but dues may be frozen under the terms of certain contracts if the customer is over 61 years old.
Funds From Operations
Funds from Operations (“FFO”) is a non-GAAP financial measure. We believe FFO, as defined by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), is generally an appropriate measure of performance for an equity REIT. While FFO is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance for equity REITs, it does not represent cash flow from operations or net income as defined by GAAP, and it should not be considered as an alternative to these indicators in evaluating liquidity or operating performance.
We define FFO as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains and actual or estimated losses from sales of Properties, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization, impairments, if any, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis. We receive upfront nonrefundable payments from the entry of right-to-use contracts. In accordance with GAAP, the upfront nonrefundable payments and related commissions are deferred and amortized over the estimated customer life. Although the NAREIT definition of FFO does not address the treatment of nonrefundable right-to-use payments, we believe that it is appropriate to adjust for the impact of the deferral activity in our calculation of FFO.
Normalized Funds from Operations (“Normalized FFO”) is a non-GAAP measure. We define Normalized FFO as FFO excluding the following non-operating income and expense items: a) the financial impact of contingent consideration; b) gains and losses from early debt extinguishment, including prepayment penalties and defeasance costs; c) property acquisition and other transaction costs related to mergers and acquisitions; and d) other miscellaneous non-comparable items.
We believe that FFO and Normalized FFO are helpful to investors as supplemental measures of the performance of an equity REIT. We believe that by excluding the effect of depreciation, amortization and actual or estimated gains or losses from sales of real estate, all of which are based on historical costs and which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other equity REITs. We further believe that Normalized FFO provides useful information to investors, analysts and our management because it allows them to compare our operating performance to the operating performance of other real estate companies and between periods on a consistent basis without having to account for differences not related to our operations. For example, we believe that excluding the early extinguishment of debt, property acquisition and other transaction costs related to mergers and acquisitions and the change in fair value of our contingent consideration asset from Normalized FFO allows investors, analysts and our management to assess the sustainability of operating performance in future periods because these costs do not affect the future operations of the Properties.

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In some cases, we provide information about identified non-cash components of FFO and Normalized FFO because it allows investors, analysts and our management to assess the impact of those items.
Investors should review FFO and Normalized FFO along with GAAP net income and cash flow from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, when evaluating an equity REIT’s operating performance. We compute FFO in accordance with our interpretation of standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. Normalized FFO presented herein is not necessarily comparable to normalized FFO presented by other real estate companies due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same methodology for computing this amount. FFO and Normalized FFO do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, nor do they represent cash available to pay distributions and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, determined in accordance with GAAP, as an indication of our financial performance, or to cash flow from operating activities, determined in accordance with GAAP, as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions.
The following table presents a calculation of FFO and Normalized FFO for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands):
2014
2013
2012
Computation of funds from operations:
Net income available for common shares
$
118,731

$
106,919

$
54,779

Income allocated to common OP Units
10,463

9,706

5,067

Right-to-use contract upfront payments, deferred, net
5,501

5,694

6,694

Right-to-use contract commissions, deferred, net
(2,617
)
(2,410
)
(3,155
)
Depreciation on real estate assets
100,159

101,694

96,530

Depreciation on real estate assets, discontinued operations

1,536

2,832

Depreciation on rental homes
10,906

6,535

5,553

Amortization of in-place leases
3,999

1,940

39,467

Amortization of in-place leases, discontinued operations


5,656

Depreciation on unconsolidated joint ventures
903

960

1,166

Gain on sale of property
(1,457
)
(41,525
)
(4,596
)
FFO available for common shares
$
246,588

$
191,049

$
209,993

Change in fair value of contingent consideration asset
(65
)
1,442

(462
)
Transaction costs
1,647

1,963

157

Early debt retirement
5,087

37,844


Normalized FFO available for common shares
$
253,257

$
232,298

$
209,688

Weighted average common shares outstanding—fully diluted
91,511

91,196

90,862


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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. Our earnings, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent on prevailing market interest rates. The primary market risk we face is long-term indebtedness, which bears interest at fixed and variable rates. The fair value of our long-term debt obligations is affected by changes in market interest rates with scheduled maturities from 2015 to 2039 . At December 31, 2014 , approximately 100% or approximately $2.0 billion of our outstanding secured debt had fixed interest rates with scheduled maturities from 2015 to 2039 , which minimizes the market risk until the debt matures. For each increase in interest rates of 1% (or 100 basis points), the fair value of the total outstanding debt would decrease by approximately $151.4 million . For each decrease in interest rates of 1% (or 100 basis points), the fair value of the total outstanding debt would increase by approximately $163.9 million . If interest rates were to increase or decrease by 1%, there would be no effect on interest expense or cash flows as our outstanding secured debt has fixed interest rates.
As of December 31, 2014 , none of our outstanding secured debt was short-term. Our $200.0 million Term Loan has variable rates based on LIBOR plus 1.35% to 1.95% per annum. However, we entered into the 2014 Swap that fixed the underlying LIBOR rate at 1.04% per annum for the first three years.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used, words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “project,” “intend,” “may be” and “will be” and similar words or phrases, or the negative thereof, unless the context requires otherwise, are intended to identify forward-looking statements and may include without limitation, information regarding our expectations, goals or intentions regarding the future, and the expected effect of recent acquisitions on us. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:
our ability to control costs, real estate market conditions, the actual rate of decline in customers, the actual use of Sites by customers and our success in acquiring new customers at our Properties (including those that we may acquire);
our ability to maintain historical or increase future rental rates and occupancy with respect to Properties currently owned or that we may acquire;
our ability to retain and attract customers renewing, upgrading and entering right-to-use contracts;
our assumptions about rental and home sales markets;
our ability to manage counterparty risk;
in the age-qualified Properties, home sales results could be impacted by the ability of potential home buyers to sell their existing residences as well as by financial, credit and capital markets volatility;
results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by local economic conditions, lack of affordable manufactured home financing and competition from alternative housing options including site-built single-family housing;
impact of government intervention to stabilize site-built single family housing and not manufactured housing;
effective integration of recent acquisitions and our estimates regarding the future performance of recent acquisitions;
the completion of future transactions in their entirety, if any, and timing and effective integration with respect thereto;
unanticipated costs or unforeseen liabilities associated with recent acquisitions;
ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt on favorable terms or at all;
the effect of interest rates;
the dilutive effects of issuing additional securities;
the effect of accounting for the entry of contracts with customers representing a right-to-use the Properties under the Codification Topic “ Revenue Recognition;
the outcome of  pending or future lawsuits filed against us by tenant groups seeking to limit rent increases and/or seeking large damage awards for our alleged failure to properly maintain certain Properties or other tenant related matters, such as the case currently pending in the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, Case No. H041913, involving our California Hawaiian manufactured home property, including any further proceedings on appeal or in the trial court; and
other risks indicated from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements are based on management’s present expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. We are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or alter our forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1 of this Form 10-K.
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures, designed to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that we will detect or uncover failures to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in our periodic reports.
Our management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2014 . Based on that evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this annual report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to give reasonable assurances to the timely collection, evaluation and our disclosure of information that would potentially be subject to disclosure under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder as of December 31, 2014 .
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no material changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2014 .
Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Based on management’s assessment, we maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 . In making this assessment, management used the criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” (2013 framework).
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 has been audited by our independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report on Page F-2 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Item 9B. Other Information
Pursuant to the authority granted in the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, on January 22, 2015 the Compensation Committee approved the annual award of restricted common stock (the “2015 Board ChairPerson Award”) to be granted to the Chairman of the Board, the Compensation Committee Chairperson and Lead Director, the Executive Committee Chairperson and the Audit Committee Chairperson for services rendered in 2015. On January 26, 2015, the Board of Directors ratified the Compensation Committee’s approval of the 2015 Board Award. The recipients of the 2015 Board Award were allowed to elect to take these shares as options to purchase the number of shares of our common stock equal to five times the number of shares of restricted stock that would have been awarded, with such election being made prior to or on the grant date. All recipients elected to receive the 2015 Board Award as restricted common stock. On February 2, 2015, Mr. Samuel Zell was awarded 40,000 shares of restricted common stock for his service as Chairman of the Board; Ms. Sheli Rosenberg was awarded 2,367 shares of restricted common stock for her service as Compensation Committee Chairperson and Lead Director; Mr. Howard Walker was awarded 2,367 shares of restricted common stock for his service as Executive Committee Chairperson; and Mr. Phil Calian was awarded 2,367 shares of restricted common stock for his service as Audit Committee Chairperson.  The shares awarded to Ms. Rosenberg, Mr. Walker and Mr. Calian were determined by dividing $130,000 by the closing price for a share of our common stock on the grant date of February 2, 2015.  One-third of the shares awarded under the 2015 Board Award will vest on each of December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017.


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PART III
Items 10 and 11 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance, and Executive Compensation
The information required by Items 10 and 11 will be contained in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2015 Annual Meeting and is therefore incorporated by reference, and thus Items 10 and 11 have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G.(3) to Form 10-K.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans required by Item 12 follows:
Plan Category
Number of securities to
be Issued upon Exercise
of Outstanding  Options,
Warrants and Rights
(a)
Weighted-average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)
1,085,600

21.95


Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (2)


3,563,334

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (3)
N/A

N/A

500,128

Total
1,085,600

21.95

4,063,462

_________________________________
(1)
Represents shares of common stock under our Stock Option and Award Plan adopted in December 1992, prior to its expiration.
(2)
Represents shares of common stock under our Equity Incentive Plan effective May 13, 2014 (the “2014 Plan”).
(3)
Represents shares of common stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which was adopted by the Board of Directors in July 1997, as amended in May 2006. Under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, eligible employees make monthly contributions which are used to purchase shares of common stock at a purchase price equal to 85% of the lesser of the closing price of a share of common stock on the first or last trading day of the purchase period. Purchases of common stock under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are made on the first business day of the next month after the close of the purchase period. Under New York Stock Exchange rules then in effect, stockholder approval was not required for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan because it is a broad-based plan available generally to all employees.
The information required by Item 403 of Regulation S-K “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” required by Item 12 will be contained in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2015 Annual Meeting and is therefore incorporated by reference, and thus has been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G.(3) to Form 10-K.
Items 13 and 14 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence, and Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The information required by Item 13 and Item 14 will be contained in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2015 Annual Meeting and is therefore incorporated by reference, and thus Item 13 and 14 has been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G.(3) to Form 10-K.











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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules

1.
Financial Statements
See Index to Financial Statements and Schedule on page F-1 of this Form 10-K.

2.
Financial Statement Schedule
See Index to Financial Statements and Schedule on page F-1 of this Form 10-K.

3.
Exhibits:

In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, please remember they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:
should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;
have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement;
may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and
were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.
Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about us may be found elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov .
2.1 (i)
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 31, 2011, by and among, MHC Operating Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., and the entities listed as “Sellers” on the signature page thereto
2.2 (i)
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 31, 2011, by and among MH Financial Services, L.L.C., Hometown America Management, L.L.C., Hometown America Management, L.P., and Hometown America Management Corp., as sellers, and Realty Systems, Inc. and MHC Operating Limited Partnership, collectively, as purchaser
3.1 (e)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. effective May 15, 2007
3.4 (f)
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws effective August 8, 2007
3.7 (l)
Articles Supplementary designating our 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $2,500.00 per share, par value $0.01 per share
3.8 (m)
Articles of Amendment of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc, effective November 26, 2013
3.9 (n)
Articles Supplementary reclassifying shares of authorized but unissued preferred stock
3.10 (n)
Articles Supplementary for the 6% Series D Cumulative Non-Qualified Preferred Stock of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc
3.11 (n)
Articles Supplementary for the 18.75% Series E Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc
3.12 (n)
Articles Supplementary for the 6.75% Series F Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc
3.13 (r)
Articles Supplementary reclassifying shares of authorized preferred stock
4.3 (h)
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate Evidencing the Common Stock of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., par value $0.01 per share

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4.6 (j)
Form of Depositary Agreement, among us, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Depositary, and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Shares
4.7 (l)
Specimen Stock Certificate Evidencing our 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $2,500.00 per share, par value $0.01 per share
4.8 (l)
Specimen Receipt Evidencing the Depositary Shares
10.4 (a)
Second Amended and Restated MHC Operating Limited Partnership Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated March 15, 1996
10.5 (c)
Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership for MHC Operating Limited Partnership, dated February 27, 2004
10.6 (n)
Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership for MHC Operating Limited Partnership effective as of December 31, 2013
10.10 (b)
Form of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. 1997 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan
10.11 (o)
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan effective May 13, 2014
10.33 (d)
Amendment of Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated May 3, 2006
10.34 (d)
Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.43 (g)
Form of Trust Agreement Establishing Howard Walker Deferred Compensation Trust, dated December 8, 2000
10.46 (q)
Amended, Restated and Consolidated Credit Agreement, dated July 17, 2014, by and among Equity Lifestyle
Properties, Inc. MHC Operating Limited Partnership, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and each of the Lenders set forth
therein dated July 17, 2014
10.49 (q)
Amended, Restated and Consolidated Guaranty dated July 17, 2014 by Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. in favor
of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A dated July 17, 2014
10.55 (k)
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 6, 2012, by and among us, the Operating Partnership and RBC Capital Markets, LLC
10.56 (k)
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 6, 2012, by and among us, the Operating Partnership and RBS Securities Inc.
10.57 (k)
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 6, 2012, by and among us, the Operating Partnership and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
10.58 (k)
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 6, 2012, by and among us, the Operating Partnership and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
10.59 (p)
Form of Restricted Share Award Agreement for the Plan
10.60 (p)
Form of Option Award Agreement for the Plan
12 (s)
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
14 (s)
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. Business Ethics and Conduct Policy, dated November 5, 2014
21 (s)
Subsidiaries of the registrant
23 (s)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1 (s)
Power of Attorney for Philip C. Calian dated February 17, 2015
24.2 (s)
Power of Attorney for David J. Contis dated February 17, 2015
24.3 (s)
Power of Attorney for Thomas E. Dobrowski dated February 23, 2015
24.4 (s)
Power of Attorney for Thomas P. Heneghan dated February 18, 2015
24.5 (s)
Power of Attorney for Sheli Z. Rosenberg dated February 23, 2015
24.6 (s)
Power of Attorney for Howard Walker dated February 23, 2015
24.7 (s)
Power of Attorney for Gary Waterman dated February 19, 2015
24.8 (s)
Power of Attorney for William Young dated February 17, 2015

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24.9 (s)
Power of Attorney for Samuel Zell dated February 23, 2015
31.1 (s)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant To Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
31.2 (s)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant To Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
32.1 (s)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
32.2 (s)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
101
The following materials from Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow, and (iv) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The following documents are incorporated herein by reference.
(a)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996
(b)
Included as Exhibit A to our definitive Proxy Statement dated March 28, 1997, relating to Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 13, 1997
(c)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 10-K dated December 31, 2005
(d)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 10-K dated December 31, 2006
(e)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2007
(f)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2007
(g)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated December 8, 2000, filed on September 25, 2008
(h)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form S-3 ASR dated May 6, 2009
(i)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated May 31, 2011
(j)
Included as an exhibit to our Schedule TO/13E-3 dated August 23, 2012
(k)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated September 6, 2012
(l)
Included as an exhibit to our Form 8-A dated September 14, 2012
(m)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated November 25, 2013
(n)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated January 2, 2014
(o)
Included as Appendix B to our Definitive Proxy Statement dated March 24, 2014
(p)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2014
(q)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2014
(r)
Included as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K dated February 12, 2015
(s)
Filed herewith


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
Date:
February 24, 2015
By:
/s/    M ARGUERITE N ADER
Marguerite Nader
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:
February 24, 2015
By:
/s/    P AUL S EAVEY
Paul Seavey
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:
February 24, 2015
By:
/s/    J OHN L OS
John Los
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.—Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/  M ARGUERITE N ADER
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) *Attorney in Fact
February 24, 2015
Marguerite Nader
/s/  P AUL S EAVEY
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) *Attorney in Fact
February 24, 2015
Paul Seavey
/s/  J OHN L OS
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
February 24, 2015
John Los
*S AMUEL Z ELL
Chairman of the Board
February 24, 2015
Samuel Zell
*H OWARD W ALKER
Co-Vice-Chairman of the Board
February 24, 2015
Howard Walker
*T HOMAS P. H ENEGHAN
Co-Vice-Chairman of the Board
February 24, 2015
Thomas P. Heneghan
*P HILIP C. C ALIAN
Director
February 24, 2015
Philip C. Calian
*D AVID J. C ONTIS
Director
February 24, 2015
David J. Contis
*T HOMAS E. D OBROWSKI
Director
February 24, 2015
Thomas E. Dobrowski
* S HELI Z. R OSENBERG
Director
February 24, 2015
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
*G ARY W ATERMAN
Director
February 24, 2015
Gary Waterman
*W ILLIAM Y OUNG
Director
February 24, 2015
William Young


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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Schedule III—Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
Note that certain schedules have been omitted, as they are not applicable to us.

F-1




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
We have audited Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.’s (Equity Lifestyle Properties or the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 , based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). Equity Lifestyle Properties’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 , based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014 , and the financial statement schedule listed in the Index to the financial statements, of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., and our report dated February 24, 2015 , expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
February 24, 2015


F-2




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (Equity Lifestyle Properties or the Company), as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014 . Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index to the financial statements. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Equity Lifestyle Properties at December 31, 2014 and 2013 , and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014 , in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method for reporting discontinued operations effective January 1, 2014.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Equity Lifestyle Properties’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 , based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated February 24, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
February 24, 2015



F-3




Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013
(amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
Assets
Investment in real estate:
Land
$
1,091,550

$
1,025,246

Land improvements
2,734,304

2,667,213

Buildings and other depreciable property
562,059

535,647

4,387,913

4,228,106

Accumulated depreciation
(1,169,492
)
(1,058,540
)
Net investment in real estate
3,218,421

3,169,566

Cash
73,714

58,427

Notes receivable, net
37,137

42,990

Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures
13,512

11,583

Deferred financing costs, net
21,833

19,873

Deferred commission expense
28,589

25,251

Escrow deposits, goodwill and other assets, net
53,133

64,619

Total Assets
$
3,446,339

$
3,392,309

Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Mortgage notes payable
$
2,012,246

$
1,992,368

Term loan
200,000

200,000

Unsecured lines of credit


Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
64,520

65,157

Deferred revenue—upfront payments from right-to-use contracts
74,174

68,673

Deferred revenue—right-to-use annual payments
9,790

11,136

Accrued interest payable
9,496

9,416

Rents and other customer payments received in advance and security deposits
67,463

59,601

Distributions payable
29,623

22,753

Total Liabilities
2,467,312

2,429,104

Equity:
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value 9,765,900 and 9,765,525 shares authorized as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively; none issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2014 includes 179,639 authorized shares 6% Series D Cumulative Preferred stock authorized; none issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2013, includes 179,764 shares 6% Series D Cumulative Preferred stock authorized; 125 issued and outstanding and 250 shares 18.75% Series E Cumulative Preferred stock issued and outstanding


6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 54,461 shares authorized and 54,458 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 at liquidation value
136,144

136,144

Common stock, $0.01 par value 200,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013; 83,879,779 and 83,313,677 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively
838

834

Paid-in capital
1,029,601

1,021,365

Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings
(254,209
)
(264,083
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(381
)
(927
)
Total Stockholders’ Equity
911,993

893,333

Non-controlling interests – Common OP Units
67,034

69,872

Total Equity
979,027

963,205

Total Liabilities and Equity
$
3,446,339

$
3,392,309






The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

F-4




Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012
(amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
2014
2013
2012
Revenues:
Community base rental income
$
426,886

$
409,801

$
394,606

Rental home income
14,827

14,267

11,649

Resort base rental income
163,968

147,234

134,327

Right-to-use annual payments
44,860

47,967

47,662

Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
13,892

13,815

14,025

Right-to-use contract upfront payments, deferred, net
(5,501
)
(5,694
)
(6,694
)
Utility and other income
70,209

63,800

62,470

Gross revenues from home sales
28,418

17,871

8,230

Brokered resale revenues and ancillary services revenues, net
3,850

4,212

3,093

Interest income
8,347

8,260

8,135

Income from other investments, net
7,053

7,515

6,795

Total revenues
776,809

729,048

684,298

Expenses:
Property operating and maintenance
243,914

229,897

220,415

Rental home operating and maintenance
7,441

7,474

6,369

Real estate taxes
48,714

48,279

45,590

Sales and marketing, gross
12,418

13,509

11,437

Right-to-use contract commissions, deferred, net
(2,617
)
(2,410
)
(3,155
)
Property management
42,638

40,193

37,999

Depreciation on real estate assets and rental homes
111,065

108,229

102,083

Amortization of in-place leases
3,999

1,940

39,467

Cost of home sales
26,747

17,296

9,018

Home selling expenses
2,342

2,085

1,391

General and administrative
27,410

28,211

26,388

Property rights initiatives
2,923

2,771

1,456

Early debt retirement
5,087

37,844


Interest and related amortization
112,295

118,522

123,992

Total expenses
644,376

653,840

622,450

Income from continuing operations before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures and gain on sale of property
132,433

75,208

61,848

Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
4,578

2,039

1,899

Gain on sale of property
1,457



Consolidated income from continuing operations
138,468

77,247

63,747

Discontinued Operations:
Income from discontinued operations before gain on sale of property

7,133

6,116

Gain on sale of property, net of tax

41,525

4,596

Consolidated income from discontinued operations

48,658

10,712

Consolidated net income
138,468

125,905

74,459

Income allocated to non-controlling interests – Common OP Units
(10,463
)
(9,706
)
(5,067
)
Series A Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock Dividends


(11,704
)
Series C Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock Dividends
(9,274
)
(9,280
)
(2,909
)
Net income available for Common Shares
$
118,731

$
106,919

$
54,779

Consolidated net income
$
138,468

$
125,905

$
74,459

Other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”):
Adjustment for fair market value of swap
546

1,663

(43
)
Consolidated comprehensive income
139,014

127,568

74,416

Comprehensive income allocated to non-controlling interests – Common OP Units
(10,506
)
(9,845
)
(5,061
)
Series A Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock Dividends


(11,704
)
Series C Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock Dividends
(9,274
)
(9,280
)
(2,909
)
Comprehensive income attributable to Common Stockholders
$
119,234

$
108,443

$
54,742





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

F-5




Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012
(amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
2014
2013
2012
Earnings per Common Share – Basic:
Income from continuing operations
$
1.42

$
0.75

$
0.55

Income from discontinued operations
$

$
0.54

$
0.12

Net income available for Common Shares
$
1.42

$
1.29

$
0.67

Earnings per Common Share – Fully Diluted:
Income from continuing operations
$
1.41

$
0.75

$
0.54

Income from discontinued operations
$

$
0.53

$
0.12

Net income available for Common Shares
$
1.41

$
1.28

$
0.66

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding – basic
83,362

83,018

82,348

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding – fully diluted
91,511

91,196

90,862









































The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

F-6




Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes In Equity
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012
(amounts in thousands)
Common
Stock
Paid-in
Capital
8.034% Series A
Cumulative
Redeemable
Perpetual
Preferred  Stock
6.75%  Series C Cumulative
Redeemable
Perpetual
Preferred  Stock
Distributions
in Excess of
Accumulated
Earnings
Non-
controlling
interests –
Common OP
Units
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Equity
Balance, December 31, 2011
$
828

$
998,067

$

$

$
(270,021
)
$
72,953

$
(2,547
)
$
799,280

Conversion of OP Units to common stock
3

6,717




(6,720
)


Issuance of common stock through exercise of options
1

3,855






3,856

Issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan

1,076






1,076

Compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock

5,797






5,797

Repurchase of common stock or Common OP Units

(1,287
)





(1,287
)
Adjustment for Common OP Unitholders in the Operating Partnership

(450
)



450



Shelf registration costs

(504
)





(504
)
Adjustment for fair market value of swap






(43
)
(43
)
Preferred Stock Offering Costs

(757
)





(757
)
Reclassification of Series A Preferred Stock


200,000





200,000

Net income available for Common Shares




54,779

5,067


59,846

Distributions




(72,410
)
(6,696
)

(79,106
)
Exchange of Preferred Stock


(136,144
)
136,144





Redemption of Preferred Stock


(63,856
)




(63,856
)
Balance, December 31, 2012
$
832

$
1,012,514

$

$
136,144

$
(287,652
)
$
65,054

$
(2,590
)
$
924,302

Conversion of OP Units to common stock

280




(280
)


Issuance of common stock through exercise of options
1

247






248

Issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan
1

719






720

Compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock

5,952






5,952

Repurchase of common stock or Common OP Units

(1,121
)





(1,121
)
Adjustment for Common OP Unitholders in the Operating Partnership

6,730




(6,730
)


Adjustment for fair market value of swap






1,663

1,663

Release of common shares from escrow

(3,412
)





(3,412
)
Net income



9,280

106,919

9,706


125,905

Distributions



(9,280
)
(83,350
)
(7,564
)

(100,194
)
Issuance of OP units





9,686


9,686

Other

(544
)





(544
)
Balance, December 31, 2013
$
834

$
1,021,365

$

$
136,144

$
(264,083
)
$
69,872

$
(927
)
$
963,205

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.



F-7




Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes In Equity
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012
(amounts in thousands)

Common
Stock
Paid-in
Capital
8.034% Series A
Cumulative
Redeemable
Perpetual
Preferred  Stock
6.75%  Series C Cumulative
Redeemable
Perpetual
Preferred  Stock
Distributions
in Excess of
Accumulated
Earnings
Non-
controlling
interests –
Common OP
Units
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Equity
Balance, December 31, 2013
$
834

$
1,021,365

$

$
136,144

$
(264,083
)
$
69,872

$
(927
)
$
963,205

Conversion of OP Units to common stock
4

4,091




(4,095
)


Issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan
1

1,327






1,328

Compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock

7,568






7,568

Repurchase of common stock or Common OP Units

(1,870
)





(1,870
)
Adjustment for Common OP Unitholders in the Operating Partnership

(727
)



727



Adjustment for fair market value of swap






546

546

Release of common shares from escrow
(1
)
(1,933
)





(1,934
)
Net income



9,274

118,731

10,463


138,468

Distributions



(9,274
)
(108,857
)
(9,558
)

(127,689
)
Other

(220
)



(375
)

(595
)
Balance, December 31, 2014
$
838

$
1,029,601

$

$
136,144

$
(254,209
)
$
67,034

$
(381
)
$
979,027















The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

F-8




Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012
(amounts in thousands)
2014
2013
2012
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Consolidated net income
$
138,468

$
125,905

$
74,459

Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Gain on sale of property
(1,457
)
(41,525
)
(4,596
)
Early debt retirement expense
5,087

37,844


Depreciation expense
111,872

110,505

105,578

Amortization of in-place leases
3,999

1,940

45,122

Amortization of loan costs
4,783

5,304

5,754

Debt premium amortization
(5,185
)
(6,842
)
(6,764
)
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
(4,578
)
(2,039
)
(1,899
)
Distributions of income from unconsolidated joint ventures
3,362

1,311

1,839

Amortization of stock-related compensation
7,568

5,952

5,797

Revenue recognized from right-to-use contract upfront payments
(8,391
)
(8,121
)
(7,331
)
Commission expense recognized related to right-to-use contracts
2,934

2,601

2,310

Long term incentive plan compensation
1,900

1,907

782

Provision for uncollectible rents receivable
101

230

3,243

Changes in assets and liabilities:
Notes receivable activity, net
(1,037
)
(123
)
409

Deferred commission expense
(6,272
)
(5,011
)
(5,465
)
Escrow deposits, goodwill and other assets
22,230

7,180

5,889

Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
(5,282
)
83

(3,041
)
Deferred revenue – upfront payments from right-to-use contracts
13,892

13,815

14,025

Deferred revenue – right-to-use annual payments
(1,346
)
48

(789
)
Rents received in advance and security deposits
3,097

4,385

1,123

Net cash provided by operating activities
285,745

255,349

236,445

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Real estate acquisition
(81,391
)
(117,707
)
(24,213
)
Proceeds from disposition of rental properties and other
2,102

157,975

7,564

Tax-deferred exchange deposit
10,576

(11,976
)

Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures
(3,489
)
(2,641
)

Distributions of capital from unconsolidated joint ventures
2,580



Repayments of notes receivable
14,899

11,552

11,071

Issuance of notes receivable
(9,441
)
(10,343
)
(5,727
)
Capital improvements
(63,721
)
(64,714
)
(75,260
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(127,885
)
(37,854
)
(86,565
)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Net proceeds from stock options and employee stock purchase plan
1,326

968

4,932

Distributions:
Common Stockholders
(102,346
)
(62,546
)
(89,489
)
Common OP Unitholders
(9,123
)
(5,648
)
(6,696
)
Preferred Stockholders
(9,274
)
(9,280
)
(14,613
)
Stock repurchase and unit redemption
(1,870
)
(1,121
)
(1,287
)
Lines of credit repayments

(20,000
)

Lines of credit proceeds

20,000


Principal payments and mortgage debt payoff
(178,040
)
(450,492
)
(167,552
)
New mortgage notes payable financing proceeds
169,000

375,500

159,500

Non-controlling interest proceeds


170

Redemption of preferred stock


(63,856
)
Debt issuance costs
(11,651
)
(43,031
)
(3,062
)
Other
(595
)
(544
)
(1,261
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(142,573
)
(196,194
)
(183,214
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
15,287

21,301

(33,334
)
Cash, beginning of period
58,427

37,126

70,460

Cash, end of period
$
73,714

$
58,427

$
37,126







The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

F-9





Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012
(amounts in thousands)
2014
2013
2012
Supplemental cash flow disclosure, including non-cash activities:
Cash paid during the period for interest
$
112,963

$
120,497

$
125,121

Capital improvements – used homes acquired by repossessions
$
1,431

$
2,591

$
5,313

Net repayments of notes receivable – used homes acquired by repossessions
$
(1,431
)
$
(2,591
)
$
(5,313
)
Building and other depreciable property – reclassification of rental homes
$
23,494

$
14,401

$
4,127

Escrow deposits and other assets – reclassification of rental homes
$
(23,494
)
$
(14,401
)
$
(4,127
)
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock Exchange
$

$

$
(136,144
)
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock Exchange
$

$

$
136,144

Real estate acquisitions:
Investment in real estate
$
(122,366
)
$
(133,344
)
$
(18,738
)
Deferred financing costs, net
(284
)
(59
)

Rents and other customer receivables


(29
)
Rents and other customer payments received in advance and security deposits
4,765

1,017

440

Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
1,947

711

376

Escrow deposits and other assets
(12
)
(1,100
)
(6,262
)
Debt assumed and financed on acquisition
34,559

5,382


Non-controlling interest - Common OP Units

9,686


Real estate acquisitions, net
$
(81,391
)
$
(117,707
)
$
(24,213
)
Proceeds from dispositions of rental property and other:
Investment in real estate
$
87

$
113,068

$
2,458

Notes receivable, net

6,507


Other, net
558

(2,167
)
510

Gain on sale of property
1,457

40,567

4,596

Total proceeds from dispositions of rental property and other
$
2,102

$
157,975

$
7,564































The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

F-10

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements




Note 1—Our Organization and Basis of Presentation
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (“ELS”), a Maryland corporation, together with MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and other consolidated subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”), is referred to herein as “we,” “us,” and “our.” We are a fully integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties (“Properties”). We lease individual developed areas (“Sites”) with access to utilities for placement of factory built homes, cottages, cabins or recreational vehicles (“RVs”). Properties are designed and improved for several home options of various sizes and designs that are produced off-site, installed and set on designated Sites (“Site Set”) within the Properties. At certain Properties, we provide access to our Sites through right-to-use or membership contracts. We believe that we have qualified for taxation as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes since our taxable year ended December 31, 1993. We plan to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. For example, to qualify as a REIT, at least 95% of our gross income must come from sources that are itemized in the REIT tax laws. We must meet a number of organizational requirements, including a requirement to distribute to stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income computed without regard to our deduction for dividends paid and our net capital gain.
If we fail to qualify as a REIT, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates. Also, unless the IRS granted us relief under certain statutory provisions, we would remain disqualified as a REIT for four years following the year we first failed to qualify. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are subject to certain foreign, state and local taxes on our income and property and U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.
Our operations are conducted primarily through the Operating Partnership. We contributed the proceeds from our initial public offering and subsequent offerings to the Operating Partnership for a general partnership interest. In 2004, the general partnership interest was contributed to MHC Trust, a private REIT subsidiary we owned. As of December 31, 2013, MHC Trust was merged into ELS resulting in the general partnership interest of the Operating Partnership being directly held by ELS. In connection with the merger, we issued 125 shares of 6% Series D Cumulative Non-Qualified Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) and 250 shares of 18.75% Series E Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) in exchange for similar preferred stock held by stockholders of MHC Trust. As of December 31, 2014 , we redeemed all of the outstanding Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock. The financial results of the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in our consolidated financial statements. In addition, since certain activities, if performed by us, may cause us to earn income which is not qualifying for the REIT gross income tests, we have formed taxable REIT Subsidiaries, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to engage in such activities.
Several Properties are wholly owned by Realty Systems, Inc. (“RSI”), one of our taxable REIT Subsidiaries. In addition, RSI is engaged in the business of purchasing and selling or leasing Site Set homes that are located in Properties we own and manage. RSI also provides brokerage services to residents at such Properties for those residents who move from a Property but do not relocate their homes. RSI may provide brokerage services, in competition with other local brokers, by seeking buyers for the Site Set homes. Subsidiaries of RSI also operate ancillary activities at certain Properties consisting of operations such as golf courses, pro shops, stores and restaurants.
The limited partners of the Operating Partnership (the “Common OP Unitholders”) receive an allocation of net income that is based on their respective ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership that is shown on the Consolidated Financial Statements as Non-controlling interests—Common OP Units. As of December 31, 2014 , the Non-Controlling Interests—Common OP Units represented 7,231,967 units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”) which are convertible into an equivalent number of shares of our common stock. The issuance of additional shares of common stock or Common OP Units changes the respective ownership of the Operating Partnership for the Non-controlling interests—Common OP Units.
On July 15, 2013, we effected a two-for-one stock split of our common stock (see Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K). All common stock and Common Operating Partnership Unit share and per share data in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and notes for periods prior to this date have been adjusted retroactively to reflect the stock split.

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
We follow accounting standards set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, commonly referred to as the “FASB.” The FASB sets Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), which we follow to ensure that we consistently report our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. References to GAAP in the United States issued by the FASB in these footnotes are to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”).
(a)
Basis of Consolidation
We consolidate our majority-owned Subsidiaries in which we have the ability to control the operations of our Subsidiaries and all variable interest entities with respect to which we are the primary beneficiary. We also consolidate entities in which we have a controlling direct or indirect voting interest. All inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For business combinations, the purchase price of Properties is accounted for in accordance with the Codification Topic “Business Combinations” (“FASB ASC 805”).
We have applied the Codification Sub-Topic “Variable Interest Entities” (“FASB ASC 810-10-15”). The objective of FASB ASC 810-10-15 is to provide guidance on how to identify a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and determine when the assets, liabilities, non-controlling interests, and results of operations of a VIE need to be included in a company’s consolidated financial statements. Generally, an entity is determined to be a VIE when either (1) the equity investors (if any) lack one or more of the essential characteristics of a controlling financial interest, (2) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities without additional subordinated financial support or (3) the equity investors have voting rights that are not proportionate to their economic interests and the activities of the entity involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor with a disproportionately small voting interest. The primary beneficiary is the entity that has both (1) the power to direct matters that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (2) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. We consider a variety of factors in identifying the entity that holds the power to direct matters that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance including, but not limited to, the ability to direct financing, and other operating decisions and activities. In addition, we consider the rights of other investors to participate in policy making decisions, to replace or remove the manager of the entity and to liquidate or sell the entity. The obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits when a reporting entity is affiliated with a VIE must be based on ownership, contractual, and/or other pecuniary interests in that VIE. We have concluded that, as of December 31, 2014, we were not the primary beneficiary of any VIE’s.
We have also applied the Codification Sub-Topic “Control of Partnerships and Similar Entities” (“FASB ASC 810-20”), which determines whether a general partner or the general partners as a group controls a limited partnership or similar entity and therefore should consolidate the entity. We apply FASB ASC 810-10-15 and FASB ASC 810-20 to all types of entity ownership (general and limited partnerships and corporate interests).
We apply the equity method of accounting to entities in which we do not have a controlling direct or indirect voting interest or for variable interest entities where we are not considered the primary beneficiary, but can exercise influence over the entity with respect to our operations and major decisions. The cost method is applied when (i) the investment is minimal (typically less than 5% ) and (ii) our investment is passive. Our exposure to losses associated with unconsolidated joint ventures is primarily limited to the carrying value of these investments. Accordingly, distributions from a joint venture in excess of our carrying value are recognized in earnings.
(b)
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All property, Site counts and acreage amounts are unaudited.
(c)
Markets
We have two reportable segments which are: (i) Property Operations and (ii) Home Sales and Rental Operations. The Property Operations segment owns and operates land lease Properties and the Home Sales and Rental Operations segment purchases, sells and leases homes at the Properties. The distribution of the Properties throughout the United States reflects our belief that geographic diversification helps insulate the portfolio from regional economic influences.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(d)
Real Estate
Real estate is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Our policy is to estimate useful lives associated with our real estate assets and to depreciate the assets on a straight-line basis based on our estimates. In January 2014, we completed a review of the useful lives and salvage values of manufactured homes. During the first quarter of 2014, we prospectively modified the depreciable life estimate of our new manufactured homes to 25 years and our used homes to 10 - 25 years. We continue to use a 30 -year estimated life for buildings and structural and land improvements acquired (including Site development), a 10 -year estimated life for building upgrades, a five -year estimated life for furniture, fixtures and equipment and lease intangibles over the average life of acquired in-place leases. The change in estimate related to our new and used manufactured homes did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations as incurred and significant renovations and improvements that improve the asset and extend the useful life of the asset are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.
Land improvements consist primarily of improvements such as grading, landscaping and infrastructure items such as streets, sidewalks or water mains. Buildings and other depreciable property consist of permanent buildings in the Properties such as clubhouses, laundry facilities, maintenance storage facilities, rental units and furniture, fixtures, equipment, and in-place leases.
The values of above and below-market leases are amortized and recorded as either an increase (in the case of below-market leases) or a decrease (in the case of above-market leases) to rental income over the remaining term of the applicable lease. The value associated with in-place leases is amortized over the expected term, which includes an estimated probability of lease renewal.
In accordance with the Codification Sub-Topic “Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” (“FASB ASC 360-10-35”), we periodically evaluate our long-lived assets to be held and used, including our investments in real estate, for impairment indicators. Our judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on factors such as operational performance, market conditions and legal factors. Future events could occur which would cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist and an impairment loss is warranted.
If an impairment indicator exists related to long-lived assets that are held and used, we compare the expected future undiscounted cash flows against the carrying amount of that asset. If the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset, we would record an impairment loss for the carrying amount in excess of the estimated fair value, if any, of the asset. For the periods presented, no impairment losses were recorded.
For Properties to be disposed of, an impairment loss is recognized when the fair value of the Property, less the estimated cost to sell, is less than the carrying amount of the Property measured at the time we have made the decision to dispose of the Property, have an agreement to sell the Property within a year period and due diligence has been completed. A Property to be disposed of is reported at the lower of its carrying amount or its estimated fair value, less costs to sell. Subsequent to the date that a Property is held for disposition, depreciation expense is not recorded.
In April 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2014-08, “Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity” (“ASU 2014-08”). This update revised the definition of discontinued operations to limit the criteria for classification and presentation to disposals of components of a company that represent strategic shifts that have (or will have) a major effect on a company’s operations and financial results. Required expanded disclosures for disposals or disposal groups that qualify for discontinued operations are intended to provide users of financial statements with enhanced information about the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of such discontinued operations. While the threshold for a disposal or disposal group to qualify for discontinued operations has been revised, this pronouncement retains the held for sale classification and presentation concepts of previous authoritative literature. Accordingly, under this pronouncement, a disposal or disposal group may qualify for held for sale classification but not meet the threshold for discontinued operations treatment. This pronouncement is effective beginning January 1, 2015, but allows for early adoption beginning January 1, 2014. Pursuant to its terms, we have elected to early adopt ASU 2014-08. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 . The gain on sale of property recognized during the year ended December 31, 2014 , is presented separately as continuing operations in our Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income. The results of assets sold or held for sale continue to be classified as discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 , within our Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(e)
Acquisitions
In accordance with FASB ASC 805, we recognize all the assets acquired and all the liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value. We also expense transaction costs as they are incurred. The results of operations of acquired assets are included in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income from the dates of acquisition. Purchase price allocations may be finalized within one year following any acquisition and applied retroactively to the date of acquisition.
In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, we utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals or valuations that may be available in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective Property and other market data. We also consider information obtained about each Property as a result of our due diligence, marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
The following methods and assumptions are used to estimate the fair value of each class of asset acquired and liability assumed:
Land – Market approach based on similar, but not identical, transactions in the market. Adjustments to comparable sales based on both the quantitative and qualitative data.
Depreciable property – Cost approach based on market comparable data to replace adjusted for local variations, inflation and other factors.
Manufactured homes – Sales comparison approach based on market prices for similar homes adjusted for differences in age or size. Manufactured homes are included on our Consolidated Balance Sheets in buildings and other depreciable property.
In-place leases – Lease in place values are determined via a combination of estimates of market rental rates and expense reimbursement levels as well as an estimate of the length of time required to replace each lease.
Notes receivable – Income approach based on discounted cash flows discounting contractual cash flows at a market rate adjusted based on particular notes’ or note holders’ down payment, credit score and delinquency status.
Below-market ground leases – Value of asset (below-market lease) based on contract rent and option price against market rent and land value. Market rent determined applying a reasonable rate of return to the value of the land as if owned. Land value is estimated and then inflated until it is anticipated that the option will be exercised. Below-market ground leases are included on our Consolidated Balance Sheets in escrow deposits, goodwill and other assets, net.
Mortgage notes payable – Income approach based on discounted cash flows comparing contractual cash flows to cash flows of similar debt discounted based on market rates.
(f)
Identified Intangibles and Goodwill
We record acquired intangible assets at their estimated fair value separate and apart from goodwill. We amortize identified intangible assets and liabilities that are determined to have finite lives over the period the assets and liabilities are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to the future cash flows of the property or business acquired. In accordance with FASB ASC 360-10-35, intangible assets subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an intangible asset is not recoverable and its carrying amount exceeds its estimated fair value.
The excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired (including identified intangible assets) and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. In accordance with Codification Topic “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“FASB ASC 350”), goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at a level of reporting referred to as a reporting unit on an annual basis, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , the gross carrying amounts of identified intangible assets and goodwill were approximately $12.1 million , which is reported as a component of Escrow deposits, goodwill and other assets, net on our consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , this amount was comprised of approximately $4.3 million of identified intangible assets and approximately $7.8 million of goodwill. Accumulated amortization of identified intangibles assets was approximately $2.2 million and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 , amortization expense for the identified intangible assets was approximately $0.3 million .


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Estimated amortization of identified intangible assets for each of the next five years are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Year ending December 31,
Amount
2015
$
349

2016
$
251

2017
$
87

2018
$
87

2019
$
87

(g)
Restricted Cash
Cash as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 included approximately $5.0 million and $5.2 million , respectively, of cash restricted for the payment of capital improvements, insurance or real estate taxes.
(h)
Notes and Contracts Receivable
Notes receivable generally are presented at their outstanding unpaid principal balances net of any allowances, deferred fees or costs on originated loans and unamortized discounts or premiums. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Discounts or premiums are amortized to income using the interest method. In certain cases, we purchase loans made by others to finance the sales of homes to our customers (referred to as “Chattel Loans”). These loans are secured by the purchased homes.
We also provide financing for nonrefundable upgrades to existing right-to-use contracts (“Contracts Receivable”). These Contracts Receivable represent loans to customers who have entered right-to-use contracts. Contracts Receivable are also generally presented at their outstanding unpaid principal balances net of an allowance reserve.
Financial instruments that potentially could subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of notes receivable. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to notes receivable are limited due to the size of the receivable and geographic diversity of the underlying Properties.
(i)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Our allowance for doubtful accounts is comprised of our reserves for Chattel Loans, Contracts Receivables and amounts receivable from tenants. The valuation of an allowance for doubtful accounts for the Chattel Loans is calculated based on delinquency trends, average annual default rates, loss rates, and the current estimated market value of the underlying manufactured home collateral. An allowance is established for a portion of the Contracts Receivable when an upfront payment is financed. The Contracts Receivable allowance is based upon historical collection rates and current economic trends. The allowance and the rate at which we provide for losses on our Contracts Receivable could be increased or decreased in the future based on our actual collection experience. We evaluate all amounts receivable from residents and establish an allowance for amounts greater than 30 days past due. Our allowance for uncollectible rents receivable was approximately $5.1 million and $4.9 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , our allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows (amounts in thousands):
2014
2013
2012
Balance, beginning of period
$
7,927

$
6,987

$
7,700

Provision for losses
4,209

5,152

4,860

Write-offs
(5,026
)
(4,212
)
(5,573
)
Balance, end of period
$
7,110

$
7,927

$
6,987

(j)
Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
Investments in joint ventures in which we do not have a controlling direct or indirect voting interest, but can exercise significant influence over the entity with respect to our operations and major decisions, are accounted for using the equity method of accounting whereby the cost of an investment is adjusted for our share of the equity in net income or loss from the date of acquisition, reduced by distributions received and increased by contributions made. The income or loss of each entity is allocated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable operating agreements. The allocation provisions in these agreements may differ from the ownership interests held by each investor. (See Note 6 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K.)

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(k)
Insurance Claims
The Properties are covered against losses caused by various events including fire, flood, property damage, earthquake, windstorm and business interruption by insurance policies containing various deductible requirements and coverage limits. The book value of original capital items are written off when the loss is incurred. Costs incurred related to capital items are capitalized in accordance with our capitalization policy. Noncapital recoverable costs are expensed as incurred and insurance proceeds are recorded as income in the period in which they are received.
(l)
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Codification Topic “Derivatives and Hedging” (“FASB ASC 815”) provides the disclosure requirements for derivatives and hedging activities with the intent to provide users of financial statements an enhanced understanding of: (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how the entity accounts for derivative instruments and related hedged items, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. Further, qualitative disclosures are required that explain our objectives and strategies for using derivatives, as well as quantitative disclosures about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative instruments.
As required by FASB ASC 815, we record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Our objective in utilizing interest rate derivatives is to add stability to our interest expense and to manage our exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, we primarily use interest rate swaps as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in our exchange for making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the designated derivative and that qualifies as a cash flow hedge is recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and is subsequently reclassified into earnings on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. Any ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative will be recognized directly in earnings. (See Note 9 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K.)
(m)
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments include notes receivable, accounts receivable, accounts payable, other accrued expenses, interest rate swaps and mortgage notes payable. We disclose the estimated fair value of our financial instruments according to a fair value hierarchy (Level 1, 2 and 3).
Codification Topic “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“FASB ASC 820”) establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1-Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2-Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3-Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
Our mortgage notes payable and term loan had a carrying value of approximately $2.2 billion as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , and a fair value of approximately $2.3 billion and $2.2 billion as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. The fair value is measured using quoted prices and observable inputs from similar liabilities (Level 2). At December 31, 2014 and 2013 , our cash flow hedge of interest rate risk included in accrued payroll and other operating expenses was measured using quoted prices and observable inputs from similar assets and liabilities (Level 2). We consider our own credit risk as well as the credit risk of our counterparties when evaluating the fair value of our derivative. The fair values of our notes receivable approximate their carrying or contract values.



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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(n)
Deferred Financing Costs, net
Deferred financing costs, net include fees and costs incurred to obtain long-term financing. The costs are being amortized over the terms of the respective loans on a basis that approximates level yield. Unamortized deferred financing fees are written-off when debt is retired before the maturity date. Upon amendment of the line of credit or refinancing of mortgage debt, unamortized deferred financing fees are accounted for in accordance with Codification Sub-Topic “Modifications and Extinguishments” (“FASB ASC 470-50-40”). Accumulated amortization for such costs was $29.8 million and $25.4 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively.
(o)
Revenue Recognition
We account for leases with our customers as operating leases. Rental income is recognized over the term of the respective lease or the length of a customer’s stay, the majority of which are for a term of not greater than one year . For the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , approximately 40.9% , 40.7% , and 39.4% , respectively, of our revenue was generated by Properties located in Florida, approximately 9.6% , 9.8% , and 9.4% , respectively, by Properties located in Arizona and approximately 15.2% , 15.7% , and 15.2% , respectively, by Properties located in California.
In conjunction with the acquisition of the Thousand Trails business, we adopted a revenue recognition policy for the right-to-use contracts in accordance with the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition” (“FASB ASC 605”) after we corresponded with the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC. A right-to-use contract gives the customer the right to a set schedule of usage at a specified group of Properties. Customers may choose to upgrade their contracts to increase their usage and the number of Properties they may access. A contract requires the customer to make annual payments during the term of the contract and may require an upfront nonrefundable payment. The stated term of a right-to-use contract is at least one year and the customer may renew his contract by continuing to make the annual payments. We will recognize the upfront non-refundable payments over the estimated customer life which, based on historical attrition rates, we have estimated to be 31 years .
Right-to-use annual payments by customers under the terms of the right-to-use contracts are deferred and recognized ratably over the one year period in which access to Sites at certain Properties are provided.
Income from home sales is recognized when the earnings process is complete. The earnings process is complete when the home has been delivered, the purchaser has accepted the home and title has transferred.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU 2014-09”), which will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue for the transfer of goods or services equal to the amount that it expects to be entitled to receive for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments. ASU 2014-09 does not apply to lease contracts accounted for under ASC 840, Leases. ASU 2014-09 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is not permitted. Entities can transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. We are currently in the process of assessing the impact of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements.
(p)
Non-Controlling Interests
A non-controlling interest is the portion of equity (net assets) in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a parent. The ownership interests in the subsidiary that are held by owners other than the parent are non-controlling interests. Under Codification Topic “Consolidation” (“FASB ASC 810”), such non-controlling interests are reported on the consolidated balance sheets within equity, separately from our equity. However, securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets at the option of the holder, not solely within the control of the issuer, must be classified outside of permanent equity. This would result in certain outside ownership interests being included as redeemable non-controlling interests outside of permanent equity in the consolidated balance sheets. We make this determination based on terms in applicable agreements, specifically in relation to redemption provisions. Additionally, with respect to non-controlling interests for which we have a choice to settle the contract by delivery of our own shares, we considered the guidance in the Codification Topic “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (“FASB ASC 815-40”) to evaluate whether we control the actions or events necessary to issue the maximum number of shares that could be required to be delivered under share settlement of the contract.
Net income is allocated to Common OP Unitholders based on their respective ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. Such ownership percentage is calculated by dividing the number of Common OP Units held by the Common OP

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Unitholders by the total OP Units held by the Common OP Unitholders and us. Issuance of additional shares of common stock or Common OP Units changes the percentage ownership of both the Non-controlling interests – Common OP Units and the Company.
Due in part to the exchange rights (which provide for the conversion of Common OP Units into shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis), such transactions and the proceeds therefrom are treated as capital transactions and result in an allocation between stockholders’ equity and Non-controlling Interests to account for the change in the respective percentage ownership of the underlying equity of the Operating Partnership.
In accordance with FASB ASC 810, we present the non-controlling interest for Common OP Units in the Equity section of the consolidated balance sheets. The caption Common OP Units on the consolidated balance sheets also includes $0.3 million of private REIT Subsidiaries preferred stock.
(q)
Preferred Stock
We account for the Preferred Stock in accordance with the Codification Topic “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity—SEC Materials” (“FASB ASC 480-10-S99”). Holders of the 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) have certain preference rights with respect to the common stock and the Series C Preferred Stock is classified as redeemable interests inside of permanent equity on our Consolidated Balance Sheet due to the right of holders to convert such stock into common stock in certain circumstances involving a change of our control.
(r)
Income Taxes
Due to our structure as a REIT, the results of operations contain no provision for U.S. federal income taxes for the REIT. As of December 31, 2014 , the REIT had a federal net operating loss carryforward of approximately $88 million . The REIT would be entitled to utilize the net operating loss carryforward only to the extent that the REIT taxable income exceeds our deduction for dividends paid. Due to the uncertainty regarding the use of the REIT net operating loss carryforward, no tax benefit has been recorded for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
In addition, we have several taxable REIT Subsidiaries (“TRSs”), which are subject to federal and state income taxes at regular corporate tax rates. Overall, the TRSs have federal net operating loss carryforwards. Due to the uncertainty regarding the realization of these deferred tax assets, we have maintained a full valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
The REIT is still subject to certain foreign, state and local income, excise or franchise taxes; however, they are not material to our operating results or financial position. We do not have unrecognized tax benefit items.
We, or one of our Subsidiaries, file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various U.S. state jurisdictions and Canada. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2011.
As of December 31, 2014 , net investment in real estate and notes receivable had a U.S. federal tax basis of approximately $2.8 billion (unaudited) and $38.6 million (unaudited), respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , our tax treatment of common stock distributions were as follows (unaudited):
2014
2013
2012
Tax status of Common Shares distributions deemed paid during the year:
Ordinary income
$
1.217

$
0.680

$
0.810

Long-term capital gain

0.211

0.069

Nondividend distributions


0.186

Unrecaptured section 1250 gain

0.067


Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding
$
1.217

$
0.958

$
1.065

The quarterly distribution paid on January 9, 2015 of $0.325 per common share will be considered a split-year distribution with $0.2003 (unaudited) considered a distribution made in 2014 for U.S. federal income tax purposes and $0.1247 (unaudited) allocable to 2015 for federal tax purposes.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(s) Stock-Based Compensation
We follow Codification Topic “Stock Compensation” (“FASB ASC 718”) in accounting for our share-based payments. This guidance requires measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for stock compensation based on the grant-date fair value of the employee stock awards. This cost is recognized as compensation expense ratably over the employee’s requisite service period. Incremental compensation costs arising from subsequent modifications of awards after the grant date must be recognized when incurred. We use the Black-Scholes-Merton formula to estimate the value of stock options granted to employees, consultants and directors. (See Note 14 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K.) No stock options were issued in 2014 , 2013 and 2012 .
(t)
Reclassifications
Certain 2013 and 2012 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2014 presentation. These reclassifications did not have a material effect on our Consolidated Balance Sheets or Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.
Note 3—Earnings Per Common Share
Earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each year. Codification Topic “Earnings Per Share” (“FASB ASC 260”) defines the calculation of basic and fully diluted earnings per share. Basic and fully diluted earnings per share are based on the weighted average shares outstanding during each year and basic earnings per share exclude any dilutive effects of options, unvested restricted shares and convertible securities. The conversion of OP Units has been excluded from the basic earnings per share calculation. The conversion of an OP Unit for a share of common stock has no material effect on earnings per common share on a fully diluted basis.
On July 15, 2013, we effected a two-for-one stock split of our common stock, by and in the form of a stock dividend that was paid to stockholders of record on July 5, 2013. Each common shareholder of record on July 5, 2013, received one additional share of common stock for each share held. The incremental par value was recorded as an increase to the common stock account on our balance sheet to reflect the newly issued shares and such amount was offset by a reduction in the paid-in capital account on our balance sheet. Pursuant to the anti-dilution provision in the Operating Partnership’s Agreement of Limited Partnership, the stock split also affected the common OP units.

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 3—Earnings Per Common Share (continued)

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands, except per share data):
Years Ended December 31,
2014
2013
2012
Numerators:
Income from Continuing Operations:
Income from continuing operations
$
138,468

$
77,247

$
63,747

Amounts allocated to dilutive securities
(10,463
)
(5,617
)
(4,173
)
Preferred Stock distributions
(9,274
)
(9,280
)
(14,613
)
Income from continuing operations available to Common Shares – basic
118,731

62,350

44,961

Amounts allocated to dilutive securities
10,463

5,617

4,173

Income from continuing operations available to Common Shares – fully diluted
$
129,194

$
67,967

$
49,134

Income from Discontinued Operations:
Income from discontinued operations, net of amounts allocated to dilutive securities
$

$
44,569

$
9,818

Net Income Available for Common Shares:
Net income available for Common Shares—basic
$
118,731

$
106,919

$
54,779

Amounts allocated to dilutive securities
10,463

9,706

5,067

Net income available for Common Shares—fully diluted
$
129,194

$
116,625

$
59,846

Denominator:
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—basic
83,362

83,018

82,348

Effect of dilutive securities:
Redemption of Common OP Units for Common Shares
7,411

7,549

7,877

Stock options and restricted shares
738

629

637

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—fully diluted
91,511

91,196

90,862

Earnings per Common Share—Basic:
Income from continuing operations
$
1.42

$
0.75

$
0.55

Income from discontinued operations

0.54

0.12

Net income available for Common Shares
$
1.42

$
1.29

$
0.67

Earnings per Common Share—Fully Diluted:
Income from continuing operations
$
1.41

$
0.75

$
0.54

Income from discontinued operations

0.53

0.12

Net income available for Common Shares
$
1.41

$
1.28

$
0.66



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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 4—Common Stock and Other Equity Related Transactions
We adopted the 1997 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) in July 1997. Pursuant to the ESPP, as amended on May 3, 2006 , certain of our employees and directors may each annually acquire up to $250,000 of our common stock. The aggregate number of shares of common stock available under the ESPP shall not exceed 2,000,000 , subject to adjustment by our Board of Directors. The common stock may be purchased monthly at a price equal to 85% of the lesser of: (a) the closing price for a share of common stock on the last day of the offering period; and (b) the closing price for a share of common stock on the first day of the offering period. Shares of common stock issued through the ESPP for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 were 30,739 , 18,411 and 30,154 , respectively.
On November 25, 2013, we amended our charter to increase from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, we are authorized to issue.
The following table presents the changes in our outstanding common stock for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 (excluding OP Units of 7,231,967 , 7,667,723 , and 7,456,320 outstanding at December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , respectively):
2014
2013
2012
Shares outstanding at January 1,
83,313,677

83,193,310

82,156,400

Common stock issued through conversion of OP Units
435,756

29,566

749,814

Common stock issued through exercise of options

20,000

160,000

Common stock issued through stock grants
186,666

173,332

177,998

Common stock issued through ESPP and Dividend Reinvestment Plan
31,203

19,013

31,108

Common stock repurchased and retired
(87,523
)
(121,544
)
(82,010
)
Shares outstanding at December 31,
83,879,779

83,313,677

83,193,310

During the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , we repurchased shares of common stock representing common stock surrendered by officers to satisfy income tax withholding obligations due as a result of the vesting of restricted stock grants at a weighted average price of $51.62 , $36.48 and $33.31 per share, respectively.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , ELS’ percentage ownership of the Operating Partnership was approximately 92.1% and 91.6% , respectively. The remaining approximately 7.9% and 8.4% , respectively, was owned by the Common OP Unitholders.
The following regular quarterly distributions have been declared and paid to common stockholders and common OP Unit non-controlling interests since January 1, 2012 :
Distribution
Amount Per
Share
For the Quarter Ending
Stockholder Record
Date
Payment Date
$0.2188
March 31, 2012
March 30, 2012
April 13, 2012
$0.2188
June 30, 2012
June 29, 2012
July 13, 2012
$0.2188
September 30, 2012
September 28, 2012
October 12, 2012
$0.2188
December 31, 2012
December 14, 2012
December 28, 2012
$0.2500
March 31, 2013
March 28, 2013
April 12, 2013
$0.2500
June 30, 2013
June 28, 2013
July 12, 2013
$0.2500
September 30, 2013
September 27, 2013
October 11, 2013
$0.2500
December 31, 2013
December 27, 2013
January 10, 2014
$0.3250
March 31, 2014
March 28, 2014
April 11, 2014
$0.3250
June 30, 2014
June 27, 2014
July 11, 2014
$0.3250
September 30, 2014
September 26, 2014
October 10, 2014
$0.3250
December 31, 2014
December 26, 2014
January 9, 2015
On September 6, 2012, we entered into equity distribution agreements with sales agents, pursuant to which we may sell, from time to time, shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $125.0 million . We have not sold any common stock to date under the equity distribution agreements.

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 4—Common Stock and Other Equity Related Transactions (continued)


On May 8, 2012 , the ability to issue shares upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock was approved by our common stockholders. As a result, the Series A Preferred Stock has been classified as redeemable interests within permanent equity on our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
On August 9, 2012, we announced an offer to acquire all of the 8,000,000 outstanding Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for one newly issued depositary share plus cash equal to the amount of all unpaid distributions accrued on such tendered Series A Preferred Stock. On September 14, 2012, we issued 54,458 shares of our Series C Preferred Stock with a liquidation value of $2,500.00 per share, which are represented by depositary shares as described below. Also on September 14, 2012, we exchanged 5,445,765 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock for 5,445,765 depositary shares, each representing 1/100 th of a share of our Series C Preferred Stock with a liquidation value of $25.00 per depositary share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends of $0.3849625 per share of Series A Preferred Stock.
On October 18, 2012, we redeemed the remaining 2,554,235 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the $25.00 per share liquidation value plus accrued and unpaid dividends of $0.0948460 per share on such redeemed shares for approximately $64.1 million .
Note 5—Investment in Real Estate
Acquisitions
During the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 we acquired all of the following Properties from unaffiliated third parties (dollars in millions):
1) During the year ended December 31, 2014, we acquired the following Properties:
(a) In January 2014, we completed the acquisition of two RV resorts; Blackhawk, a 490 -Site RV Resort; and Lakeland, a 682 -Site RV Resort. On December 17, 2013, we completed the acquisition of Neshonoc, a 284 -Site RV Resort. These Properties are located in Wisconsin and the combined purchase price of $31.8 million was funded with available cash and the assumption of mortgage debt of approximately $18.7 million , excluding mortgage note premiums of $1.3 million .
(b) On March 10, 2014, we exercised a purchase option and purchased land comprising a portion of our Colony Cove Property, which was part of the portfolio of Properties acquired in 2011. The total purchase price of $35.9 million was funded with available cash. In connection with the acquisition of the land, we terminated the ground lease related to the Property. During the quarter ended March 31, 2014, we received the final distribution of 51,290 shares of our common stock from the escrow funded by the seller.
(c) In September 2014, we completed the acquisition of three RV resorts; Pine Acres, a 421 -Site RV Resort; Echo Farms, a 237 -Site RV Resort; and Mays Landing, a 168 -Site RV Resort. Two of the Properties are located in the coastal vacation destination area of New Jersey and one property is in New Hampshire. The combined purchase price of $11.8 million was funded with available cash.
(d) On October 1, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Space Coast, a 270 -Site RV Resort located in Rockledge, Florida. The total purchase price of $6.1 million was funded with available cash.
(e) On December 30, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Mesa Spirit, a 1,600 -Site RV Resort located in Mesa, Arizona, for a purchase price of $41.6 million . The purchase price was funded with available cash and the assumption of mortgage debt of approximately $19.0 million , excluding a mortgage note premium of $1.0 million .
2) During the year ended December 31, 2013, we acquired Fiesta Key, a 324 -Site RV Resort located in the Florida Keys, for a purchase price of approximately $24.6 million funded with available cash. We also acquired three manufactured home communities located in the Chicago metropolitan area collectively containing approximately 1,207 Sites for a stated purchase price of $102.0 million . The purchase price was funded by approximately $9.7 million of limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership, equivalent to 240,969 OP units, and the remainder was funded with available cash.
3) During the year ended December 31, 2012, we acquired two RV resorts collectively containing 1,765 Sites located in Texas. The purchase price of $25.0 million was funded with available cash.

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 5 - Investment in Real Estate (continued)

We engaged a third-party to assist with our purchase price allocation for the acquisitions. The allocation of the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is subject to further adjustment within one year of purchase due primarily to information not readily available at the acquisition date and final purchase price settlement with the sellers in accordance with the terms of the purchase agreement. The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisitions for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 which we determined using Level-2 for mortgage notes payable and other liabilities and Level-3 inputs (amounts in thousands):
2014
2013
2012
Assets acquired
Land
$
66,390

$
41,022

$
4,410

Depreciable property
52,329

87,306

18,491

Manufactured homes
1,086

1,155


In-place leases
2,561

3,910

2,099

Net investment in real estate
$
122,366

$
133,393

$
25,000

Other assets
1,197

1,025

29

Total Assets acquired
$
123,563

$
134,418

$
25,029

Liabilities assumed
Mortgage notes payable
$
34,559

$
5,382

$

Other liabilities
6,712

1,777

816

Total liabilities assumed
$
41,271

$
7,159

$
816

Net assets acquired
$
82,292

$
127,259

$
24,213

In February 2015, we closed on the acquisition of Bogue Pines and Whispering Pines, two properties located in coastal North Carolina for a total purchase price of approximately $12.3 million , which was funded with available cash. These assets contain 193 manufactured home sites and 235 RV sites.
Dispositions and real estate held for disposition
During the three years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 we disposed of the following Properties:
1) On July 11, 2014 , we received payment of approximately $2.1 million from the Arizona Department of Transportation related to the value of a certain parcel taken for state highway purposes at our Seyenna Vista property in Maricopa County, Arizona, of which approximately $1.5 million was in excess of our basis and recognized as a gain on sale of property within continuing operations in our Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income following the adoption of ASU 2014-08.
2) On May 8, 2013 , we entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell 11 manufactured home communities located in Michigan (the “Michigan Properties”) collectively containing approximately 5,344 Sites for a net sale price of approximately $165.0 million . We closed on the sale of ten of the Michigan Properties on July 23, 2013 , and closed on the sale of the eleventh Michigan Property on September 25, 2013. In accordance with FASB Codification Sub-Topic “Property, Plant and Equipment - Real Estate Sales - Derecognition” (“FASB ASC 360-20-40-5”), we recognized a gain on sale of real estate assets of approximately $40.6 million .
3) On December 7, 2012, we sold Cascade, a 163 -Site resort Property located in Snoqualmie, Washington . In accordance with FASB ASC 360-20-40-5, we recognized a gain on disposition of approximately $4.6 million , net of tax, for the year ended December 31, 2012. Cash proceeds from the disposition, net of closing costs, were approximately $7.6 million .
During the year ended December 31, 2013 , we recognized approximately $1.0 million of gain on the sale as a result of a new U.S. Federal tax law that eliminated a previously accrued built-in-gain tax liability related to the 2012 disposition of Cascade.

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 5 - Investment in Real Estate (continued)

Results of operations for the Michigan Properties and Cascade have been presented separately as discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. The following table summarizes the components of income and expense relating to discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands):
Years Ended
December 31,
2013
2012
Community base rental home income
$
11,565

$
19,564

Rental income
1,948

2,416

Utility and other income
1,384

1,961

Discontinued property operating revenues
14,897

23,941

Property operating expenses
6,126

9,561

Income from discontinued property operations
8,771

14,380

Loss from home sales operations
(78
)
(110
)
Other income and expenses
332

868

Interest and amortization
(355
)
(534
)
Depreciation and in place lease amortization
(1,537
)
(8,488
)
Discontinued operations, net
$
7,133

$
6,116

As of December 31, 2014 , we have no Properties designated as held for disposition pursuant to FASB ASC 360-10-35.
During the year ended December 31, 2013 , we recorded an additional $3.5 million in depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation to correct immaterial amounts recorded in prior periods related to land improvements.
Note 6—Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
We recorded approximately $4.6 million , $2.0 million , and $1.9 million (net of approximately $0.9 million , $1.0 million , and $1.2 million of depreciation expense, respectively) of equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures for each of the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively. We received approximately $5.9 million , $1.3 million , and $1.8 million in distributions from joint ventures for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , respectively. Approximately $2.4 million of the distributions received in the current year exceeded our basis in our joint venture and, as such, were recorded as income from unconsolidated joint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2014 .
In 2013, we entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to create a new joint venture named ECHO Financing, LLC (the “ECHO JV”). We entered into the ECHO JV to buy and sell homes, as well as to offer another financing option to purchasers of homes at our Properties. Each party to the venture made an initial contribution of $1.0 million in exchange for a pro rata ownership interest in the joint venture, which resulted in us owning 50% of the ECHO JV. We account for our investment in the ECHO JV using the equity method of accounting, since we do not have a controlling direct or indirect voting interest, but we can exercise significant influence with respect to its operations and major decisions. On February 12, 2015, we contributed approximately $4.2 million for a total investment in the ECHO JV of approximately $10.5 million .

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 6—Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (continued)

The following table summarizes our investment in unconsolidated joint ventures (investment amounts in thousands with the number of Properties shown parenthetically for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively):
Investment as of
Income for
Years Ended
Investment
Location
Number
of Sites
Economic Interest (a)
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Meadows
Various (2,2)
1,077

50
%
$

$
1,679

$
2,294

$
1,138

$
1,012

Lakeshore
Florida (2,2)
342

65
%
9

145

1,350

271

250

Voyager
Arizona (1,1)
1,706

50
%
(b)
7,201

7,074

806

760

652

Other
Various (0,0)

20
%
(c)


25

(188
)
(15
)
Echo JV
Various (0,0)

50
%
6,302

2,685

103

58


3,125

$
13,512

$
11,583

$
4,578

$
2,039

$
1,899

_________________________
(a)
The percentages shown approximate our economic interest as of December 31, 2014 . Our legal ownership interest may differ.
(b)
Voyager joint venture primarily consists of a 50% interest in Voyager RV Resort and 33% interest in the utility plant servicing the Property.
(c)
During the year ended December 31, 2014 , we received payment of $0.1 million for the sale of our remaining 20% interest in the Time Shares Only joint venture.
Note 7—Notes Receivable
Our Chattel Loans receivable require monthly principal and interest payments and are collateralized by homes at certain of the Properties. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , we had approximately $18.9 million and $21.9 million , respectively, of these Chattel Loans included in notes receivable. As of December 31, 2014 , the Chattel Loans receivable had a stated per annum average rate of approximately 7.8% , with a yield of 22.3% , and had an average term remaining of approximately 12 years . These Chattel Loans are recorded net of allowances of approximately $0.4 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 .
During the year ended December 31, 2014 , we received principal payment of approximately $1.0 million on a previously reserved loan related to one of our previous acquisitions.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 , we had approximately $18.2 million and $17.2 million , respectively, of Contracts Receivable, net of allowances of approximately $0.6 million . The Contracts Receivable have an average stated interest rate of 16.0% , have a weighted average term remaining of approximately four years and require monthly payments of principal and interest.
Note 8—Borrowing Arrangements
Secured Debt
As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , we had outstanding mortgage indebtedness on Properties of approximately $2,012 million and $1,992 million , respectively. The weighted average interest rate including the impact of premium/discount amortization on this mortgage indebtedness for the year ended December 31, 2014 was approximately 5.2% per annum. The debt bears interest at stated rates of 3.9% to 8.9% per annum and matures on various dates ranging from 2015 to 2039 . The debt encumbered a total of 137 and 147 of our Properties as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively, and the carrying value of such Properties was approximately $2,382 million and $2,378 million , respectively, as of such dates.
2014 Activity
During the year ended December 31, 2014 , we closed on four loans with total proceeds of $54.0 million that are secured by two manufactured home communities and two RV resorts. The loans have a weighted average interest rate of 4.54% per annum and are set to mature in 2034 and 2038 . We also refinanced the $53.8 million loan secured by our Colony Cove community with a stated interest rate of 4.65% per annum that was scheduled to mature in 2017 . The new loan, with gross proceeds of $115.0 million , has a 25 year term and carries a stated interest rate of 4.64% per annum. We paid a prepayment fee of approximately $5.1 million associated with the early retirement of the prior loan. We also paid off 17 mortgages totaling approximately $90.0 million that had a weighted average interest rate of 5.57% per annum. In connection with the Blackhawk and Lakeland acquisitions, we assumed approximately $13.3 million of mortgage debt, excluding mortgage note premiums of $1.0 million , secured by the resort properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.48% per annum which are set to mature in 2017 and 2018 . Finally, in connection with the Mesa Spirit acquisition, we assumed approximately $19.0 million of mortgage debt, excluding a mortgage note premium of $1.0 million , secured by the resort property, with a stated interest rate of 5.66% per annum, which is set to mature in 2017 .

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 8—Borrowing Arrangements (continued)

In January 2015, as part of our previous announced refinancing plan, we closed on two 25 year, fully amortizing loans with total gross proceeds of $199.0 million . The loans carry a weighted average interest rate of 4.16% per annum and are secured by 11 manufactured home and RV Properties. Proceeds from the financings were used to defease approximately $190.0 million of loans maturing in 2015 with a weighted average interest rate of 5.57% per annum. We incurred approximately $9.0 million in early debt retirement expense related to these loans, which were secured by 15 manufactured home communities and RV resorts.
2013 Activity
During the year ended December 31, 2013 , we closed on 22 loans with proceeds of approximately $375.5 million which were secured by manufactured home communities and carried an average interest rate of 4.46% per annum. The loan proceeds and cash were used to defease approximately $312.2 million of debt with a weighted average interest rate of 5.65% per annum, secured by 29 manufactured home communities, which were set to mature in 2014 and 2015 . In addition, as part of the acquisition of Neshonoc, we assumed approximately $5.4 million of mortgage debt secured by the property with a stated interest rate of 6.00% per annum set to mature in 2022 . During the year ended December 31, 2013 , we paid approximately $37.8 million in defeasance costs associated with the early retirement of the mortgages. We also paid off 17 maturing mortgages totaling approximately $107.6 million , with a weighted average interest rate of 6.00% per annum.
Term Loan
As of December 31, 2014 , our amended $200.0 million Term Loan (the “Term Loan”) matures on January 10, 2020 and has an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.35% to 1.95% per annum and, subject to certain conditions, may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty. The spread over LIBOR is variable based on leverage measured quarterly throughout the loan term. The Term Loan contains customary representations, warranties, and negative and affirmative covenants, and provides for acceleration of principal and payment of all other amounts payable thereunder upon the occurrence of certain events of default. In connection with the amendment of the Term Loan, we also entered into a three year LIBOR swap agreement (the “2014 Swap”) allowing us to trade the variable interest rate for a fixed interest rate on the Term Loan (see Note 9 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for further information on the accounting for the Swap.)
As of December 31, 2013 , our Term Loan, which had a maturity date of June 30, 2017 , had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.85% to 2.80% per annum and, subject to certain conditions, was prepayable at any time without premium or penalty at any time after July 1, 2014 . In connection with the original Term Loan, we entered into a three year, $200.0 million LIBOR notional Swap Agreement (the “2011 Swap”), which allowed us to trade the variable interest rate for a fixed interest rate on the Term Loan and matured July 1, 2014 .
Unsecured Line of Credit
As of December 31, 2014 , our amended, unsecured Line of Credit (“LOC”) had a borrowing capacity of $400.0 million , with the option to increase the borrowing capacity by $100.0 million , subject to certain conditions. The amended LOC bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 1.20% to 1.65% , requires an annual facility fee of 0.20% to 0.35% and matures on July 17, 2018 , with an option to extend for one additional year, subject to certain conditions. The spread over LIBOR is variable based on leverage throughout the loan term. We incurred commitment and arrangement fees of approximately $3.5 million to enter into the amended LOC and Term Loan extension.
As of December 31, 2014 , we are in compliance in all material aspects with the covenants in our borrowing arrangements.
As of December 31, 2013 , our LOC had availability of $380.0 million with no amounts outstanding. Our LOC bore a LIBOR rate plus 1.40% to 2.00% , contained a 0.25% to 0.40% facility fee and had a maturity date of September 15, 2016 , with an option to extend for one year, subject to certain conditions.

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 8—Borrowing Arrangements (continued)

Future Maturities of Debt
The table below presents the aggregate scheduled payments of principal on long-term borrowings for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Year
Amount
2015
$
310,609

2016
249,185

2017
88,105

2018
220,239

2019
221,189

Thereafter
1,108,526

Net unamortized premiums
14,393

Total
$
2,212,246

Note 9—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
In connection with our amended Term Loan, we entered into the 2014 Swap (see Note 8 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K for information about the Term Loan related to the 2014 Swap) allowing us to trade the variable interest rate for a fixed interest rate on the Term Loan. The 2014 Swap fixes the underlying LIBOR rate on the Term Loan at 1.04% per annum for the first three years and matures on August 1, 2017 . Based on the leverage as of December 31, 2014 , our spread over LIBOR was 1.35% resulting in an initial estimated all-in interest rate of 2.39% per annum.
In connection with the original Term Loan in 2011, we entered into the 2011 Swap (see Note 8 in the Notes to the Consolidated financial statements contained in this Form 10-K for information about the Term Loan related to the 2011 Swap) that fixed the underlying LIBOR rate on the Term Loan at 1.11% per annum for the first three years and matured on July 1, 2014 .
We have designated the 2014 and 2011 Swaps as cash flow hedges. No gain or loss was recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income related to the hedge ineffectiveness or to amounts excluded from effectiveness testing in our cash flow hedge during the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 .
Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Consolidated Balance Sheet related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on our variable-rate debt. During the next twelve months, we estimate that an additional $1.4 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense. This estimate may be subject to change as the underlying LIBOR rate changes.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instrument as well as our classification on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (amounts in thousands).
Balance Sheet Location
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
Interest Rate Swap
Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
$
381

$
927

Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Income Statement
The table below presents the effect of our derivative financial instrument on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 (amounts in thousands).
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship
Amount of loss recognized
in OCI on derivative
(effective portion)
Location of loss
reclassified from
accumulated OCI into income
(effective portion)
Amount of loss reclassified from
accumulated OCI into income (effective
portion)
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Interest Rate Swap
$
1,230

$
188

$
1,797

Interest Expense
$
1,776

$
1,851

$
1,754


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Note 9—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (continued)

We determined that no adjustment was necessary for nonperformance risk on our derivative obligation. As of December 31, 2014 , we have not posted any collateral related to this agreement.
Note 10—Deferred Revenue-entry of right-to-use contracts and Deferred Commission Expense
Components of the change in deferred revenue-entry of right-to-use contracts and deferred commission expense are as follows (amounts in thousands):
2014
2013
Deferred revenue—upfront payments from right-to-use contracts, as of January 1,
$
68,673

$
62,979

Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
13,892

13,815

Revenue recognized from right-to-use contract upfront payments
(8,391
)
(8,121
)
Right-to-use contract upfront payments, deferred, net
5,501

5,694

Deferred revenue—upfront payments from right-to-use contracts, as of December 31,
$
74,174

$
68,673

Deferred commission expense, as of January 1,
$
25,251

$
22,841

Deferred commission expense
6,272

5,011

Commission expense recognized
(2,934
)
(2,601
)
Net increase in deferred commission expense
3,338

2,410

Deferred commission expense, as of December 31,
$
28,589

$
25,251

Note 11—Lease Agreements
The leases entered into between the customer and us for the rental of a Site are generally month-to-month or for a period of one to ten years , renewable upon the consent of the parties or, in some instances, as provided by statute. Long-term leases that are non-cancelable by the tenant are in effect at certain Sites for 26 of the Properties. Rental rate increases at these Properties are primarily a function of increases in the Consumer Price Index, taking into consideration certain conditions. Additionally, periodic market rate adjustments are made as deemed appropriate. Future minimum rents are scheduled to be received under non-cancelable tenant leases at December 31, 2014 are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Year
Amount
2015
$
62,392

2016
63,537

2017
25,291

2018
12,465

2019
11,954

Thereafter
38,230

Total
$
213,869

Note 12—Operating Leases
We have operating leases covering office space expiring at various dates through 2023 . As leases expire, it can be expected that certain leases will be renewed or replaced in the normal course of business. We also lease land under non-cancelable operating leases at certain of the Properties expiring in various years from 2015 to 2054 . The majority of the lease terms require twelve equal payments per year plus additional rents calculated as a percentage of gross revenues. For the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 total operating lease payments for office space and rent due under ground leases, aggregated $3.7 million , $5.1 million , and $4.6 million , respectively. The following table summarizes our minimum future rental payments under our operating leases as of December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

Total
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Thereafter
Office Rent Lease
$
13,692

$
1,862

$
1,961

$
1,993

$
2,039

$
1,925

$
3,912

Ground Lease
19,438

1,941

1,948

1,955

1,955

1,963

9,676

Total Operating Leases
$
33,130

$
3,803

$
3,909

$
3,948

$
3,994

$
3,888

$
13,588



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Note 13—Transactions with Related Parties
Riverside Portfolio acquisition
On August 1, 2013, we closed on the Riverside Acquisition (See Note 5 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K). Patrick Waite, our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, was formerly employed by an affiliate of Riverside Communities, as a result of which he had financial interests in the sale that resulted in him receiving his share in cash upon the closing of the acquisition. Mr. Waite did not participate in our management’s analysis, decision-making or recommendation to the Board of Directors with respect to the acquisition. In addition, David Helfand, the founder and CEO of Riverside Communities, served in various positions with us before 2005, including, at various times, as our Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Helfand is currently Co-President of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., an entity affiliated with Sam Zell, Chairman of our Board of Directors.
Corporate Headquarters
We lease office space from Two North Riverside Plaza Joint Venture Limited Partnership, an entity affiliated with Mr. Zell, Chairman of our Board of Directors. Payments made in accordance with the lease agreement to this entity amounted to approximately $1.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 and $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 .
Other
On October 18, 2012, our Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Heneghan, accepted an offer to become Chief Executive Officer of Equity International Management, LLC (“Equity International”), effective in February 2013, and he resigned as our Chief Executive Officer effective February 1, 2013. During the period from October 18, 2012 through February 1, 2013, Mr. Heneghan continued to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, but he also performed certain services for Equity International, an entity affiliated with Mr. Zell, Chairman of our Board of Directors. We paid Mr. Heneghan his regular compensation through February 1, 2013. However, in our consideration for allowing Mr. Heneghan to perform certain services for Equity International during this period, we and Equity International agreed that Equity International would reimburse us for a portion of Mr. Heneghan’s compensation in the amount of $0.3 million .
Note 14— Equity Incentive Awards
Our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) was adopted by our Board of Directors on March 11, 2014 and approved by our stockholders on May 13, 2014. Pursuant to the 2014 Plan, our officers, directors, employees and consultants may be awarded (i) shares of common stock (“Restricted Stock Grants”), (ii) options to acquire shares of common stock (“Options”), including non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, and (iii) other forms of equity awards subject to conditions and restrictions determined by the Compensation, Nominating, and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”). The Compensation Committee will determine the vesting schedule, if any, of each Restricted Stock Grant or Option and the term of each Option, which term shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant. Shares that do not vest are forfeited. Dividends paid on restricted stock are not returnable, even if the underlying stock does not entirely vest. Options are awarded at the New York Stock Exchange closing price of our common stock on the grant date. A maximum of 3,750,000 shares of common stock are available for grant under the 2014 Plan. As of December 31, 2014, 3,563,334 shares remained available for grant.
Grants under the 2014 Plan are made by the Compensation Committee, which determines the individuals eligible to receive awards, the types of awards, and the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to any award.

Grants Issued
On February 2, 2015 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 78,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $4.3 million to certain members of our senior management. These Restricted Stock Grants will vest on December 31, 2015 .
On February 2, 2015 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 47,100 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $2.6 million to certain members of the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2015. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards will vest on each of December 31, 2015 , December 31, 2016 , and December 31, 2017 . The fair market value of our restricted stock grants is recorded as compensation expense and paid in capital over the vesting period.

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Note 14—Equity Incentive Awards (continued)


On May 13, 2014 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 84,666 shares of common stock at a fair market value of $3.6 million to certain members of our senior management for services rendered during the remainder of 2014. These Restricted Stock Grants vested on December 31, 2014 .
On May 13, 2014 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 62,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $2.6 million to certain members of our Board of Directors for their services as Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and Lead Director, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee for the remainder of 2014. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of December 31, 2014 , December 31, 2015 , and December 31, 2016 .
On May 13, 2014 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 40,000 shares of common stock at fair market value of approximately $1.7 million to the Board of Directors for services as Director rendered for remainder of 2014. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of November 13, 2014 , May 13, 2015 , and May 13, 2016 .
On May 8, 2013 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 40,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $1.7 million to the members of the Board of Directors. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of November 8, 2013 , May 8, 2014 , and May 8, 2015 .
On April 10, 2013 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 2,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of $80,200 to a member of our senior management. These Restricted Stock Grants vested on December 31, 2013 .
On March 13, 2013 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 666 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $24,800 to a member of the Board of Directors. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of September 13, 2013 , March 13, 2014 , and March 13, 2015 .
On February 1, 2013 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 68,666 shares of common stock at a fair market value of $2.5 million to certain members of our senior management. These Restricted Stock Grants vested on December 31, 2013 .
On January 31, 2013 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 62,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $2.2 million to certain members of the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2012. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of December 31, 2013 , December 31, 2014 , and December 31, 2015 .
On May 8, 2012 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 32,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $1.1 million to the Board of Directors. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vested on each of November 8, 2012 , May 8, 2013 , and May 8, 2014 .
On January 31, 2012 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 62,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $2.2 million to certain members of the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2011. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vested on each of December 31, 2012 , December 31, 2013 , and December 31, 2014 .
On January 31, 2012 , we awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 120,664 shares of common stock to certain members of our senior management. These Restricted Stock Grants vested on December 31, 2012 . The fair market value of these Restricted Stock Grants was approximately $4.2 million as of the date of grant. During 2012, 36,666 shares of this restricted stock grant valued at issuance date of approximately $1.3 million were relinquished by certain members of senior management.
Stock-based compensation expense, reported in “General and administrative” on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $7.6 million , $6.0 million , and $5.8 million , respectively.

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Note 14—Equity Incentive Awards (continued)


A summary of our restricted stock activity, and related information for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 follows:
Number of Shares
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at December 31, 2011
94,020

$
27.75

Shares granted
214,664

35.06

Shares canceled/forfeited
(36,666
)
35.07

Shares vested
(177,998
)
32.30

Balance at December 31, 2012
94,020

32.97

Shares granted
173,332

37.32

Shares vested
(167,564
)
34.97

Balance at December 31, 2013
99,788

37.17

Shares granted
186,666

42.61

Shares vested
(185,554
)
40.51

Balance at December 31, 2014
100,900

41.09

Compensation expense to be recognized subsequent to December 31, 2014 for Restricted Stock Grants issued prior to 2014 that has not yet vested was approximately $3.7 million , which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average term of 1.4 years .
Stock Options
The fair value of each grant is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton model. No options were issued, forfeited or expired during the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 .
A summary of our stock option activity, and related information for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 follows:
Shares Subject To
Options
Weighted Average
Exercise Price Per Share
Weighted Average
Outstanding
Contractual Life
(in years)
Balance at December 31, 2011
1,265,600

$
22.07

4.9
Options exercised
(160,000
)
24.10

Balance at December 31, 2012
1,105,600

21.78

4.0
Options exercised
(20,000
)
12.34

Balance at December 31, 2013
1,085,600

21.95

3.1
Options exercised


Balance at December 31, 2014
1,085,600

21.95

2.1
Exercisable at December 31, 2014
1,085,600

21.95

2.1
The intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable stock options represents the excess of the closing stock price as of the end of the year, over the exercise price multiplied by the applicable number of shares that may be acquired upon exercise of stock options. No options were exercised for the year ending December 31, 2014 , and the intrinsic value of exercised options for the years ending 2013 and 2012 , were $0.5 million and $1.7 million , respectively. For the years ending December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , the intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable options was $32.1 million , $15.5 million and $13.1 million , respectively.
Note 15— Preferred Stock
Our Board of Directors is authorized under our charter, without further stockholder approval, to issue, from time to time, in one or more series, 10,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”), with specific rights, preferences and other attributes as the Board may determine, which may include preferences, powers and rights that are senior to the rights of holders of our common stock. However, under certain circumstances, the issuance of preferred stock may require stockholder approval pursuant to the rules and regulations of The New York Stock Exchange.

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Note 15—Preferred Stock (continued)


On December 30, 2013, in connection with the MHC Trust merger, we authorized 179,764 shares and issued 125 shares of our Series D Preferred Stock with a liquidation value of $1,000.00 per share, having substantially the same terms and same rights as shares of MHC Trust’s 6% Series A Cumulative Non-Qualified Preferred Stock, and authorized and issued 250 shares of our Series E Preferred Stock with a liquidation value of $1,000.00 per share, having substantially the same terms and same rights as shares of MHC Trust’s 18.75% Series B Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock. On December 31, 2014, we redeemed all of our Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock. On February 12, 2015, we filed articles supplementary reclassifying 179,639 authorized but unissued shares of Series D Preferred Stock as shares of preferred stock without designation as to class or series, and confirming that 125 shares of Series D Preferred Stock and 250 shares of Series E Preferred Stock are now shares of preferred stock without designation as to class or series.
Note 16—Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan
On January 24, 2013, our Compensation Committee approved a Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan Award (the “2013 LTIP”) to provide a long-term cash bonus opportunity to certain members of our management. The 2013 LTIP was approved by the Compensation Committee pursuant to the authority set forth in the Long Term Cash Incentive Plan approved by the Board of Directors on May 15, 2007. The total cumulative payment for all participants (the “Eligible Payment”) is based upon certain performance conditions being met over a three year period ending December 31, 2015.
The Compensation Committee has responsibility for administering the 2013 LTIP and may use its reasonable discretion to adjust the performance criteria or Eligible Payments to take into account the impact of any major or unforeseen transaction or event. Our named executive officers are not participants in the 2013 LTIP. The Eligible Payment will be paid in cash upon completion of our annual audit for the 2015 fiscal year and upon satisfaction of the vesting conditions as outlined in the 2013 LTIP and, including employer costs, is currently estimated to be approximately $5.2 million . For the year ended December 31, 2014 , we had accrued compensation expense of approximately $3.8 million .
The amount accrued for the 2013 LTIP reflects our estimate of the 2013 LTIP payout based on forecasts and other available information and is subject to performance in line with forecasts and final evaluation and determination by the Compensation Committee. There can be no assurances that our estimates of the probable outcome will be representative of the actual outcome.
Note 17—Savings Plan
We have a qualified retirement plan, with a salary deferral feature designed to qualify under Section 401 of the Code (the “401(k) Plan”), to cover our employees and those of our Subsidiaries, if any. The 401(k) Plan permits our eligible employees and those of any Subsidiary to defer up to 60% of their eligible compensation on a pre-tax basis subject to certain maximum amounts. In addition, we will match 100% of the participant’s contribution up to the first 3% and then 50% of the next 2% for a maximum potential match of 4% .
In addition, amounts we contributed will vest on a prorated basis according to the participant’s vesting schedule. After five years of employment with us, the participants will be 100% vested for all amounts we contributed. Additionally, a discretionary profit sharing component of the 401(k) Plan provides for a contribution to be made annually for each participant in an amount, if any, as we determined. All employee contributions are 100% vested. Our contribution to the 401(k) Plan was approximately $1.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 , December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 .
Note 18—Commitments and Contingencies
California Rent Control Litigation
As part of our effort to realize the value of our Properties subject to rent control, we previously initiated lawsuits against certain localities in California with the goal of achieving a level of regulatory fairness in California’s rent control jurisdictions, and in particular those jurisdictions that prohibit increasing rents to market upon turnover. Such regulations allow tenants to sell their homes for a price that includes a premium above the intrinsic value of the homes. The premium represents the value of the future discounted rent-controlled rents, which is fully capitalized into the prices of the homes sold. In our view, such regulations result in a transfer to the tenants of the value of our land, which would otherwise be reflected in market rents. We have discovered through the litigation process that certain municipalities considered condemning our Properties at values well below the value of the underlying land. In our view, a failure to articulate market rents for Sites governed by restrictive rent control would put us at risk for condemnation or eminent domain proceedings based on artificially reduced rents. Such a physical taking, should it occur, could represent substantial lost value to stockholders. We are cognizant of the need for affordable housing in the jurisdictions, but assert that restrictive rent regulation does not promote this purpose because tenants pay to their sellers as part of the purchase price of the home all the future rent savings that are expected to result from the rent control regulations, eliminating any supposed improvement in the affordability of housing. In a more well-balanced regulatory environment, we would receive market rents that

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would eliminate the price premium for homes, which would trade at or near their intrinsic value. Such efforts have included the following matters:
City of San Rafael
We sued the City of San Rafael on October 13, 2000 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging its rent control ordinance (the “Ordinance”) on constitutional grounds. We believe the litigation was settled by the City’s agreement to amend the ordinance to permit adjustments to market rent upon turnover. The City subsequently rejected the settlement agreement. The Court refused to enforce the settlement agreement, and submitted to a jury the claim that it had been breached. In October 2002, a jury found no breach of the settlement agreement.
Our constitutional claims against the City were tried in a bench trial during April 2007. On April 17, 2009, the Court issued its Order for Entry of Judgment in our favor (the “April 2009 Order”). On June 10, 2009, the Court ordered the City to pay us net fees and costs of approximately $2.1 million . On June 30, 2009, as anticipated by the April 2009 Order, the Court entered final judgment that gradually phased out the City’s Site rent regulation scheme that the Court found unconstitutional. Pursuant to the final judgment, existing residents of our Property in San Rafael would be able to continue to pay Site rent as if the Ordinance were to remain in effect for a period of 10 years , enforcement of the Ordinance was immediately enjoined with respect to new residents of the Property, and the Ordinance would expire entirely ten years from the June 30, 2009 date of judgment.
The City and the residents’ association (which intervened in the case) appealed, and we cross-appealed. On April 17, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in which, among other rulings, it reversed the trial court’s determinations that the Ordinance had unconstitutionally taken our property and that we were entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and costs, and affirmed the jury verdict that the City had not breached the settlement agreement and affirmed the award to the City of approximately $1.25 million of attorneys’ fees and costs on the settlement agreement claims. On May 1, 2013, we filed with the Court of Appeals a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, which was denied on June 3, 2013. On June 26, 2013, the Court of Appeals’ mandate issued. On September 3, 2013, we filed a petition for review by the U.S. Supreme Court. On September 10, 2013, the City and the residents’ association each waived the right to respond to our petition. On October 7, 2013, the Supreme Court requested that a response be filed, which was filed on December 6, 2013. We filed a reply supporting our petition on December 20, 2013. On January 13, 2014, the Supreme Court issued an order denying our petition for review.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, we paid approximately $1.4 million related to the ruling of the Court of Appeals. On July 10, 2013, we paid to the City $1.27 million to satisfy, including interest, the attorneys’ fees and costs judgment affirmed by the Court of Appeals. In August 2013, we also paid to the City approximately $0.08 million to satisfy its claim for attorney’s fees on appeal.
City of Santee
On January 31, 2012, we sued the City of Santee in the United States District for the Southern District of California alleging that the City’s rent control ordinance effectuates a regulatory and private taking of our property and is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. On April 2, 2012, the City filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On December 21, 2012, the Court entered an order in which it: (a) denied the City’s motion to dismiss our private taking and substantive due process claims; (b) granted the City’s motion to dismiss our procedural due process claim as not cognizable because of the availability of a state remedy of a writ of mandamus; and (c) granted the City’s motion to dismiss our regulatory taking claim as being not ripe. In addition, we also filed in the California Superior Court on February 1, 2012 a petition for a writ of administrative mandamus, and on September 28, 2012 a motion for writ of administrative mandamus, seeking orders directing that a rent increase petition we had filed with the City be granted. On April 5, 2013, the Court denied our petition for writ of administrative mandamus. On June 3, 2013, we filed an appeal to the California Court of Appeal from the denial of our petition for writ of administrative mandamus.
On September 26, 2013, we entered a settlement agreement with the City of Santee pursuant to which the City agreed to the entry of a peremptory writ of mandate by the Superior Court directing the City to grant us a special adjustment under the City’s rent control ordinance permitting us, subject to the terms of the agreement, to increase Site rents at the Meadowbrook community through January 1, 2034 as follows: (a) a one-time 2.5% rent increase on all Sites in January 2014; plus (b) annual rent increases of 100% of the consumer price index (CPI) beginning in 2014; and (c) a 10% increase in the rent on a site upon turnover of that site. Absent the settlement, the rent control ordinance limited us to annual rent increases of at most 70% of CPI with no increases on turnover of a site.

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Colony Park
On December 1, 2006, a group of tenants at our Colony Park Property in Ceres, California filed a complaint in the California Superior Court for Stanislaus County alleging that we had failed to properly maintain the Property and had improperly reduced the services provided to the tenants, among other allegations. We answered the complaint by denying all material allegations and filed a counterclaim for declaratory relief and damages. The case proceeded in Superior Court because our motion to compel arbitration was denied and the denial was upheld on appeal. Trial of the case began on July 27, 2010. After just over three months of trial in which the plaintiffs asked the jury to award a total of approximately $6.8 million in damages, the jury rendered verdicts awarding a total of less than $44,000 to six out of the 72 plaintiffs, and awarding nothing to the other 66 plaintiffs. The plaintiff’s who were awarded nothing filed a motion for a new trial or alternatively for judgment notwithstanding the jury’s verdict, which the Court denied on February 14, 2011. All but three of the 66 plaintiffs to whom the jury awarded nothing appealed. Oral argument in the appeal was held on September 19, 2013 and the matter was taken under submission by the California Court of Appeal.
By orders entered on December 14, 2011, the Superior Court awarded us approximately $2.0 million in attorneys’ fees and other costs jointly and severally against the plaintiffs to whom the jury awarded nothing, and awarded no attorneys’ fees or costs to either side with respect to the six plaintiffs to whom the jury awarded less than $44,000 . Plaintiffs filed an appeal from the approximately $2.0 million award of our attorneys’ fees and other costs. Oral argument in that appeal was also held on September 19, 2013. On December 3, 2013, the Court of Appeal issued a partially published opinion that rejected all of plaintiffs’ claims on appeal except one, relating to whether the park’s rules prohibited the renting of spaces to recreational vehicles.  The Court of Appeal reversed the judgment on the recreational vehicle issue and remanded for further proceedings regarding that issue.  Because the judgment was reversed, the award of attorney’s fees and other costs was also reversed.  Both sides filed rehearing petitions with the Court of Appeal.  On December 31, 2013, the Court of Appeal granted the defendants’ rehearing petition and ordered the parties to submit supplemental briefing, which the parties did. On March 10, 2014, the Court of Appeal issued a new partially published opinion in which it again rejected all of the plaintiffs claims on appeal except the one relating to whether the park s rules prohibited the renting of spaces to recreational vehicles, reversing the judgment on that issue and remanding it for further proceedings, and accordingly vacating the award of attorney s fees and other costs. A case management conference is scheduled for March 23, 2015 for purposes of setting a schedule and procedure for resolving the RV issue.
California Hawaiian
On April 30, 2009, a group of tenants at our California Hawaiian Property in San Jose, California filed a complaint in the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County, Case No. 109CV140751, alleging that we have failed to properly maintain the Property and have improperly reduced the services provided to the tenants, among other allegations. We moved to compel arbitration and stay the proceedings, to dismiss the case, and to strike portions of the complaint. By order dated October 8, 2009, the Court granted our motion to compel arbitration and stayed the court proceedings pending the outcome of the arbitration. The plaintiffs filed with the California Court of Appeal a petition for a writ seeking to overturn the trial court’s arbitration and stay orders. On May 10, 2011, the Court of Appeal granted the petition and ordered the trial court to vacate its order compelling arbitration and to restore the matter to its litigation calendar for further proceedings. On May 24, 2011, we filed a petition for rehearing requesting the Court of Appeal to reconsider its May 10, 2011 decision. On June 8, 2011, the Court of Appeal denied the petition for rehearing. On June 16, 2011, we filed with the California Supreme Court a petition for review of the Court of Appeal’s decision. On August 17, 2011, the California Supreme Court denied the petition for review.
The trial commenced on January 27, 2014. On April 14-15, 2014, the jury entered verdicts against our Operating Partnership of approximately $15.3 million in compensatory damages and approximately $95.8 million in punitive damages. On October 6, 2014, we filed a motion for a new trial and a motion for partial judgment notwithstanding the jury’s verdict. On December 5, 2014, after briefing and a hearing on those motions, the trial court entered an order granting us a new trial on the issue of damages while upholding the jury’s determination of liability. As grounds for the ruling, the Court cited excessive damages and insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict as to the amount of damages awarded by the jury. The Court’s ruling overturned the April 2014 verdicts of $15.3 million in compensatory damages and $95.8 million in punitive damages. On January 28, 2015, we and the plaintiffs each served notices of appeal from the trial court’s December 5, 2014, order. We intend to continue to vigorously defend ourselves in the litigation.
At December 31, 2014 , based on the information available to us, a material loss was neither probable nor estimable. We have taken into consideration the events that have occurred after the reporting period and before the financial statements were issued. We anticipate a lengthy time period to achieve resolution of this case.
Given the uncertainty related to the ultimate resolution of this case as well as the time period to reach a conclusion, we are unable to provide an estimate of any possible loss or range of possible outcomes and therefore we conclude that we should accrue

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Note 18—Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

the minimum of zero as of December 31, 2014 . We will continue to evaluate the possible outcomes of this case in light of future developments and their potential impact on factors relevant to our assessment of any possible loss.
Monte del Lago
We have been notified that a group of tenants at our Monte del Lago Property in Castroville, California intend to commence a lawsuit against us alleging that we have failed to properly maintain the Property and have improperly reduced the services provided to the tenants, among other allegations. We believe the allegations are without merit and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in the lawsuit, if filed.
Other
In addition to legal matters discussed above, we are involved in various other legal and regulatory proceedings (“Other Proceedings”) arising in the ordinary course of business. The Other Proceedings include, but are not limited to, notices, consent decrees, information requests, and additional permit requirements and other similar enforcement actions by governmental agencies relating to our water and wastewater treatment plants and other waste treatment facilities. Additionally, in the ordinary course of business, our operations are subject to audit by various taxing authorities. Management believes these Other Proceedings taken together do not represent a material liability. In addition, to the extent any such proceedings or audits relate to newly acquired Properties, we consider any potential indemnification obligations of sellers in our favor.
Note 19—Reportable Segments
Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision maker evaluates and assesses performance on a monthly basis. Segment operating performance is measured on Net Operating Income (“NOI”). NOI is defined as total operating revenues less total operating expenses. Segments are assessed before interest income, depreciation and amortization of in-place leases.
We have two reportable segments which are: (i) Property Operations and (ii) Home Sales and Rentals Operations. The Property Operations segment owns and operates land lease Properties and the Home Sales and Rentals Operations segment purchases, sells and leases homes at the Properties.
All revenues are from external customers and there is no customer who contributed 10% or more of our total revenues during the three years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 .The following tables summarize our segment financial information (amounts in thousands):

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 19—Reportable Segments (continued)

Year Ended December 31, 2014
Property
Operations
Home Sales
and Rentals
Operations
Consolidated
Operations revenues
$
716,942

$
44,467

$
761,409

Operations expenses
(345,067
)
(36,530
)
(381,597
)
Income from segment operations
371,875

7,937

379,812

Interest income
2,984

4,466

7,450

Depreciation on real estate and rental homes
(99,980
)
(11,085
)
(111,065
)
Amortization of in-place leases
(3,999
)

(3,999
)
Income from operations
$
270,880

$
1,318

272,198

Reconciliation to Consolidated net income
Corporate interest income
897

Income from other investments, net
7,053

General and administrative
(27,410
)
Property rights initiatives
(2,923
)
Early debt retirement
(5,087
)
Interest and related amortization
(112,295
)
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
4,578

Gain on sale of property
1,457

Consolidated net income
$
138,468

Total assets
$
3,178,883

$
267,456

$
3,446,339

Capital improvements
$
35,973

$
27,748

$
63,721


Year Ended December 31, 2013
Property
Operations
Home Sales
and  Rentals
Operations
Consolidated
Operations revenues
$
679,992

$
33,281

$
713,273

Operations expenses
(329,468
)
(26,855
)
(356,323
)
Income from segment operations
350,524

6,426

356,950

Interest income
3,397

4,373

7,770

Depreciation on real estate and rental homes
(101,374
)
(6,855
)
(108,229
)
Amortization of in-place leases
(1,940
)

(1,940
)
Income from operations
$
250,607

$
3,944

254,551

Reconciliation to Consolidated net income
Corporate interest income
490

Income from other investments, net
7,515

General and administrative
(28,211
)
Property rights initiatives
(2,771
)
Early debt retirement
(37,844
)
Interest and related amortization
(118,522
)
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
2,039

Gain on sale of property, net of tax
41,525

Discontinued operations
7,133

Consolidated net income
$
125,905

Total assets
$
3,096,826

$
295,483

$
3,392,309

Capital improvements
$
26,430

$
38,284

$
64,714


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 19—Reportable Segments (continued)

Year Ended December 31, 2012
Property
Operations
Home Sales
and  Rentals
Operations
Consolidated
Operations revenues
$
648,323

$
21,045

$
669,368

Operations expenses
(312,286
)
(16,778
)
(329,064
)
Income from segment operations
336,037

4,267

340,304

Interest income
3,075

4,614

7,689

Depreciation on real estate and rental homes
(96,419
)
(5,664
)
(102,083
)
Amortization of in-place leases
(38,694
)
(773
)
(39,467
)
Income from operations
$
203,999

$
2,444

206,443

Reconciliation to Consolidated net income
Corporate interest income
446

Income from other investments, net
6,795

General and administrative
(26,388
)
Property rights initiatives
(1,456
)
Interest and related amortization
(123,992
)
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
1,899

Gain on sale of property, net of tax
4,596

Discontinued operations
6,116

Consolidated net income
$
74,459

Assets held for use
$
2,985,162

$
293,608

$
3,278,770

Assets held for disposition
119,852

Total assets
$
3,398,622

Capital improvements
$
30,863

$
44,397

$
75,260

The following table summarizes our financial information for the Property Operations segment for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 (amounts in thousands):

December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Revenues:
Community base rental income
$
426,886

$
409,801

$
394,606

Resort base rental income
163,968

147,234

134,327

Right-to-use annual payments
44,860

47,967

47,662

Right-to-use contracts current period, gross
13,892

13,815

14,025

Right-to-use contracts current period, deferred
(5,501
)
(5,694
)
(6,694
)
Utility income and other
70,209

63,800

62,470

Ancillary services revenues, net
2,628

3,069

1,927

Total property operations revenues
716,942

679,992

648,323

Expenses:
Property operating and maintenance
243,914

229,897

220,415

Real estate taxes
48,714

48,279

45,590

Sales and marketing, gross
12,418

13,509

11,437

Sales and marketing deferred commissions, net
(2,617
)
(2,410
)
(3,155
)
Property management
42,638

40,193

37,999

Total property operations expenses
345,067

329,468

312,286

Income from property operations segment
$
371,875

$
350,524

$
336,037


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Note 19—Reportable Segments (continued)

The following table summarizes our financial information for the Home Sales and Rentals Operations segment, specific to continuing operations, for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 (amounts in thousands):
December 31,
2014
December 31,
2013
December 31,
2012
Revenues:
Gross revenue from home sales
$
28,418

$
17,871

$
8,230

Brokered resale revenues, net
1,222

1,143

1,166

Rental home income (a)
14,827

14,267

11,649

Total revenues
44,467

33,281

21,045

Expenses:
Cost of home sales
26,747

17,296

9,018

Home selling expenses
2,342

2,085

1,391

Rental home operating and maintenance
7,441

7,474

6,369

Total expenses
36,530

26,855

16,778

Income from home sales and rentals operations segment
$
7,937

$
6,426

$
4,267

(a)
Segment information does not include Site rental income included in Community base rental income.
Note 20—Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)
The following is unaudited quarterly data for 2014 and 2013 (amounts in thousands, except for per share amounts):
2014
First
Quarter
03/31
Second
Quarter
6/30
Third
Quarter
9/30
Fourth
Quarter
12/31
Total revenues
$
196,745

$
189,025

$
200,778

$
190,261

Income from operations
$
73,730

$
62,770

$
67,545

$
68,153

Consolidated net income
$
43,890

$
30,040

$
30,276

$
34,262

Net income available for Common Shares
$
38,099

$
25,483

$
25,746

$
29,403

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Basic
83,116

83,234

83,531

83,562

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Diluted
91,353

91,420

91,528

91,644

Net income per Common Share outstanding—Basic
$
0.46

$
0.31

$
0.31

$
0.35

Net income per Common Share outstanding—Diluted
$
0.46

$
0.30

$
0.31

$
0.35

2013
First
Quarter
03/31
Second
Quarter
6/30
Third
Quarter
9/30
Fourth
Quarter
12/31
Total revenues
$
183,908

$
176,915

$
188,161

$
180,064

Income from operations
$
70,332

$
56,597

$
64,779

$
62,843

Consolidated net income
$
40,470

$
21,786

$
34,936

$
28,713

Net income available for Common Shares
$
35,027

$
17,860

$
29,872

$
24,160

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Basic
83,026

83,021

83,021

83,003

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Diluted
91,060

91,128

91,259

91,334

Net income per Common Share outstanding—Basic
$
0.42

$
0.22

$
0.36

$
0.29

Net income per Common Share outstanding—Diluted
$
0.42

$
0.21

$
0.36

$
0.29





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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Properties Held for Long Term
Hidden Cove
Arley
AL
$

$
212

$
610

$

$
42

$
212

$
652

$
864

$
(202
)
2006
Apache East
Apache Junction
AZ

2,236

4,181


19

2,236

4,200

6,436

(749
)
2011
Apollo Village
Phoenix
AZ

932

3,219


1,530

932

4,749

5,681

(2,871
)
1994
Araby
Yuma
AZ
(3,020
)
1,440

4,345


788

1,440

5,133

6,573

(1,837
)
2003
Cactus Gardens
Yuma
AZ

1,992

5,984


368

1,992

6,352

8,344

(2,223
)
2004
Capri RV
Yuma
AZ
(4,522
)
1,595

4,774


276

1,595

5,050

6,645

(1,424
)
2006
Carefree Manor
Phoenix
AZ

706

3,040


843

706

3,883

4,589

(2,100
)
1998
Casa del Sol East II
Glendale
AZ
(4,323
)
2,103

6,283


2,812

2,103

9,095

11,198

(3,962
)
1996
Casa del Sol East III
Glendale
AZ

2,450

7,452


754

2,450

8,206

10,656

(4,446
)
1998
Casa del Sol West I
Peoria
AZ
(9,114
)
2,215

6,467


2,257

2,215

8,724

10,939

(4,159
)
1996
Casita Verde RV
Casa Grande
AZ
(2,035
)
719

2,179


99

719

2,278

2,997

(662
)
2006
Central Park
Phoenix
AZ
(14,684
)
1,612

3,784


1,616

1,612

5,400

7,012

(4,577
)
1983
Countryside RV
Apache Junction
AZ

2,056

6,241


1,376

2,056

7,617

9,673

(3,047
)
2002
Denali Park
Apache Junction
AZ

2,394

4,016


68

2,394

4,084

6,478

(718
)
2011
Desert Paradise
Yuma
AZ

666

2,011


218

666

2,229

2,895

(832
)
2004
Desert Skies
Phoenix
AZ

792

3,126


717

792

3,843

4,635

(2,100
)
1998
Desert Vista
Salome
AZ

66

268


151

66

419

485

(72
)
2010
Fairview Manor
Tucson
AZ

1,674

4,708


2,092

1,674

6,800

8,474

(3,683
)
1998
Fiesta Grande RV
Casa Grande
AZ
(8,591
)
2,869

8,653


770

2,869

9,423

12,292

(2,613
)
2006
Foothill
Yuma
AZ

459

1,402


217

459

1,619

2,078

(605
)
2003
Foothills West RV
Casa Grande
AZ
(2,103
)
747

2,261


263

747

2,524

3,271

(738
)
2006
Golden Sun RV
Apache Junction
AZ

1,678

5,049


409

1,678

5,458

7,136

(2,240
)
2002
Hacienda De Valencia
Mesa
AZ
(13,506
)
833

2,701


4,701

833

7,402

8,235

(5,027
)
1984
Mesa Spirit
Mesa
AZ
(19,995
)
17,382

25,238



17,382

25,238

42,620


2014
Mesa Verde
Cottonwood
AZ

1,387

4,148


465

1,387

4,613

6,000

(1,254
)
2007
Monte Vista
Mesa
AZ
(24,210
)
11,402

34,355


4,222

11,402

38,577

49,979

(13,356
)
2004
Palm Shadows
Glendale
AZ
(5,894
)
1,400

4,218


1,169

1,400

5,387

6,787

(3,649
)
1993
Paradise
Sun City
AZ
(14,170
)
6,414

19,263

11

2,141

6,425

21,404

27,829

(8,196
)
2004
Sedona Shadows
Sedona
AZ
(10,366
)
1,096

3,431


1,406

1,096

4,837

5,933

(2,557
)
1997
Seyenna Vistas
Mesa
AZ

1,360

4,660

(86
)
2,749

1,274

7,409

8,683

(4,565
)
1994
Suni Sands
Yuma
AZ

1,249

3,759


378

1,249

4,137

5,386

(1,508
)
2004

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Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Sunrise Heights
Phoenix
AZ
$

$
1,000

$
3,016

$

$
1,493

$
1,000

$
4,509

$
5,509

$
(2,711
)
1994
Sunshine Valley
Chandler
AZ

9,139

12,912


141

9,139

13,053

22,192

(2,271
)
2011
The Highlands at Brentwood
Mesa
AZ
(14,774
)
1,997

6,024


2,055

1,997

8,079

10,076

(5,271
)
1993
The Meadows
Tempe
AZ

2,613

7,887


3,880

2,613

11,767

14,380

(7,225
)
1994
Valley Vista
Benson
AZ

115

429


42

115

471

586

(89
)
2010
Venture In
Show Low
AZ
(6,061
)
2,050

6,188


404

2,050

6,592

8,642

(1,940
)
2006
Verde Valley
Cottonwood
AZ

1,437

3,390

19

1,205

1,456

4,595

6,051

(1,495
)
2004
Viewpoint
Mesa
AZ
(56,939
)
24,890

56,340

15

7,931

24,905

64,271

89,176

(22,732
)
2004
Westpark
Wickenburg
AZ
(9,465
)
4,495

10,517


127

4,495

10,644

15,139

(1,783
)
2011
Whispering Palms
Phoenix
AZ

670

2,141


333

670

2,474

3,144

(1,422
)
1998
Cultus Lake
Lindell Beach
BC

410

968

5

224

415

1,192

1,607

(397
)
2004
California Hawaiian
San Jose
CA
(30,673
)
5,825

17,755


3,708

5,825

21,463

27,288

(11,913
)
1997
Colony Park
Ceres
CA

890

2,837


857

890

3,694

4,584

(2,102
)
1998
Concord Cascade
Pacheco
CA
(11,345
)
985

3,016


2,110

985

5,126

6,111

(4,100
)
1983
Contempo Marin
San Rafael
CA

4,787

16,379


3,355

4,787

19,734

24,521

(13,230
)
1994
Coralwood
Modesto
CA
(5,525
)

5,047


605


5,652

5,652

(3,284
)
1997
Date Palm Country Club
Cathedral City
CA


18,179


5,263


23,442

23,442

(15,562
)
1994
Date Palm RV
Cathedral City
CA


216


354


570

570

(370
)
1994
DeAnza Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
CA
(12,688
)
2,103

7,201


2,912

2,103

10,113

12,216

(6,166
)
1994
Four Seasons
Fresno
CA

756

2,348


546

756

2,894

3,650

(1,628
)
1997
Idyllwild
Pine Cove
CA

313

737

4

965

317

1,702

2,019

(541
)
2004
Laguna Lake
San Luis Obispo
CA

2,845

6,520


694

2,845

7,214

10,059

(4,104
)
1998
Lake Minden
Nicolaus
CA

961

2,267

13

804

974

3,071

4,045

(1,016
)
2004
Lake of the Springs
Oregon House
CA

1,062

2,504

14

1,015

1,076

3,519

4,595

(1,110
)
2004
Lamplighter
Spring Valley
CA
(22,134
)
633

2,201


1,420

633

3,621

4,254

(2,981
)
1983
Las Palmas
Rialto
CA

1,295

3,866


624

1,295

4,490

5,785

(1,567
)
2004
Los Ranchos
Apple Valley
CA
(12,717
)
8,336

15,774


157

8,336

15,931

24,267

(2,777
)
2011
Meadowbrook
Santee
CA

4,345

12,528


2,059

4,345

14,587

18,932

(7,978
)
1998
Monte del Lago
Castroville
CA
(20,002
)
3,150

9,469


3,164

3,150

12,633

15,783

(6,782
)
1997
Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill
CA

1,856

4,378

25

934

1,881

5,312

7,193

(1,661
)
2004

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Nicholson Plaza
San Jose
CA
$

$

$
4,512

$

$
288

$

$
4,800

$
4,800

$
(2,786
)
1997
Oakzanita Springs
Descanso
CA

396

934

5

1,031

401

1,965

2,366

(642
)
2004
Pacific Dunes Ranch
Oceana
CA

1,940

5,632


1,130

1,940

6,762

8,702

(2,067
)
2004
Palm Springs
Palm Desert
CA

1,811

4,271

24

1,473

1,835

5,744

7,579

(1,695
)
2004
Parque La Quinta
Rialto
CA

1,799

5,450


559

1,799

6,009

7,808

(2,060
)
2004
Pio Pico
Jamul
CA

2,626

6,194

35

2,352

2,661

8,546

11,207

(2,561
)
2004
Ponderosa
Lotus
CA

900

2,100


400

900

2,500

3,400

(733
)
2006
Quail Meadows
Riverbank
CA

1,155

3,469


491

1,155

3,960

5,115

(2,190
)
1998
Rancho Mesa
El Cajon
CA
(8,555
)
2,130

6,389


836

2,130

7,225

9,355

(3,931
)
1998
Rancho Oso
Santa Barbara
CA

860

2,029

11

871

871

2,900

3,771

(939
)
2004
Rancho Valley
El Cajon
CA
(7,044
)
685

1,902


1,304

685

3,206

3,891

(2,620
)
1983
Royal Holiday
Hemet
CA

778

2,643


2,455

778

5,098

5,876

(2,243
)
1999
Royal Oaks
Visalia
CA

602

1,921


811

602

2,732

3,334

(1,460
)
1997
Russian River
Cloverdale
CA

368

868

5

172

373

1,040

1,413

(346
)
2004
San Benito
Paicines
CA

1,411

3,328

19

1,261

1,430

4,589

6,019

(1,458
)
2004
San Francisco RV
Pacifica
CA

1,660

4,973


841

1,660

5,814

7,474

(1,819
)
2005
Santa Cruz Ranch RV
Scotts Valley
CA

1,595

3,937


360

1,595

4,297

5,892

(1,032
)
2007
Santiago Estates
Sylmar
CA

3,562

10,767


1,715

3,562

12,482

16,044

(6,712
)
1998
Sea Oaks
Los Osos
CA

871

2,703


585

871

3,288

4,159

(1,823
)
1997
Snowflower
Emigrant Gap
CA

308

727

4

777

312

1,504

1,816

(399
)
2004
Soledad Canyon
Acton
CA

2,933

6,917

39

3,667

2,972

10,584

13,556

(2,876
)
2004
Sunshadow
San Jose
CA


5,707


394


6,101

6,101

(3,484
)
1997
Tahoe Valley
Lake Tahoe
CA


5,428


428


5,856

5,856

(2,113
)
2004
Turtle Beach
Manteca
CA

268

633

4

236

272

869

1,141

(277
)
2004
Village of the Four Seasons
San Jose
CA

5,229

15,714


738

5,229

16,452

21,681

(5,776
)
2004
Westwinds (4 properties)
San Jose
CA


17,616


8,278


25,894

25,894

(14,915
)
1997
Wilderness Lake
Menifee
CA

2,157

5,088

29

1,560

2,186

6,648

8,834

(2,080
)
2004
Yosemite Lakes
Groveland
CA

2,045

4,823

27

1,991

2,072

6,814

8,886

(2,075
)
2004
Bear Creek
Denver
CO

1,100

3,359


480

1,100

3,839

4,939

(2,112
)
1998
Cimarron
Broomfield
CO
(21,596
)
863

2,790


1,124

863

3,914

4,777

(4,078
)
1983

S-3

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Golden Terrace
Golden
CO
$

$
826

$
2,415

$

$
1,941

$
826

$
4,356

$
5,182

$
(3,055
)
1983
Golden Terrace South
Golden
CO

750

2,265


827

750

3,092

3,842

(1,744
)
1997
Golden Terrace West
Golden
CO

1,694

5,065


1,139

1,694

6,204

7,898

(5,428
)
1986
Hillcrest Village
Aurora
CO

1,912

5,202

289

3,553

2,201

8,755

10,956

(7,303
)
1983
Holiday Hills
Denver
CO
(33,506
)
2,159

7,780


5,406

2,159

13,186

15,345

(11,110
)
1983
Holiday Village
Co. Springs
CO

567

1,759


1,406

567

3,165

3,732

(2,602
)
1983
Pueblo Grande
Pueblo
CO
(6,953
)
241

1,069


790

241

1,859

2,100

(1,520
)
1983
Woodland Hills
Thornton
CO

1,928

4,408


2,972

1,928

7,380

9,308

(4,873
)
1994
Stonegate Manor
North Windham
CT
(7,127
)
6,011

12,336


127

6,011

12,463

18,474

(2,246
)
2011
Aspen Meadows
Rehoboth
DE

1,148

3,460


565

1,148

4,025

5,173

(2,260
)
1998
Camelot Meadows
Rehoboth
DE
(11,618
)
527

2,058

1,251

4,417

1,778

6,475

8,253

(3,487
)
1998
Mariners Cove
Millsboro
DE
(21,986
)
990

2,971


5,835

990

8,806

9,796

(5,784
)
1987
McNicol
Rehoboth
DE
(2,415
)
562

1,710


214

562

1,924

2,486

(1,030
)
1998
Sweetbriar
Rehoboth
DE

498

1,527


473

498

2,000

2,498

(1,200
)
1998
Waterford
Bear
DE
(27,585
)
5,250

16,202


1,708

5,250

17,910

23,160

(6,837
)
1996
Whispering Pines
Lewes
DE
(8,796
)
1,536

4,609


1,592

1,536

6,201

7,737

(4,844
)
1988
Audubon
Orlando
FL

4,622

7,200


96

4,622

7,296

11,918

(1,334
)
2011
Barrington Hills
Hudson
FL
(4,866
)
1,145

3,437


541

1,145

3,978

5,123

(1,529
)
2004
Bay Indies
Venice
FL
(70,942
)
10,483

31,559

10

6,083

10,493

37,642

48,135

(24,580
)
1994
Bay Lake Estates
Nokomis
FL

990

3,390


1,799

990

5,189

6,179

(3,150
)
1994
Beacon Hill Colony
Lakeland
FL

3,775

6,405


43

3,775

6,448

10,223

(1,076
)
2011
Beacon Terrace
Lakeland
FL
(6,803
)
5,372

9,153


119

5,372

9,272

14,644

(1,642
)
2011
Breezy Hill RV
Pompano Beach
FL
(19,862
)
5,424

16,555


1,717

5,424

18,272

23,696

(7,386
)
2002
Buccaneer
N. Ft. Myers
FL
(34,638
)
4,207

14,410


2,972

4,207

17,382

21,589

(11,177
)
1994
Bulow Plantation
Flagler Beach
FL

3,637

949


6,371

3,637

7,320

10,957

(3,778
)
1994
Bulow Village RV
Flagler Beach
FL


228


1,110


1,338

1,338

(559
)
1994
Carefree Cove
Fort Lauderdale
FL

1,741

5,170


579

1,741

5,749

7,490

(2,017
)
2004
Carefree Village
Tampa
FL

6,799

10,421


182

6,799

10,603

17,402

(2,007
)
2011
Carriage Cove
Daytona Beach
FL
(11,386
)
2,914

8,682


1,349

2,914

10,031

12,945

(5,631
)
1998
Cheron Village
Davie
FL
(5,614
)
10,393

6,217


44

10,393

6,261

16,654

(1,471
)
2011
Clerbrook
Clermont
FL
(10,264
)
3,883

11,700


1,331

3,883

13,031

16,914

(3,772
)
2006

S-4

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Clover Leaf Farms
Brooksville
FL
$
(21,316
)
$
13,684

$
24,106

$

$
413

$
13,684

$
24,519

$
38,203

$
(4,257
)
2011
Clover Leaf Forest
Brooksville
FL

1,092

2,178


147

1,092

2,325

3,417

(240
)
2011
Coachwood
Leesburg
FL

1,602

4,822


359

1,602

5,181

6,783

(1,900
)
2004
Colony Cove
Ellenton
FL
(114,592
)
28,660

92,457

35,859

1,931

64,519

94,388

158,907

(16,244
)
2011
Coquina Crossing
Elkton
FL

5,274

5,545


17,926

5,274

23,471

28,745

(8,960
)
1999
Coral Cay
Margate
FL
(22,358
)
5,890

20,211


7,820

5,890

28,031

33,921

(17,517
)
1994
Country Place (2)
New Port Richey
FL
(22,786
)
663


18

7,638

681

7,638

8,319

(5,344
)
1986
Countryside
Vero Beach
FL

3,711

11,133


6,943

3,711

18,076

21,787

(9,386
)
1998
Covington Estates
Saint Cloud
FL

3,319

7,253


78

3,319

7,331

10,650

(1,293
)
2011
Crystal Isles
Crystal River
FL

926

2,787

10

1,058

936

3,845

4,781

(1,350
)
2004
Crystal Lakes-Zephyrhills
Zephyrhills
FL

3,767

6,834


121

3,767

6,955

10,722

(1,258
)
2011
Down Yonder
Largo
FL
(12,460
)
2,652

7,981


876

2,652

8,857

11,509

(3,538
)
1998
East Bay Oaks
Largo
FL
(10,832
)
1,240

3,322


1,218

1,240

4,540

5,780

(3,929
)
1983
Eldorado Village
Largo
FL

778

2,341


1,054

778

3,395

4,173

(2,831
)
1983
Emerald Lake
Punta Gorda
FL

3,598

5,197


223

3,598

5,420

9,018

(952
)
2011
Featherock
Valrico
FL
(21,817
)
11,369

22,770


307

11,369

23,077

34,446

(3,583
)
2011
Fiesta Key
Long Key
FL

16,611

7,338


1,075

16,611

8,413

25,024

(363
)
2013
Fort Myers Beach Resort
Fort Myers Beach
FL

1,188

3,548


316

1,188

3,864

5,052

(1,518
)
2004
Foxwood
Ocala
FL

3,853

7,967


171

3,853

8,138

11,991

(1,594
)
2011
Glen Ellen
Clearwater
FL

619

1,882


180

619

2,062

2,681

(833
)
2002
Grand Island
Grand Island
FL

1,723

5,208

125

4,295

1,848

9,503

11,351

(3,980
)
2001
Gulf Air Resort
Fort Myers Beach
FL
(6,798
)
1,609

4,746


346

1,609

5,092

6,701

(1,858
)
2004
Gulf View
Punta Gorda
FL

717

2,158


1,090

717

3,248

3,965

(1,234
)
2004
Hacienda Village
New Port Richey
FL
(19,951
)
4,297

13,088


2,429

4,297

15,517

19,814

(5,956
)
2002
Harbor Lakes
Port Charlotte
FL

3,384

10,154


686

3,384

10,840

14,224

(3,916
)
2004
Harbor View
New Port Richey
FL

4,030

12,146


255

4,030

12,401

16,431

(5,113
)
2002
Haselton Village
Eustis
FL
(6,739
)
3,800

8,955


117

3,800

9,072

12,872

(1,471
)
2011
Heritage Plantation
Vero Beach
FL

2,403

7,259


2,110

2,403

9,369

11,772

(6,164
)
1994
Heron Cay
Vero Beach
FL
(31,152
)
14,368

23,792


358

14,368

24,150

38,518

(4,049
)
2011
Hidden Valley
Orlando
FL
(9,178
)
11,398

12,861


219

11,398

13,080

24,478

(2,352
)
2011

S-5

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Highland Wood RV
Pompano Beach
FL
$

$
1,043

$
3,130

$
42

$
279

$
1,085

$
3,409

$
4,494

$
(1,400
)
2002
Hillcrest
Clearwater
FL
(7,019
)
1,278

3,928


1,240

1,278

5,168

6,446

(2,922
)
1998
Holiday Ranch
Clearwater
FL
(4,411
)
925

2,866


430

925

3,296

4,221

(1,840
)
1998
Holiday Village
Ormond Beach
FL
(9,372
)
2,610

7,837


440

2,610

8,277

10,887

(3,370
)
2002
Holiday Village
Vero Beach
FL

350

1,374


220

350

1,594

1,944

(904
)
1998
Indian Oaks
Rockledge
FL

1,089

3,376


973

1,089

4,349

5,438

(2,470
)
1998
Island Vista
North Ft. Myers
FL
(14,230
)
5,004

15,066


601

5,004

15,667

20,671

(4,321
)
2006
Kings & Queens
Lakeland
FL

1,696

3,064


44

1,696

3,108

4,804

(570
)
2011
Lake Fairways
N. Ft. Myers
FL
(45,571
)
6,075

18,134

35

2,379

6,110

20,513

26,623

(13,467
)
1994
Lake Haven
Dunedin
FL
(10,240
)
1,135

4,047


3,304

1,135

7,351

8,486

(5,528
)
1983
Lake Magic
Clermont
FL

1,595

4,793


659

1,595

5,452

7,047

(1,957
)
2004
Lake Village
Nokomis
FL
(18,478
)
15,850

18,099


257

15,850

18,356

34,206

(3,094
)
2011
Lake Worth Village
Lake Worth
FL
(10,664
)
14,959

24,501


629

14,959

25,130

40,089

(4,663
)
2011
Lakeland Harbor
Lakeland
FL
(16,553
)
10,446

17,376


107

10,446

17,483

27,929

(2,966
)
2011
Lakeland Junction
Lakeland
FL
(4,162
)
3,018

4,752


57

3,018

4,809

7,827

(856
)
2011
Lakes at Countrywood
Plant City
FL
(9,843
)
2,377

7,085


1,798

2,377

8,883

11,260

(3,985
)
2001
Lakeside Terrace
Fruitland Park
FL

3,275

7,165


175

3,275

7,340

10,615

(1,244
)
2011
Lakewood Village
Melbourne
FL

1,862

5,627


1,654

1,862

7,281

9,143

(4,776
)
1994
Lighthouse Pointe
Port Orange
FL
(12,866
)
2,446

7,483

23

1,385

2,469

8,868

11,337

(5,012
)
1998
Manatee
Bradenton
FL

2,300

6,903


625

2,300

7,528

9,828

(2,755
)
2004
Maralago Cay
Lantana
FL

5,325

15,420


5,415

5,325

20,835

26,160

(11,276
)
1997
Meadows at Countrywood
Plant City
FL
(21,647
)
4,514

13,175


4,591

4,514

17,766

22,280

(9,563
)
1998
Mid-Florida Lakes
Leesburg
FL

5,997

20,635


9,865

5,997

30,500

36,497

(18,440
)
1994
Oak Bend
Ocala
FL

850

2,572


1,361

850

3,933

4,783

(2,560
)
1993
Oaks at Countrywood
Plant City
FL
(4,055
)
846

2,513


5,240

846

7,753

8,599

(3,092
)
1998
Orange Lake
Clermont
FL
(5,272
)
4,303

6,815


270

4,303

7,085

11,388

(1,292
)
2011
Orlando
Clermont
FL

2,975

7,017

40

2,437

3,015

9,454

12,469

(2,941
)
2004
Palm Beach Colony
West Palm Beach
FL

5,930

10,113

8

352

5,938

10,465

16,403

(1,828
)
2011
Park City West
Fort Lauderdale
FL
(14,051
)
4,184

12,561


833

4,184

13,394

17,578

(4,834
)
2004
Parkwood Communities
Wildwood
FL
(9,519
)
6,990

15,115


233

6,990

15,348

22,338

(2,679
)
2011

S-6

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Pasco
Lutz
FL
$
(4,266
)
$
1,494

$
4,484

$

$
634

$
1,494

$
5,118

$
6,612

$
(1,815
)
2004
Peace River
Wauchula
FL

900

2,100


539

900

2,639

3,539

(742
)
2006
Pickwick
Port Orange
FL
(20,698
)
2,803

8,870


1,285

2,803

10,155

12,958

(5,623
)
1998
Pine Island Resort
St. James City
FL

1,678

5,044


483

1,678

5,527

7,205

(1,351
)
2007
Pine Lakes
N. Ft. Myers
FL
(35,068
)
6,306

14,579

21

7,358

6,327

21,937

28,264

(13,996
)
1994
Pioneer Village
N. Ft. Myers
FL
(14,797
)
4,116

12,353


1,721

4,116

14,074

18,190

(5,164
)
2004
Ramblers Rest
Venice
FL
(14,150
)
4,646

14,201


4,730

4,646

18,931

23,577

(4,843
)
2006
Ridgewood Estates
Ellenton
FL
(10,159
)
6,769

8,791


126

6,769

8,917

15,686

(1,659
)
2011
Royal Coachman
Nokomis
FL
(11,699
)
5,321

15,978


1,307

5,321

17,285

22,606

(6,308
)
2004
Shady Lane Oaks
Clearwater
FL
(5,712
)
4,984

8,482


104

4,984

8,586

13,570

(1,615
)
2011
Shady Lane Village
Clearwater
FL

3,102

5,480


27

3,102

5,507

8,609

(1,031
)
2011
Shangri La
Largo
FL

1,722

5,200


201

1,722

5,401

7,123

(1,942
)
2004
Sherwood Forest
Kissimmee
FL
(28,712
)
4,852

14,596


6,173

4,852

20,769

25,621

(10,843
)
1998
Sherwood Forest RV
Kissimmee
FL

2,870

3,621

568

3,071

3,438

6,692

10,130

(3,413
)
1998
Silk Oak
Clearwater
FL

1,649

5,028


199

1,649

5,227

6,876

(2,114
)
2002
Silver Dollar
Odessa
FL
(13,530
)
4,107

12,431

240

1,930

4,347

14,361

18,708

(5,229
)
2004
Sixth Ave.
Zephryhills
FL

837

2,518


61

837

2,579

3,416

(951
)
2004
Southern Palms
Eustis
FL

2,169

5,884


3,309

2,169

9,193

11,362

(4,856
)
1998
Southernaire
Mt. Dora
FL

796

2,395


123

796

2,518

3,314

(911
)
2004
Space Coast
Rockledge
FL

2,413

3,716



2,413

3,716

6,129

(34
)
2014
Starlight Ranch
Orlando
FL

13,543

20,388


488

13,543

20,876

34,419

(4,027
)
2011
Sunshine Holiday MH
Ormond Beach
FL

2,001

6,004


757

2,001

6,761

8,762

(2,576
)
2004
Sunshine Holiday RV
Fort Lauderdale
FL

3,099

9,286


660

3,099

9,946

13,045

(3,386
)
2004
Sunshine Key
Big Pine Key
FL

5,273

15,822


2,302

5,273

18,124

23,397

(6,599
)
2004
Sunshine Travel
Vero Beach
FL

1,603

4,813


374

1,603

5,187

6,790

(1,843
)
2004
Tarpon Glen
Tarpon Springs
FL

2,678

4,016


57

2,678

4,073

6,751

(819
)
2011
Terra Ceia
Palmetto
FL

965

2,905


272

965

3,177

4,142

(1,124
)
2004
The Heritage
N. Ft. Myers
FL
(11,550
)
1,438

4,371

346

4,250

1,784

8,621

10,405

(5,377
)
1993
The Meadows
Palm Beach Gardens
FL
(10,872
)
3,229

9,870


5,715

3,229

15,585

18,814

(6,234
)
1999
Three Flags RV Resort
Wildwood
FL

228

684


221

228

905

1,133

(294
)
2006
Toby’s
Arcadia
FL
(3,808
)
1,093

3,280


255

1,093

3,535

4,628

(1,338
)
2003


S-7

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Topics
Spring Hill
FL
$

$
844

$
2,568

$

$
430

$
844

$
2,998

$
3,842

$
(1,096
)
2004
Tropical Palms
Kissimmee
FL

5,677

17,116


6,622

5,677

23,738

29,415

(9,929
)
2004
Tropical Palms
Punta Gorda
FL
(6,782
)
2,365

7,286


1,409

2,365

8,695

11,060

(2,246
)
2006
Vacation Village
Largo
FL
(4,999
)
1,315

3,946


440

1,315

4,386

5,701

(1,538
)
2004
Vero Palm
Vero Beach
FL
(12,552
)
6,697

9,025


109

6,697

9,134

15,831

(1,608
)
2011
Village Green
Vero Beach
FL
(23,882
)
15,901

25,175


407

15,901

25,582

41,483

(4,788
)
2011
Villas at Spanish Oaks
Ocala
FL
(11,777
)
2,250

6,922


1,628

2,250

8,550

10,800

(5,701
)
1993
Whispering Pines - Largo
Largo
FL
(12,119
)
8,218

14,054


159

8,218

14,213

22,431

(2,532
)
2011
Windmill Manor
Bradenton
FL
(15,662
)
2,153

6,125


1,696

2,153

7,821

9,974

(4,190
)
1998
Windmill Village
N. Ft. Myers
FL
(15,277
)
1,417

5,440


2,108

1,417

7,548

8,965

(6,751
)
1983
Winds of St. Armands North
Sarasota
FL
(27,351
)
1,523

5,063


3,287

1,523

8,350

9,873

(6,715
)
1983
Winds of St. Armands South
Sarasota
FL
(17,843
)
1,106

3,162


1,291

1,106

4,453

5,559

(3,840
)
1983
Winter Garden
Winter Garden
FL

2,321

6,962


310

2,321

7,272

9,593

(1,871
)
2007
Coach Royale
Boise
ID

465

1,685


16

465

1,701

2,166

(339
)
2011
Maple Grove
Boise
ID

1,358

5,151


32

1,358

5,183

6,541

(1,011
)
2011
Shenandoah Estates
Boise
ID
(5,500
)
1,287

7,603


115

1,287

7,718

9,005

(1,172
)
2011
West Meadow Estates
Boise
ID

1,371

6,770


14

1,371

6,784

8,155

(1,145
)
2011
Golf Vistas Estates
Monee
IL
(11,784
)
2,842

4,719

1

6,713

2,843

11,432

14,275

(5,938
)
1997
O’Connell’s
Amboy
IL

1,648

4,974


948

1,648

5,922

7,570

(2,224
)
2004
Pheasant Lake Estates
Beecher
IL

12,764

42,183


37

12,764

42,220

54,984

(3,743
)
2013
Pine Country
Belvidere
IL

53

166


473

53

639

692

(110
)
2006
Willow Lake Estates
Elgin
IL

6,138

21,033


6,676

6,138

27,709

33,847

(17,002
)
1994
Hoosier Estates
Lebanon
IN
(6,617
)
2,293

7,197


50

2,293

7,247

9,540

(1,156
)
2011
Horseshoe Lake
Clinton
IN

155

365

2

456

157

821

978

(235
)
2004
Indian Lakes
Batesville
IN

450

1,061

6

2,133

456

3,194

3,650

(625
)
2004
Lakeside
New Carlisle
IN

426

1,281


147

426

1,428

1,854

(512
)
2004
North Glen Village
Westfield
IN
(6,885
)
2,308

6,333


102

2,308

6,435

8,743

(1,145
)
2011
Oak Tree Village
Portage
IN

569



3,967

569

3,967

4,536

(3,029
)
1987
Twin Mills RV
Howe
IN

1,399

4,186


287

1,399

4,473

5,872

(1,224
)
2006

S-8

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Diamond Caverns Resort & Golf Club
Park City
KY
$

$
530

$
1,512

$

$
58

$
530

$
1,570

$
2,100

$
(476
)
2006
Gateway to Cape Cod
Rochester
MA

91

288


232

91

520

611

(158
)
2006
Hillcrest
Rockland
MA
(1,863
)
2,034

3,182


35

2,034

3,217

5,251

(590
)
2011
Old Chatham RV
South Dennis
MA

1,760

5,293


199

1,760

5,492

7,252

(1,695
)
2005
Sturbridge
Sturbridge
MA

110

347


474

110

821

931

(182
)
2006
The Glen
Norwell
MA

940

1,680



940

1,680

2,620

(311
)
2011
Fernwood
Capitol Heights
MD

6,556

11,674


175

6,556

11,849

18,405

(2,071
)
2011
Williams Estates and Peppermint Woods
Middle River
MD
(40,216
)
22,774

42,575


493

22,774

43,068

65,842

(7,195
)
2011
Moody Beach
Moody
ME

93

292


171

93

463

556

(133
)
2006
Pinehirst RV Park
Old Orchard Beach
ME
(11,397
)
1,942

5,827


1,161

1,942

6,988

8,930

(2,052
)
2005
Mt. Desert Narrows
Bar Harbor
ME

1,037

3,127


181

1,037

3,308

4,345

(777
)
2007
Narrows Too
Trenton
ME

1,451

4,408


59

1,451

4,467

5,918

(1,059
)
2007
Patton Pond
Ellsworth
ME

267

802


86

267

888

1,155

(222
)
2007
Bear Cave Resort
Buchanan
MI

176

516


151

176

667

843

(210
)
2006
Lake in the Hills
Auburn Hills
MI
(4,149
)
1,792

5,599


72

1,792

5,671

7,463

(1,180
)
2011
St Clair
St Clair
MI

453

1,068

6

318

459

1,386

1,845

(488
)
2004
Swan Creek
Ypsilanti
MI
(5,419
)
1,844

7,180


152

1,844

7,332

9,176

(1,509
)
2011
Cedar Knolls
Apple Valley
MN
(16,170
)
10,021

14,357


90

10,021

14,447

24,468

(2,875
)
2011
Cimarron Park
Lake Elmo
MN
(14,255
)
11,097

23,132


341

11,097

23,473

34,570

(3,312
)
2011
Rockford Riverview Estates
Rockford
MN

2,959

8,882


60

2,959

8,942

11,901

(1,687
)
2011
Rosemount Woods
Rosemount
MN

4,314

8,932


53

4,314

8,985

13,299

(1,551
)
2011
Forest Lake
Advance
NC

986

2,325

13

618

999

2,943

3,942

(974
)
2004
Goose Creek
Newport
NC
(16,648
)
4,612

13,848

750

1,877

5,362

15,725

21,087

(5,541
)
2004
Green Mountain Park
Lenoir
NC

1,037

3,075


479

1,037

3,554

4,591

(962
)
2006
Lake Gaston
Littleton
NC

130

409


257

130

666

796

(182
)
2006
Lake Myers RV
Mocksville
NC

1,504

4,587


268

1,504

4,855

6,359

(1,367
)
2006
Scenic
Asheville
NC
(3,420
)
1,183

3,511


150

1,183

3,661

4,844

(1,055
)
2006
Twin Lakes
Chocowinity
NC

1,709

3,361


562

1,709

3,923

5,632

(1,381
)
2004
Waterway RV
Cedar Point
NC
(6,009
)
2,392

7,185


747

2,392

7,932

10,324

(2,707
)
2004

S-9

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Buena Vista
Fargo
ND
$

$
4,563

$
14,949

$

$
293

$
4,563

$
15,242

$
19,805

$
(2,515
)
2011
Meadow Park
Fargo
ND

943

2,907


126

943

3,033

3,976

(518
)
2011
Pine Acres
Raymond
NH

3,096

2,102



3,096

2,102

5,198

(33
)
2014
Sandy Beach RV
Contoocook
NH
(4,571
)
1,755

5,265


129

1,755

5,394

7,149

(1,708
)
2005
Tuxbury Resort
South Hampton
NH

3,557

3,910


487

3,557

4,397

7,954

(1,044
)
2007
Chestnut Lake
Port Republic
NJ

337

796

4

419

341

1,215

1,556

(338
)
2004
Echo Farms
Ocean View
NJ

2,840

3,045



2,840

3,045

5,885

(36
)
2014
Lake & Shore
Ocean View
NJ

378

1,192


1,536

378

2,728

3,106

(653
)
2006
Mays Landing
Mays Landing
NJ

536

289



536

289

825

(5
)
2014
Pine Ridge at Crestwood
Whiting
NJ
(36,444
)
17,367

33,127


90

17,367

33,217

50,584

(5,878
)
2011
Sea Pines
Swainton
NJ

198

625


1,020

198

1,645

1,843

(299
)
2006
Bonanza
Las Vegas
NV
(8,194
)
908

2,643


1,844

908

4,487

5,395

(3,578
)
1983
Boulder Cascade
Las Vegas
NV
(8,029
)
2,995

9,020


2,625

2,995

11,645

14,640

(6,223
)
1998
Cabana
Las Vegas
NV
(8,912
)
2,648

7,989


952

2,648

8,941

11,589

(5,857
)
1994
Flamingo West
Las Vegas
NV
(13,234
)
1,730

5,266


1,739

1,730

7,005

8,735

(4,486
)
1994
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
NV

1,049

2,473

14

629

1,063

3,102

4,165

(953
)
2004
Mountain View - NV
Henderson
NV
(20,453
)
16,665

25,915


247

16,665

26,162

42,827

(4,269
)
2011
Villa Borega
Las Vegas
NV
(9,373
)
2,896

8,774


1,190

2,896

9,964

12,860

(5,651
)
1997
Alpine Lake
Corinth
NY
(12,528
)
4,783

14,125

153

923

4,936

15,048

19,984

(4,723
)
2005
Brennan Beach
Pulaski
NY
(18,519
)
7,325

21,141


5,324

7,325

26,465

33,790

(7,653
)
2005
Greenwood Village
Manorville
NY
(23,586
)
3,667

9,414

484

5,316

4,151

14,730

18,881

(7,412
)
1998
Lake George Escape
Lake George
NY

3,562

10,708


1,246

3,562

11,954

15,516

(3,762
)
2005
Lake George Schroon Valley
Warrensburg
NY

540

1,626


48

540

1,674

2,214

(385
)
2008
Rondout Valley Resort
Accord
NY

1,115

3,240


635

1,115

3,875

4,990

(1,046
)
2006
The Woodlands
Lockport
NY

12,183

39,687


296

12,183

39,983

52,166

(6,799
)
2011
Kenisee Lake
Jefferson
OH

295

696

4

189

299

885

1,184

(276
)
2004
Wilmington
Wilmington
OH

235

555

3

201

238

756

994

(232
)
2004
Bend
Bend
OR

733

1,729

10

578

743

2,307

3,050

(749
)
2004
Falcon Wood Village
Eugene
OR

1,112

3,426


611

1,112

4,037

5,149

(2,251
)
1997
Mt. Hood
Welches
OR

1,817

5,733


299

1,817

6,032

7,849

(2,665
)
2002

S-10

Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Pacific City
Cloverdale
OR
$

$
1,076

$
2,539

$
14

$
1,352

$
1,090

$
3,891

$
4,981

$
(1,253
)
2004
Quail Hollow
Fairview
OR


3,249


562


3,811

3,811

(2,134
)
1997
Seaside
Seaside
OR

891

2,101

12

708

903

2,809

3,712

(892
)
2004
Shadowbrook
Clackamas
OR

1,197

3,693


524

1,197

4,217

5,414

(2,415
)
1997
South Jetty
Florence
OR

678

1,598

9

442

687

2,040

2,727

(623
)
2004
Whalers Rest
South Beach
OR

754

1,777

10

619

764

2,396

3,160

(753
)
2004
Appalachian
Shartlesville
PA

1,666

5,044


473

1,666

5,517

7,183

(1,484
)
2006
Circle M
Lancaster
PA

330

1,041


456

330

1,497

1,827

(407
)
2006
Dutch County
Manheim
PA

88

278


123

88

401

489

(112
)
2006
Gettysburg Farm
Dover
PA

111

350


129

111

479

590

(138
)
2006
Green Acres
Breinigsville
PA
(27,272
)
2,680

7,479


4,427

2,680

11,906

14,586

(8,937
)
1988
Greenbriar Village
Bath
PA
(13,395
)
8,359

16,941


32

8,359

16,973

25,332

(2,775
)
2011
Hershey
Lebanon
PA

1,284

3,028

17

1,127

1,301

4,155

5,456

(1,318
)
2004
Lil Wolf
Orefield
PA

5,627

13,593


611

5,627

14,204

19,831

(2,248
)
2011
Mountain View - PA
Walnutport
PA
(6,755
)
3,207

7,182


170

3,207

7,352

10,559

(1,228
)
2011
Robin Hill
Lenhartsville
PA

1,263

3,786


174

1,263

3,960

5,223

(792
)
2009
Scotrun
Scotrun
PA

153

483


204

153

687

840

(190
)
2006
Spring Gulch
New Holland
PA

1,593

4,795


392

1,593

5,187

6,780

(1,887
)
2004
Sun Valley
Bowmansville
PA

866

2,601


213

866

2,814

3,680

(561
)
2009
Timothy Lake North
East Stroudsburg
PA

296

933


397

296

1,330

1,626

(358
)
2006
Timothy Lake South
East Stroudsburg
PA

206

649


49

206

698

904

(193
)
2006
Carolina Landing
Fair Play
SC

457

1,078

6

320

463

1,398

1,861

(433
)
2004
Inlet Oaks
Murrells Inlet
SC
(4,409
)
1,546

4,642


199

1,546

4,841

6,387

(1,398
)
2006
The Oaks at Point South
Yemassee
SC

267

810


57

267

867

1,134

(261
)
2006
Cherokee Landing
Middleton
TN

118

279

2

65

120

344

464

(114
)
2004
Natchez Trace
Hohenwald
TN

533

1,257

7

508

540

1,765

2,305

(549
)
2004
Alamo Palms Resort
Harlingen
TX
(6,599
)
1,562

7,924


63

1,562

7,987

9,549

(888
)
2012
Bay Landing
Bridgeport
TX

438

1,033

6

508

444

1,541

1,985

(442
)
2004
Colorado River
Columbus
TX

466

1,099

6

188

472

1,287

1,759

(425
)
2004
Country Sunshine
Weslaco
TX

627

1,881


901

627

2,782

3,409

(1,051
)
2004
Fun n Sun RV
San Benito
TX
(6,473
)
2,533

5,560

412

6,175

2,945

11,735

14,680

(6,336
)
1998

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Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Lake Conroe
Willis
TX
$

$
1,363

$
3,214

$
18

$
2,603

$
1,381

$
5,817

$
7,198

$
(1,594
)
2004
Lake Tawakoni
Point
TX

35

2,320


301

35

2,621

2,656

(856
)
2004
Lake Texoma
Gordonville
TX

488

1,151

6

1,014

494

2,165

2,659

(618
)
2004
Lake Whitney
Whitney
TX

679

1,602

10

709

689

2,311

3,000

(706
)
2004
Lakewood
Harlingen
TX

325

979


210

325

1,189

1,514

(466
)
2004
Medina Lake
Lakehills
TX

936

2,208

12

940

948

3,148

4,096

(1,048
)
2004
Paradise Park RV
Harlingen
TX

1,568

4,705


816

1,568

5,521

7,089

(1,978
)
2004
Paradise South
Mercedes
TX

448

1,345


365

448

1,710

2,158

(594
)
2004
Southern Comfort
Weslaco
TX

1,108

3,323


367

1,108

3,690

4,798

(1,371
)
2004
Sunshine RV
Harlingen
TX

1,494

4,484


1,117

1,494

5,601

7,095

(2,012
)
2004
Tropic Winds
Harlingen
TX

1,221

3,809


583

1,221

4,392

5,613

(1,830
)
2002
Victoria Palms Resort
Harlingen
TX
(11,164
)
2,849

12,305


316

2,849

12,621

15,470

(1,482
)
2012
All Seasons
Salt Lake City
UT
(3,111
)
510

1,623


514

510

2,137

2,647

(1,199
)
1997
St. George
Hurricane
UT

64

264

2

272

66

536

602

(84
)
2010
Westwood Village
Farr West
UT
(10,013
)
1,346

4,179


2,160

1,346

6,339

7,685

(3,417
)
1997
Chesapeake Bay
Cloucester
VA

1,230

2,900

16

1,950

1,246

4,850

6,096

(1,347
)
2004
Harbor View
Colonial Beach
VA

64

202


439

64

641

705

(151
)
2006
Lynchburg
Gladys
VA

266

627

4

212

270

839

1,109

(274
)
2004
Meadows of Chantilly
Chantilly
VA
(45,194
)
5,430

16,440


7,269

5,430

23,709

29,139

(14,346
)
1994
Regency Lakes
Winchester
VA
(9,722
)
9,757

19,055


80

9,757

19,135

28,892

(3,322
)
2011
Virginia Landing
Quinby
VA

602

1,419

8

211

610

1,630

2,240

(568
)
2004
Williamsburg
Williamsburg
VA

111

350


138

111

488

599

(125
)
2006
Birch Bay
Blaine
WA

502

1,185

7

108

509

1,293

1,802

(437
)
2004
Chehalis
Chehalis
WA

590

1,392

8

815

598

2,207

2,805

(706
)
2004
Crescent Bar
Quincy
WA

314

741

4

305

318

1,046

1,364

(346
)
2004
Grandy Creek
Concrete
WA

475

1,425


229

475

1,654

2,129

(385
)
2008
Kloshe Illahee
Federal Way
WA
(16,166
)
2,408

7,286


718

2,408

8,004

10,412

(4,562
)
1997
La Conner
La Conner
WA


2,016


834


2,850

2,850

(1,022
)
2004
Leavenworth
Leavenworth
WA

786

1,853

10

561

796

2,414

3,210

(777
)
2004
Little Diamond
Newport
WA

353

834

5

622

358

1,456

1,814

(397
)
2004
Long Beach
Seaview
WA

321

758

4

370

325

1,128

1,453

(310
)
2004

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Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)

Initial Cost to
Company
Costs Capitalized
Subsequent to
Acquisition
(Improvements)
Gross Amount Carried
at Close of
Period 12/31/14
Real Estate (1)
Location
Encumbrances
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Land
Depreciable
Property
Total
Accumulated
Depreciation
Date of
Acquisition
Mount Vernon
Bow
WA
$

$
621

$
1,464

$
8

$
667

$
629

$
2,131

$
2,760

$
(681
)
2004
Oceana
Oceana City
WA

283

668

4

92

287

760

1,047

(246
)
2004
Paradise
Silver Creek
WA

466

1,099

7

345

473

1,444

1,917

(455
)
2004
Tall Chief
Fall City
WA

314

946


284

314

1,230

1,544

(228
)
2010
Thunderbird
Monroe
WA

500

1,178

8

229

508

1,407

1,915

(468
)
2004
Arrowhead
Wisconsin Dells
WI

522

1,616


417

522

2,033

2,555

(565
)
2006
Blackhawk
Milton
WI
(5,025
)
1,789

7,613



1,789

7,613

9,402

(529
)
2014
Fremont
Fremont
WI

1,437

4,296


682

1,437

4,978

6,415

(1,674
)
2004
Lakeland
Milton
WI
(8,796
)
3,159

13,830



3,159

13,830

16,989

(876
)
2014
Neshonoc Lakeside
LaCrosse County
WI
(5,604
)
1,105

4,861



1,105

4,861

5,966

(290
)
2013
Plymouth Rock
Elkhart Lake
WI
(6,764
)
2,293

6,879


457

2,293

7,336

9,629

(1,430
)
2009
Rainbow Lake Manor
Bristol
WI

4,474

16,594


77

4,474

16,671

21,145

(1,553
)
2013
Tranquil Timbers
Sturgeon Bay
WI

714

2,152


425

714

2,577

3,291

(723
)
2006
Westwood Estates
Pleasant Prairie
WI

5,382

19,732


100

5,382

19,832

25,214

(1,933
)
2013
Yukon Trails
Lyndon Station
WI

556

1,629


192

556

1,821

2,377

(623
)
2004
Subtotal of Properties Held for Long Term
(2,012,246
)
1,050,351

2,595,913

41,199

472,406

1,091,550

3,068,319

4,159,869

(1,118,072
)
Realty Systems, Inc.




206,747


206,747

206,747

(36,034
)
2002
Management Business and other


436


20,861


21,297

21,297

(15,386
)
1990
$
(2,012,246
)
$
1,050,351

$
2,596,349

$
41,199

$
700,014

$
1,091,550

$
3,296,363

$
4,387,913

$
(1,169,492
)
_________________________________
(1)
The schedule excludes Properties in which we have a non-controlling joint venture interest and account for using the equity method of accounting.
(2)
All Properties were acquired, except for Country Place Village, which was constructed.


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Schedule III
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
December 31, 2014
(amounts in thousands)


The changes in total real estate for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
2014
2013
2012
Balance, beginning of year
$
4,228,106

$
4,044,650

$
3,960,692

Acquisitions
122,366

133,344

18,738

Improvements
63,721

64,714

67,850

Dispositions and other
(26,280
)
(14,602
)
(2,630
)
Balance, end of year
$
4,387,913

$
4,228,106

$
4,044,650


The changes in accumulated depreciation for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
2014
2013
2012
Balance, beginning of year
$
1,058,540

$
948,581

$
807,329

Depreciation expense (a)
111,065

108,229

102,083

Amortization of in-place leases
3,999

1,940

39,467

Dispositions and other
(4,112
)
(210
)
(298
)
Balance, end of year
$
1,169,492

$
1,058,540

$
948,581

________________________
(a)
Includes approximately $10.9 million , $6.5 million and $5.6 million of depreciation from rental operations for the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , respectively.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part IItem 1. BusinessItem 1A. Risk FactorsItem 1B. Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 2. PropertiesItem 3. Legal ProceedingsItem 4. Mine Safety DisclosurePart IIItem 5. Market For Registrant S Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases Of Equity SecuritiesItem 6. Selected Financial DataItem 7. Management S Discussion and Analysis Of Financial Condition and Results Of OperationsItem 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskItem 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary DataItem 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial DisclosureItem 9A. Controls and ProceduresItem 9B. Other InformationPart IIIItem 12. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder MattersPart IVItem 15. Exhibits and Financial Statements SchedulesNote 1 Our Organization and Basis Of PresentationNote 2 Summary Of Significant Accounting PoliciesNote 2 Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)Note 3 Earnings Per Common ShareNote 3 Earnings Per Common Share (continued)Note 4 Common Stock and Other Equity Related TransactionsNote 4 Common Stock and Other Equity Related Transactions (continued)Note 5 Investment in Real EstateNote 5 - Investment in Real Estate (continued)Note 6 Investment in Unconsolidated Joint VenturesNote 6 Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (continued)Note 7 Notes ReceivableNote 8 Borrowing ArrangementsNote 8 Borrowing Arrangements (continued)Note 9 Derivative Instruments and Hedging ActivitiesNote 9 Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (continued)Note 10 Deferred Revenue-entry Of Right-to-use Contracts and Deferred Commission ExpenseNote 11 Lease AgreementsNote 12 Operating LeasesNote 13 Transactions with Related PartiesNote 14 Equity Incentive AwardsNote 14 Equity Incentive Awards (continued)Note 15 Preferred StockNote 15 Preferred Stock (continued)Note 16 Long-term Cash Incentive PlanNote 17 Savings PlanNote 18 Commitments and ContingenciesNote 18 Commitments and Contingencies (continued)Note 19 Reportable SegmentsNote 19 Reportable Segments (continued)Note 20 Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)