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Equity LifeStyle Properties - 10-K annual report 2010


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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
 
   
þ
 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010
or
o
  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
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 800,
Chicago, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 36-3857664
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
60606
(Zip Code)
 
(312) 279-1400
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
   
(Title of Class) (Name of Exchange on Which Registered)
 
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
 New York Stock Exchange
 
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 þNo 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 þ
 
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 þ     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 ofRegulation 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 þNo o
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 ofRegulation 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 thisForm 10-Kor any amendment to thisForm 10-K.  o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” inRule 12b-2of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
       
Large accelerated filer þ
 Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 Smaller reporting company o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2of the Exchange Act).  Yes o     No þ
 
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $1,359.0 million as of June 30, 2010 based upon the closing price of $48.23 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 22, 2011, 31,118,269 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 11, 2011.
 


 

 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
       
    Page
 
 Business  3 
 Risk Factors  10 
 Unresolved Staff Comments  19 
 Properties  19 
 Legal Proceedings  27 
 [Removed and Reserved]  27 
 
PART II.
 Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities  28 
 Selected Financial Data  29 
 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  31 
 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk  50 
  Forward-Looking Statements  50 
 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  51 
 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure  51 
 Controls and Procedures  51 
 Other Information  52 
 
PART III.
 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance  53 
 Executive Compensation  53 
 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters  53 
 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence  53 
 Principal Accountant Fees and Services  53 
 
PART IV.
 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules  54 
 EX-12
 EX-21
 EX-23
 EX-24.1
 EX-24.2
 EX-24.3
 EX-24.4
 EX-24.5
 EX-24.6
 EX-24.7
 EX-31.1
 EX-31.2
 EX-32.1
 EX-32.2
 EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
 EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT


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PART I
 
Item 1.  Business
 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
General
 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and its other consolidated subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”), are referred to herein as the “Company” and “ELS.” ELS has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1993.
 
The Company is a fully integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties (“Properties”). The Company leases 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 enterright-to-usecontracts providing the customer access to specific Properties for limited stays. The Company was 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, 2010, the Company owned or had an ownership interest in a portfolio of 307 Properties located throughout the United States and Canada, consisting of 111,002 residential sites. These Properties are located in 27 states and British Columbia (with the number of Properties in each state or province shown parenthetically) as follows: Florida (86), California (48), Arizona (37), Texas (15), Washington (15), Pennsylvania (12), Colorado (10), Oregon (9), North Carolina (8), Delaware (7), New York (6), Nevada (6), Virginia (6), Indiana (5), Maine (5), Wisconsin (5), Illinois (4), Massachusetts (3), New Jersey (3), South Carolina (3), Utah (3), Michigan (2), New Hampshire (2), Ohio (2), Tennessee (2), Alabama (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, installed and set on designated sites (“Site Set”) within the Properties. These homes can range from 400 to over 2,000 square feet. The smallest of these homes are referred to as “Resort Cottages.” 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 restaurants, swimming pools, golf courses, lawn bowling, shuffleboard courts, tennis courts, laundry facilities and cable television service. In some cases, utilities are provided or arranged for by the Company; 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 fromon-sitefacilities. Properties generally are designed to attract retirees, empty-nesters, vacationers and second home owners; however, certain of the Company’s Properties focus on affordable housing for families. The Company focuses on owning properties in or near large metropolitan markets and retirement and vacation destinations.
 
Employees and Organizational Structure
 
The Company has an annual average of approximately 3,600 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees dedicated to carrying out its operating philosophy and strategies of value enhancement and service to its customers. The operations of each Property are coordinated by anon-site team of employees that typically includes a manager, clerical staff and maintenance workers, each of whom works to provide maintenance and care of the Properties. Direct supervision ofon-sitemanagement is the responsibility of the Company’s regional vice presidents and regional and district managers. These individuals have significant experience in addressing the needs of customers and in finding or creating innovative approaches to maximize value and increase cash flow from property operations. Complementing this field management staff are approximately 144 full-time corporate employees who assiston-site and regional management in all property functions.


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Formation of the Company
 
The operations of the Company are conducted primarily through the Operating Partnership. The Company contributed the proceeds from its initial public offering in 1993 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 owned by the Company. The financial results of the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, since certain activities, if performed by the Company, may not be qualifying REIT activities under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Company has formed taxable REIT subsidiaries, as defined in the Code, to engage in such activities.
 
Realty Systems, Inc. (“RSI”) is a wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary of the Company that is engaged in the business of purchasing and selling or leasing Site Set homes that are located in Properties owned and managed by the Company. 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 taxable REIT subsidiaries of the Company.
 
Business Objectives and Operating Strategies
 
The Company’s strategy is to seek to maximize both current income and long-term growth in income. The Company focuses on properties that have strong cash flow and plans to hold such properties for long-term investment and capital appreciation. In determining cash flow potential, the Company evaluates its ability to attract and retain high quality customers to its Properties who take pride in the Property and in their homes. These business objectives and their implementation are determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and may be changed at any time. The Company’s investment, operating and financing approach includes:
 
  • Providing consistently 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 management information systems 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; and
 
  • Managing the Company’s debt balances such that the Company maintains financial flexibility, has minimal exposure to interest rate fluctuations and maintains an appropriate degree of leverage to maximize return on capital.
 
The Company’s 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. The Company focuses 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, the Company regularly conducts evaluations of the cost of housing in the marketplaces in which its Properties are located and surveys rental rates of competing properties. From time to time the Company also conducts satisfaction surveys of its customers to determine the factors they consider most important in choosing a property. The Company seeks to improve site utilization and efficiency by tracking types of customers and usage patterns and marketing to those specific customer groups.


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Acquisitions and Dispositions
 
Over the last decade the Company’s portfolio of Properties has grown significantly from 154 owned or partly owned Properties with over 51,000 sites to 307 owned or partly-owned Properties with over 111,000 sites. The Company continually reviews the Properties in its portfolio to ensure that they fit the Company’s business objectives. Over the last five years the Company sold 16 Properties, and it redeployed capital to markets it believes have greater long-term potential. In that same time period the Company acquired 39 Properties located in high growth areas such as Florida, Arizona and California.
 
The Company believes 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, add to the attractiveness of the Company’s Properties as investments. The Company believes it has a competitive advantage in the acquisition of additional properties due to its experienced management, significant presence in major real estate markets and substantial capital resources. The Company is actively seeking to acquire additional properties and is engaged in various stages of negotiations relating to the possible acquisition of a number of properties.
 
The Company anticipates that new acquisitions will generally be located in the United States, although it may consider other geographic locations provided they meet certain acquisition criteria. The Company utilizes 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 it expects to expand its 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, the Company may acquire properties in transactions that include the issuance of limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“Units”) as consideration for the acquired properties. The Company believes that an ownership structure that includes the Operating Partnership will permit it to acquire additional properties in transactions that may defer all or a portion of the sellers’ tax consequences.
 
When evaluating potential acquisitions, the Company considers such factors as:
 
  • The replacement cost of the property, including land values, entitlements and zoning;
 
  • The geographic area and type of the property;
 
  • The location, construction quality, condition and design of the property;
 
  • The current and projected cash flow of the property and the ability to increase cash flow;
 
  • 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’ profile;
 
  • The prospects for liquidity through sale, financing or refinancing of the property; and
 
  • The competition from existing properties and the potential for the construction of new properties in the area.
 
When evaluating potential dispositions, the Company considers such factors as:
 
  • Its ability to sell the Property at a price that it believes will provide an appropriate return for its stockholders;
 
  • Its desire to exit certain non-core markets and recycle the capital into core markets; and
 
  • Whether the Property meets its current investment criteria.


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When investing capital, the Company considers all potential uses of the capital, including returning capital to its stockholders. The Company’s Board of Directors continues to review the conditions under which it will repurchase the Company’s stock. These conditions include, but are not limited to, market price, balance sheet flexibility, other opportunities and capital requirements.
 
Property Expansions
 
Several of the Company’s Properties have available land for expanding the number of sites available to be utilized by its customers. Development of these sites (“Expansion Sites”) is evaluated based on the following: 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; topography; and ability to market new sites. When justified, development of Expansion Sites allows the Company to leverage existing facilities and amenities to increase the income generated from the Properties. Where appropriate, facilities and amenities may be upgraded or added to certain Properties to make those Properties more attractive in their markets. The Company’s acquisition philosophy includes owning Properties with potential Expansion Site development. Approximately 79 of the Company’s Properties have expansion potential, with approximately 5,300 acres available for expansion.
 
Leases or Usage Rights
 
At the Company’s Properties, a typical lease entered into between the owner of a home and the Company for the rental of a site is for amonth-to-monthoryear-to-yearterm, 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. Non-cancelable long-term leases, with remaining terms ranging up to ten years, are in effect at certain sites within 30 of the Properties. Some of these leases are subject to rental rate increases based on the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), in some instances taking into consideration certain floors and ceilings and allowing for pass-throughs of certain items such as real estate taxes, utility expenses and capital expenditures. Generally, market rate adjustments are made on an annual basis. At Properties zoned for RV use, long-term customers typically enter into rental agreements and many customers prepay for their stays. 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 customers who have entered aright-to-useor membership contract, the contract generally grants the customer access to designated Properties on a continuous basis of up to 14 days. The customer typically makes a nonrefundable upfront payment, and annual dues payments are required to renew the contract. The contracts provide for an annual dues increase, usually based on increases in the CPI. Approximately 30% 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 in certain other limited circumstances.
 
Regulations and Insurance
 
General.  The Company’s 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, to its customers, and regulations relating to operating water and wastewater treatment facilities at certain of its Properties. The Company believes that each Property has all material permits and approvals necessary to operate.
 
Rent Control Legislation.  At certain of the Company’s Properties, principally in California, state and local rent control laws limit the Company’s ability to increase rents and to recover increases in operating expenses and the costs of capital improvements. Enactment of such laws has been considered from time to time in other jurisdictions. The Company presently expects 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 has enacted a law requiring that rental increases be reasonable. Also, certain jurisdictions in California in which the Company owns Properties limit rent increases to changes in the CPI or some percentage thereof. As part of the Company’s effort to realize the value of Properties subject to restrictive regulation, it has initiated lawsuits against several municipalities imposing such regulation in an attempt to


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balance the interests of its stockholders with the interests of its customers (See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings”). Further, at certain of the Company’s Properties primarily used as membership campgrounds, state statutes limit the Company’s ability to close a Property unless a reasonable substitute property is made available for members’ use. Many states also have consumer protection laws regulatingright-to-useor campground membership sales and the financing of such sales. Some states have laws requiring the Company to register with a state agency and obtain a permit to market (See Item 1A. “Risk Factors”).
 
Insurance.  The Properties are insured against fire, flood, property damage, earthquake, windstorm and business interruption, and the relevant insurance policies contain various deductible requirements and coverage limits. The Company’s current property and casualty insurance policies, which it plans to renew, expire on April 1, 2011. The Company has a $100 million loss limit with respect to its all-risk property insurance program including named windstorms, which include, for example, hurricanes. This loss limit is subject to additionalsub-limitsas set forth in the policy form, including among others a $25 million loss limit for an earthquake in California. Policy deductibles primarily range from a $100,000 minimum to 5% per unit of insurance for most catastrophic events. A deductible indicates ELS’ maximum exposure, subject to policysub-limits,in the event of a loss.
 
INDUSTRY
 
The Company believes that modern properties similar to its 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:  The Company believes that the supply of new properties in locations targeted by the Company will be constrained due to 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 properties 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 properties (excluding government owned properties) in North America. Most of these properties are not operated by large owner/operators, and of the RV properties approximately 1,300 contain 200 sites or more. The Company believes that this relatively high degree of fragmentation provides the Company, as a national organization with experienced management and substantial financial resources, the opportunity to purchase additional properties.
 
  • Customer Base:  The Company believes 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) since moving a Site Set home from one property to another involves substantial cost and effort, customers often sell their homes in-place (similar to site-built residential housing) with no interruption of rental payments to the Company.
 
  • Lifestyle Choice:  According to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (“RVIA”), nearly one in ten U.S. vehicle-owning households owns an RV and there are 8.3 million current RV owners. The 78 million people born from 1946 to 1964 or “baby boomers” make up the fastest growing segment of this market. According to U.S. Census figures, every day 11,000 Americans turn 50. The Company believes that this population segment, seeking an active lifestyle, will provide opportunities for future cash flow


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 growth for the Company. Current RV owners, once finished with the more active RV lifestyle, will often seek more permanent retirement or vacation establishments. The Site Set housing choice has become an increasingly popular housing alternative for retirement, second-home, and “empty-nest” living. According to U.S. Census figures, the baby-boom generation will constitute almost 17% of the U.S. population within the next 20 years. Among those individuals who are nearing retirement (age 46 to 64), approximately 33% plan on moving upon retirement.
 
The Company believes that the housing choices in its Properties are especially attractive to such individuals throughout this lifestyle cycle. The Company’s Properties offer an appealing amenity package, close proximity to local services, social activities, low maintenance and a secure environment. In fact, many of the Company’s Properties allow for this cycle to occur within a single Property.
 
  • Construction Quality:  Since 1976, all factory built housing has been required to meet stringent federal standards, 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. In addition, although Resort Cottages do not come under the same regulation, many of the manufacturers of Site Set homes also produce Resort Cottages with many of the same quality standards.
 
  • Comparability to Site-Built Homes:  The Site Set housing industry has experienced a trend towards 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.
 
  • Second Home Demographics:  According to 2010 National Association of Realtors (“NAR”) reports, sales of second homes in 2009 accounted for 27% of residential transactions, or 1.49 million second-home sales in 2009. There were approximately 7.9 million vacation homes in 2009. The typical vacation-home buyer is 46 years old and earned $87,500 in 2009. According to 2009 NAR reports, approximately 57% of vacation home-owners prefer to be near an ocean, river or lake; 38% close to boating activities; 32% close to hunting or fishing activities; and 17% close to winter recreation. 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 wherewithal 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. The Company believes it is likely that over the next decade it will continue to see historically high levels of second-home sales, and resort homes and cottages in its Properties will continue to provide a viable second-home alternative to site-built homes.
 
Notwithstanding the Company’s belief that the industry information highlighted above provides the Company with significant long-term growth opportunities, its 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. Although new manufactured home shipments continue to be below historical levels, shipments for the first eleven months in 2010 increased over 2% to 47,300 units as compared to shipments for the first eleven months in 2009 of 46,300 units. The decline for 2009 as compared to 2008 was over 40%. According to the RVIA, wholesale shipments of RVs increased 46.2% in 2010 to 242,300 units as compared to 2009 which continues a positive trend in RV shipments that started in late 2009. Industry experts have predicted that 2011 RV shipments will increase almost 4%, as compared to 2010, to 246,000.


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Manufactured Housing and Recreational Vehicle
Annual Shipments2000-2010(MH 2010 YTD: through November)
 
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
 
 
(1) Source: Institute for Building Technology and Safety
 
(2) Source: RVIA
 
  • Sales — Retail sales of RVs increased over 7% to 174,900 for the first 11 months of 2010, as compared to 163,200 the first 11 months of 2009. A total of 163,300 RVs were sold during the year ended December 31, 2009, representing a decline of almost 30% over the prior year. RVIA has indicated that the RV industry is seeing signs of improvement aspent-updemand for RVs is being released as the economy recovers. Gains are expected in 2011 primarily due to improvements in retail sales rather than the restocking needs of the dealer networks.
 
  • Availability of financing - The current credit crisis has made it difficult for manufactured home and RV manufacturers to obtain floor plan financing and for potential customers to obtain loans for manufactured home or RV purchases. RVIA states that the federal economic credit and stimulus packages designed to stimulate RV lending and provide tax deductions to buyers of RVs may help promote sales of RVs. However, there is very little financing available to manufactured home buyers. Further, recent legislation known as the SAFE Act (Safe Mortgage Licensing Act) requires community owners interested in financing customer purchases of manufactured homes to register as a mortgage loan originator in states in which they engage in such financing. These requirements are generally more burdensome for lenders financing the purchase of manufactured homes than for lenders financing the purchase of site-built homes. In addition, as compared to financing available to owners and purchasers of site-built single family homes, available financing for a manufactured home involves higher down payments, higher FICO scores, higher interest rates and shorter maturity. 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.
 
Please see the Company’s risk factors, financial statements and related notes contained in thisForm 10-Kfor more detailed information.


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Available Information
 
The Company files reports electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The public may read and copy any materials the Company files 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 at1-800-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 athttp://www.sec.gov. The Company maintains an Internet site with information about the Company and hyperlinks to its filings with the SEC athttp://www.equitylifestyle.com,free of charge. Requests for copies of the Company’s 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
 
The Company’s 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 the Company’s Properties and the Company’s Cash Flow.  Several factors may adversely affect the economic performance and value of the Company’s Properties. These factors include:
 
  • changes in the national, regional and 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 the Company’s 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 the Company’s potential customers to sell their existing site-built residences in order to purchase resort homes or cottages in the Company’s Properties, and heightened price sensitivity for seasonal and second homebuyers;
 
  • the possible reduced ability of the Company’s 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 the Company’s transient customers;
 
  • the Company’s 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 the Company’s assets to generate income sufficient to pay its expenses, service its debt and maintain its Properties, which may adversely affect the Company’s ability to make expected distributions to its stockholders;
 
  • the Company’s 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;


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  • interest rate levels and the availability of financing, which may adversely affect the Company’s financial condition;
 
  • changes in laws and governmental regulations (including rent control laws and regulations governing usage, zoning and taxes), which may adversely affect the Company’s financial condition;
 
  • poor weather, especially on holiday weekends in the summer, which could reduce the economic performance of the Company’s Northern resort Properties; and
 
  • the Company’s ability to sell new or upgradedright-to-usecontracts and to retain customers who have previously purchased aright-to-usecontract.
 
New Acquisitions May Fail to Perform as Expected and Competition for Acquisitions May Result in Increased Prices for Properties.  The Company intends to continue to acquire properties. Newly acquired Properties may fail to perform as expected. The Company may underestimate the costs necessary to bring an acquired property up to standards established for its intended market position. Difficulties in integrating acquisitions may prove costly or time-consuming and could divert management attention. Additionally, the Company expects that other real estate investors with significant capital will compete with it for attractive investment opportunities. These competitors include publicly traded REITs, private REITs and other types of investors. Such competition increases prices for properties. The Company expects to acquire properties with cash from secured or unsecured financings, proceeds from offerings of equity or debt, undistributed funds from operations and sales of investments. The Company may not be in a position or have the opportunity in the future to make suitable property acquisitions on favorable terms.
 
Because Real Estate Investments Are Illiquid, The Company May Not be Able to Sell Properties When Appropriate.  Real estate investments generally cannot be sold quickly. The Company may not be able to vary its portfolio promptly in response to economic or other conditions, forcing the Company to accept lower than market value. This inability to respond promptly to changes in the performance of the Company’s investments could adversely affect its financial condition and ability to service debt and make distributions to its stockholders.
 
Some Potential Losses Are Not Covered by Insurance.  The Company carries comprehensive insurance coverage for losses resulting from property damage, liability claims and business interruption on all of its Properties. In addition the Company carries 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 and Fiduciary liability. The Company believes 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, the Company could lose all or a portion of the capital it has invested in a Property or the anticipated future revenue from a Property. In such an event, the Company might nevertheless remain obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the Property.
 
The Company’s current property and casualty insurance policies, which it plans to renew, expire on April 1, 2011. The Company has a $100 million loss limit with respect to its all-risk property insurance program including named windstorms, which include, for example, hurricanes. This loss limit is subject to additionalsub-limitsas set forth in the policy form, including among others a $25 million loss limit for an earthquake in California. Policy deductibles primarily range from a $100,000 minimum to 5% per unit of insurance for most catastrophic events. A deductible indicates ELS’ maximum exposure, subject to policysub-limits,in the event of a loss.
 
There can be no assurance that the actions of the U.S. government, Federal Reserve and other governmental and regulatory bodies instituted for the purpose of stabilizing the financial markets, or market response to those actions, will achieve the intended effect, and the Company’s business may not benefit from or may be adversely impacted by these actions, and further government or market developments could adversely impact the Company.  In response to recent market disruptions, legislators and financial regulators implemented a number of mechanisms designed to add stability to the financial markets, including the provision of direct and indirect assistance to distressed financial institutions, assistance by the banking authorities in arranging acquisitions of weakened banks and broker-dealers, implementation of programs by the Federal Reserve to provide liquidity to the commercial paper markets and temporary prohibitions on short sales of certain financial


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institution securities. Numerous actions have been taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, U.S. Treasury, SEC and others to address the liquidity and credit crisis that followed the sub prime crisis that commenced in 2007. These measures include, but are not limited to various legislative and regulatory efforts, homeowner relief that encourages loan restructuring and modification; the establishment of significant liquidity and credit facilities for financial institutions and investment banks; the lowering of the federal funds rate; emergency action against short selling practices; a temporary guaranty program for money market funds; the establishment of a commercial paper funding facility to provide back stop liquidity to commercial paper issuers; and coordinated international efforts to address illiquidity and other weaknesses in the banking sector. It is not clear at this time what impact these liquidity and funding initiatives of the Federal Reserve and other agencies that have been previously announced, and any additional programs that may be initiated in the future, will have on the financial markets, including the extreme levels of volatility and limited credit availability currently being experienced, or on the U.S. banking and financial industries and the broader U.S. and global economies. Specifically, the Company believes that programs intended to provide relief to current or potential site-built or stick-built single family homeowners, and not purchasers of Site-Set homes who lease the underlying land and RV’s, negatively impacts its business.
 
Further, the overall effects of the legislative and regulatory efforts on the financial markets is uncertain, and they may not have the intended stabilization effects. Should these legislative or regulatory initiatives fail to stabilize and add liquidity to the financial markets, the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. Even if legislative or regulatory initiatives or other efforts successfully stabilize and add liquidity to the financial markets, the Company may need to modify its strategies, businesses or operations, and the Company may incur increased capital requirements and constraints or additional costs in order to satisfy new regulatory requirements or to compete in a changed business environment. It is uncertain what effects recently enacted or future legislation or regulatory initiatives will have on us.
 
Given the volatile nature of the current market disruption and the uncertainties underlying efforts to mitigate or reverse the disruption, the Company may not timely anticipate or manage existing, new or additional risks, contingencies or developments, including regulatory developments and trends in new products and services, in the current or future environment. The Company’s failure to do so could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
 
Adverse changes in general economic conditions may adversely affect the Company’s business.
 
The Company’s success is dependent upon economic conditions in the U.S. generally and in the geographic areas in which a substantial number of the Company’s Properties are located. Adverse changes in national economic conditions and in the economic conditions of the regions in which the Company conducts substantial business may have an adverse effect on the real estate values of the Company’s Properties, its financial performance and the market price of its common stock.
 
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 the Company maintains reserves for credit losses and an allowance for doubtful accounts in amounts that it believes should be sufficient to provide adequate protection against potential write-downs in its portfolio, these amounts could prove to be insufficient.
 
Campground Membership Properties Laws and Regulations Could Adversely Affect the Value of Certain Properties and the Company’s Cash Flow.
 
Many of the states in which the Company does business have laws regulatingright-to-useor 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 the Company to register with a state agency and obtain a permit to market. The Company is subject to changes, from time to time, in the application or interpretation of such laws that can affect its business or the rights of its members.
 
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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 the ability of the Company to realize recoveries from Property sales.
 
The government authorities regulating the Company’s 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. The Company monitors its 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 the Company’s portfolio of contracts receivable. Examples of such laws include state and federal consumer credit andtruth-in-lendinglaws 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 theright-to-useor campground membership agreements, the Company is prohibited from selling more than ten memberships per site. At the present time, these restrictions do not preclude the Company from selling memberships in any state. However, these restrictions may limit the Company’s ability to utilize Properties for public usageand/or the Company’s 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 the Company’s Economic Performance.
 
Scheduled Debt Payments Could Adversely Affect the Company’s Financial Condition.  The Company’s business is subject to risks normally associated with debt financing. The total principal amount of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness was approximately $1.4 billion as of December 31, 2010. The Company’s substantial indebtedness and the cash flow associated with serving its indebtedness could have important consequences, including the risks that:
 
  • the Company’s cash flow could be insufficient to pay distributions at expected levels and meet required payments of principal and interest;
 
  • the Company might be required to use a substantial portion of its cash flow from operations to pay its indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of its cash flow to fund the implementation of its business strategy, acquisitions, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes;
 
  • the Company’s debt service obligations could limit its flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in its business and the industry in which it operates;
 
  • the Company may not be able to refinance existing indebtedness (which in virtually all cases requires substantial principal payments at maturity) and, if it 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, the Company’s 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 cash flow and the Company’s ability to service debt and make distributions to stockholders.
 
Ability to obtain mortgage financing or to refinance maturing mortgages may adversely affect the Company’s financial condition.  During 2010, the Company received financing proceeds from Fannie Mae secured by mortgages on individual manufactured home Properties. The terms of the Fannie Mae financings have been relatively attractive as compared to other potential lenders. If financing proceeds are no longer


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available from Fannie Mae for any reason or if Fannie Mae terms are no longer attractive, these factors may adversely affect cash flow and the Company’s ability to service debt and make distributions to stockholders.
 
Financial Covenants Could Adversely Affect the Company’s Financial Condition.  If a Property is mortgaged to secure payment of indebtedness, and the Company is unable to meet mortgage payments, the mortgagee could foreclose on the Property, resulting in loss of income and asset value. The mortgages on the Company’s Properties contain customary negative covenants, which among other things limit the Company’s ability, without the prior consent of the lender, to further mortgage the Property and to discontinue insurance coverage. In addition, the Company’s credit facilities contain certain customary restrictions, requirements and other limitations on the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness, including totaldebt-to-assetsratios, 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 the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
 
The Company’s Degree of Leverage Could Limit Its Ability to Obtain Additional Financing.  The Company’sdebt-to-market-capitalizationratio (total debt as a percentage of total debt plus the market value of the outstanding common stock and Units held by parties other than the Company) was approximately 42% as of December 31, 2010. The degree of leverage could have important consequences to stockholders, including an adverse effect on the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, development or other general corporate purposes, and makes the Company more vulnerable to a downturn in business or the economy generally.
 
The Company may be able to incur substantially more debt, which would increase the risks associated with its substantial leverage.  Despite the Company’s current indebtedness levels, it may still be able to incur substantially more debt in the future. If new debt is added to the Company’s current debt levels, an even greater portion of its cash flow will be needed to satisfy its debt service obligations. As a result, the related risks that we now face could intensify and increase the risk of a default on the Company’s indebtedness.
 
The Company Depends on Its Subsidiaries’ Dividends and Distributions.
 
Substantially all of the Company’s assets are indirectly held through the Operating Partnership. As a result, the Company has no source of operating cash flow other than from distributions from the Operating Partnership. The Company’s ability to pay dividends to holders of common stock depends on the Operating Partnership’s ability first to satisfy its obligations to its creditors and make distributions payable to third party holders of its preferred Units and then to make distributions to MHC Trust and common Unit holders. Similarly, MHC Trust must satisfy its obligations to its creditors and preferred stockholders before making common stock distributions to the Company.
 
Stockholders’ Ability to Effect Changes of Control of the Company is Limited.
 
Provisions of the Company’s Charter and Bylaws Could Inhibit Changes of Control.  Certain provisions of the Company’s charter and bylaws may delay or prevent a change of control of the Company or other transactions that could provide its stockholders with a premium over the then-prevailing market price of their common stock or which might otherwise be in the best interest of its 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 the Company’s 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 outstanding common stock, or with an affiliate of the Company 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 the 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


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conditions, the Company’s 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 its shares of common stock. The Board of Directors has exempted from these provisions under the Maryland law any business combination with Samuel Zell, who is the Chairman of the Board of the Company, certain holders of Units who received them at the time of the Company’s initial public offering, the General Motors Hourly Rate Employees Pension Trust and the General Motors Salaried Employees Pension Trust, and the Company’s officers who acquired common stock at the time the Company was formed and each and every affiliate of theirs.
 
The Company Has 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 the Company’s 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 the Company’s REIT qualification, the Company’s charter, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits Beneficial Ownership (as defined in the Company’s charter) by any single stockholder of more than 5% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the Company’s outstanding capital stock. The Company refers to this as the “Ownership Limit.” Within certain limits, the Company’s 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 the Company 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 transferred to the Company 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 on other such transaction), the market price of the capital stock on the date of the event causing the capital stock to be transferred to the Company 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 the Company and, therefore, could adversely affect its stockholders’ ability to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price for their common stock.
 
We May Choose to Pay Dividends in Our Own Stock, in Which Case You May be Required to Pay Income Taxes in Excess of the Cash Dividends You Receive.
 
We may distribute taxable dividends that are payable in cash and shares of our common stock at the election of each stockholder. Taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend as ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. stockholder may be required to pay income taxes with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash dividends received. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect tonon-U.S. stockholders,we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on their dividends, it may put downward pressure on the market price of our common stock.
 
Conflicts of Interest Could Influence the Company’s Decisions.
 
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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 the Company. Consequently, Mr. Zell’s continued involvement in other investment activities could result in competition to the Company as well as management decisions which might not reflect the interests of the Company’s stockholders.
 
Members of Management May Have a Conflict of Interest Over Whether To Enforce Terms of Mr. McAdams’s Employment and Noncompetition Agreement.  Mr. McAdams was the Company’s President until January 31, 2011 and had an employment and noncompetition agreement with the Company that expired on December 31, 2010. For the most part these restrictions apply to him both during his employment and for two years thereafter. Mr. McAdams is also prohibited from otherwise disrupting or interfering with the Company’s business through the solicitation of the Company’s employees or customers or otherwise. To the extent that the Company chooses to enforce its rights under any of these agreements, it may determine to pursue available remedies, such as actions for damages or injunctive relief, less vigorously than the Company otherwise might because of its desire to maintain its ongoing relationship with Mr. McAdams. Additionally, the non-competition provisions of his agreement, despite being limited in scope and duration, could be difficult to enforce, or may be subject to limited enforcement, should litigation arise over it in the future. See Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K.
 
Risk of Eminent Domain and Tenant Litigation.
 
The Company owns Properties in certain areas of the country where real estate values have increased faster than rental rates in its Properties either because of locally imposed rent control or long term leases. In such areas, the Company has learned that certain local government entities have investigated the possibility of seeking to take the Company’s Properties by eminent domain at values below the value of the underlying land. While no such eminent domain proceeding has been commenced, and the Company would exercise all of its rights in connection with any such proceeding, successful condemnation proceedings by municipalities could adversely affect its financial condition. Moreover, certain of its Properties located in California are subject to rent control ordinances, some of which not only severely restrict ongoing rent increases but also prohibit the Company from increasing rents upon turnover. Such regulations allow customers to sell their homes for a premium representing the value of the future discounted rent-controlled rents. As part of the Company’s effort to realize the value of its Properties subject to rent control, the Company has initiated lawsuits against several municipalities in California. In response to the Company’s efforts, tenant groups have filed lawsuits against the Company seeking not only to limit rent increases, but to be awarded large damage awards. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to challenge rent control ordinances, it is likely that the Company will not be able to charge rents that reflect the intrinsic value of the affected Properties. Finally, tenant groups in non-rent controlled markets have also attempted to use litigation as a means of protecting themselves from rent increases reflecting the rental value of the affected Properties. An unfavorable outcome in the tenant group lawsuits could have an adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition.
 
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 estate 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 andclean-upcosts incurred by such parties in connection with the contamination. Such laws typically imposeclean-upresponsibility 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


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be held responsible for all of theclean-upcosts 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.
 
The Company has 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 the Its Properties and the Its Cash Flow.
 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company owned or had an ownership interest in 307 Properties located in 27 states and British Columbia, including 86 Properties located in Florida and 48 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 the Company’s Properties. While the Company has 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 the Company must pay before insurance proceeds are available. Such insurance may therefore be insufficient to restore the Company’s economic position with respect to damage or destruction to its 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 incurred by the Company and reimbursements received from the insurance providers, could adversely affect the Company’s economic performance.
 
Market Interest Rates May Have an Effect on the Value of the Company’s 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 funds for the Company to distribute and, in fact, would likely increase its borrowing costs and potentially decrease funds available for distribution. Thus, higher market interest rates could cause the market price of the Company’s publicly traded securities to go down.
 
The Company Is Dependent on External Sources of Capital.
 
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party sources of capital depends on a number of things, including conditions in the capital markets generally and the market’s perception of its growth potential and its current and potential future earnings. As a result of the current credit crisis, it may be difficult for the Company to meet one or more of the requirements for qualification as a REIT, including but not limited to its distribution requirement. Moreover, additional equity offerings may result in substantial dilution of stockholders’ interests, and additional debt financing may substantially increase the Company’s leverage.
 
The Company’s Qualification as a REIT is Dependent on Compliance With U.S. Federal Income Tax Requirements.
 
The Company believes it has been organized and operated in a manner so as to qualify for taxation as a REIT, and it intends to continue to operate so as to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, however, 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, the Company has received, and relied upon, advice of counsel as to the impact of such transactions on its qualification as a REIT. The Company’s qualification as a REIT requires analysis of various facts and circumstances that may not be entirely within its control, and it cannot provide any assurance that the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) will agree with its analysis or the analysis of its tax counsel. In particular, the proper federal income tax treatment ofright-to-usemembership contracts is uncertain and there is no assurance that the IRS will agree with the Company’s treatment of such contracts. If the IRS were to disagree with the Company’s analysis or its tax counsel’s analysis of various facts and circumstances, the Company’s ability to qualify as a REIT could be adversely affected. Such matters could affect the Company’s qualification as a REIT. 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, the Company failed to maintain the Company’s qualification as a REIT (and if specified relief provisions under the Code were not applicable to such disqualification), it could not deduct distributions to stockholders in computing its net taxable income and it would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its net taxable income at regular corporate rates. Any U.S. federal income tax payable could include applicable alternative minimum tax. If the Company 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 the Company would no longer be required to distribute money to stockholders. In addition, the Company would also be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost, unless it was entitled to relief under the relevant statutory provisions. Although the Company currently intends to operate in a manner designed to allow the Company to qualify as a REIT, future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause it to revoke the REIT election.
 
Interpretation of and Changes to Accounting Policies and Standards Could Adversely Affect the Company’s Reported Financial Results.
 
The Company’s Accounting Policies and Methods Are the Basis on Which It Reports Its Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and They May Require Management to Make Estimates About Matters that Are Inherently Uncertain.  The Company’s accounting policies and methods are fundamental to the manner in which it records and reports its 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 the Company’s 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.
 
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reporting standards that govern the way that the Company reports its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. These changes can be difficult to predict and can materially impact the Company’s reported financial results. In some cases, the Company 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 the Company’s financial statements for prior periods.
 
The Company’s Accounting Policies for the EnteringRight-To-UseContracts Will Result in a Substantial Deferral of Revenue in its Financial Results.  Beginning August 14, 2008, the Company began enteringright-to-usecontracts. Customers who enter upgradedright-to-usecontracts are generally required to make an upfront nonrefundable payment to the Company. The Company incurs significant selling and marketing expenses to originate theright-to-usecontracts, 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 aright-to-usecontract is currently estimated to be between one and 31 years. As a result, the Company may incur a loss from enteringright-to-usecontracts, build up a substantial deferred revenue liability balance, and recognize substantial non-cash revenue in the years subsequent to originally entering the contracts. This accounting may make it difficult for investors to interpret the financial results from the entry ofright-to-usecontracts. In 2008, the Company submitted correspondence to the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC describing theright-to-usecontracts and subsequently discussed the revenue recognition policy with respect to the contracts with the SEC. The SEC does not object to the Company’s application of the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition” (“FASB ASC 605”) with respect to the deferral of the upfront nonrefundable payments received from the entry ofright-to-usecontracts. See Note 2(n) in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-Kfor the Company’s revenue recognition policy.
 
Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments
 
None.
 
Item 2.  Properties
 
General
 
The Company’s Properties provide attractive amenities and common facilities that create a comfortable and attractive home for its 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, shuffleboard and basketball courts, exercise rooms and various social activities such as concerts. Since most of the Company’s customers generally rent its sites on a long-term basis, it is their responsibility to maintain their homes and the surrounding area. It is the Company’s role to ensure that customers comply with its Property policies and to provide maintenance of the common areas, facilities and amenities. The Company holds periodic meetings with its Property management personnel for training and implementation of its strategies. The Properties historically have had, and the Company believes they will continue to have, low turnover and high occupancy rates.
 
Property Portfolio
 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company owned or had an ownership interest in a portfolio of 307 Properties located throughout the United States and British Columbia containing 111,002 residential sites.
 
The distribution of the Company’s Properties throughout the United States reflects its belief that geographic diversification helps to insulate the portfolio from regional economic influences. The Company intends to target new acquisitions in or near markets where its 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 thisForm 10-K.


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Bay Indies, located in Venice, Florida, and Viewpoint, located in Mesa, Arizona, the Company’s two largest properties as determined by property operating revenues, each accounted for approximately 2.0% of its total property operating revenues, including deferrals, for the year ended December 31, 2010.
 
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Properties the Company owned as of December 31, 2010, categorized according to major markets and excluding Properties owned through joint ventures.
 
                                                   
                          Total
             
                       Total
  Number of
  Annual
  Annual
       
                 Develo-
     Number
  Annual
  Site
  Site
  Annual
  Annual
 
                 pable
     of Sites
  Sites
  Occupancy
  Occupancy
  Rent
  Rent
 
                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Florida
                                                  
East Coast:
                                                  
Sunshine Key
 38801 Overseas Hwy Big Pine Key FL  33043   RV   54           409   64   100.0%  100.0% $9,735  $9,128 
Carriage Cove
 Five Carriage Cove Way Daytona Beach FL  32119   MH   59           418   418   91.6%  90.2% $5,571  $5,604 
Coquina Crossing
 4536 Coquina Crossing Dr. Elkton FL  32033   MH   316   26   145   564   564   93.3%  92.9% $5,747  $5,459 
Bulow Plantation
 3165 Old Kings Road South Flagler Beach FL  32136   MH   323   181   722   276   276   98.2%  98.2% $5,808  $5,734 
Bulow RV
 3345 Old Kings Road South Flagler Beach FL  32136   RV   (f)          352   77   100.0%  100.0% $5,403  $5,109 
Carefree Cove
 3273 N.W. 37th St Ft. Lauderdale FL  33309   MH   20           164   164   93.9%  93.3% $6,568  $6,470 
Park City West
 10550 W. State Road 84 Ft. Lauderdale FL  33324   MH   60           363   363   91.7%  89.5% $6,205  $5,882 
Sunshine Holiday MH
 2802 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale FL  33311   MH   32           274   274   86.9%  82.8% $6,097  $6,195 
Sunshine Holiday RV
 2802 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale FL  33311   RV   (f)          131   35   100.0%  100.0% $5,874  $5,658 
Maralago Cay
 6280 S. Ash Lane Lantana FL  33462   MH   102   5       603   603   91.0%  90.9% $7,601  $7,347 
Coral Cay
 2801 NW 62nd Avenue Margate FL  33063   MH   121           819   819   89.1%  86.7% $6,312  $6,094 
Lakewood Village
 3171 Hanson Avenue Melbourne FL  32901   MH   68           349   349   86.5%  87.7% $5,919  $5,892 
Holiday Village
 1335 Fleming Ave Box 228 Ormond Beach FL  32174   MH   43           301   301   87.7%  87.7% $4,755  $4,866 
Sunshine Holiday
 1701 North US Hwy 1 Ormond Beach FL  32174   RV   69           349   131   100.0%  100.0% $4,854  $4,590 
The Meadows
 2555 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens FL  33410   MH   55           379   379   85.0%  84.4% $6,863  $6,439 
Breezy Hill RV
 800 NE 48th Street Pompano Beach FL  33064   RV   52           762   356   100.0%  100.0% $6,265  $5,999 
Highland Wood RV
 900 NE 48th Street Pompano Beach FL  33064   RV   15           148   16   100.0%  100.0% $5,301  $5,184 
Lighthouse Pointe
 155 Spring Drive Port Orange FL  32129   MH   64           433   433   85.9%  85.7% $5,054  $4,932 
Pickwick
 4500 S. Clyde Morris Blvd Port Orange FL  32119   MH   84   4       432   432   99.8%  100.0% $5,355  $5,111 
Indian Oaks
 780 Barnes Boulevard Rockledge FL  32955   MH   38           208   208   100.0%  100.0% $4,465  $4,411 
Countryside at Vero Beach
 8775 20th Street Vero Beach FL  32966   MH   125           644   644   89.6%  89.8% $5,583  $5,646 
Heritage Plantation
 1101 Ranch Road Vero Beach FL  32966   MH   64           435   435   82.8%  83.7% $5,698  $5,550 
Holiday Village
 1000 S.W. 27th Avenue Vero Beach FL  32968   MH   20           128   128   9.4%  17.2% $3,996  $3,959 
Sunshine Travel
 9455 108th Avenue Vero Beach FL  32967   RV   30   6   48   300   156   100.0%  100.0% $4,848  $4,533 
Central:
                                                  
Clerbrook
 20005 U.S. Highway 27 Clermont FL  34711   RV   288           1,255   443   100.0%  100.0% $4,352  $4,323 
Lake Magic
 9600 Hwy 192 West Clermont FL  34714   RV   69           471   132   100.0%  100.0% $4,371  $4,303 
Orlando
 2110 US Highway 27 S Clermont FL  34714   RV   270   30   136   850   98   100.0%  100.0% $3,358  $3,290 
Southern Palms
 One Avocado Lane Eustis FL  32726   RV   120           950   354   100.0%  100.0% $4,267  $4,087 
Grand Island
 13310 Sea Breeze Lane Grand Island FL  32735   MH   35           362   362   60.2%  58.8% $5,059  $5,169 
Sherwood Forest
 5302 W. Irlo Bronson Hwy Kissimmee FL  34746   MH   124           769   769   94.5%  93.4% $5,269  $5,119 
Sherwood Forest RV
 5300 W. Irlo Bronson Hwy Kissimmee FL  34746   RV   107   43   149   513   143   100.0%  100.0% $4,665  $4,907 
Tropical Palms (g)
 2650 Holiday Trail Kissimmee FL  34746   RV   59           541                
Coachwood Colony
 2610 Dogwood Place Leesburg FL  34748   MH   29           202   202   89.6%  87.6% $3,833  $3,882 
Mid-Florida Lakes
 199 Forest Dr. Leesburg FL  34788   MH   290           1,225   1,225   82.3%  80.7% $5,604  $5,616 
Southernaire
 1700 Sanford Road Mt. Dora FL  32757   MH   14           114   114   310.0%  80.7% $3,724  $3,616 
Oak Bend
 10620 S.W. 27th Ave. Ocala FL  34476   MH   62   3       262   262   88.9%  89.3% $4,856  $4,620 
Villas at Spanish Oaks
 3150 N.E. 36th Avenue Ocala FL  34479   MH   69           459   459   87.6%  87.4% $4,726  $4,588 


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                          Total
             
                       Total
  Number of
  Annual
  Annual
       
                 Develo-
     Number
  Annual
  Site
  Site
  Annual
  Annual
 
                 pable
     of Sites
  Sites
  Occupancy
  Occupancy
  Rent
  Rent
 
                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Three Flags RV Resort
 1755 E State Rd 44 Wildwood FL  34785   RV   23           221                
Winter Garden
 13905 W. Colonial Dr. Winter Garden FL  34787   RV   27           350   124   100.0%  100.0% $4,437  $4,183 
Gulf Coast
                                                  
(Tampa/Naples):
                                                  
Toby’s RV
 3550 N.E. Hwy 70 Arcadia FL  34266   RV   44           379   289   100.0%  100.0% $2,613  $2,487 
Manatee
 800 Kay Road NE Bradenton FL  34212   RV   42           415   217   100.0%  100.0% $4,998  $4,635 
Windmill Manor
 5320 53rd Ave. East Bradenton FL  34203   MH   49           292   292   95.5%  95.9% $5,766  $5,426 
Glen Ellen
 2882 Gulf to Bay Blvd Clearwater FL  33759   MH   12           106   106   88.7%  86.8% $4,977  $4,907 
Hillcrest
 2346 Druid Road East Clearwater FL  33764   MH   25           278   278   92.8%  92.1% $4,916  $4,782 
Holiday Ranch
 4300 East Bay Drive Clearwater FL  33764   MH   12           150   150   86.7%  86.0% $4,689  $4,365 
Silk Oak
 28488 US Highway 19 N Clearwater FL  33761   MH   19           181   181   87.3%  89.5% $5,000  $4,899 
Crystal Isles
 11419 W. Ft. Island Drive Crystal River FL  34429   RV   32           260   50   100.0%  100.0% $5,175  $4,996 
Lake Haven
 1415 Main Street Dunedin FL  34698   MH   48           379   379   88.1%  88.4% $5,492  $6,584 
Fort Myers Beach Resort
 16299 San Carlos Blvd. Fort Myers FL  33908   RV   31           306   86   100.0%  100.0% $5,961  $5,728 
Gulf Air Resort
 17279 San Carlos Blvd. SW Fort Myers FL  33931   RV   25           246   159   100.0%  100.0% $5,111  $4,849 
Barrington Hills
 9412 New York Avenue Hudson FL  34667   RV   28           392   260   100.0%  100.0% $3,195  $3,046 
Down Yonder
 7001 N. 142nd Avenue Largo FL  33771   MH   50           361   361   98.1%  97.5% $6,601  $6,351 
East Bay Oaks
 601 Starkey Road Largo FL  33771   MH   40           328   328   96.3%  96.3% $5,028  $4,795 
Eldorado Village
 2505 East Bay Drive Largo FL  33771   MH   25           227   227   98.2%  96.9% $5,021  $4,872 
Shangri La
 249 Jasper Street N.W. Largo FL  33770   MH   14           160   160   78.8%  81.3% $4,810  $4,825 
Vacation Village
 6900 Ulmerton Road Largo FL  33771   RV   29           293   182   100.0%  100.0% $4,381  $4,230 
Pasco
 21632 State Road 54 Lutz FL  33549   RV   27           255   176   100.0%  100.0% $3,664  $3,575 
Buccaneer
 2210 N. Tamiami Trail N.E. N. Ft. Myers FL  33903   MH   223   39   162   971   971   98.4%  98.5% $6,189  $5,897 
Island Vista MHC
 3000 N. Tamiami Trail N. Ft. Myers FL  33903   MH   121           616   616   76.1%  82.1% $4,097  $3,908 
Lake Fairways
 19371 Tamiami Trail N. Ft. Myers FL  33903   MH   259           896   896   99.6%  99.7% $6,242  $6,087 
Pine Lakes
 10200 Pine Lakes Blvd. N. Ft. Myers FL  33903   MH   314           584   584   100.0%  100.0% $7,304  $7,233 
Pioneer Village
 7974 Samville Rd. N. Ft. Myers FL  33917   RV   90           733   374   100.0%  100.0% $4,329  $4,077 
The Heritage
 3000 Heritage Lakes Blvd. N. Ft. Myers FL  33917   MH   214   22   132   453   453   98.2%  98.0% $5,495  $5,362 
Windmill Village
 16131 N. Cleveland Ave. N. Ft. Myers FL  33903   MH   69           491   491   89.8%  88.6% $5,006  $4,906 
Country Place
 2601 Country Place Blvd. New Port Richey FL  34655   MH   82           515   515   80.2%  99.6% $5,199  $5,053 
Hacienda Village
 7107 Gibraltar Ave New Port Richey FL  34653   MH   66           505   505   96.6%  96.4% $5,107  $5,058 
Harbor View
 6617 Louisna Ave New Port Richey FL  34653   MH   69           471   471   98.3%  98.1% $4,322  $4,255 
Bay Lake Estates
 1200 East Colonia Lane Nokomis FL  34275   MH   34           228   228   94.3%  94.7% $6,320  $5,955 
Royal Coachman
 1070 Laurel Road East Nokomis FL  34275   RV   111           546   437   100.0%  100.0% $6,373  $6,139 
Silver Dollar
 12515 Silver Dollar Drive Odessa FL  33556   RV   412           459   394   100.0%  100.0% $5,676  $5,323 
Terra Ceia
 9303 Bayshore Road Palmetto FL  34221   RV   18           203   140   100.0%  100.0% $3,730  $3,581 
Lakes at Countrywood
 745 Arbor Estates Way Plant City FL  33565   MH   122           424   424   93.6%  93.4% $4,320  $4,190 
Meadows at Countrywood
 745 Arbor Estates Way Plant City FL  33565   MH   140   13   110   799   799   95.7%  95.6% $5,128  $5,008 
Oaks at Countrywood
 745 Arbor Estates Way Plant City FL  33565   MH   44           168   168   75.6%  76.2% $4,352  $4,290 
Harbor Lakes
 3737 El Jobean Road #294 Port Charlotte FL  33953   RV   80           528   298   100.0%  100.0% $4,744  $4,555 
Gulf View
 10205 Burnt Store Road Punta Gorda FL  33950   RV   78           206   53   100.0%  100.0% $4,568  $4,505 
Tropical Palms
 17100 Tamiami Trail Punta Gorda FL  33955   MH   50           294   294   88.1%  88.1% $3,565  $3,473 
Winds of St. Armands No. 
 4000 N. Tuttle Ave. Sarasota FL  34234   MH   74           471   471   95.5%  94.9% $6,501  $6,427 
Winds of St. Armands So. 
 3000 N. Tuttle Ave. Sarasota FL  34234   MH   61           306   306   98.7%  98.4% $6,593  $6,291 
Peace River
 2555 US Highway 17 South Wauchula FL  33873   RV   72   38       454   44   100.0%  100.0% $1,977  $1,979 

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                          Total
             
                       Total
  Number of
  Annual
  Annual
       
                 Develo-
     Number
  Annual
  Site
  Site
  Annual
  Annual
 
                 pable
     of Sites
  Sites
  Occupancy
  Occupancy
  Rent
  Rent
 
                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Topics
 13063 County Line Road Spring Hill FL  34609   RV   35           230   190   100.0%  100.0% $3,121  $3,022 
Pine Island
 5120 Stringfellow Road St. James City FL  33956   RV   31           363   89   100.0%  100.0% $5,030  $4,927 
Bay Indies
 950 Ridgewood Ave Venice FL  34285   MH   210           1,309   1,309   94.3%  93.1% $7,353  $7,127 
Ramblers Rest
 1300 North River Rd. Venice FL  34293   RV   117           647   416   100.0%  100.0% $4,947  $4,747 
Sixth Avenue
 39345 6th Avenue Zephyrhills FL  33542   MH   14           140   140   86.4%  87.1% $2,534  $2,468 
                                                   
Total Florida Market:
                7,162   410   1,604   36,803   28,269   92.6%  92.7% $5,448  $5,307 
California
                                                  
Northern California:
                                                  
Monte del Lago
 13100 Monte del Lago Castroville CA  95012   MH   54           310   310   93.5%  95.5% $12,687  $12,679 
Colony Park
 3939 Central Avenue Ceres CA  95307   MH   20           186   186   93.5%  94.1% $6,837  $6,417 
Russian River
 33655 Geysers Rd Cloverdale CA  95425   RV   41           135   5   100.0%  100.0% $2,575  $2,468 
Snowflower
 41776 Yuba Gap Dr Emigrant Gap CA  95715   RV   551   200       268                
Four Seasons
 3138 West Dakota Fresno CA  93722   MH   40           242   242   88.8%  90.5% $4,315  $4,194 
Yosemite Lakes
 31191 Harden Flat Rd Groveland CA  95321   RV   403   30   111   299   1   100.0%    $1,931    
Tahoe Valley (b)
 1175 Melba Drive Lake Tahoe CA  96150   RV   86   20   200   413                
Sea Oaks
 1675 Los Osos Valley Rd., #221 Los Osos CA  93402   MH   18           125   125   98.4%  98.4% $6,045  $6,063 
Ponderosa
 7291 Highway 49 Lotus CA  95651   RV   22           170   10   100.0%  100.0% $2,722  $2,616 
Turtle Beach
 703 E Williamson Rd Manteca CA  95337   RV   39           79   13   100.0%  100.0% $3,135  $2,979 
Coralwood(b)
 331 Coralwood Modesto CA  95356   MH   22           194   194   73.2%  76.3% $8,569  $8,587 
Lake Minden
 1256 Marcum Rd Nicolaus CA  95659   RV   165   82   540   323   8   100.0%  100.0% $2,734  $2,710 
Lake of the Springs
 14152 French Town Rd Oregon House CA  95962   RV   954   507   1,014   541   56   100.0%  100.0% $2,413  $2,233 
Concord Cascade
 245 Aria Drive Pacheco CA  94553   MH   31           283   283   99.6%  98.9% $8,029  $7,842 
San Francisco RV
 700 Palmetto Ave Pacifica CA  94044   RV   12           182                
Quail Meadows
 5901 Newbrook Drive Riverbank CA  95367   MH   20           146   146   90.4%  94.5% $8,182  $8,157 
California Hawaiian
 3637 Snell Avenue San Jose CA  95136   MH   50           418   418   100.0%  98.6% $10,733  $10,573 
Sunshadow(b)
 1350 Panoche Avenue San Jose CA  95122   MH   30           121   121   98.3%  98.3% $10,400  $10,143 
Village of the Four Seasons
 200 Ford Road San Jose CA  95138   MH   30           271   271   97.4%  94.5% $9,954  $9,610 
Westwinds (4 Properties)(b)
 500 Nicholson Lane San Jose CA  95134   MH   88           723   723   96.4%  93.1% $11,527  $11,137 
Laguna Lake
 1801 Perfumo Canyon Road San Luis Obispo CA  93405   MH   100           300   300   99.7%  99.3% $5,895  $5,694 
Contempo Marin
 400 Yosemite Road San Rafael CA  94903   MH   63           396   396   98.2%  97.5% $9,202  $8,789 
DeAnza Santa Cruz
 2395 Delaware Avenue Santa Cruz CA  95060   MH   30           198   198   92.9%  93.9% $12,166  $11,280 
Santa Cruz Ranch RV
                                                  
Resort
 917 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA  95066   RV   7           106                
Royal Oaks
 415 Akers Drive N. Visalia CA  93291   MH   20           149   149   97.3%  98.7% $5,702  $5,696 
Southern California:
                                                  
Soledad Canyon
 4700 Crown Valley Rd Acton CA  93510   RV   273           1,251   43   100.0%  100.0% $2,872  $2,887 
Date Palm Country Club(b)
 36-200 Date Palm Drive Cathedral City CA  92234   MH   232   3   24   538   538   96.1%  97.6% $11,481  $11,186 
Date Palm RV
 36-100 Date Palm Drive Cathedral City CA  92234   RV   (f)          140                
Oakzanita
 11053 Highway 79 Descanso CA  91916   RV   145   5       146   12   100.0%  100.0% $2,975  $2,895 
Rancho Mesa
 450 East Bradley Ave. El Cajon CA  92021   MH   20           158   158   68.4%  69.0% $11,293  $11,413 
Rancho Valley
 12970 Hwy 8 Business El Cajon CA  92021   MH   19           140   140   97.9%  97.9% $11,383  $11,498 
Royal Holiday
 4400 W Florida Ave Hemet CA  92545   MH   22           196   196   60.7%  63.3% $5,177  $4,882 
Idyllwild
 24400 Canyon Trail Drive Idyllwild CA  92549   RV   191           287   28   100.0%  100.0% $2,351  $2,424 
Pio Pico
 14615 Otay Lakes Rd Jamul CA  91935   RV   176   10       512   80   100.0%  100.0% $3,723  $3,509 
Wilderness Lakes
 30605 Briggs Rd Menifee CA  92584   RV   73           529   28   100.0%  100.0% $3,717  $3,774 
Morgan Hill
 12895 Uvas Rd Morgan Hill CA  95037   RV   62           339   15   100.0%  100.0% $3,292  $3,191 
Pacific Dunes Ranch
 1205 Silver Spur Place Oceana CA  93445   RV   48           215                
San Benito
 16225 Cienega Rd Paicines CA  95043   RV   199   23       523   20   100.0%  100.0% $2,746  $2,647 
Palm Springs
 77500 Varner Rd Palm Desert CA  92211   RV   35           401   45   100.0%  100.0% $3,329  $3,311 
Las Palmas
 1025 S. Riverside Ave. Rialto CA  92376   MH   18           136   136   99.3%  100.0% $5,989  $5,713 

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                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Parque La Quinta
 350 S. Willow Ave. #120 Rialto CA  92376   MH   19           166   166   99.4%  100.0% $5,927  $5,698 
Rancho Oso
 3750 Paradise Rd Santa Barbara CA  93105   RV   310   40       187   18   100.0%  100.0% $3,329  $3,229 
Meadowbrook
 8301 Mission Gorge Rd. Santee CA  92071   MH   43           338   338   99.1%  99.4% $8,668  $9,018 
Lamplighter
 10767 Jamacha Blvd. Spring Valley CA  91978   MH   32           270   270   98.1%  95.6% $12,206  $11,828 
Santiago Estates
 13691 Gavina Ave. #632 Sylmar CA  91342   MH   113   9       300   300   100.0%  100.0% $11,574  $11,031 
                                                   
Total California Market
                4,926   929   1,889   13,350   6,686   94.8%  94.8% $9,123  $8,898 
Arizona
                                                  
Countryside RV
 2701 S. Idaho Rd Apache Junction AZ  85219   RV   53           560   311   100.0%  100.0% $2,988  $3,022 
Golden Sun RV
 999 W Broadway Ave Apache Junction AZ  85220   RV   33           329   229   100.0%  100.0% $2,803  $2,998 
Valley Vista(a)
 1060 S. Highway 80 Benson AZ  85602   RV   6           145                
Casita Verde RV
 2200 N. Trekell Rd. Casa Grande AZ  85222   RV   14           192   102   100.0%  100.0% $2,358  $2,309 
Fiesta Grande RV
 1511 East Florence Blvd. Casa Grande AZ  85222   RV   77           767   510   100.0%  100.0% $2,829  $2,719 
Foothills West RV
 10167 N. Encore Dr. Casa Grande AZ  85222   RV   16           188   119   100.0%  100.0% $2,271  $2,299 
Verde Valley
 6400 Thousand Trails Rd, SP # 16 Cottonwood AZ  86326   RV   273   129   515   352   39   100.0%  100.0% $2,872  $2,685 
Casa del Sol East II
 10960 N. 67th Avenue Glendale AZ  85304   MH   29           239   239   85.8%  84.1% $6,869  $6,756 
Casa del Sol East III
 10960 N. 67th Avenue Glendale AZ  85304   MH   28           236   236   79.7%  78.8% $6,851  $6,912 
Palm Shadows
 7300 N. 51st. Avenue Glendale AZ  85301   MH   33           294   294   94.2%  90.5% $5,390  $5,484 
Monte Vista
 8865 E. Baseline Road Mesa AZ  85209   RV   142   56   515   832   761   100.0%  100.0% $5,535  $5,295 
Viewpoint
 8700 E. University Mesa AZ  85207   RV   332   55   467   1,954   1,549   100.0%  100.0% $5,125  $4,873 
Hacienda de Valencia
 201 S. Greenfield Rd. Mesa AZ  85206   MH   51           365   365   99.2%  96.7% $6,051  $6,016 
The Highlands at
                                                  
Brentwood
 120 North Val Vista Drive Mesa AZ  85213   MH   45           268   268   99.6%  99.3% $6,797  $6,635 
The Mark
 625 West McKellips Mesa AZ  85201   MH   60   4       410   410   71.2%  64.1% $4,506  $5,656 
Apollo Village
 10701 N. 99th Ave. Peoria AZ  85345   MH   29   3       238   238   97.9%  97.1% $5,313  $5,194 
Casa del Sol West I
 11411 N. 91st Avenue Peoria AZ  85345   MH   31           245   245   96.7%  94.7% $6,480  $6,273 
Carefree Manor
 19602 N. 32nd Street Phoenix AZ  85050   MH   16           130   130   99.2%  97.7% $5,124  $4,832 
Central Park
 205 West Bell Road Phoenix AZ  85023   MH   37           293   293   100.0%  99.3% $6,203  $5,992 
Desert Skies
 19802 N. 32 Street Phoenix AZ  85024   MH   24           165   165   99.4%  99.4% $5,595  $5,306 
Sunrise Heights
 17801 North 16th Street Phoenix AZ  85022   MH   28           199   199   99.5%  98.0% $5,912  $5,733 
Whispering Palms
 19225 N. Cave Creek Rd. Phoenix AZ  85024   MH   15           116   116   100.0%  96.6% $4,794  $4,644 
Desert Vista (a)
 64812 Harcuvar Salome AZ  85348   RV   10           125   1   100.0%    $2,258    
Sedona Shadows
 6770 W. U.S. Hwy 89A Sedona AZ  86336   MH   48   6   10   198   198   100.0%  99.5% $7,793  $7,503 
Venture In
 270 N. Clark Rd. Show Low AZ  85901   RV   26           389   276   100.0%  100.0% $2,927  $2,835 
Paradise
 10950 W. Union Hill Drive Sun City AZ  85373   RV   80           950   806   100.0%  100.0% $4,169  $3,957 
The Meadows
 2401 W. Southern Ave. Tempe AZ  85282   MH   60           391   391   99.2%  97.2% $6,543  $6,430 
Fairview Manor
 3115 N. Fairview Avenue Tucson AZ  85705   MH   28           237   237   86.9%  81.9% $4,738  $4,564 
Araby
 6649 E. 32nd. St. Yuma AZ  85365   RV   25           337   297   100.0%  100.0% $3,254  $3,123 
Cactus Gardens
 10657 S. Ave. 9-E Yuma AZ  85365   RV   43           430   301   100.0%  100.0% $2,178  $2,120 
Capri RV
 3380 South 4th Ave Yuma AZ  85365   RV   20           303   251   100.0%  100.0% $2,890  $2,795 
Desert Paradise
 10537 South Ave., 9E Yuma AZ  85365   RV   26           260   129   100.0%  100.0% $2,251  $2,170 
Foothill
 12705 E. South Frontage Rd. Yuma AZ  85367   RV   18           180   76   100.0%  100.0% $2,206  $2,131 
Mesa Verde
 3649 & 3749 South 4th Ave. Yuma AZ  85365   RV   28           345   310   100.0%  100.0% $2,789  $2,679 
Suni Sands
 1960 East 32nd Street Yuma AZ  85365   RV   34           336   204   100.0%  100.0% $2,659  $2,607 
                                                   
Total Arizona Market
                1,818   253   1,507   12,998   10,295   97.4%  96.4% $4,652  $4,551 
Colorado
                                                  
Hillcrest Village
 1600 Sable Boulevard Aurora CO  80011   MH   72           601   601   88.4%  83.7% $7,032  $6,771 
Cimarron
 12205 North Perry Broomfield CO  80020   MH   50           327   327   79.8%  81.7% $6,870  $6,756 
Holiday Village,
 3405 Sinton Road Co. Springs CO  80907   MH   38           240   240   70.4%  73.3% $6,946  $6,869 
Bear Creek
 3500 South King Street Denver CO  80236   MH   12           124   124   88.7%  89.5% $6,738  $6,659 

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                 pable
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  Sites
  Occupancy
  Occupancy
  Rent
  Rent
 
                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Holiday Hills
 2000 West 92nd Avenue Denver CO  80260   MH   99           736   736   78.9%  81.8% $6,723  $6,654 
Golden Terrace
 17601 West Colfax Ave. Golden CO  80401   MH   32           265   265   80.8%  80.8% $7,485  $7,293 
Golden Terrace South
 17601 West Colfax Ave. Golden CO  80401   MH   15           80   80   63.8%  60.0% $7,311  $7,146 
Golden Terrace South RV
 17801 West Colfax Ave. Golden CO  80401   RV   (f)          80                
Golden Terrace West
 17601 West Colfax Ave. Golden CO  80401   MH   39   7       316   316   73.1%  76.6% $7,273  $7,112 
Pueblo Grande
 999 Fortino Blvd. West Pueblo CO  81008   MH   33           251   251   74.1%  79.7% $4,249  $4,046 
Woodland Hills
 1500 W. Thornton Pkwy. Thorton CO  80260   MH   55           434   434   77.2%  80.2% $6,726  $6,464 
                                                   
Total Colordao Market
                445   7   0   3,454   3,374   79.1%  80.3% $6,761  $6,583 
Northeast
                                                  
Waterford
 205 Joan Drive Bear DE  19701   MH   159           731   731   96.4%  96.4% $6,570  $6,300 
Whispering Pines
 32045 Janice Road Lewes DE  19958   MH   67   2       393   393   82.7%  80.7% $5,051  $4,842 
Mariners Cove
 35356 Sussex Lane #1 Millsboro DE  19966   MH   101           375   375   97.6%  96.8% $7,058  $6,926 
Aspen Meadows
 303 Palace Lane Rehoboth DE  19971   MH   46           200   200   100.0%  100.0% $5,574  $5,476 
Camelot Meadows
 303 Palace Lane Rehoboth DE  19971   MH   61           301   301   100.0%  100.0% $5,210  $5,157 
McNicol
 303 Palace Lane Rehoboth DE  19971   MH   25           93   93   97.8%  98.9% $4,941  $4,865 
Sweetbriar
 83 Big Burn Lane Rehoboth DE  19958   MH   38           146   146   98.6%  98.6% $4,853  $4,872 
Gateway to Cape Cod
 90 Stevens Rd PO Box 217 Rochester MA  02770   RV   80           194   35   100.0%  100.0% $1,755  $1,672 
Old Chatham RV
 310 Old Chatham Road South Dennis MA  02660   RV   47   11       312   271   100.0%  100.0% $3,820  $3,621 
Sturbridge
 19 Mashapaug Rd Sturbridge MA  01566   RV   223           155   17   100.0%  100.0% $2,510  $2,092 
Mount Desert Narrows
 1219 State Highway 3 Bar Harbor ME  04609   RV   90   12       206   9   100.0%  100.0% $2,152  $2,600 
Patten Pond
 1470 Bucksport Road Ellsworth ME  04605   RV   43   60       137   29   100.0%  100.0% $1,616  $2,248 
Moody Beach
 266 Post Road Moody ME  04054   RV   48           203   55   100.0%  100.0% $2,946  $2,621 
Pinehurst RV Park
 7 Oregon Avenue, P.O. Box 174 Old Orchard Beach ME  04064   RV   58           550   483   100.0%  100.0% $3,141  $2,782 
Narrows Too
 1150 Bar Harbor Road Trenton ME  04605   RV   42           207   20   100.0%  100.0% $1,848  $2,357 
Forest Lake
 192 Thousand Trails Dr Advance NC  27006   RV   306   81       305   32   100.0%  100.0% $2,196  $2,117 
Scenic
 1314 Tunnel Rd. Asheville NC  28805   MH   28           205   205   78.5%  77.1% $3,923  $3,790 
Waterway RV
 850 Cedar Point Blvd. Cedar Point NC  28584   RV   27           336   322   100.0%  100.0% $3,587  $3,458 
Twin Lakes
 1618 Memory Lane Chocowinity NC  27817   RV   132           419   321   100.0%  100.0% $2,970  $2,765 
Green Mountain Park
 2495 Dimmette Rd Lenoir NC  28645   RV   1,077   400   360   447   85   100.0%  100.0% $1,312  $1,001 
Lake Gaston
 561 Fleming Dairy Road Littleton NC  27850   RV   69           235   112   100.0%  100.0% $2,273  $1,960 
Lake Myers RV
 2862 US Highway 64 West Mocksville NC  27028   RV   74           425   308   100.0%  100.0% $2,233  $2,070 
Goose Creek
 350 Red Barn Road Newport NC  28570   RV   92   6   51   735   644   100.0%  100.0% $3,872  $3,519 
Sandy Beach RV
 677 Clement Hill Road Contoocook NH  03229   RV   40           190   103   100.0%  100.0% $3,334  $3,213 
Tuxbury Resort
 88 Whitehall Road South Hampton NH  03827   RV   193   100       305   190   100.0%  100.0% $3,125  $2,903 
Lake & Shore
 545 Corson Tavern Rd Ocean View NJ  08230   RV   162           401   196   100.0%  100.0% $3,780  $3,754 
Chestnut Lake
 631 Chestnut Neck Rd Port Republic NJ  08241   RV   32           185   38   100.0%  100.0% $2,247  $1,838 
Sea Pines
 US Route #9 Box 1535 Swainton NJ  08210   RV   75           549   203   100.0%  100.0% $3,032  $2,732 
Rondout Valley Resort
 105 Mettachonts Rd Accord NY  12404   RV   184   94       398   40   100.0%  100.0% $2,849  $2,759 
Alpine Lake
 78 Heath Road Corinth NY  12822   RV   200   54       500   294   100.0%  100.0% $2,857  $2,768 
Lake George Escape
 175 E. Schroon River Road, P.O. Box 431 Lake George NY  12845   RV   178   30       576   23   100.0%  100.0% $4,995  $4,710 
Greenwood Village
 370 Chapman Boulevard Manorville NY  11949   MH   79   14   7   512   512   100.0%  100.0% $7,463  $7,098 
Brennan Beach
 80 Brennan Beach Pulaski NY  13142   RV   201           1,377   1,174   100.0%  100.0% $2,079  $1,993 
Lake George Schroon
                                                  
Valley
 1730 Schroon River Rd Warrensburg NY  12885   RV   151           151   25   100.0%  100.0% $2,337  $2,403 

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                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Sun Valley
 451 E. Maple Grove Rd. Bowmansville PA  17507   RV   86           265   188   100.0%  100.0% $2,574  $2,375 
Green Acres
 8785 Turkey Ridge Road Breinigsville PA  18031   MH   149           595   595   90.8%  91.3% $7,019  $6,748 
Gettysburg Farm
 6200 Big Mountain Rd Dover PA  17315   RV   124           265   43   100.0%  100.0% $1,885  $1,647 
Timothy Lake South
 RR #6,Box 6627 Timothy Lake Rd East Stroudsburg PA  18301   RV   65           327   6   100.0%  100.0% $1,857  $1,922 
Timothy Lake North
 RR #6,Box 6627 Timothy Lake Rd East Stroudsburg PA  18301   RV   98           323   72   100.0%  100.0% $1,914  $1,843 
Circle M
 2111 Millersville Road Lancaster PA  17603   RV   103           380   66   100.0%  100.0% $2,267  $2,068 
Hershey Preserve
 493 S. Mt. Pleasant Rd Lebanon PA  17042   RV   196   20       297   43   100.0%  100.0% $2,553  $2,428 
Robin Hill
 149 Robin Hill Rd. Lenhartsville PA  19534   RV   44           270   174   100.0%  100.0% $2,792  $2,725 
PA Dutch County
 185 Lehman Road Manheim PA  17545   RV   102           269   48   100.0%  100.0% $1,811  $1,524 
Spring Gulch
 475 Lynch Road New Holland PA  17557   RV   114           420   107   100.0%  100.0% $3,853  $3,811 
Scotrun
 PO Box 428 Route 611 Scotrun PA  18355   RV   66           178   71   100.0%  100.0% $1,942  $1,891 
Appalachian
 60 Motel Drive Shartlesville PA  19554   RV   86   30   200   357   176   100.0%  100.0% $2,766  $2,541 
Carolina Landing
 120 Carolina Landing Dr Fair Play SC  29643   RV   73           192   23   100.0%  100.0% $1,339  $1,456 
Inlet Oaks
 5350 Highway 17 Murrells Inlet SC  29576   MH   35           172   172   98.8%  98.3% $3,830  $3,569 
The Oaks at Point South
 1292 Campground Rd Yemassee SC  29945   RV   10           93                
Meadows of Chantilly
 4200 Airline Parkway Chantilly VA  22021   MH   82           500   500   99.8%  94.4% $10,300  $10,081 
Harbor View
 15 Harbor View Circle Colonial Beach VA  22443   RV   76           146         100.0%      
Lynchburg
 405 Mollies Creek Rd Gladys VA  24554   RV   170   59       222   9   100.0%  100.0% $1,180  $1,030 
Chesapeake Bay
 12014 Trails Lane Gloucester VA  23061   RV   282   80       392   104   100.0%  100.0% $2,883  $2,457 
Virginia Landing
 40226 Upshur Neck Rd Quinby VA  23423   RV   839   178       233   10   100.0%  100.0% $804  $630 
Williamsburg
 4301 Rochambeau Drive Williamsburg VA  23188   RV   65           211   30   100.0%  100.0% $1,816  $1,700 
                                                   
Total Northeast Market
                7,293   1,231   618   18,561   10,422   98.0%  97.6% $4,338  $4,180 
Midwest
                                                  
Hidden Cove
 687 Country Road 3916 Arley AL  35541   RV   81   60   200   79   10   100.0%  100.0% $1,880  $1,600 
O’Connell’s
 970 Green Wing Road Amboy IL  61310   RV   286   100   600   668   344   100.0%  100.0% $2,794  $2,648 
Pine Country
 5710 Shattuck Road Belvidere IL  61008   RV   131           126   81   100.0%  100.0% $1,532  $1,606 
Willow Lake Estates
 161 West River Road Elgin IL  60123   MH   111           617   617   65.2%  66.6% $9,118  $9,237 
Golf Vista Estates
 25807 Firestone Drive Monee IL  60449   MH   144   4       408   408   90.4%  93.4% $7,154  $6,995 
Indian Lakes
 7234 E. SR Highway 46 Batesville IN  47006   RV   545   159   318   1,000   206   100.0%  100.0% $1,676  $1,664 
Horsehoe Lakes
 12962 S. 225 W. Clinton IN  47842   RV   289   96   96   123   13   100.0%  100.0% $1,219  $1,040 
Twin Mills RV
 1675 W SR 120 Howe IN  46746   RV   137   5   50   501   191   100.0%  100.0% $2,168  $2,076 
Lakeside
 7089 N. Chicago Road New Carlisle IN  46552   RV   13           91   69   136.2%  100.0% $2,383  $2,312 
Oak Tree Village
 254 Sandalwood Ave. Portage IN  46368   MH   76           361   361   68.1%  69.0% $5,185  $5,159 
Diamond Caverns Resort
 1878 Mammoth Cave Pkwy Park City KY  42160   RV   714   350   469   220   1   100.0%    $1,477    
Bear Cave Resort
 4085 N. Red Bud Trail Buchanan MI  49107   RV   26   10       136   8   100.0%    $1,067    
Saint Claire
 1299 Wadhams Rd Saint Claire MI  48079   RV   210   100       229   17   100.0%  100.0% $1,795  $1,729 
Kenisee Lake
 2021 Mill Creek Rd Jefferson OH  44047   RV   143   50       119   29   100.0%  100.0% $1,224  $1,150 
Wilmington
 1786 S.R. 380 Wilmington OH  45177   RV   109   41       169   49   100.0%  100.0% $1,684  $1,435 
Natchez Trace
 1363 Napier Rd Hohenwald TN  38462   RV   672   140       531   61   100.0%    $1,188    
Cherokee Landing
 PO Box 37 Middleton TN  38052   RV   254   124       339                
Fremont
 E. 6506 Highway 110 Fremont WI  54940   RV   98   5       325   67   100.0%  100.0% $2,724  $2,816 
Yukon Trails
 N2330 Co Rd. HH Lyndon Station WI  53944   RV   150   30       214   101   100.0%  100.0% $1,735  $1,660 
Plymouth Rock
 N. 7271 Lando St. Plymouth WI  53073   RV   133           609   400   100.0%  100.0% $2,180  $2,048 
Tranquil Timbers
 3668 Grondin Road Sturgeon Bay WI  54235   RV   125           270   152   100.0%  100.0% $1,910  $1,742 
Arrowhead
 W1530 Arrowhead Road Wisconsin Dells WI  53965   RV   166   40   200   377   161   100.0%  100.0% $1,656  $1,644 
                                                   
Total Midwest Market
                4,613   1,314   1,933   7,512   3,346   89.7%  89.3% $3,898  $4,006 

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                          Total
             
                       Total
  Number of
  Annual
  Annual
       
                 Develo-
     Number
  Annual
  Site
  Site
  Annual
  Annual
 
                 pable
     of Sites
  Sites
  Occupancy
  Occupancy
  Rent
  Rent
 
                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Nevada and Utah
                                                  
St. George(a)
 5800 N. Highway 91 Hurricane UT  84737   RV   26           123   3   100.0%    $4,082    
Bonanza
 3700 East Stewart Ave Las Vegas NV  89110   MH   43           353   353   63.5%  64.3% $6,232  $6,083 
Boulder Cascade
 1601 South Sandhill Rd Las Vegas NV  89104   MH   39           299   299   81.6%  80.9% $6,514  $6,567 
Cabana
 5303 East Twain Las Vegas NV  89122   MH   37           263   263   97.0%  95.8% $6,926  $6,848 
Flamingo West
 8122 West Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas NV  89147   MH   37           258   258   96.1%  96.9% $7,685  $7,536 
Villa Borega
 1111 N. Lamb Boulevard Las Vegas NV  89110   MH   40           293   293   79.2%  80.2% $6,648  $6,595 
Las Vegas
 4295 Boulder Highway Las Vegas NV  89121   RV   11           217   8   100.0%  100.0% $2,870  $2,950 
Westwood Village
 1111 N. 2000 West Farr West UT  84404   MH   46           314   314   94.6%  93.3% $4,686  $4,539 
All Seasons
 290 N. Redwood Rd Salt Lake City UT  84116   MH   19           121   121   87.6%  84.3% $5,414  $5,393 
                                                   
Total Nevada and Utah Market
                298   0   0   2,241   1,912   84.6%  84.3% $6,308  $6,232 
Northwest
                                                  
Cultus Lake (Canada)
 1855 Columbia Valley Hwy Lindell Beach BC  V2R 4W6   RV   15           178   29   100.0%  100.0% $3,238  $3,000 
Thousand Trails Bend
 17480 S Century Dr Bend OR  97707   RV   289   100   145   351   9   100.0%  100.0% $2,770  $2,710 
Pacific City
 30000 Sandlake Rd Cloverdale OR  97112   RV   105           307   22   100.0%  100.0% $3,340  $3,653 
South Jetty
 05010 South Jetty Rd Florence OR  97439   RV   57           204   3   100.0%  100.0% $2,250  $2,150 
Seaside Resort
 1703 12th Ave Seaside OR  97138   RV   80           251   19   100.0%  100.0% $3,347  $3,314 
Whaler’s Rest Resort
 50 SE 123rd St South Beach OR  97366   RV   39           170   14   100.0%  100.0% $3,280  $3,005 
Mt. Hood
 65000 E Highway 26 Welches OR  97067   RV   115   30   202   436   76   100.0%  100.0% $5,336  $5,381 
Shadowbrook
 13640 S.E. Hwy 212 Clackamas OR  97015   MH   21           156   156   96.8%  96.8% $7,350  $7,031 
Falcon Wood Village
 1475 Green Acres Road Eugene OR  97408   MH   23           183   183   86.9%  86.9% $5,741  $5,519 
Quail Hollow (b)
 2100 N.E. Sandy Blvd. Fairview OR  97024   MH   21           137   137   94.2%  94.9% $7,297  $6,882 
Birch Bay
 8418 Harborview Rd Blaine WA  98230   RV   31           246   12   100.0%  100.0% $2,417  $2,356 
Mt. Vernon
 5409 N. Darrk Ln Bow WA  98232   RV   311           251   29   100.0%  100.0% $2,616  $2,589 
Chehalis
 2228 Centralia-Alpha Rd Chehalis WA  98532   RV   309   85       360   11   100.0%    $1,680    
Grandy Creek
 7370 Russell Rd Concrete WA  98237   RV   63           179   3   100.0%  100.0% $2,650  $2,535 
Tall Chief (a)
 29290 SE 8th Street Fall City WA  98024   RV   71           180   4   100.0%    $1,847    
La Conner(b)
 16362 Snee Oosh Rd La Conner WA  98257   RV   106   5       319   28   100.0%  100.0% $3,452  $3,288 
Leavenworth
 20752-4 Chiwawa Loop Rd Leavenworth WA  98826   RV   300   50       266   4   100.0%  100.0% $1,730  $2,620 
Thunderbird Resort
 26702 Ben Howard Rd Monroe WA  98272   RV   45   2       136   6   100.0%  100.0% $2,386  $3,200 
Little Diamond
 1002 McGowen Rd Newport WA  99156   RV   360   119       520   9   100.0%  100.0% $1,514  $1,612 
Oceana Resort
 2733 State Route 109 Oceana City WA  98569   RV   16           84   5   100.0%  100.0% $1,526  $1,500 
Crescent Bar Resort
 9252 Crescent Bar Rd NW Quincy WA  98848   RV   14           115   5   100.0%  100.0% $2,591  $2,200 
Long Beach
 2215 Willows Rd Seaview WA  98644   RV   17           144   6   100.0%  100.0% $2,335  $2,100 
Paradise Resort
 173 Salem Plant Rd Silver Creek WA  98585   RV   60           214   13   100.0%  100.0% $1,636  $1,502 
Cascade Resort (g)
 34500 SE 99th St Snoqualmie WA  98065   RV   20           163                
Kloshe Illahee
 2500 S. 370th Street Federal Way WA  98003   MH   50           258   258   97.3%  97.7% $9,054  $8,877 
                                                   
Total Northwest Market
                2,538   391   347   5,808   1,041   95.8%  95.7% $6,296  $6,448 
Texas
                                                  
Bay Landing
 2305 Highway 380 W Bridgeport TX  76426   RV   443   235       293   35   100.0%  100.0% $1,953  $1,619 
Colorado River
 1062 Thousand Trails Lane Columbus TX  78934   RV   218   51       132   25   100.0%  100.0% $2,771  $2,583 
Lake Texoma
 209 Thousand Trails Dr Gordonville TX  76245   RV   201   79       301   105   100.0%  100.0% $1,732  $1,737 
Lakewood
 4525 Graham Road Harlingen TX  78552   RV   30           301   113   100.0%  100.0% $1,976  $1,925 
Paradise Park RV
 1201 N. Expressway 77 Harlingen TX  78552   RV   60           563   296   100.0%  100.0% $3,109  $2,974 
Sunshine RV
 1900 Grace Avenue Harlingen TX  78550   RV   84           1,027   405   100.0%  100.0% $2,543  $2,367 
Tropic Winds
 1501 N Loop 499 Harlingen TX  78550   RV   112   74       531   122   100.0%  100.0% $2,844  $2,788 
Medina Lake
 215 Spettle Rd Lakehills TX  78063   RV   208   50       387   63   100.0%  100.0% $2,067  $1,826 
Paradise South
 9909 N. Mile 2 West Rd. Mercedes TX  78570   RV   49           493   181   100.0%  100.0% $2,137  $2,017 

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                          Total
             
                       Total
  Number of
  Annual
  Annual
       
                 Develo-
     Number
  Annual
  Site
  Site
  Annual
  Annual
 
                 pable
     of Sites
  Sites
  Occupancy
  Occupancy
  Rent
  Rent
 
                 Acres
  Expansion
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
  as of
 
Property Address City State ZIP  MH/RV  Acres(c)  (d)  Sites(e)  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/10  12/31/09  12/31/10  12/31/09 
 
Lake Tawakoni
 1246 Rains Co. Rd 1470 Point TX  75472   RV   480   11       320   61   100.0%  100.0% $1,831  $1,522 
Fun n Sun RV
 1400 Zillock Rd San Benito TX  78586   RV   135   40       1,435   620   100.0%  100.0% $3,098  $2,966 
Southern Comfort
 1501 South Airport Road Weslaco TX  78596   RV   40           403   336   100.0%  100.0% $2,707  $2,627 
Country Sunshine
 1601 South Airport Road Weslaco TX  78596   RV   37           390   184   100.0%  100.0% $2,714  $2,620 
Lake Whitney
 417 Thousand Trails Dr Whitney TX  76692   RV   403   158       261   33   100.0%  100.0% $2,305  $1,959 
Lake Conroe
 11720 Old Montgomery Rd Willis TX  77318   RV   129   30   300   363   125   100.0%  100.0% $3,595  $3,045 
                                                   
Total Texas Market
                2,629   728   300   7,200   2,704   100.0%  100.0% $2,708  $2,574 
                                                   
Grand Total All Markets
                31,722   5,263   8,198   107,927   68,049   92.4%  92.3% $5,504  $5,420 
                                                   
 
 
(a) Property acquired in 2010.
 
(b) Land is leased by the Company under a non-cancelable operating lease. See Note 10 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K.(c) Acres are approximate. Acreage for some Properties were estimated based upon 10 sites per acre.
 
(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 vacancy 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 the Company during all of 2010. Property is leased to a third party operator or was closed for all or a portion of 2010.
 
Item 3.  Legal Proceedings
 
The legal proceedings disclosure is incorporated herein by reference from Note 17 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in thisForm 10-K.
 
Item 4.  [Removed and Reserved]

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PART II
 
Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
 
The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol ELS. On February 22, 2011, the reported closing price per share of ELS common stock on the NYSE was $56.79 and there were approximately 9,116 beneficial holders of record. The high and low sales prices and closing sales prices on the NYSE and distributions for the Company’s common stock during 2010 and 2009 are set forth in the table below:
 
                 
        Distributions
  Close High Low Declared
 
2010
                
1st Quarter
 $53.88  $54.95  $46.01   0.300 
2nd Quarter
  48.23   58.51   46.65   0.300 
3rd Quarter
  54.48   56.26   46.63   0.300 
4th Quarter
  55.93   59.51   53.05   0.300 
2009
                
1st Quarter
 $38.10  $42.44  $28.34  $0.250 
2nd Quarter
  37.18   46.28   33.56   0.250 
3rd Quarter
  42.79   47.47   34.09   0.300 
4th Quarter
  50.47   51.18   40.57   0.300 
 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
               
      Total Number of Shares
 Maximum Number of
  Total Number of
 Average Price
 Purchased as Part of
 Shares that May Yet
  Shares
 Paid per
 Publicly Announced
 be Purchased Under
Period Purchased(a) Share(a) Plans or Programs the Plans or Programs
 
 10/1/10-10/31/10        None None
 11/1/10-11/30/10   310  $58.63  None None
 12/1/10-12/31/10   29,138  $56.17  None None
 
 
(a) Of the common stock repurchased from October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010, 29,448 shares were repurchased at the open market price and represent common stock surrendered to the Company to satisfy income tax withholding obligations due as a result of the vesting of Restricted Share Grants. Certain executive officers of the Company may from time to time adopt non-discretionary, written trading plans that comply with CommissionRule 10b5-1,or otherwise monetize their equity-based compensation. CommissionRule 10b5-1provides 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 the historical financial statements of the Company. The following information should be read in conjunction with all of the financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in thisForm 10-K.
 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Consolidated Historical Financial Information
 
                     
  (1)Years Ended December 31, 
  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006 
  (Amounts in thousands, except for per share and property data) 
 
Revenues:
                    
Community base rental income
 $259,351  $253,379  $245,833  $236,933  $225,815 
Resort base rental income
  129,481   124,822   111,876   102,372   89,925 
Right-to-useannual payments(2)
  49,831   50,765   19,667       
Right-to-usecontracts current period, gross(2)
  19,496   21,526   10,951       
Right-to-usecontracts, deferred, net of prior period amortization(2)
  (14,856)  (18,882)  (10,611)      
Utility and other income
  48,357   47,685   41,633   36,849   30,643 
Gross revenues from home sales
  6,120   7,136   21,845   33,333   61,247 
Brokered resale revenues, net
  918   758   1,094   1,528   2,129 
Ancillary services revenues, net
  2,504   2,745   1,197   2,436   3,027 
Interest income
  4,419   5,119   3,095   1,732   1,975 
Income from other investments, net(3)
  5,740   8,168   17,006   22,476   20,102 
                     
Total revenue
  511,361   503,221   463,586   437,659   434,863 
Expenses:
                    
Property operating and maintenance
  185,786   180,870   152,363   127,342   116,179 
Real estate taxes
  32,110   31,674   29,457   27,429   26,246 
Sales and marketing, gross(2)
  12,606   13,536   7,116       
Sales and marketing, deferred commissions, net(2)
  (5,525)  (5,729)  (3,644)      
Property management
  32,639   33,383   25,451   18,385   17,079 
Depreciation on real estate and other costs
  68,125   69,049   66,193   63,554   60,276 
Cost of home sales
  5,396   7,471   24,069   30,713   54,498 
Home selling expenses
  2,078   2,383   5,776   7,555   9,836 
General and administrative
  22,559   22,279   20,617   15,591   12,760 
Rent control initiatives
  1,120   456   1,555   2,657   1,157 
Impairment(4)
  3,635             
Depreciation on corporate assets
  1,080   1,039   390   437   410 
Interest and related amortization
  91,151   98,311   99,430   103,070   103,161 
                     
Total expenses
  452,760   454,722   428,773   396,733   401,602 
Income before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
  58,601   48,499   34,813   40,926   33,261 
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
  2,027   2,896   3,753   2,696   3,583 
                     
Consolidated income from continuing operations
  60,628   51,395   38,566   43,622   36,844 
Discontinued Operations:
                    
Discontinued operations
     181   257   289   520 
Depreciation on discontinued operation
              (84)
(Loss) income from real estate
  (231)  4,685   (79)  12,036   (192)
                     
(Loss) income from discontinued operation
  (231)  4,866   178   12,325   244 
                     
Consolidated net income
  60,397   56,261   38,744   55,947   37,088 
Income allocated to non-controlling interests:
                    
Common OP Units
  (5,903)  (6,113)  (4,297)  (7,705)  (4,318)
Perpetual Preferred OP Units
  (16,140)  (16,143)  (16,144)  (16,140)  (16,138)
                     
Net income available for Common Shares
 $38,354  $34,005  $18,303  $32,102  $16,632 
                     


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Consolidated Historical Financial Information (continued)
 
                     
  (1)As of December 31, 
  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006 
  (Amounts in thousands, except for per share and property data) 
 
Earnings per Common Share — Basic:
                    
Income from continuing operation
 $1.26  $1.08  $0.74  $0.92  $0.70 
Income from discontinued operation
 $  $0.15  $0.01  $0.41  $0.01 
Net income available for Common Share
 $1.26  $1.23  $0.75  $1.33  $0.71 
Earnings per Common Share — Fully Diluted:
                    
Income from continuing operation
 $1.25  $1.07  $0.74  $0.90  $0.68 
Income from discontinued operation
 $  $0.15  $0.01  $0.41  $0.01 
Net income available for Common Share
 $1.25  $1.22  $0.75  $1.31  $0.69 
Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding
 $1.20  $1.10  $0.80  $0.60  $0.30 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — basic
  30,517   27,582   24,466   24,089   23,444 
Weighted average Common OP Units outstanding
  4,730   5,075   5,674   5,870   6,165 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — fully dilute
  35,518   32,944   30,498   30,414   30,241 
Balance Sheet Data:
                    
Real estate, before accumulated depreciation(5)
 $2,584,987  $2,538,215  $2,491,021  $2,396,115  $2,337,460 
Total assets
  2,048,395   2,166,319   2,091,647   2,033,695   2,055,831 
Total mortgages and loan
  1,412,919   1,547,901   1,662,403   1,659,392   1,717,212 
Non-controlling interest
  200,000   200,000   200,000   200,000   200,000 
Total equity(6)
  260,158   254,427   96,234   88,717   59,912 
Other Data:
                    
Funds from operations(7)
 $123,162  $118,082  $97,615  $92,752  $82,367 
Total Properties (at end of period)
  307   304   309   311   311 
Total sites (at end of period)
  111,002   110,575   112,211   112,779   112,956 
 
 
(1) See the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company contained in thisForm 10-K.Certain amounts reported in previously issued statements of operations have been reclassified to conform to the 2010 presentation. As a result of a previously disclosed SEC comment letter, we changed our Consolidated Statements of Operations format in theForm 10-Qfor the second quarter of 2010 and all future filings. The new format, which we disclosed in our Current Report onForm 8-Kfiled on May 12, 2010, removes the sections we had labeled “Property Operations,” “Home Sales Operations” and “Other Income and Expense” and re-ordered the captions on the Consolidated Statements of Operations to report sections for “Revenues” and “Expenses.” No amounts reported on individual line item captions changed. The SEC did not required us to re-state any of our prior filings. See Item 7 contained in thisForm 10-Kfor a detailed discussion of the Company’s results of operations.
 
(2) New activity starting on August 14, 2008 due to the acquisition of the operations of Privileged Access, LP (“Privileged Access”).
 
(3) Between November 10, 2004 and August 13, 2008, Income from other investments, net included rental income from the lease of membership Properties to Thousand Trails (“TT”) or its subsequent owner, Privileged Access. On August 14, 2008, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Privileged Access, which included the operations of TT. The lease of membership Properties to TT was terminated upon closing. As a result of the lease termination, beginning August 14, 2008, Income from other investments, net no longer included rental income from the lease of membership Properties. See Note 2(j) in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K.
 
(4) Represents a non-cash charge related to the write-off of goodwill of approximately $3.6 million. The goodwill was recorded in connection with the Company’s August 2009 acquisition of a small Florida internet and media based advertising business.
 
(5) The Company believes that the book value of the Properties, which reflects the historical costs of such real estate assets less accumulated depreciation, is less than the current market value of the Properties.
 
(6) On June 29, 2009, the Company issued 4.6 million shares of common stock in an equity offering for proceeds of approximately $146.4 million, net of offering costs.


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(7) Refer to Item 7 contained in thisForm 10-Kfor information regarding why the Company presents funds from operations and for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to net income.
 
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 thisForm 10-K.
 
2010 Accomplishments
 
  • Paid off 13 maturing mortgages totaling approximately $184.2 million, funded with approximately $76.6 million of new and refinanced debt on four properties and the remainder with cash raised in our 2009 common stock offering.
 
  • Raised annual dividend to $1.20 per share in 2010, up from $1.10 per share in 2009.
 
Overview and Outlook
 
Occupancy in the Company’s Properties as well as its ability to increase rental rates directly affects revenues. The Company’s revenue streams are predominantly derived from customers renting its sites on a long-term basis.
 
The Company has approximately 65,000 annual sites, approximately 8,900 seasonal sites, which are leased to customers generally for three to six months, and approximately 9,700 transient sites, occupied by customers who lease sites on a short-term basis. The revenue from seasonal and transient sites is generally higher during the first and third quarters. The Company expects to service over 100,000 customers at its transient sites and the Company considers this revenue stream to be its most volatile. It is subject to weather conditions, gas prices, and other factors affecting the marginal RV customer’s vacation and travel preferences. Finally, the Company has approximately 24,300 sites designated asright-to-usesites, which are primarily utilized to service the approximately 108,000 customers who haveright-to-usecontracts. The Company also has interests in Properties containing approximately 3,100 sites for which revenue is classified as Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
     
  Total Sites as of
 
  Dec. 31, 2010 
 
Community sites
  44,200 
Resort sites:
    
Annual
  20,800 
Seasonal
  8,900 
Transient
  9,700 
Right-to-use(1)
  24,300 
Joint Ventures(2)
  3,100 
     
   111,000 
     
 
 
(1) Includes approximately 3,000 sites rented on an annual basis.
 
(2) Joint Venture income is included in Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures.
 
A significant portion of the Company’s rental agreements on community sites are directly or indirectly tied to published CPI statistics that are issued during June through September each year. The Company currently expects its 2011 community base rental income to increase approximately 2.1% as compared to 2010. The Company has already notified over half of its community site customers of rent increases reflecting this revenue growth.


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The Company believes that the disruption in the site-built housing market is contributing to the low new home sales volumes it is experiencing as potential customers are not able to sell their existing site-built homes. Customers have also become more price sensitive, which is reflected in an increase in used home sale volumes.
 
In this environment, the Company believes that customer demand for rentals, which do not require a down payment, is high. The Company is adapting to this by renting its vacant new homes. This may represent an attractive source of occupancy if the Company can convert renters to new homebuyers in the future. The Company is also focusing on smaller, more energy efficient and more affordable homes in its manufactured home Properties.
 
The Company’s manufactured home rental operations have been increasing since 2007. For the year ended December 31, 2010, occupied manufactured home rentals increased to 2,445, or 169.6%, from 907 for the year ended December 31, 2007. Net operating income increased to approximately $14.5 million in 2010 from approximately $5.9 million in 2007. The Company believes that unlike the home sales business, at this time the Company competes effectively with other types of rentals (i.e. apartments). The Company is currently evaluating whether it wants to continue to invest in additional rental units.
 
In the Company’s resort Properties, the Company continues to work on extending customer stays. The Company has had success lengthening customer stays.
 
The Company has introduced low-cost membership products that focus on the installed base of almost eight million RV owners. Such products may includeright-to-usecontracts that entitle the customer to use certain properties (the “Agreements”). The Company is offering a Zone Park Pass (“ZPP”), which can be purchased for one to four zones of the United States and requires annual payments of $499. This replaces high cost products that were sold at Properties after tours and lengthy sales presentations. The Company historically incurred significant costs to generate leads, conduct tours and make the sales presentations.
 
A single zone pass requires no upfront payment while passes for additional zones require modest upfront payments. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company sold approximately 4,500 ZPP’s. The ZPP’s sales are contributing to a reduction in the net attrition of the customers who haveright-to-useAgreements.
 
Existing customers may be offered an upgrade Agreement fromtime-to-time.The upgrade Agreement is currently distinguishable from a new Agreement that a customer would enter into by (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 and (4) access to additional Properties, which may include discounts at non-membership RV Properties. Each upgrade requires a nonrefundable upfront payment. The Company may finance the nonrefundable upfront payment under any Agreement.


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Property Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Dispositions
 
The following chart lists the Properties or portfolios acquired, invested in, or sold since January 1, 2009:
 
       
Property Transaction Date Sites 
 
Total Sites as of January 1, 2009
    112,257 
Property or Portfolio (# of Properties in parentheses):
      
Acquisitions:
      
Desert Vista(1)
 April 21, 2010  125 
St. George(1)
 April 21, 2010  123 
Tall Chief(1)
 April 21, 2010  180 
Valley Vista(1)
 April 21, 2010  145 
Expansion Site Development and other:
      
Sites added (reconfigured) in 2009
    (1)
Sites added (reconfigured) in 2010
    19 
Dispositions:
      
Round Top JV(1)
 February 13, 2009  (319)
Pine Haven JV(1)
 February 13, 2009  (625)
Caledonia(1)
 April 17, 2009  (247)
Casa Village(1)
 July 20, 2009  (490)
Creekside(1)
 January 10, 2010  (165)
       
Total Sites as of December 31, 2010
    111,002 
       
 
Since January 1, 2009, the gross investment in real estate increased from $2,491 million to $2,585 million as of December 31, 2010, due primarily to the aforementioned acquisitions and dispositions of Properties during the period.
 
Markets
 
The following table identifies the Company’s largest markets by number of sites and provides information regarding the Company’s Properties (excluding Properties owned through Joint Ventures).
 
                 
           Percent of Total
 
  Number of
     Percent of
  Property Operating
 
Major Market Properties  Total Sites  Total Sites  Revenues(1) 
 
Florida
  84   36,803   34.1%  37.6%
Northeast
  55   18,561   17.2%  13.7%
California
  47   13,350   12.4%  19.4%
Arizona
  35   12,998   12.0%  11.5%
Midwest
  22   7,512   7.0%  3.7%
Texas
  15   7,200   6.7%  3.3%
Northwest
  25   5,808   5.4%  3.8%
Other
  19   5,695   5.2%  7.0%
                 
Total
  302   107,927   100.0%  100.0%
                 
 
 
(1) Property operating revenues for this calculation excludes approximately $20.4 million of property operating revenue not allocated to Properties, primarily upfront payments fromright-to-usecontracts.


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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosures. The Company believes that the following critical accounting policies, among others, affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.
 
Long-Lived Assets
 
For business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after January 1, 2009, the purchase price of Properties is determined in accordance the Codification Topic “Business Combinations” (“FASB ASC 805”) which requires the Company to recognize all the assets acquired and all the liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value with limited exceptions. The Company also expenses transaction costs as they are incurred. Certain purchase price adjustments may be made within one year following any acquisition.
 
Real estate is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The Company generally uses a 30-yearestimated life for buildings acquired and structural and land improvements (including site development), a ten-year estimated life for building upgrades and a five-year estimated life for furniture, fixtures and equipment. New rental units are generally depreciated using a20-yearestimated life from each model year down to a salvage value of 40% of the original costs. Used rental units are generally depreciated based on the estimated life of the unit with no estimated salvage value.
 
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 associated lease. The value associated with in-place leases is amortized over the expected term, which includes an estimated probability of lease renewal. Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations as incurred and significant renovations and improvements that improve the asset or extend the useful life of the asset are capitalized over their estimated useful life.
 
The Company periodically evaluates its long-lived assets, including its investments in real estate, for impairment indicators. The Company’s 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 the Company to conclude that impairment indicators exist and an impairment loss is warranted.
 
For long-lived assets to be held and used, including the Company’s investments in rental units, if an impairment indicator exists, the Company compares the expected future undiscounted cash flows for the long-lived asset 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, the Company would record an impairment loss for the difference between the estimated fair value and the carrying amount of the asset.
 
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 the Company has a commitment to sell the Propertyand/or is 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. The Company accounts for its Properties held for disposition in accordance with the CodificationSub-Topic“Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” (“FASBASC 360-10-35”).Accordingly, the results of operations for all assets sold or held for sale have been classified as discontinued operations in all periods presented.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
The Company accounts for leases with its 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. The Company will reserve for receivables when it believes the ultimate collection is less


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than probable. The Company’s provision for uncollectible rents receivable was approximately $3.0 million and $2.6 million as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
The Company accounts for the upfront payment related to the entry or upgrade ofright-to-usecontracts in accordance with the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition” (“FASB ASC 605”). Aright-to-usecontract 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 may require the customer to make an upfront nonrefundable payment and annual payments during the term of the contract. The stated term of aright-to-usecontract is generally one to three years and the customer may renew his contract by continuing to make the annual payments. The Company will recognize the upfront non-refundable payments over the estimated customer life which, based on historical attrition rates, the Company has estimated to be from one to 31 years. For example, the Company has currently estimated that 7.9% of customers who enter a newright-to-usecontract will terminate their contract after five years. Therefore, the upfront nonrefundable payments from 7.9% 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 7.9% of the Company’s 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. The decision to recognize this revenue in accordance with FASB ASC 605 was made after corresponding during September and October of 2008 with the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC.
 
Right-to-useannual payments by customers under the terms of theright-to-usecontracts are deferred and recognized ratably over the one-year period in which the services 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.
 
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
Rental revenue from the Company’s tenants is its principal source of revenue and 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. The Company monitors on an ongoing basis the collectibility of accounts receivable from its tenants. The Company will reserve for receivables when it believes the ultimate collection is less than probable and maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded during each period and the associated bad debt expense is included in the Company’s property operating and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statements of Operations. The allowance for doubtful accounts is netted against rent and other customer receivables on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s provision for uncollectible rents receivable was approximately $3.0 million and $2.6 million as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
The Company may also finance the sale of homes to its customers through loans (referred to as “Chattel Loans”). The valuation of an allowance for doubtful accounts for the Chattel Loans is calculated based on delinquency trends and a comparison of the outstanding principal balance of each note compared to the N.A.D.A. (National Automobile Dealers Association) value and the current market value of the underlying manufactured home collateral. A bad debt expense is recorded in home selling expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The allowance for doubtful accounts is netted against the notes receivables on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The allowance for these Chattel Loans as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively.
 
The Company may also finance the nonrefundable upfront payments on entry ofright-to-usecontracts (“Contracts Receivable”). Based upon historical collection rates and current economic trends, when payments are financed a reserve is established for a portion of the Contracts Receivable balance estimated to be uncollectible. The allowance and the rate at which the Company provides for losses on its Contracts Receivable could be increased or decreased in the future based on the Company’s actual collection experience. The allowance for these Contract Receivables as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $1.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively.


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Stock-Based Compensation
 
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the Codification Topic “Stock Compensation” (“FASB ASC 718”). The Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton formula to estimate the value of stock options granted to employees, consultants and directors.
 
Non-controlling Interests
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued the Codification Topic “Consolidation” (“FASB ASC 810”), an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51. FASB ASC 810 seeks to improve uniformity and transparency in reporting of the net income attributable to non-controlling interests in the consolidated financial statements of the reporting entity. The statement requires, among other provisions, the disclosure, clear labeling and presentation of non-controlling interests in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations. Per FASB ASC 810, 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 FASB ASC 810, such non-controlling interests are reported on the consolidated balance sheets within equity, separately from the Company’s 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. The Company makes this determination based on terms in applicable agreements, specifically in relation to redemption provisions. Additionally, with respect to non-controlling interests for which the Company has a choice to settle the contract by delivery of its own shares, the Company considered the guidance in the Codification Topic “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (“FASBASC 815-40”)to evaluate whether it controls 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.
 
In accordance with FASB ASC 810, the Company presents 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 $0.5 million of private REIT Subsidiaries preferred stock. The Company’s Perpetual Preferred OP Units are presented in the mezzanine section on the consolidated balance sheets.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements with any unconsolidated investments or joint ventures that it believes have or are reasonably likely to have a material effect on its financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or capital resources.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Updated (“ASU”)2010-6,Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements,(“ASU2010-6”),which requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements. ASU2010-6 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for Level 3 reconciliation disclosures which are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The adoption of ASU2010-6 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In January 2010, the Company adopted amendments to the variable interest consolidation model in ASC 810,Consolidation. The amendments were applied to all structures in place at the date of adoption. Key amendment changes include: (i) the elimination of the scope exception for qualifying special purpose entities, (ii) consideration of kick-out and participation rights in variable interest entity determination, (iii) qualitative analysis considerations for primary beneficiary determination, (iv) changes in related-party considerations and (v) certain disclosure changes. The Company considered the amendments in accounting for its joint ventures and determined that the amendments had no impact on its current accounting.


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In July 2010, the FASB issued ASU2010-20,Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses, (“ASU2010-20”),which requires entities to provide extensive new disclosures in their financial statements about their financing receivables, including credit risk exposures and the allowance for credit losses. Adoption of this accounting standards update is required for public entities for interim or annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not anticipate a material change to its consolidated financial statements other than the required additional disclosure.
 
Results of Operations
 
Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2010 to Year Ended December 31, 2009
 
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for the Property Operations for all Properties owned and operated for the same period in both years (“Core Portfolio”) and the Total Portfolio for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (amounts in thousands). The Core Portfolio may change fromtime-to-timedepending on acquisitions, dispositions and significant transactions or unique situations. The Core Portfolio in this comparison of the year ended December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2009 includes all Properties acquired on or prior to December 31, 2008 and which were owned and operated by the Company during the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Growth percentages exclude the impact of GAAP deferrals of up-front payments fromright-to-usecontracts entered and related commissions.
 
                                 
  Core Portfolio  Total Portfolio 
        Increase/
  %
        Increase/
  %
 
  2010  2009  (Decrease)  Change  2010  2009  (Decrease)  Change 
 
Community base rental income
 $259,292  $253,265  $6,027   2.4% $259,351  $253,379  $5,972   2.4%
Resort base rental income
  125,932   121,933   3,999   3.3%  129,481   124,822   4,659   3.7%
Right-to-useannual payment
  49,788   50,766   (978)  (1.9)%  49,831   50,765   (934)  (1.8)%
Right-to-usecontracts current period, gross
  19,496   21,526   (2,030)  (9.4)%  19,496   21,526   (2,030)  (9.4)%
Utility and other income
  48,039   47,449   590   1.2%  48,357   47,685   672   1.4%
                                 
Property operating revenues, excluding deferrals
  502,547   494,939   7,608   1.5%  506,516   498,177   8,339   1.7%
Property operating and maintenance
  182,910   178,951   3,959   2.2%  185,786   180,870   4,916   2.7%
Real estate taxes
  31,877   31,533   344   1.1%  32,110   31,674   436   1.4%
Sales and marketing, gross
  12,606   13,544   (938)  (6.9)%  12,606   13,536   (930)  (6.9)%
                                 
Property operating expenses, excluding deferrals and Property management
  227,393   224,028   3,365   1.5%  230,502   226,080   4,422   2.0%
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and Property management
  275,154   270,911   4,243   1.6%  276,014   272,097   3,917   1.4%
Property management
  32,362   33,228   (866)  (2.6)%  32,639   33,383   (744)  (2.2)%
                                 
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals
 $242,792  $237,683  $5,109   2.1% $243,375  $238,714  $4,661   2.0%
                                 


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Property Operating Revenues
 
The 1.5% increase in the Core Portfolio property operating revenues primarily reflects (i) a 2.4% increase in rates in community base rental income (ii) a 3.3% increase in revenues in core resort base income comprised of an increase of 4.4% in annual revenues and a 4.6% increase in seasonal revenues offset by a 0.7% decrease in transient resort revenue and (iii) a decrease of 9.4% inright-to-usecontracts. The reduction in entry ofright-to-usecontracts is due to the Company’s recent introduction of low-cost membership products and the phase-out of memberships with higher initial upfront payments.
 
Property Operating Expenses
 
The 1.5% increase in property operating expenses in the Core Portfolio reflects (i) a 2.2% increase in property operating and maintenance expenses (ii) a 1.1% increase in property taxes and (iii) a 6.9% decrease in sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses are all related to the costs incurred for the entry or upgrade ofright-to-usecontracts. The decrease in sales and marketing expenses is due to reduced commissions as a result of reduced high-costright-to-usecontracts activity. Total Portfolio property management expenses primarily decreased due to decreased payroll expenses for 2010.
 
Home Sales Operations
 
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for the Home Sales Operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (amounts in thousands, except sales volumes).
 
                 
  2010  2009  Variance  % Change 
 
Gross revenues from new home sales
 $2,695  $3,397  $(702)  (20.7)%
Cost of new home sales
  (2,550)  (4,681)  2,131   45.5%
                 
Gross profit (loss) from new home sales
  145   (1,284)  1,429   111.3%
Gross revenues from used home sales
  3,425   3,739   (314)  (8.4)%
Cost of used home sales
  (2,846)  (2,790)  (56)  (2.0)%
                 
Gross profit from used home sales
  579   949   (370)  (39.0)%
Brokered resale revenues, net
  918   758   160   21.1%
Home selling expenses
  (2,078)  (2,383)  305   12.8%
Ancillary services revenues, net
  2,504   2,745   (241)  (8.8)%
                 
Income from home sales operations and other
 $2,068  $785  $1,283   163.4%
                 
Home sales volumes:
                
New home sales(1)
  82   113   (31)  (27.4)%
Used home sales(2)
  795   747   48   6.4%
Brokered home resale
  673   612   61   10.0%
 
 
(1) Includes third party home sales of 19 and 28 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
(2) Includes third party home sales of 10 and seven for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
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Rental Operations
 
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for manufactured home Rental Operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in thousands). Except as otherwise noted, the amounts below are included in Ancillary services revenue, net, in the Home Sales Operations table in the previous section.
 
                 
           %
 
  2010  2009  Variance  Change 
 
Manufactured homes:
                
New Home
 $8,283  $6,570  $1,713   26.1%
Used Home
  12,003   9,187   2,816   30.7%
                 
Rental operations revenue(1)
  20,286   15,757   4,529   28.7%
Property operating and maintenance
  2,746   2,036   710   34.9%
Real estate taxes
  184   176   8   4.5%
                 
Rental operations expense
  2,930   2,212   718   32.5%
Income from rental operations
  17,356   13,545   3,811   28.1%
Depreciation
  (2,827)  (2,361)  (466)  (19.7)%
                 
Income from rental operations, net of depreciation
 $14,529  $11,184  $3,345   29.9%
                 
Net investment in new manufactured home rental units
 $59,123  $47,845  $11,278   23.6%
Net investment in used manufactured home rental units
 $23,192  $16,669  $6,523   39.1%
Number of occupied rentals — new, end of period
  801   626   175   28.0%
Number of occupied rentals — used, end of period
  1,644   1,117   527   47.2%
 
 
(1) Approximately $15.4 million and $11.9 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, are included in Community base rental income in the Property Operations table.
 
The increase in income from rental operations and depreciation expense is primarily due to the increase in the number of rental units.
 
In the ordinary course of business, the Company acquires used homes from customers through purchase, lien sale or abandonment. In a vibrant new home sale market older homes may be removed from sites and replaced with new homes. In other cases, due to the nature of tenancy rights afforded to purchasers, used homes are rented in order to control the site either in the condition received or after warranted rehabilitation.
 
Other Income and Expenses
 
The following table summarizes other income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 (amounts in thousands).
 
                 
  2010  2009  Variance  % Change 
 
Depreciation on real estate and other costs
 $(68,125) $(69,049) $924   1.3%
Interest income
  4,419   5,119   (700)  (13.7)%
Income from other investments, net
  5,740   8,168   (2,428)  (29.7)%
General and administrative
  (22,559)  (22,279)  (280)  (1.3)%
Rent control initiatives
  (1,120)  (456)  (664)  (145.6)%
Impairment
  (3,635)     (3,635)  (100.0)%
Depreciation on corporate assets
  (1,080)  (1,039)  (41)  (3.9)%
Interest and related amortization
  (91,151)  (98,311)  7,160   7.3%
                 
Total other expenses, net
 $(177,511) $(177,847) $336   0.2%
                 


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Interest income is lower primarily due to lower notes receivable amounts outstanding. Income from other investments, net, decreased primarily due to reduced insurance proceeds of $1.3 million and the 2009 gain on sale of Caledonia of $0.8 million. Rent control initiatives are higher due to increased activity in the San Rafael legal appeal (see Note 17 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K).Impairment is a non-cash write-off of $3.6 million in goodwill associated with a 2009 acquisition of a Florida internet and media based advertising business. Interest expense is lower primarily due to lower mortgage notes payable amounts outstanding.
 
Equity in Income of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
 
For the year ended December 31, 2010, equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures decreased $0.9 million primarily due to a $1.1 million gain in 2009 on the sale of the Company’s 25% interest in two Diversified Portfolio joint ventures, offset by $0.4 million of distributions that exceeded the Company’s basis in its joint venture and were recorded in income in 2010.
 
Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2009 to Year Ended December 31, 2008
 
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for the Property Operations for all Properties owned and operated for the same period in both years (“Core Portfolio”) and the Total Portfolio for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands). The Core Portfolio may change fromtime-to-timedepending on acquisitions, dispositions and significant transactions or unique situations. The Core Portfolio in this comparison of the year ended December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2008 includes all Properties acquired on or prior to December 31, 2007 and which were owned and operated by the Company during the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008. Growth percentages exclude the impact of GAAP deferrals of up-front payments fromright-to-usecontracts entered and related commissions.
 
                                 
  Core Portfolio  Total Portfolio 
        Increase/
  %
        Increase/
  %
 
  2009  2008  (Decrease)  Change  2009  2008  (Decrease)  Change 
 
Community base rental income
 $253,379  $245,833  $7,546   3.1% $253,379  $245,833  $7,546   3.1%
Resort base rental income
  105,601   104,304   1,297   1.2%  124,822   111,876   12,946   11.6%
Right-to-useannual payments
              50,765   19,667   31,098   158.1%
Right-to-usecontracts current period, gross
              21,526   10,951   10,575   96.6%
Utility and other income
  41,422   38,921   2,501   6.4%  47,685   41,633   6,052   14.5%
                                 
Property operating revenues, excluding deferrals
  400,402   389,058   11,344   2.9%  498,177   429,960   68,217   15.9%
Property operating and maintenance
  130,473   131,821   (1,348)  (1.0)%  180,870   152,363   28,507   18.7%
Real estate taxes
  28,012   27,963   49   0.2%  31,674   29,457   2,217   7.5%
Sales and marketing, gross
              13,536   7,116   6,420   90.2%
                                 
Property operating expenses, excluding deferrals and Property management
  158,485   159,784   (1,299)  (0.8)%  226,080   188,936   37,144   19.7%
                                 
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals and Property management
  241,917   229,274   12,643   5.5%  272,097   241,024   31,073   12.9%
Property management
  20,095   20,999   (904)  (4.3)%  33,383   25,451   7,932   31.2%
                                 
Income from property operations, excluding deferrals
 $221,822  $208,275  $13,547   6.5% $238,714  $215,573  $23,141   10.7%
                                 


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Property Operating Revenues
 
The 2.9% increase in the Core Portfolio property operating revenues reflects (i) a 3.3% increase in rates in community base rental income offset by a 0.2% decrease in occupancy, (ii) a 1.2% increase in revenues in Core resort base income comprised of an increase of 5.5% in annual revenues, offset by a 8.4% decrease in seasonal resort revenue and a 2.7% decrease in transient revenue, and (iii) an increase of 6.4% in core utility and other income primarily due to increased pass-throughs at certain Properties. The Total Portfolio property operating revenues increase of 15.9% is primarily due to the consolidation of theright-to-useProperties beginning August 14, 2008 as a result of the PA Transaction. Theright-to-useannual payments represent the annual payments earned onright-to-usecontracts acquired in the PA Transaction or entered since the PA Transaction on August 14, 2008. Theright-to-usecontracts current period, gross represents allright-to-usecontracts entered during the year.
 
Property Operating Expenses
 
The 0.8% decrease in property operating expenses in the Core Portfolio primarily reflects a 1.0% decrease in property operating and maintenance expenses. The Company’s Total Portfolio property operating and maintenance expenses and real estate taxes increased due to the consolidation of theright-to-useProperties beginning August 14, 2008 as a result of the PA Transaction. Total Portfolio sales and marketing expense are all related to the costs incurred for the entry ofright-to-usecontracts. Total Portfolio property management expenses primarily increased due to the PA Transaction.
 
Home Sales Operations
 
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for the Home Sales Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands, except sales volumes).
 
                 
  2009  2008  Variance  % Change 
 
Gross revenues from new home sales
 $3,397  $19,013  $(15,616)  (82.1)%
Cost of new home sales
  (4,681)  (21,219)  16,538   77.9%
                 
Gross loss from new home sales
  (1,284)  (2,206)  922   41.8%
Gross revenues from used home sale
  3,739   2,832   907   32.0%
Cost of used home sale
  (2,790)  (2,850)  60   2.1%
                 
Gross profit (loss) from used home sale
  949   (18)  967   5,372.2%
Brokered resale revenues, net
  758   1,094   (336)  (30.7)%
Home selling expense
  (2,383)  (5,776)  3,393   58.7%
Ancillary services revenues, net
  2,745   1,197   1,548   129.3%
                 
Profit (loss) from home sales operations and other
 $785  $(5,709) $6,494   113.8%
                 
Home sales volumes:
                
New home sales(1)
  113   378   (265)  (70.1)%
Used home sales(2)
  747   407   340   83.5%
Brokered home resale
  612   786   (174)  (22.1%)
 
 
(1) Includes third party home sales of 28 and 71 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
(2) Includes third party home sales of seven and one for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Income from home sales operations increased primarily as a result of lower home selling expenses and increased ancillary services revenues, net. Gross loss from new home sales was offset by profit from used home sales and resales. The 2009 gross loss from new home sales includes an increase in inventory reserve of approximately $0.9 million. The increase in used home sales profit and volumes is primarily due to sales of resort


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cottages at theright-to-useProperties. Home selling expenses for 2009 have decreased compared to 2008 as a result of lower new home sales volumes and decreased advertising costs. Ancillary services revenues, net, increased primarily due to the inclusion of the ancillary activities of theright-to-useProperties consolidated by the Company as of August 14, 2008.
 
Rental Operations
 
The following table summarizes certain financial and statistical data for manufactured home Rental Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (dollars in thousands). Except as otherwise noted, the amounts below are included in Ancillary services revenue, net, in the Home Sales Operations table in previous section.
 
                 
  2009  2008  Variance  % Change 
 
Manufactured homes:
                
New Home
 $6,570  $3,873  $2,697   69.6%
Used Home
  9,187   7,097   2,090   29.4%
                 
Rental operations revenue(1)
  15,757   10,970   4,787   43.6%
Property operating and maintenance
  2,036   2,022   14   0.7%
Real estate taxes
  176   127   49   38.6%
                 
Rental operations expenses
  2,212   2,149   63   2.9%
Income from rental operations
  13,545   8,821   4,724   53.6%
Depreciation
  (2,361)  (1,222)  (1,139)  (93.2)%
                 
Income from rental operations, net of depreciation
 $11,184  $7,599  $3,585   47.2%
                 
Net investment in new manufactured home rental units
 $47,845  $43,248  $4,597   10.6%
Net investment in used manufactured home rental units
 $16,669  $13,032  $3,637   27.9%
Number of occupied rentals — new, end of period
  626   433   193   44.6%
Number of occupied rentals — used, end of period
  1,117   799   318   39.8%
 
 
(1) Approximately $11.9 million and $8.4 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, are included in Community base rental income in the Property Operations table.
 
The increase in income from rental operations and depreciation expense is primarily due to the increase in the number of rental units.
 
Other Income and Expenses
 
The following table summarizes other income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands).
 
                 
  2009  2008  Variance  % Change 
 
Depreciation on real estate and other costs
 $(69,049) $(66,193) $(2,856)  (4.3)%
Interest income
  5,119   3,095   2,024   65.4%
Income from other investments, net
  8,168   17,006   (8,838)  (52.0)%
General and administrative
  (22,279)  (20,617)  (1,662)  (8.1)%
Rent control initiatives
  (456)  (1,555)  1,099   70.7%
Depreciation on corporate assets
  (1,039)  (390)  (649)  (166.4)%
Interest and related amortization
  (98,311)  (99,430)  1,119   1.1%
                 
Total other expenses, net
 $(177,847) $(168,084) $(9,763)  (5.8)%
                 


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Interest income is higher primarily due to interest income on Contracts Receivable purchased on August 14, 2008 in the PA Transaction or originated after the PA Transaction. Income from other investments, net, decreased primarily due to lower Privileged Access lease income of $14.9 million received during 2008 offset by the following incremental increases in 2009: $1.1 million of insurance proceeds, $1.1 million in Tropical Palms lease payments, Caledonia sale and Caledonia lease income of $1.0 million, and net RPI and TTMSI income of $1.9 million. General and administrative expense increased primarily due to higher payroll, professional fees, and rent and utilities. General and administrative in 2009 includes approximately $0.4 million of costs related to transactions required to be expensed in accordance with FASB ASC 805. Prior to 2009, such costs were capitalized in accordance with SFAS No. 141.
 
In 2009, the Company determined that certain depreciable assets acquired during years prior to 2009 were inadvertently omitted from prior year depreciation expense calculations. Since the total amounts involved were immaterial to the Company’s financial position and results of operations, the Company decided to record additional depreciation expense in 2009 to reflect this adjustment. As a result, the year ended December 31, 2009 includes approximately $1.8 million of prior period depreciation expense.
 
Equity in Income of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
 
For the year ended December 31, 2009, equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures decreased $0.9 million primarily due to a $1.1 million gain in 2009 on the sale of our 25% interest in two Diversified Portfolio joint ventures, offset by a $0.6 million gain in 2008 on the payoff of our share of seller financing in excess of basis on one Lakeshore investment, and a gain of $1.6 million in 2008 on the sale of our interest in four Morgan joint venture Properties in 2008.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Liquidity
 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company had $12.7 million in cash and cash equivalents, $52.3 million in U.S. Treasury Bills, and $100.0 million available on its line of credit. The Company expects to meet its short-term liquidity requirements, including its distributions, generally through its working capital, net cash provided by operating activities and availability under its existing line of credit. The Company expects to meet certain long-term liquidity requirements such as scheduled debt maturities, property acquisitions and capital improvements by use of its current cash balance, long-term collateralized and uncollateralized borrowings including borrowings under its existing line of credit and the issuance of debt securities or additional equity securities in the Company, in addition to net cash provided by operating activities. During 2010 and 2009, the Company received financing proceeds from Fannie Mae secured by mortgages on individual manufactured home Properties. The terms of the Fannie Mae financings were relatively attractive as compared to those available from other potential lenders. If financing proceeds are no longer available from Fannie Mae for any reason or if Fannie Mae terms are no longer attractive, it may adversely affect cash flow and the Company’s ability to service debt and make distributions to stockholders. In addition, Fannie Mae will not provide financing on resort Properties and there is generally more limited availability for resort Property financing from private lenders. The Company has approximately $52.6 million of scheduled debt maturities in 2011 (excluding scheduled principal payments on debt maturing in 2012 and beyond). The Company expects to satisfy its 2011 maturities with its existing cash balance and the proceeds from the 2011 maturities of its short-term investments.
 
The table below summarizes cash flow activity for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands).
 
             
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 $163,309  $150,525   114,054 
Net cash used in investing activities
  (98,933)  (34,892)  (33,196)
Net cash used in financing activities
  (196,845)  (15,817)  (41,331)
             
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
 $(132,469) $99,816   39,527 
             


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Operating Activities
 
Net cash provided by operating activities increased $12.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $150.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. The increase in 2010 was primarily due to a $9.2 million increase in consolidated income from continuing operations and an increase in rents received in advance. Net cash provided by operating activities increased $36.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 from $114.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The increase in 2009 was primarily due to increases in income from property operations, income from home sales operations and increases in the Company’ deferred revenue from the entry ofright-to-usecontracts.
 
Investing Activities
 
Net cash used in investing activities reflects the impact of the following investing activities:
 
Acquisitions
 
2009 Acquisitions
 
On February 13, 2009, the Company acquired the remaining 75% interests in three Diversified Portfolio joint ventures known as (i) Robin Hill, a 270-site property in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania, (ii) Sun Valley, a 265-site property in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and (iii) Plymouth Rock, a 609-site property in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The gross purchase price was approximately $19.2 million, and the Company assumed mortgage loans of approximately $12.9 million with a value of approximately $11.9 million and a weighted average interest rate of 6% per annum.
 
On August 31, 2009, the Company acquired an internet and media based advertising business located in Orlando, Florida for approximately $3.7 million.
 
2008 Acquisitions
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired two Properties (see Note 5 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K).The combined investment in real estate for the acquisitions and investments was approximately $3.9 million and was funded with withdrawals of $2.1 million from the Company’s tax-deferred exchange account and borrowings from its lines of credit. The Company also acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Privileged Access for an unsecured note payable of $2.0 million. Prior to the purchase, Privileged Access had a12-yearlease with the Company for 82 Properties that terminated upon closing. The $2.0 million unsecured note payable accrued interest at 10% per annum and was paid off December 17, 2009.
 
Dispositions
 
On February 13, 2009, the Company sold its 25% interest in two Diversified Portfolio joint ventures known as (i) Pine Haven, a 625-site property in Ocean View, New Jersey and (ii) Round Top, a 319-site property in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A gain on sale of approximately $1.1 million was recognized during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and is included in Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures.
 
On April 17, 2009, the Company sold Caledonia, a 247-site Property in Caledonia, Wisconsin, for proceeds of approximately $2.2 million. The Company recognized a gain on sale of approximately $0.8 million which is included in Income from other investments, net. In addition, the Company received approximately $0.3 million of deferred rent due from the previous tenant.
 
On July 20, 2009, the Company sold Casa Village, a 490-site Property in Billings, Montana for a stated purchase price of approximately $12.4 million. The buyer assumed $10.6 million of mortgage debt that had a stated interest rate of 6.02% and was schedule to mature in 2013. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $5.1 million. Cash proceeds from the sale, net of closing costs were approximately $1.1 million.
 
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Maine, Club Naples in Naples, Florida, and Gwynn’s Island in Gwynn, Virginia, four properties held in the Morgan Portfolio. A gain on sale of approximately $1.6 million was recognized. The Company also received approximately $0.3 million of escrowed funds related to the purchase of five Morgan Properties in 2005.
 
The operating results of all properties sold or held for disposition have been reflected in the discontinued operations of the Consolidated Statements of Operations contained in thisForm 10-K,except for Caledonia.
 
Notes Receivable Activity
 
The notes receivable activity during the year ended December 31, 2010 of $1.2 million in cash inflow reflects net repayments of $0.4 million from the Company’s Chattel Loans, net repayments of $0.7 million from its Contract Receivables and a net inflow of $0.1 million on other notes receivable.
 
The notes receivable activity during the year ended December 31, 2009 of $0.9 million in cash inflow reflects net repayments of $0.5 million from the Company’s Chattel Loans, net repayments of $2.3 million from its Contract Receivables and a net outflow of $1.9 million on other notes receivable.
 
The notes receivable activity during year ended December 31, 2008 of $2.5 million in cash outflow reflects net lending of $2.8 million from our Chattel Loans and net repayments of $0.3 million from our Contract Receivables. Contracts Receivable purchased in the PA Transaction contributed a net $19.6 million increase in non-cash inflow.
 
Investments in and distributions from unconsolidated joint ventures
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company invested approximately $5.7 million in its joint ventures to increase the Company’s ownership interest in Voyager RV Resort to 50% from 25%. The Company also received approximately $0.4 million held for the initial investment in one of the Morgan Properties.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company received approximately $4.2 million in distributions from our joint ventures. Approximately $3.7 million of these distributions were classified as return on capital and were included in operating activities. The remaining distributions of approximately $0.5 million were classified as a return of capital and were included in investing activities.
 
Capital improvements
 
The table below summarizes capital improvements activity for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 (amounts in thousands).
 
             
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Recurring Cap Ex(1)
 $20,794  $17,415  $15,319 
New construction — expansion
  239   818   850 
New construction — upgrades(2)
  6,618   2,874   4,869 
Home site development(3)
  19,928   7,423   4,291 
Hurricane related
        66 
             
Total Property
  47,579   28,530   25,395 
Corporate(4)
  1,050   1,584   198 
             
Total Capital improvements
 $48,629  $30,114  $25,593 
             
 
 
(1) Recurring capital expenditures (“Recurring CapEx”) are primarily comprised of common area improvements, furniture, and mechanical improvements.
 
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(3) Home site development includes acquisitions of or improvements to rental units for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Acquisitions of or improvements to rental units in the years ended December 31, 2008 were included in Inventory changes on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow.
 
(4) For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, this includes approximately $0.7 and $1.2 million, respectively, spent to renovate the corporate headquarters, of which approximately $0.7 and $0.9 million, respectively, was reimbursed by the landlord as a tenant allowance.
 
Financing Activities
 
Net cash used in financing activities reflects the impact of the following:
 
Mortgages and Credit Facilities
 
Financing, Refinancing and Early Debt Retirement
 
2010 Activity
 
During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company closed on approximately $61.6 million of new financing on three manufactured home Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.91% that matures in ten years. The Company also closed on approximately $15.0 million of new financing on one resort Property, with a stated interest rate of 6.50% that matures in ten years. The Company used the proceeds from the financings to pay off approximately $184.2 million on 13 Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.98% and approximately $5.1 million of dealer financing on rental unit purchases.
 
2009 Activity
 
On February 13, 2009, in connection with the acquisition of the remaining 75% interests in the Diversified Portfolio joint venture, the Company assumed mortgages of approximately $11.9 million with a weighted average interest rate of 5.95% and weighted average maturity of five years.
 
On December 17, 2009, the Company paid off the $2 million unsecured note payable to Privileged Access.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company closed on approximately $107.3 million of new financing, on six manufactured home properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.32% that mature in 10 years. The Company used the proceeds from the financing to pay off approximately $106.7 million on 20 Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 7.36%.
 
2008 Activity
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company closed on approximately $231.0 million of new financing on 15 manufactured home Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.01% that mature in 10 years. The Company used the proceeds from the financing to pay off approximately $245.8 million on 28 Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 5.54%.
 
Secured Property Debt
 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s secured long-term debt balance was approximately $1.4 billion, with a weighted average interest rate in 2010 of approximately 6.0% per annum. The debt bears interest at rates between 5.0% and 8.5% per annum and matures on various dates primarily ranging from 2011 to 2020. Excluding scheduled principal amortization, the Company has approximately $52 million of long-term debt maturing in 2011 and no long-term debt maturing in 2012. The weighted average term to maturity for the long-term debt is approximately 5.4 years.
 
The Company expects to satisfy its secured debt maturities of approximately $52 million occurring prior to December 31, 2011 with its existing cash balance and short-term investments.


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Unsecured Debt
 
On June 29, 2010, the Company exercised a one-year extension option on one of its unsecured lines of credit that was due to mature on June 29, 2010. Prior to the extension, the Company had two unsecured lines of credit with a maximum borrowing capacity of $350 million and $20 million, respectively, bearing interest at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus a maximum of 1.20% per annum and a 0.15% facility fee. The $20 million line of credit matured on June 30, 2010. The extension reduced the Company’s maximum borrowing capacity under the $350 million line of credit to $100 million and extended the expiration of the line of credit to June 29, 2011. The Company’s unsecured Line of Credit (“LOC”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $100 million bears interest at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus a maximum of 1.20% per annum, has a 0.15% facility fee, and matures on June 29, 2011. The Company is currently in the process of negotiating a new line of credit.
 
The weighted average interest rate for the year ended December 31, 2010 for the Company’s unsecured debt was approximately 0.0% per annum as no amounts were outstanding. As of December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding on the lines of credit.
 
Other Loans
 
During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company borrowed approximately $3.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively, which is secured by individual manufactured homes. This financing provided by the dealer requires monthly payments, bears interest at 8.5% and matures on the earlier of: 1) the date the home is sold, or 2) November 20, 2016. All amounts outstanding were paid off prior to December 31, 2010.
 
Certain of the Company’s mortgages and credit agreements contain covenants and restrictions including restrictions as to the ratio of secured or unsecured debt versus encumbered or unencumbered assets, the ratio of fixedcharges-to-earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), limitations on certain holdings and other restrictions.
 
Contractual Obligations
 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company was subject to certain contractual payment obligations as described in the table below (dollars in thousands):
 
                                 
  Total  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  Thereafter 
 
Long Term Borrowings(1)
 $1,413,698  $74,049  $22,644  $122,594  $200,321  $531,171  $82,197  $380,722 
Interest Expense(2)
  439,464   82,814   78,892   75,620   65,323   56,623   26,658   53,534 
                                 
Total Contractual Obligations
 $1,853,162  $156,863  $101,536  $198,214  $265,644  $587,794  $108,855  $434,256 
Weighted average interest rates
  5.86%  5.87%  5.85%  5.87%  5.85%  5.58%  5.70%  6.11%
 
 
(1) Balance excludes net premiums and discounts of $0.8 million. Balances include debt maturing and scheduled periodic principal payments.
 
(2) Amounts include interest expected to be incurred on the Company’s secured debt based on obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2010. For the Company’s one variable interest obligation, it uses the 7.25%interest floor for this obligation, as it does not believe the LIBOR rate will increase above the floor prior to the loan payment.
 
The Company does not include Preferred OP Unit distributions, insurance, property taxes and cancelable contracts in the contractual obligations table above.
 
The Company leases land under non-cancelable operating leases at certain of the Properties expiring in various years from 2013 to 2054, with terms which require twelve equal payments per year plus additional rents calculated as a percentage of gross revenues. For the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, ground lease rent was approximately $1.9 million and for the year ended December 31, 2008, ground lease rent


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was approximately $1.8 million. Minimum future rental payments under the ground leases are approximately $1.9 million for each of the next five years and approximately $16.8 million thereafter.
 
With respect to maturing debt, the Company has staggered the maturities of its long-term mortgage debt over an average of approximately five years, with approximately $530 million (which is due in 2015) in principal maturities coming due in any single year. The Company believes that it will be able to refinance its maturing debt obligations on a secured or unsecured basis; however, to the extent the Company is unable to refinance its debt as it matures, it believes that it will be able to repay such maturing debt from operating cash flow, asset sales and/orthe proceeds from equity issuances. With respect to any refinancing of maturing debt, the Company’s future cash flow requirements could be impacted by significant changes in interest rates or other debt terms, including required amortization payments.
 
Equity Transactions
 
In order to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, the Company must distribute 90% or more of its taxable income (excluding capital gains) to its stockholders. The following regular quarterly distributions have been declared and paid to common stockholders and non-controlling interests since January 1, 2008.
 
             
  For the Quarter
  Stockholder Record
    
Distribution Amount Per Share Ending  Date  Payment Date 
 
$0.2000
  March 31, 2008   March 28, 2008   April 11, 2008 
$0.2000
  June 30, 2008   June 27, 2008   July 11, 2008 
$0.2000
  September 30, 2008   September 26, 2008   October 10, 2008 
             
$0.2000
  December 31, 2008   December 26, 2008   January 9, 2009 
$0.2500
  March 31, 2009   March 27, 2009   April 10, 2009 
$0.2500
  June 30, 2009   June 26, 2009   July 10, 2009 
$0.3000
  September 30, 2009   September 25, 2009   October 9, 2009 
$0.3000
  December 31, 2009   December 24, 2009   January 8, 2010 
             
$0.3000
  March 31, 2010   March 26, 2010   April 9, 2010 
$0.3000
  June 30, 2010   June 25, 2010   July 9, 2010 
$0.3000
  September 30, 2010   September 24, 2010   October 8, 2010 
$0.3000
  December 31, 2010   December 31, 2010   January 14, 2011 
 
2010 Activity
 
On November 9, 2010, the Company announced that in 2011 the annual distribution per common share will be $1.50 per share up from $1.20 per share in 2010 and $1.10 per share in 2009. This decision recognizes the Company’s investment opportunities and the importance that the Company places on its dividend to its stockholders.
 
On December 31, 2010, September 30, 2010, June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2010, the Operating Partnership paid distributions of 8.0625% per annum on the $150 million Series D 8% Units and 7.95% per annum on the $50 million of Series F 7.95% Units.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company received approximately $2.2 million in proceeds from the issuance of shares of common stock, through stock option exercises and the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”).
 
2009 Activity
 
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On December 31, 2009, September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009, the Operating Partnership paid distributions of 8.0625% per annum on the $150 million Series D 8% Units and 7.95% per annum on the $50 million of Series F 7.95% Units.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company received approximately $4.9 million in proceeds from the issuance of shares of common stock, through stock option exercises and the Company’s ESPP.
 
2008 Activity
 
On December 31, 2008, September 30, 2008, June 30, 2008 and March 31, 2008, the Operating Partnership paid distributions of 8.0625% per annum on the $150 million Series D 8% Units and 7.95% per annum on the $50 million of Series F 7.95% Units.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company received approximately $4.7 million in proceeds from the issuance of shares of common stock through stock option exercises and the Company’s ESPP.
 
Inflation
 
Substantially all of the leases at the Properties allow for monthly or annual rent increases which provide the Company with the opportunity to achieve increases, where justified by the market, as each lease matures. Such types of leases generally minimize the risks of inflation to the Company. In addition, the Company’s resort Properties are not generally subject to leases and rents are established for these sites on an annual basis. The Company’sright-to-usecontracts 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. The Company believes 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.
 
The Company defines FFO as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or actual or estimated losses from sales of properties, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization, 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. The Company receives up-front non-refundable payments from the entry ofright-to-usecontracts. In accordance with GAAP, the upfront non-refundable 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 nonrefundableright-to-usepayments, the Company believes that it is appropriate to adjust for the impact of the deferral activity in its calculation of FFO. The Company believes that FFO is helpful to investors as one of several measures of the performance of an equity REIT. The Company further believes that by excluding the effect of depreciation, amortization and gains or actual or estimated 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. The Company believes that the adjustment to FFO for the net revenue deferral of upfront non-refundable payments and expense deferral ofright-to-usecontract commissions also facilitates the comparison to other equity REITs. Investors should review 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. The Company computes FFO in accordance with its 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 the Company does. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, nor does it represent cash available to pay distributions and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, determined in accordance with


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GAAP, as an indication of the Company’s financial performance, or to cash flow from operating activities, determined in accordance with GAAP, as a measure of its liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions.
 
The following table presents a calculation of FFO for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands):
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Computation of funds from operations:
            
Net income available for common shares
 $38,354  $34,005  $18,303 
Income allocated to common OP Units
  5,903   6,113   4,297 
Right-to-usecontract upfront payments, deferred, net
  14,856   18,882   10,611 
Right-to-usecontract commissions, deferred, net
  (5,525)  (5,729)  (3,644)
Depreciation on real estate assets and other
  68,125   69,049   66,193 
Depreciation on unconsolidated joint ventures
  1,218   1,250   1,776 
Loss (gain) on real estate
  231   (5,488)  79 
             
Funds from operations available for common shares
 $123,162  $118,082  $97,615 
             
Weighted average common shares outstanding — fully diluted
  35,518   32,944   30,498 
             
 
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. The Company’s earnings, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent on prevailing market interest rates. The primary market risk the Company faces is long-term indebtedness, which bears interest at fixed and variable rates. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt obligations is affected by changes in market interest rates. At December 31, 2010, approximately 100% or approximately $1.4 billion of the Company’s outstanding debt had fixed interest rates, 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 $74.4 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 $78.6 million.
 
At December 31, 2010, none of the Company’s outstanding debt was short-term and at variable rates.
 
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. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:
 
  • the Company’s ability to control costs, real estate market conditions, the actual rate of decline in customers, the actual use of sites by customers and its success in acquiring new customers at its Properties (including those recently acquired);
 
  • the Company’s ability to maintain historical rental rates and occupancy with respect to Properties currently owned or that the Company may acquire;
 
  • the Company’s assumptions about rental and home sales markets;
 
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  • 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;
 
  • the completion of future acquisitions, if any, and timing with respect thereto and the effective integration and successful realization of cost savings;
 
  • 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 common stock;
 
  • the effect of accounting for the entry of agreements with customers representing aright-to-usethe Properties under the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition”; and
 
  • other risks indicated from time to time in the Company’s 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. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.
 
Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
 
See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements onpage F-1of thisForm 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
 
The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer), maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures, designed to provide reasonable assurance that information the Company is required to disclose in the reports that the Company files 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 it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.
 
The Company’s management with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010. Based on that evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this annual report, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to give reasonable assurances to the timely collection, evaluation and disclosure of information relating to the Company 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, 2010.


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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
There were no material changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2010.
 
Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined inRules 13a-15(f)and15d-15(f)under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company’s 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, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework.”
 
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010 has been audited by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report onPage F-2of the Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Item 9B  Other Information
 
Pursuant to the authority granted in the Stock Option and Award Plan, in November 2010 the Compensation Committee approved the annual award of stock options 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 and Audit Committee Financial Expert on January 31, 2011 for their services rendered in 2010. On January 31, 2011, Mr. Samuel Zell was awarded options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock, which he elected to receive as 20,000 shares of restricted common stock, for services rendered as Chairman of the Board; Mrs. Sheli Rosenberg was awarded options to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock, which she elected to receive as 5,000 shares of restricted common stock, for services rendered as Lead Director and Chairperson of the Compensation Committee; Mr. Howard Walker was awarded options to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock, which he elected to receive as 3,000 shares of restricted common stock, for services rendered as Chairperson of the Executive Committee; and Mr. Philip Calian was awarded options to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock, which he elected to receive as 3,000 shares of restricted common stock, for services rendered as Audit Committee Financial Expert and Audit Committee Chairperson. One-third of the options to purchase common stock and the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of December 31, 2011, December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2013.


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PART III
 
Items 10and 11  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance, and Executive Compensation
 
The information required by Item 10 and 11 will be contained in the 2010 Proxy Statement and is therefore incorporated by reference, and thus Item 10 and 11 has been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G.(3) toForm 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:
 
             
        Number of
 
        Securities
 
  Number of
     Remaining Available
 
  securities to
     for Future Issuance
 
  be Issued upon
  Weighted-average
  under Equity
 
  Exercise of
  Exercise Price of
  Compensation Plans
 
  Outstanding
  Outstanding
  (excluding securities
 
  Options, Warrants
  Options, Warrants
  reflected in column
 
  and Rights
  and Rights
  (a))
 
Plan Category (a)  (b)  (c) 
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders(1)
  805,184   40.32   851,677 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(2)
  N/A   N/A   304,304 
             
Total
  805,184   40.32   1,155,981 
 
 
(1) Includes shares of common stock under the Company’s Stock Option and Award Plan adopted in December 1992, and amended and restated from time to time, most recently amended effective March 23, 2001. The Stock Option and Award Plan and certain amendments thereto were approved by the Company’s stockholders.
 
(2) Represents shares of common stock under the Company’s 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 ofRegulation S-K“Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” required by Item 12 will be contained in the 2010 Proxy Statement and is therefore incorporated by reference, and thus has been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G.(3) toForm 10-K.
 
Items 13and 14  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence, and Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
The information required by Item 13 and Item 14 will be contained in the 2010 Proxy Statement and is therefore incorporated by reference, and thus Item 13 and 14 has been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G.(3) toForm 10-K.


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PART IV
 
Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules
 
1. Financial Statement
 
See Index to Financial Statements and Schedules onpage F-1of thisForm 10-K.
 
2. Financial Statement Schedules
 
See Index to Financial Statements and Schedules onpage F-1of thisForm 10-K.
 
3. Exhibits:
 
In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Annual Report onForm 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 about the Company 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 the Company may be found elsewhere in this Annual Report onForm 10-Kand its other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website athttp://www.sec.gov.
 
     
 2(a) Admission Agreement between Equity Financial and Management Co., Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. and MHC Operating Partnership
 3.1(k) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. effective May 15, 2007
 3.4(l) Second Amended and Restated Bylaws effective August 8, 2007
 3.5(f) Amended and Restated Articles Supplementary of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. effective March 16, 2005
 3.6(f) Articles Supplementary of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. effective June 23, 2005
 4.1(q) Amended and Restated 8.0625% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Units Term Sheet and Joinder to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
 4.2(q) 7.95% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Units Term Sheet and Joinder to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
 4.3(q) Form of Specimen Stock Certificate Evidencing the Common Stock of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., par value $0.01 per share
 9  Not applicable
 10.4(b) Second Amended and Restated MHC Operating Limited Partnership Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated March 15, 1996
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 10.10(c) Form of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. 1997 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 10.11(d) Amended and Restated Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. 1992 Stock Option and Stock Award Plan effective March 23, 2001
 10.19(e) Agreement of Plan of Merger (Thousand Trails), dated August 2, 2004
 10.20(e) Amendment No. 1 to Agreement of Plan of Merger (Thousand Trails), dated September 30, 2004
 10.21(e) Amendment No. 2 to Agreement of Plan of Merger (Thousand Trails), dated November 9, 2004
 10.27(i) Credit Agreement ($225 million Revolving Facility) dated June 29, 2006
 10.28(i) Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement ($50 million Revolving Facility) dated July 14, 2006
 10.29(h) Amended and Restated Thousand Trails Lease Agreement dated April 14, 2006
 10.31(h) Amendment No. 3 to Agreement and Plan of Merger (Thousand Trails) dated April 14, 2006
 10.33(j) Amendment of Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated May 3, 2006
 10.34(j) Form of Indemnification Agreement
 10.37(m) First Amendment to Credit Agreement ($400 million Revolving Facility) dated September 21, 2007
 10.38(m) First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement ($20 million Revolving Facility) dated September 21, 2007
 10.39(n) Second Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated as of January 1, 2008 by and between Thousand Trails Operations Holding Company, L.P. and MHC TT Leasing Company, Inc.
 10.42(o) First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 2008 between MHC TT Leasing Company, Inc. and Thousand Trails Operations Holding Company, L.P.
 10.43(p) Form of Trust Agreement Establishing Howard Walker Deferred Compensation Trust, dated December 8, 2000
 10.44(r) Underwriting Agreement, dated June 23, 2009 by and among Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., MHC Operating Limited Partnership, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
 10.45(s) Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (Revolving Facility) and Guarantor Consent and Confirmation, dated June 29, 2010, by and among the Company, MHC Operating Limited Partnership, MHC Trust, T1000 Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and each of the Lenders set forth therein.
 11  Not applicable
 12(t) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 13  Not applicable
 14(j) Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. Business Ethics and Conduct Policy, dated July 2006
 16  Not applicable
 18  Not applicable
 21(t) Subsidiaries of the registrant
 22  Not applicable
 23(t) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 24.1(t) Power of Attorney for Philip C. Calian dated February 17, 2011
 24.2(t) Power of Attorney for David J. Contis dated February 16, 2011
 24.3(t) Power of Attorney for Thomas E. Dobrowski dated February 22, 2011
 24.4(t) Power of Attorney for Sheli Z. Rosenberg dated February 17, 2011
 24.5(t) Power of Attorney for Howard Walker dated February 16, 2011
 24.6(t) Power of Attorney for Gary Waterman dated February 17, 2011
 24.7(t) Power of Attorney for Samuel Zell dated February 18, 2011
 31.1(t) Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant To Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
 31.2(t) Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant To Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002

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 32.1(t) Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
 32.2(t) Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
 101(aa) The following materials from Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.’s Annual Report onForm 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2010, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow, and (iv) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, furnished herewith.
 
The following documents are incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
     
 (a)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’sForm S-11Registration Statement, FileNo. 33-55994
 (b)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 10-Qfor the quarter ended June 30, 1996
 (c)  Included as Exhibit A to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement dated March 28, 1997, relating to Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 13, 1997
 (d)  Included as Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement dated March 30, 2001
 (e)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated November 16, 2004
 (f)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 10-Qdated June 30, 2005
 (g)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 10-Kdated December 31, 2005
 (h)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated April 14, 2006
 (i)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 10-Qdated June 30, 2006
 (j)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 10-Kdated December 31, 2006
 (k)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated May 18, 2007
 (l)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated August 8, 2007
 (m)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated September 21, 2007
 (n)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated January 4, 2008
 (o)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 10-Qdated March 31, 2008
 (p)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated December 8, 2000, filed on September 25, 2008
 (q)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm S-3ASR dated May 6, 2009
 (r)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated June 23, 2009
 (s)  Included as an exhibit to the Company’s Report onForm 8-Kdated July 2, 2010
 (t)  Filed herewith
 (aa)  Users of this data are advised that pursuant to Rule 406T ofRegulation S-T,the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

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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, 2011
 
By 
/s/  Thomas P. Heneghan

Thomas P. Heneghan
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
Date: February 24, 2011
 
By  
/s/  Michael B. Berman

Michael B. Berman
Executive Vice President
  and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
  and 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/  Thomas P. Heneghan

Thomas P. Heneghan
 President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), and Director *Attorney-in-Fact February 24, 2011
     
/s/  Michael B. Berman

Michael B. Berman
 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *Attorney-in-Fact February 24, 2011
     
*Samuel Zell

Samuel Zell
 Chairman of the Board February 24, 2011
     
*Howard Walker

Howard Walker
 Vice-Chairman of the Board February 24, 2011
     
*Philip C. Calian

Philip C. Calian
 Director February 24, 2011
     
*David J. Contis

David J. Contis
 Director February 24, 2011
     
*Thomas E. Dobrowski

Thomas E. Dobrowski
 Director February 24, 2011
     
*Sheli Z. Rosenberg

Sheli Z. Rosenberg
 Director February 24, 2011
     
*Gary Waterman

Gary Waterman
 Director February 24, 2011


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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, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (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, 2010, 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, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, and the financial statement schedules listed in the Index at Item 15, of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc., and our report dated February 24, 2011, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
 
/s/  Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Chicago, Illinois
February 24, 2011


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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, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010. Our audits also included the financial statement schedules listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and the schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and the schedules 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, 2010 and 2009, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
 
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, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 24, 2011 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
 
/s/  Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Chicago, Illinois
February 24, 2011


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
As of December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
         
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
  2010  2009 
  (Amounts in thousands, except for share data) 
 
ASSETS
Investment in real estate:
        
Land
 $544,462  $544,722 
Land improvements
  1,762,122   1,744,443 
Buildings and other depreciable property
  278,403   249,050 
         
   2,584,987   2,538,215 
Accumulated depreciation
  (700,665)  (629,768)
         
Net investment in real estate
  1,884,322   1,908,447 
Cash and cash equivalents
  12,659   145,128 
Short-term investments
  52,266    
Notes receivable, net
  25,726   29,952 
Investment in joint ventures
  8,446   9,442 
Rents and other customer receivables, net
  419   421 
Deferred financing costs, net
  10,688   11,382 
Inventory
  3,177   2,964 
Deferred commission expense
  14,898   9,373 
Escrow deposits and other assets
  35,794   49,210 
         
Total Assets
 $2,048,395  $2,166,319 
         
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
        
Mortgage notes payable
 $1,412,919  $1,547,901 
Unsecured lines of credit
      
Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
  52,782   58,982 
Deferred revenue — upfront payments fromright-to-usecontracts
  44,349   29,493 
Deferred revenue —right-to-useannual payments
  12,642   12,526 
Accrued interest payable
  7,174   8,036 
Rents and other customer payments received in advance and security deposits
  47,738   44,368 
Distributions payable
  10,633   10,586 
         
Total Liabilities
  1,588,237   1,711,892 
Commitments and contingencies
        
Non-controlling interests — Perpetual Preferred OP Units
  200,000   200,000 
Equity:
        
Stockholders’ Equity:
        
Preferred stock, $.01 par value 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
      
Common stock, $.01 par value 100,000,000 shares authorized for 2010 and 2009; 30,972,353 and 30,350,792 shares issued and outstanding for 2010 and 2009, respectively
  310   301 
Paid-in capital
  463,722   456,696 
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings
  (237,002)  (238,467)
         
Total Stockholders’ Equity
  227,030   218,530 
         
Non-controlling interests — Common OP Units
  33,128   35,897 
         
Total Equity
  260,158   254,427 
         
Total Liabilities and Equity
 $2,048,395  $2,166,319 
         
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009, 2008
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
  (Amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data) 
 
Revenues:
            
Community base rental income
 $259,351  $253,379  $245,833 
Resort base rental income
  129,481   124,822   111,876 
Right-to-useannual payments
  49,831   50,765   19,667 
Right-to-usecontracts current period, gross
  19,496   21,526   10,951 
Right-to-usecontracts, deferred, net of prior period amortization
  (14,856)  (18,882)  (10,611)
Utility and other income
  48,357   47,685   41,633 
Gross revenues from home sales
  6,120   7,136   21,845 
Brokered resale revenues, net
  918   758   1,094 
Ancillary services revenues, net
  2,504   2,745   1,197 
Interest income
  4,419   5,119   3,095 
Income from other investments, net
  5,740   8,168   17,006 
             
Total revenues
  511,361   503,221   463,586 
Expenses:
            
Property operating and maintenance
  185,786   180,870   152,363 
Real estate taxes
  32,110   31,674   29,457 
Sales and marketing, gross
  12,606   13,536   7,116 
Sales and marketing, deferred commissions, net
  (5,525)  (5,729)  (3,644)
Property management
  32,639   33,383   25,451 
Depreciation on real estate and other costs
  68,125   69,049   66,193 
Cost of home sales
  5,396   7,471   24,069 
Home selling expenses
  2,078   2,383   5,776 
General and administrative
  22,559   22,279   20,617 
Rent control initiatives
  1,120   456   1,555 
Goodwill impairment
  3,635       
Depreciation on corporate assets
  1,080   1,039   390 
Interest and related amortization
  91,151   98,311   99,430 
             
Total expenses
  452,760   454,722   428,773 
             
Income before equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
  58,601   48,499   34,813 
             
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
  2,027   2,896   3,753 
             
Consolidated income from continuing operations
  60,628   51,395   38,566 
Discontinued Operations:
            
Discontinued operations
     181   257 
(Loss) income from discontinued real estate
  (231)  4,685   (79)
             
(Loss) income from discontinued operations
  (231)  4,866   178 
             
Consolidated net income
  60,397   56,261   38,744 
Income allocated to non-controlling interests:
            
Common OP Units
  (5,903)  (6,113)  (4,297)
Perpetual Preferred OP Units
  (16,140)  (16,143)  (16,144)
             
Net income available for Common Shares
 $38,354  $34,005  $18,303 
             
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009, 2008
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
  (Amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data) 
 
Earnings per Common Share — Basic:
            
Income from continuing operations
 $1.26  $1.08  $0.74 
             
Income from discontinued operations
 $  $0.15  $0.01 
             
Net income available for Common Shares
 $1.26  $1.23  $0.75 
             
Earnings per Common Share — Fully Diluted:
            
Income from continuing operations
 $1.25  $1.07  $0.74 
             
Income from discontinued operations
 $  $0.15  $0.01 
             
Net income available for Common Shares
 $1.25  $1.22  $0.75 
             
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — basic
  30,517   27,582   24,466 
             
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — fully diluted
  35,518   32,944   30,498 
             
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009, 2008
 
                     
        Distributions in
       
        Excess of
  Non-controlling
    
        Accumulated
  Interests—
    
  Common
  Paid-in
  Comprehensive
  Common OP
  Total
 
  Stock  Capital  Earnings  Units  Equity 
  (Amounts in thousands) 
 
Balance, December 31, 2007
 $236  $310,803  $(240,098) $17,776  $88,717 
Conversion of OP Units to common stock
     1,463      (1,463)   
Issuance of common stock through exercise of options
  2   3,205         3,207 
Issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan
     1,501         1,501 
Compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock
     5,162         5,162 
Repurchase of common stock
     (600)        (600)
Adjustment for Common OP
                    
Unitholders in the Operating Partnership
     (1,450)     1,450    
Net income
        18,303   4,297   22,600 
Distributions
        (19,814)  (4,539)  (24,353)
                     
Balance, December 31, 2008
  238   320,084   (241,609)  17,521   96,234 
Conversion of OP Units to common stock
     2,516      (2,516)   
Issuance of common stock through exercise of options
  2   3,537         3,539 
Issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan
     1,344         1,344 
Issuance of common stock through stock offering
  46   146,317         146,363 
Compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock
  15   4,640         4,655 
Repurchase of common stock or Common OP Units
     (1,193)     (188)  (1,381)
Adjustment for Common OP
                    
Unitholders in the Operating Partnership
     (20,549)     20,549    
Net income
        34,005   6,113   40,118 
Distributions
        (30,863)  (5,582)  (36,445)
                     
Balance, December 31, 2009
  301   456,696   (238,467)  35,897   254,427 
Conversion of OP Units to common stock
  9   3,662      (3,671)   
Issuance of common stock through exercise of options
     1,106         1,106 
Issuance of common stock through employee stock purchase plan
     1,076         1,076 
Compensation expenses related to stock options and restricted stock
     5,436         5,436 
Repurchase of common stock or Common OP Units
     (2,054)        (2,054)
Adjustment for Common OP
                    
Unitholders in the Operating Partnership
     (751)     751    
Acquisition of non-controlling interests
     (1,449)     (132)  (1,581)
Net income
        38,354   5,903   44,257 
Distributions
        (36,889)  (5,620)  (42,509)
                     
Balance, December 31, 2010
 $310  $463,722  $(237,002) $33,128  $260,158 
                     
 
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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009, 2008
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
  (Amounts in thousands) 
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
            
Consolidated net income
 $60,397  $56,261  $38,744 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
            
Loss (gain) on sale of discontinued real estate and other
  231   (5,483)  79 
Depreciation expense
  73,347   73,670   68,700 
Amortization expense
  3,325   3,090   2,956 
Debt premium amortization
  13   (1,232)  (632)
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures
  (3,245)  (4,146)  (5,528)
Distributions from unconsolidated joint ventures
  2,831   2,936   3,717 
Amortization of stock-related compensation
  5,436   4,655   5,162 
Revenue recognized fromright-to-usecontract sales
  (4,640)  (2,644)  (340)
Commission expense recognized related toright-to-usecontracts
  1,432   821   112 
Accrued long term incentive plan compensation
  725   1,053   1,098 
Increase in provision for uncollectible rents receivable
  517   654   353 
Increase in provision for inventory reserve
     839   63 
Changes in assets and liabilities:
            
Notes receivable activity, net
  494   136   92 
Rent and other customer receivables, net
  (516)  (40)  (236)
Inventory
  3,524   2,060   (5,129)
Deferred commission expense
  (6,957)  (6,550)  (3,756)
Escrow deposits and other assets
  7,730   7,825   (1,208)
Goodwill impairment
  3,635       
Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
  (7,886)  (3,504)  1,564 
Deferred revenue — upfront payments fromright-to-usecontracts
  19,496   21,526   10,951 
Deferred revenue —right-to-useannual payments
  39   (1,564)  (3,769)
Rents received in advance and security deposits
  3,381   162   1,061 
             
Net cash provided by operating activities
  163,309   150,525   114,054 
             
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
            
Acquisition of real estate and other
     (8,219)  (2,217)
Proceeds from disposition of rental properties
     3,278    
Net tax-deferred exchange withdrawal (deposit)
  786   (786)  2,124 
Purchase of Short-term investments
  (52,266)      
Joint Ventures:
            
Investments in
        (5,545)
Distributions from
        524 
Net repayments (borrowings) of notes receivable
  1,176   949   (2,489)
Capital improvements
  (48,629)  (30,114)  (25,593)
             
Net cash used in investing activities
  (98,933)  (34,892)  (33,196)
             
 
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

             
  2010  2009  2008 
  (Amounts in thousands) 
 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
            
Net proceeds from stock options and employee stock purchase plan
  2,182   4,883   4,708 
Net proceeds from issuance of Common Stock
     146,363    
Distributions to Common Stockholders, Common OP Unitholders, and Perpetual Preferred OP Unitholders
  (58,600)  (48,109)  (38,921)
Stock repurchase and Unit redemption
  (2,054)  (1,381)  (600)
Acquisition of non-controlling interests
  (1,581)      
Lines of credit:
            
Proceeds
     50,900   201,200 
Repayments
     (143,900)  (211,200)
Principal payments and mortgage debt payoff
  (211,656)  (130,235)  (224,442)
New financing proceeds
  76,615   107,264   231,047 
Debt issuance costs
  (1,751)  (1,602)  (3,123)
             
Net cash used in financing activities
  (196,845)  (15,817)  (41,331)
             
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
  (132,469)  99,816   39,527 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
  145,128   45,312   5,785 
             
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
 $12,659  $145,128  $45,312 
             
Supplemental Information:
            
Cash paid during the period for interest
 $87,888  $96,030  $96,668 
Non-cash activities:
            
Inventory reclassified to Buildings and other depreciable property
     6,727   57,797 
Manufactured homes acquired with dealer financing
  3,674   1,389    
Dealer financing
  3,674   1,389    
Acquisitions
            
Assumption of assets and liabilities:
            
Inventory
     185   2,139 
Escrow deposits and other assets
     11,267   12,361 
Accrued payroll and other operating expenses
  (164)  5,195   15,413 
Notes receivable
  (2,556)  763   18,448 
Rents and other customer payments received in advance and security deposits
  (76)  3,933   19,821 
Investment in real estate
  2,796   18,879   11,540 
Debt assumed and financed on acquisition
     11,851   7,037 
Dispositions
            
Other assets and liabilities, net
  (97)  (14)   
Investment in real estate
  (3,531)  13,831    
Mortgage notes payable assumed by purchaser
  (3,628)  10,539    
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
 
Note 1 —Organization of the Company and Basis of Presentation
 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with MHC Operating Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and other consolidated subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”), is referred to herein as the “Company” and “ELS.” The Company is a fully integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties “Properties”). The Company leases 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, the Company provides access to its sites throughright-to-useor membership contracts. The Company believes that it has qualified for taxation as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes since its taxable year ended December 31, 1993. The Company plans to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. The Company cannot, therefore, guarantee that it has qualified or will qualify in the future as a REIT. The determination that the Company is a REIT requires an analysis of various factual matters that may not be totally within its control and it cannot provide any assurance that the IRS will agree with its analysis. For example, to qualify as a REIT, at least 95% of the Company’s gross income must come from sources that are itemized in the REIT tax laws. The Company is also required to distribute to stockholders at least 90% of its REIT taxable income computed without regard to its deduction for dividends paid and its net capital gain. As of December 31, 2010, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $88 million that can be utilized to offset future distribution requirements. The fact that the Company holds its assets through the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries further complicates the application of the REIT requirements. Even a technical or inadvertent mistake could jeopardize the Company’s REIT qualification. Furthermore, Congress and the IRS might make changes to the tax laws and regulations, and the courts might issue new rulings that make it more difficult, or impossible, for the Company to remain qualified as a REIT. The Company does not believe, however, that any pending or proposed tax law changes would jeopardize its REIT qualification.
 
If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT, it would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates. Also, unless the IRS granted the Company relief under certain statutory provisions, it would remain disqualified as a REIT for four years following the year it first failed to qualify. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company is subject to certain foreign, state and local taxes on its income and property and U.S. federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income.
 
The operations of the Company are conducted primarily through the Operating Partnership. The Company contributed the proceeds from its 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 owned by the Company. The financial results of the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, since certain activities, if performed by the Company, may cause the Company to earn income which is not qualifying for the REIT gross income tests, the Company has formed taxable REIT subsidiaries, as defined in the Code, to engage in such activities.
 
Several Properties are wholly owned by taxable REIT subsidiaries of the Company. In addition, Realty Systems, Inc. (“RSI”) is a wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary of the Company that is engaged in the business of purchasing and selling or leasing Site Set homes that are located in Properties owned and managed by the Company. 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.
 
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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 1 — Organization of the Company and Basis of Presentation (continued)
 
the Consolidated Financial Statements as Non-controlling interests — Common OP Units. As of December 31, 2010, the Non-Controlling Interests — Common OP Units represented 4,431,420 units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”) which are convertible into an equivalent number of shares of the Company’s common stock. The issuance of additional shares of common stock or Common OP Units changes the respective ownership of the Operating Partnership for both the Non-controlling interests — Common OP Units.
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
(a)  Basis of Consolidation
 
The Company consolidates its majority-owned subsidiaries in which it has the ability to control the operations of the subsidiaries and all variable interest entities with respect to which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company also consolidates entities in which it has a controlling direct or indirect voting interest. All inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after January 1, 2009, the purchase price of Properties is accounted for in accordance with the Codification Topic “Business Combinations” (“FASB ASC 805”).
 
The Company has applied the CodificationSub-Topic“Variable Interest Entities” (“FASBASC 810-10-15”).The objective of FASBASC 810-10-15is 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. Prior to January 1, 2010, a company that held a variable interest in an entity was required to consolidate such entity if the company absorbed a majority of the entity’s expected losses or receiveed a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns if they occur, or both (i.e., the primary beneficiary). The Company also applied the CodificationSub-Topic“Control of Partnerships and Similar Entities” (“FASBASC 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. Beginning January 1, 2010, the CodificationSub-TopicASC 810-10-15adopted amendments to the variable interest consolidation model described above. The requirement to consolidate a VIE as revised in this amendment is based on the qualitative analysis considerations for primary beneficiary determination which requires a company consolidate an entity determined to be a VIE if it has both of the following characteristics: (1) the power to direct the principal activities of the entity and (2) the disproportionate requirement to absorb the expected losses or disproportionate right to receive the residual returns of the entity. The Company applies apply FASBASC 810-10-15and FASBASC 810-20to all types of entity ownership (general and limited partnerships and corporate interests).
 
The Company applies the equity method of accounting to entities in which the Company does not have a controlling direct or indirect voting interest or is not considered the primary beneficiary, but can exercise influence over the entity with respect to its operations and major decisions. The cost method is applied when (i) the investment is minimal (typically less than 5%) and (ii) the Company’s investment is passive.
 
(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 those estimates. All property and site counts are unaudited.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
(c)  Markets
 
The Company manages all of its operations on aproperty-by-propertybasis. Since each Property has similar economic and operational characteristics, the Company has one reportable segment, which is the operation of land lease Properties. The distribution of the Properties throughout the United States reflects the Company’s belief that geographic diversification helps insulate the portfolio from regional economic influences. The Company intends to target new acquisitions in or near markets where the Properties are located and will also consider acquisitions of Properties outside such markets.
 
(d)  Real Estate
 
In accordance with FASB ASC 805, which is effective for acquisitions on or after January 1, 2009, the Company recognizes all the assets acquired and all the liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value. The Company also expenses transaction costs as they are incurred. Certain purchase price adjustments may be made 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, the Company utilizes a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be available in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective Property and other market data. The Company also considers information obtained about each Property as a result of its due diligence, marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired.
 
Real estate is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The Company generally uses a 30-yearestimated life for buildings acquired and structural and land improvements (including site development), a ten-year estimated life for building upgrades and a five-year estimated life for furniture, fixtures and equipment. New rental units are generally depreciated using a20-yearestimated life from each model year down to a salvage value of 40% of the original costs. Used rental units are generally depreciated based on the estimated life of the unit with no estimated salvage value.
 
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 associated lease. The value associated with in-place leases is amortized over the expected term, which includes an estimated probability of lease renewal. 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.
 
The Company periodically evaluates its long-lived assets, including its investments in real estate, for impairment indicators. The Company’s 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 the Company to conclude that impairment indicators exist and an impairment loss is warranted.
 
For long-lived assets to be held and used, including the Company’s investments in rental units, if an impairment indicator exists, the Company compares the expected future undiscounted cash flows for the long-lived asset 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, the Company would record an impairment loss for the difference between the estimated fair value and the carrying amount of the asset.
 
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 the Company has a commitment to sell the Propertyand/or is 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


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
that a Property is held for disposition, depreciation expense is not recorded. The Company accounts for its Properties held for disposition in accordance with the CodificationSub-Topic“Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” (“FASBASC 360-10-35”).Accordingly, the results of operations for all assets sold or held for sale have been classified as discontinued operations in all periods presented.
 
(e)  Identified Intangibles and Goodwill
 
The Company records acquired intangible assets at their estimated fair value separate and apart from goodwill. The Company amortizes 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. 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. 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.
 
The Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test as of October 31, 2010. The Company determined that the carrying value of a small Florida internet and media based advertising business acquired in August of 2009 was greater than its fair value. The net acquisition price of $3.7 million was comprised of $8.2 million of assets and $4.5 million of assumed liabilities. The assets primarily included amortizable intangibles and goodwill. The liabilities were primarily comprised of deferred advertising revenue.
 
The goodwill associated with the August 2009 acquisition was $3.6 million and the Company decided to recognize a non-cash charge for all the goodwill related to the acquisition to reduce the carrying value of the business to its approximate fair value as of the goodwill testing date. The net fair value was estimated to be equal to a $1.5 million offer we received for the sale of the business. The offer is still being evaluated and included potential future earn-outs.
 
As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the carrying amounts of identified intangible assets and goodwill, a component of “Escrow deposits and other assets” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, were approximately $15.9 million and $19.6 million, respectively. Accumulated amortization of identified intangibles assets was approximately $1.6 million and $0.6 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Estimated amortization of identified intangible assets for each of the next five years are as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
     
Year ending December 31, Amount
 
2011
 $847 
2012
 $747 
2013
 $705 
2014
 $622 
2015
 $622 
 
(f)  Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
The Company considers all demand and money market accounts and certificates of deposit with a maturity date, when purchased, of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 include approximately $3.0 and $0.4 million, respectively, of restricted cash.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
(g)  Short-term Investments
 
The Company’s short-term investments consist of U.S. Treasury Bills with maturity dates in excess of three months which are treated asheld-to-maturityand are carried at the amortized cost. All U.S. Treasury Bills will mature on or prior to May 31, 2011.
 
(h)  Notes Receivable
 
Notes receivable generally are stated at their outstanding unpaid principal balances net of any deferred fees or costs on originated loans, unamortized discounts or premiums, and an allowance. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Discounts or premiums are amortized to income using the interest method. In certain cases the Company finances the sales of homes to its customers (referred to as “Chattel Loans”) which loans are secured by the homes. The valuation of an allowance for doubtful accounts for the Chattel Loans is calculated based on delinquency trends and a comparison of the outstanding principal balance of each note compared to the N.A.D.A. (National Automobile Dealers Association) value and the current estimated market value of the underlying manufactured home collateral.
 
The Company also provides financing for nonrefundable upfront payments on entering or upgrades ofright-to-usecontracts (“Contracts Receivable”). Based upon historical collection rates and current economic trends, when an up-front payment is financed, a reserve is established for a portion of the Contracts Receivable balance estimated to be uncollectible. The reserve and the rate at which the Company provides for losses on its Contracts Receivable could be increased or decreased in the future based on its actual collection experience. (See Note 7 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K.)
 
On August 14, 2008, the Company purchased Contracts Receivable that were recorded at fair value at the time of acquisition of approximately $19.6 million under the Codification Topic “Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality” (“FASBASC 310-30”).The fair value of these Contracts Receivable includes an estimate of losses that are expected to be incurred over the estimated remaining lives of the receivables, and therefore no allowance for losses was recorded for these Contracts Receivable as of the transaction date. Through December 31, 2010, the credit performance of these Contracts Receivable has generally been consistent with the assumptions used in determining the initial fair value, and the Company’s original expectations regarding the amounts and timing of future cash flows has not changed. The carrying amount of these Contracts Receivable as of December 31, 2010 is $4.1 million. A probable decrease in management’s expectation of future cash collections related to these Contracts Receivable could result in the need to record an allowance for credit losses in the future. A significant and probable increase in expected cash flows would generally result in an increase in interest income recognized over the remaining life of the underlying pool of Contracts Receivable.
 
(i)  Investments in Joint Ventures
 
Investments in joint ventures in which the Company does not have a controlling direct or indirect voting interest, but can exercise significant influence over the entity with respect to its operations and major decisions, are accounted for using the equity method of accounting whereby the cost of an investment is adjusted for the Company’s share of the equity in net income or loss from the date of acquisition and reduced by distributions received. 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. Differences between the carrying amount of the Company’s investment in the respective entities and the Company’s share of the underlying equity of such unconsolidated entities are amortized over the respective lives of the underlying assets, as applicable. See Note 6 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
(j)  Income from Other Investments, net
 
On August 14, 2008, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Privileged Access, LP (“Privileged Access”) for an unsecured note payable of $2.0 million (the “PA Transaction”). Prior to August 14, 2008, income from other investments, net, primarily included revenue relating to the Company’s former ground leases with Privileged Access. The ground leases were terminated on August 14, 2008 due to the PA Transaction. The ground leases with Privileged Access were for approximately 24,300 sites at 82 of the Company’s Properties and were accounted for in accordance with Codification Topic “Leases” (“FASB ASC 840”) (prior authoritative guidance: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, “Accounting for Leases”). The Company recognized income related to these ground leases of approximately $15.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
(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. Recoverable costs are classified in other assets as incurred. Insurance proceeds are applied against the asset when received. Recoverable costs relating to capital items are treated in accordance with the Company’s capitalization policy. The book value of the original capital item is written off once the value of the impaired asset has been determined. Insurance proceeds relating to the capital costs are recorded as income in the period they are received.
 
Approximately 70 Florida Properties suffered damage from five hurricanes that struck the state during 2004 and 2005. The Company estimates its total claim to be approximately $21.0 million and has made claims for full recovery of these amounts, subject to deductibles.
 
The Company has received proceeds from insurance carriers of approximately $11.2 million through December 31, 2010. The proceeds were accounted for in accordance with the Codification Topic “Contingencies” (“FASB ASC 450”). During the year ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, approximately $0.3 million, $1.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively, has been recognized as a gain on insurance recovery, which is net of approximately $0.2 million, $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of contingent legal fees and included in income from other investments, net.
 
On June 22, 2007, the Company filed a lawsuit related to some of the unpaid claims against certain insurance carriers and its insurance broker. See Note 17 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-Kfor further discussion of this lawsuit.
 
(l)  Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
The Company’s financial instruments include short-term investments, notes receivable, accounts receivable, accounts payable, other accrued expenses, and mortgage notes payable.
 
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.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
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.
 
At December 31, 2010, the Company’s investments in U.S. Treasury Bills, approximately $52.3 million classified asheld-to-maturityare measured using unadjusted quoted market prices (Level 1). The fair values of the Company’s remaining financial instruments approximate their carrying or contract values.
 
(m)  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 level yield basis, which approximates straight line. 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” (“FASBASC 470-50-40”).Accumulated amortization for such costs was $12.6 million and $12.5 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
(n)  Revenue Recognition
 
The Company accounts for leases with its 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. The Company will reserve for receivables when it believes the ultimate collection is less than probable. The Company’s provision for uncollectible rents receivable was approximately $3.0 million and $2.6 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
The Company accounts for the entry ofright-to-usecontracts in accordance with the Codification Topic “Revenue Recognition” (“FASB ASC 605”). Aright-to-usecontract 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 an upfront nonrefundable payment and annual payments during the term of the contract. The stated term of aright-to-usecontract is generally three years and the customer may renew his contract by continuing to make the annual payments. The Company will recognize the upfront nonrefundable payments over the estimated customer life which, based on historical attrition rates, the Company has estimated to be from one to 31 years. For example, the Company has currently estimated that 7.9% of customers who enter a newright-to-usecontract will terminate their contract after five years. Therefore, the upfront nonrefundable payments from 7.9% 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 7.9% of the Company’s 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. The decision to recognize this revenue in accordance with FASB ASC 605 was made after corresponding during September and October 2008 with the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC.
 
Right-to-useannual payments by customers under the terms of theright-to-usecontracts are deferred and recognized ratably over the one-year period in which the services are provided.
 
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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
(o)  Non-Controlling Interests
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued the Codification Topic “Consolidation” (“FASB ASC 810”), an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51. FASB ASC 810 seeks to improve uniformity and transparency in reporting of the net income attributable to non-controlling interests in the consolidated financial statements of the reporting entity. The statement requires, among other provisions, the disclosure, clear labeling and presentation of non-controlling interests in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations. Per FASB ASC 810, 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 FASB ASC 810, such non-controlling interests are reported on the consolidated balance sheets within equity, separately from the Company’s 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. The Company makes this determination based on terms in applicable agreements, specifically in relation to redemption provisions. Additionally, with respect to non-controlling interests for which the Company has a choice to settle the contract by delivery of its own shares, the Company considered the guidance in the Codification Topic “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (“FASBASC 815-40”)to evaluate whether it controls 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 Unitholders (4,431,420 and 4,914,040 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively) by the total OP Units held by the Common OP Unitholders and the Company. 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 aone-for-onebasis), 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, the Company presents 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 $0.5 million of private REIT Subsidiaries preferred stock. The Company’s Perpetual Preferred OP Units are presented in the mezzanine section on the consolidated balance sheets.
 
(p)  Income and Other Taxes
 
Due to the structure of the Company as a REIT, the results of operations contain no provision for U.S. federal income taxes for the REIT, but the Company is still subject to certain foreign, state and local income, excise or franchise taxes. In addition, the Company has several taxable REIT subsidiaries which are subject to federal and state income taxes at regular corporate tax rates.
 
The Company expensed federal, foreign, state and local taxes, net of any refunds, of approximately $0.4 million, $0.6 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively, which includes taxes payable from activities managed through taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). Overall, the TRSs have federal net operating loss carryforwards. No net tax benefits have been recorded by the TRSs since it


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
is not considered more likely than not that the deferred tax asset related to the TRSs net operating loss carryforwards will be utilized.
 
The Company adopted the provisions of Codification Topic “Income Taxes” (“FASB 740”) on January 1, 2007. The adoption of FASB 740 resulted in no impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various U.S. state jurisdictions and Canada. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, ornon-U.S. incometax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2006.
 
As of December 31, 2010, net investment in real estate and notes receivable had a U.S. federal tax basis of approximately $1.4 billion (unaudited) and $31.0 million (unaudited), respectively.
 
During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, the Company’s tax treatment of distributions are as follows:
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Tax status of Common Shares distributions deemed paid during the year:
            
Ordinary income
 $1.15  $0.72  $0.80 
Long-term capital gain
  0.05   0.24    
Unrecaptured section 1250 gain
     0.14    
             
Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding
 $1.20  $1.10  $0.80 
             
 
(q)  Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
The Company recognizes all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities or firm commitments through earnings or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The Company currently does not have any derivative instruments.
 
(r)  Stock-Based Compensation
 
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the Codification Topic “Stock Compensation” (“FASB ASC 718”). The Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton formula to estimate the value of stock options granted to employees, consultants and directors (see Note 13 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in thisForm 10-K).
 
(s)  Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Updated (“ASU”)2010-6,Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements, (“ASU2010-6”),which requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements. ASU2010-6 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for Level 3 reconciliation disclosures which are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The adoption of ASU2010-6 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In January 2010, the Company adopted amendments to the variable interest consolidation model in ASC 810,Consolidation. The amendments were applied to all structures in place at the date of adoption. Key


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 2 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
amendment changes include: (i) the elimination of the scope exception for qualifying special purpose entities, (ii) consideration of kick-out and participation rights in variable interest entity determination, (iii) qualitative analysis considerations for primary beneficiary determination, (iv) changes in related-party considerations and (v) certain disclosure changes. The Company considered the amendments in accounting for its joint ventures and determined that the amendments had no impact on its current accounting.
 
In July 2010, the FASB issued ASU2010-20,Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses, (“ASU2010-20”),which requires entities to provide extensive new disclosures in their financial statements about their financing receivables, including credit risk exposures and the allowance for credit losses. Adoption of this accounting standards update is required for public entities for interim or annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not anticipate a material change to its consolidated financial statements other than the required additional disclosure.
 
(t)  Reclassifications
 
Certain 2008 and 2009 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2010 presentation. This reclassification had no material effect on the consolidated balance sheets or statements of operations of the Company.
 
As a result of a previously disclosed SEC comment letter, we changed our Consolidated Statements of Operations format in theForm 10-Qfor the second quarter of 2010 and all future filings. The new format, which we disclosed in ourForm 8-Kfiled on May 12, 2010, removes the sections we had labeled “Property Operations,” “Home Sales Operations” and “Other Income and Expense” and re-ordered the captions on the Consolidated Statements of Operations to report sections for “Revenues” and “Expenses.” No amounts reported on individual line item captions changed. The SEC did not required us to re-state any of our prior filings. In a letter to us dated June 10, 2010, the SEC stated that their review process that began in late December 2009 was complete and that they had no further comments.
 
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, warrants and convertible securities. The conversion of OP Units has been excluded from the basic earnings per share calculation. The conversion of an OP Unit to a share of common stock has no material effect on earnings per common share.


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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, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands):
 
             
  Years Ended December 31, 
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Numerators:
            
Income from Continuing Operations:
            
Income from continuing operations — basic
 $38,553  $29,819  $18,157 
Amounts allocated to dilutive securities
  5,935   5,433   4,265 
             
Income from continuing operations — fully diluted
 $44,488  $35,252  $22,422 
             
Income from Discontinued Operations:
            
Income from discontinued operations — basic
 $(199) $4,186  $146 
Amounts allocated to dilutive securities
  (32)  680   32 
             
Income from discontinued operations — fully diluted
 $(231) $4,866  $178 
             
Net Income Available for Common Shares:
            
Net income available for Common Shares — basic
 $38,354  $34,005  $18,303 
Amounts allocated to dilutive securities
  5,903   6,113   4,297 
             
Net income available for Common Shares — fully diluted
 $44,257  $40,118  $22,600 
             
Denominator:
            
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — basic
  30,517   27,583   24,466 
Effect of dilutive securities:
            
Redemption of Common OP Units for Common Shares
  4,730   5,075   5,674 
Employee stock options and restricted shares
  271   286   358 
             
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — fully diluted
  35,518   32,944   30,498 
             
Earnings per Common Share — Basic:
            
Income from continuing operations
 $1.26  $1.08  $0.74 
Income from discontinued operations
     0.15   0.01 
             
Net income available for Common Shares
 $1.26  $1.23  $0.75 
             
Earnings per Common Share — Fully Diluted:
            
Income from continuing operations
 $1.25  $1.07  $0.74 
Income from discontinued operations
     0.15   0.01 
             
Net income available for Common Shares
 $1.25  $1.22  $0.75 
             


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 4 —Common Stock and Other Equity Related Transactions
 
The following table presents the changes in the Company’s outstanding common stock for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (excluding OP Units of 4,431,420, 4,914,040, and 5,366,741 outstanding at December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively):
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Shares outstanding at January 1,
  30,350,792   25,051,322   24,348,517 
Common stock issued through conversion of OP Units
  482,620   448,501   469,302 
Common stock issued through exercise of options
  33,767   213,721   169,367 
Common stock issued through stock grants
  121,665   27,000   50,000 
Common stock issued through ESPP and DRIP
  20,841   34,769   32,184 
Common stock repurchased and retired
  (37,332)  (24,521)  (18,048)
Common stock issued through stock offering
     4,600,000    
             
Shares outstanding at December 31,
  30,972,353   30,350,792   25,051,322 
             
 
As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s percentage ownership of the Operating Partnership was approximately 87.5% and 86.1%, respectively. The remaining approximately 12.5% and 13.9%, 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, 2008:
 
       
  For the Quarter
 Stockholder
  
Distribution Amount Per Share Ending Record Date Payment Date
 
$0.2000
 March 31, 2008 March 28, 2008 April 11, 2008
$0.2000
 June 30, 2008 June 27, 2008 July 11, 2008
$0.2000
 September 30, 2008 September 26, 2008 October 10, 2008
$0.2000
 December 31, 2008 December 26, 2008 January 9, 2009
 
 
$0.2500
 March 31, 2009 March 27, 2009 April 10, 2009
$0.2500
 June 30, 2009 June 26, 2009 July 10, 2009
$0.3000
 September 30, 2009 September 25, 2009 October 9, 2009
$0.3000
 December 31, 2009 December 24, 2009 January 8, 2010
 
 
$0.3000
 March 31, 2010 March 26, 2010 April 9, 2010
$0.3000
 June 30, 2010 June 25, 2010 July 9, 2010
$0.3000
 September 30, 2010 September 24, 2010 October 8, 2010
$0.3000
 December 31, 2010 December 31, 2010 January 14, 2011
 
The Company adopted the 1997 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) in July 1997. Pursuant to the ESPP, as amended on May 3, 2006, certain employees and directors of the Company may each annually acquire up to $250,000 of common stock of the Company. The aggregate number of shares of common stock available under the ESPP shall not exceed 1,000,000, subject to adjustment by the Company’s 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, 2010 and 2009 were 18,955 and 34,450, respectively.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 4 —Common Stock and Other Equity Related Transactions (continued)
 
On February 23, 2010, the Company acquired the six percent non-controlling interests in The Meadows, a 379-site property, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The gross purchase price was approximately $1.5 million.
 
On June 29, 2009, the Company issued 4.6 million shares of common stock in an equity offering for proceeds of approximately $146.4 million, net of offering costs.
 
Note 5 —Investment in Real Estate
 
Investment in Real Estate is comprised of (amounts in thousands):
 
Properties Held for Long Term
 
         
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
  2010  2009 
 
Investment in real estate:
        
Land
 $544,462  $543,613 
Land improvements
  1,762,122   1,741,142 
Buildings and other depreciable property
  278,403   248,907 
         
   2,584,987   2,533,662 
Accumulated depreciation
  (700,665)  (628,839)
         
Net investment in real estate
 $1,884,322  $1,904,823 
         
 
Properties Held for Sale
 
         
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
  2010  2009 
 
Investment in real estate:
        
Land
 $  $1,109 
Land improvements
     3,301 
Buildings and other depreciable property
     143 
         
      4,553 
Accumulated depreciation
     (929)
         
Net investment in real estate
 $  $3,624 
         
 
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 and equipment. During the year ended December 31, 2009, $6.7 million of new and used resort cottage inventory and related reserves were reclassified to fixed assets.
 
All acquisitions have been accounted for utilizing the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the results of operations of acquired assets are included in the statements of operations from the dates of acquisition. Certain purchase price adjustments may be made within one year following the acquisition. The Company


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 5 —Investment in Real Estate (continued)
 
acquired all of these Properties from unaffiliated third parties. During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 the Company acquired the following Properties (dollars in millions):
 
1) During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company acquired the following Properties:
 
                     
         Real
  Debt
  Net
 
Closing Date Property Location Total Sites  Estate  Assumed  Equity(a) 
 
April 21, 2010
 Tall Chief Fall City, Washington  180  $1,253  $  $1,253 
April 21, 2010
 St. George Hurricane, Utah  123   255      255 
April 21, 2010
 Valley Vista Benson, Arizona  145   459      459 
April 21, 2010
 Desert Vista Salome, Arizona  125   263      263 
 
 
(a) All four resort Properties were acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option.
 
2) During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired the remaining 75% interests in the following three Diversified Portfolio joint venture Properties known as:
 
                     
         Real
  Debt
  Net
 
Closing Date Property Location Total Sites  Estate  Assumed  Equity 
 
February 13, 2009
 Plymouth Rock Elkhart Lake, WI  609  $10.7  $6.4 (a) $4.3 
February 13, 2009
 Robin Hill Lenhartsville, PA  270   5.0   3.5   1.5 
February 13, 2009
 Sun Valley Brownsville, PA  265   3.5   1.9   1.6 
 
 
(a) Net of approximately $1.1 million ofmark-to-marketdiscount.
 
3) During the year ended December 31, 2008, we acquired the following Properties:
 
                     
        Real
 Debt
 Net
Closing Date Property Location Total Sites Estate Assumed Equity
 
January 14, 2008
 Grandy Creek Concrete, WA  179  $1.8  $  $1.8 
January 23, 2008
 Lake George Schroon Valley Warrensburg, NY  151   2.1      2.1 
 
The Company actively seeks to acquire additional Properties and currently is engaged in negotiations relating to the possible acquisition of a number of Properties. At any time these negotiations are at varying stages, which may include contracts outstanding, to acquire certain Properties, which are subject to satisfactory completion of its due diligence review.
 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company has no properties designated as held for disposition pursuant to FASBASC 360-10-35.
 
During the three years ended December 31, 2010, the Company disposed of the following Properties. Except for Caledonia, the operating results have been reflected in discontinued operations.
 
  1) On January 10, 2010, the Company defaulted on the mortgage of Creekside, a 165-site all-age manufactured home community located in Wyoming, Michigan. In accordance with FASBASC 470-60,the Company recorded a loss on disposition of approximately $0.2 million.
 
  2) On July 20, 2009, the Company sold Casa Village, a 490-site manufactured home Property in Billings, Montana for a stated purchase price of approximately $12.4 million. The buyer assumed $10.6 million of mortgage debt that had a stated interest rate of 6.02% and were scheduled to mature in 2013. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $5.1 million. Cash proceeds from the sale, net of closing costs, were approximately $1.1 million.
 
  3) On April 17, 2009, the Company sold Caledonia, a 247-site resort Property in Caledonia, Wisconsin, for proceeds of approximately $2.2 million. The Company recognized a gain on sale of approximately


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 5 —Investment in Real Estate (continued)
 
 $0.8 million which is included in Income from other investments, net. In addition, the Company received approximately $0.3 million of deferred rent due from the previous tenant.
 
The following table summarizes the combined results of operations of Properties held for sale or disposed of during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (amounts in thousands):
 
             
  2010(1)  2009(2)  2008(3) 
 
Rental income
 $  $1,424  $2,121 
Utility and other income
     96   155 
             
Property operating revenues
     1,520   2,276 
Property operating expenses
     (758)  (1,101)
             
Income from property operations
     762   1,175 
Income from home sales operations
     22   8 
Interest and amortization
     (603)  (926)
(Loss) gain on real estate
  (231)  4,685   (79)
             
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations
 $(231) $4,866  $178 
             
 
 
(1) For the year ended December 31, 2010, includes one Property disposed of in January 2010.
 
(2) For the year ended December 31, 2009, includes one Property sold in July 2009 and one Property disposed of in January 2010.
 
(3) For the year ended December 31, 2008, includes one Property sold in July 2009 and one Property disposed of in January 2010.
 
Note 6 —Investment in Joint Ventures
 
The Company recorded approximately $2.0 million and $2.9 million of equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures, net of approximately $1.2 million and $1.3 million of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company received approximately $2.8 million and $2.9 million in distributions from such joint ventures for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Approximately $2.8 million and $2.9 million of such distributions were classified as a return on capital and were included in operating activities on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Approximately $0.4 million and $1.3 million of the distributions received in the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, exceeded the Company’s basis in its joint venture and as such were recorded in income from unconsolidated joint ventures. Distributions include amounts received from the sale or liquidation of equity in joint venture investments.
 
On February 13, 2009, the Company purchased the remaining 75% interest in the Diversified Portfolio joint venture Properties in which the Company had an existing 25% joint venture interest. The Properties are known as Robin Hill in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania, Sun Valley in Bowmansville, Pennsylvania and Plymouth Rock in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Also on February 13, 2009, the Company sold its 25% interest in the Diversified Portfolio joint ventures known as Round Top, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Pine Haven in Ocean View, New Jersey. A gain on sale of approximately $1.1 million was recognized and is included in equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company invested approximately $5.7 million to acquire an additional 25% interest in Voyager RV Resort, increasing the Company’s ownership interest to 50%. The additional investment was determined on a total purchase price of $50.5 million and mortgage debt of


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 6 —Investment in Joint Ventures (continued)
 
$22.5 million. In 2008, the Company also sold its 25% interest in the four Morgan Portfolio joint ventures known as New Point in New Point, Virginia, Virginia Park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Club Naples in Naples, Florida and Gwynn’s Island in Gwynn, Virginia, for a sales price of approximately $2.1 million. The sales price for the four Morgan Portfolio joint ventures was based on a total sales price of approximately $25.7 million net of mortgage debt of approximately $17.2 million. A gain on the sale of approximately $1.6 million was recognized. The Company also received approximately $0.4 million held for the initial investment in one of the Morgan Properties.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company received approximately $4.2 million in distributions from its joint ventures. Approximately $3.7 million of these distributions were classified as return on capital and were included in operating activities. The remaining distributions of approximately $0.5 million were classified as a return of capital and were included in investing activities and were related to the sale of the Company’s 25% interest in four of its joint venture Properties. Approximately $2.7 million of the distributions received exceeded the Company’s basis in its joint venture and as such were recorded in income from unconsolidated joint ventures. Of these distributions, $0.6 million relates to the gain on the payoff of the Company’s share of seller financing in excess of its joint venture basis on one Lakeshore investment.
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s investment in unconsolidated joint ventures (with the number of Properties shown parenthetically for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively):
 
                               
             JV Income For
 
          Investment as of  Years Ended 
    Number
  Economic
  December 31,
  December 31,
  December 31,
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
Investment Location of Sites  Interest(a)  2010  2009  2010  2009  2008 
 
Meadows Investments
 Various (2,2)  1,027   50% $276  $245  $1,081  $877  $838 
Lakeshore Investments
 Florida (2,2)  342   65%  115   133   238   277   890 
Voyager
 Arizona (1,1)  1,706   50%(b)  7,702   8,732   642   550   470 
Other Investments
 Various (0,0)(c)     25%  353   332   66   1,192   1,555 
                               
     3,075      $8,446  $9,442  $2,027  $2,896  $3,753 
                               
 
 
(a) The percentages shown approximate the Company’s economic interest as of December 31, 2010. The Company’s legal ownership interest may differ.
 
(b) Voyager joint venture primarily consists of a 50% interest in Voyager RV Resort. A 25% interest in the utility plant servicing the Property is included in Other Investments.
 
(c) In February 2009, the Company sold its 25% interest in two Diversified Portfolio joint ventures.
 
Note 7 —Notes Receivable
 
As of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had approximately $25.7 million and $30.0 million in notes receivable, respectively. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had approximately $8.9 million and $10.4 million, respectively, in Chattel Loans receivable, which yield interest at a per annum average rate of approximately 8.9%, have an average term remaining of approximately 12 years, require monthly principal and interest payments and are collateralized by homes at certain of the Properties. These notes are recorded net of allowances of approximately $0.4 million and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately $0.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively, was repaid and an additional $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, was loaned to customers.
 
As of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had approximately $16.7 million and $17.4 million, respectively, of Contracts Receivable, including allowances of approximately $1.4 million and


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 7 —Notes Receivable (continued)
 
$1.2 million, respectively. These Contracts Receivable represent loans to customers who have purchasedright-to-usecontracts. The Contracts Receivable yield interest at a stated per annum average rate of 16.3%, have a weighted average term remaining of approximately four years and require monthly payments of principal and interest. During the period ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately $8.6 million and $9.6 million, respectively, was repaid and an additional $7.9 million and $7.3 million, respectively, was loaned to customers.
 
As of December 31, 2009, the Company had a note of approximately $2.0 million, which bears interest at a per annum rate of 11.0% and was set to expire on July 6, 2010. The note was collateralized by first priority mortgages on four resort properties, which the Company acquired on April 21, 2010 in satisfaction of the note.
 
Note 8 —Long Term Borrowings
 
Secured Debt
 
As of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had outstanding mortgage indebtedness on Properties held for long term of approximately $1,413 million and $1,544 million, respectively, and approximately zero and $4 million of mortgage indebtedness as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, on Properties held for sale. The weighted average interest rate on this mortgage indebtedness for the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was approximately 6.0% per annum and 6.1% per annum, respectively. The debt bears interest at rates of 5.0% to 8.5% per annum and matures on various dates ranging from 2011 to 2020. The debt encumbered a total of 129 and 140 of the Company’s Properties as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, and the carrying value of such Properties was approximately $1,508 million and $1,680 million, respectively, as of such dates.
 
As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had outstanding debt secured by certain manufactured homes of zero and $1.5 million, respectively. This financing provided by the manufactured home dealer required monthly payments, bore interest at 8.5% and matured on the earlier of: 1) the date the home is sold, or 2) November 20, 2016.
 
Financing, Refinancing and Early Debt Retirement
 
2010 Activity
 
During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company closed on approximately $76.6 million of new financing, on four manufactured home properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.83%. The Company used the proceeds from the financing to pay off approximately $184.2 million on 13 Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.98%. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company borrowed, and subsequently paid off, approximately $3.7 million, secured by individual manufactured homes.
 
2009 Activity
 
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company closed on approximately $107.3 million of new financing, on six manufactured home properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.32%. The Company used the proceeds from the financing to pay off approximately $106.7 million on 20 Properties, with a weighted average interest rate of 7.36%. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company borrowed approximately $1.5 million, which is secured by individual manufactured homes.
 
On February 13, 2009, in connection with the acquisition of the remaining 75% interests in the Diversified Portfolio joint venture, the Company assumed mortgages of approximately $12.9 million with a value of approximately $11.9 million.
 
On December 17, 2009, the Company paid off the $2 million unsecured note payable to Privileged Access.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 8 —Long Term Borrowings (continued)
 
Unsecured Loans
 
On June 29, 2010, the Company exercised a one-year extension option on one of its unsecured lines of credit that was due to mature on June 29, 2010. Prior to the extension, the Company had two unsecured lines of credit with a maximum borrowing capacity of $350 million and $20 million, respectively, bearing interest at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus a maximum of 1.20% per annum and a 0.15% facility fee. The $20 million line of credit matured on June 30, 2010. The extension reduced the Company’s maximum borrowing capacity under the $350 million line of credit to $100 million and extended the expiration of the line of credit to June 29, 2011. The Company’s unsecured Line of Credit (“LOC”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $100 million bears interest at a per annum rate of LIBOR plus a maximum of 1.20% per annum, has a 0.15% facility fee, and matures on June 29, 2011.
 
The weighted average interest rate for the year ended December 31, 2010 for the Company’s unsecured debt was approximately 0.0% per annum as no amounts were outstanding on the line of credit at any time during the year ended December 31, 2010. The weighted average interest rate for the year ended December 31, 2009 for the Company’s unsecured debt was approximately 1.7% per annum. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company borrowed $50.9 million and paid down $143.9 million on the lines of credit for a net pay down of $93.0 million.
 
Other Loans
 
Aggregate payments of principal on long-term borrowings for each of the next six years and thereafter are as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
     
Year Amount 
 
2011
 $74,049 
2012
  22,644 
2013
  122,594 
2014
  200,321 
2015
  531,171 
2016
  82,197 
Thereafter
  380,722 
Net unamortized premiums
  (779)
     
Total
 $1,412,919 
     
 
Note 9 —Deferred Revenue-entry ofright-to-usecontracts and Deferred Commission Expense
 
Upfront payments received upon the entry ofright-to-usecontracts are recognized in accordance with FASB ASC 605. The Company will recognize the upfront non-refundable payments over the estimated customer life, which, based on historical attrition rates, the Company has estimated to be between one to 31 years. The commissions paid on the entry ofright-to-usecontracts will be deferred and amortized over the same period as the related sales revenue.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 9 —Deferred Revenue-entry ofright-to-usecontracts and Deferred Commission Expense (continued)
 
Components of the change in deferred revenue-entry ofright-to-usecontracts and deferred commission expense are as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
         
  Years Ended December 31, 
  2010  2009 
 
Deferred revenue — entry ofright-to-usecontracts, as of January 1,
 $29,493  $10,611 
Deferral of newright-to-usecontracts
  19,496   21,526 
Deferred revenue recognized
  (4,640)  (2,644)
         
Net increase in deferred revenue
  14,856   18,882 
         
Deferred revenue — entry ofright-to-usecontracts, as of December 31,
 $44,349  $29,493 
         
Deferred commission expense, as of January 1,
 $9,373  $3,644 
Costs deferred
  6,957   6,550 
Amortization of deferred costs
  (1,432)  (821)
         
Net increase in deferred commission expense
  5,525   5,729 
         
Deferred commission expense, as of December 31,
 $14,898  $9,373 
         
 
Note 10 —Lease Agreements
 
The leases entered into between the customer and the Company for the rental of a site are generallymonth-to-monthor for a period of one to ten years, renewable upon the consent of the parties or, in some instances, as provided by statute. Non-cancelable long-term leases are in effect at certain sites within approximately 30 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, 2010 as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
     
Year Amount 
 
2011
 $67,716 
2012
  69,850 
2013
  38,182 
2014
  16,386 
2015
  11,951 
Thereafter
  37,700 
     
Total
 $241,785 
     
 
Note 11 —Ground Leases
 
The Company leases land under non-cancelable operating leases at certain of the Properties expiring in various years from 2013 to 2054, with terms which require twelve equal payments per year plus additional rents calculated as a percentage of gross revenues. For each of the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, ground lease rent was approximately $1.9 million and for the year ended December 31, 2008, ground lease


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 11 —Ground Leases (continued)
 
rent was approximately $1.8 million. Minimum future rental payments under the ground leases as of December 31, 2010 as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
     
Year Amount 
 
2011
 $1,924 
2012
  1,917 
2013
  1,914 
2014
  1,915 
2015
  1,921 
Thereafter
  16,780 
     
Total
 $26,371 
     
 
Note 12 —Transactions with Related Parties
 
Privileged Access
 
On August 14, 2008, the Company closed on the PA Transaction by acquiring substantially all of the assets and assuming certain liabilities of Privileged Access for an unsecured note payable of $2.0 million which was paid off during the year ended December 31, 2009. Prior to the purchase, Privileged Access had a12-yearlease with the Company for 82 Properties that terminated upon closing. At closing, approximately $4.8 million of Privileged Access cash was deposited into an escrow account for liabilities that Privileged Access has retained. The terms of the PA Transaction provided for a distribution of $0.1 million of excess escrow funds to Privileged Access and the remainder to the Company on the two-year anniversary of the PA Transaction. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company received approximately $1.1 million in proceeds from the escrow account. The balance in the escrow account as of December 31, 2010 was approximately $0.2 million.
 
Mr. McAdams, the Company’s President from January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2011, owns 100% of Privileged Access. Effective February 1, 2011, Mr. McAdams became president of a subsidiary of the Company involved in ancillary activities and relinquished his role as President of the Company. The Company entered into an employment agreement effective as of January 1, 2008 (the “Employment Agreement”) with Mr. McAdams which provided for an initial term of three years and the Employment Agreement expired on December 31, 2010. The Employment Agreement provided for a minimum annual base salary of $0.3 million, with the option to receive an annual bonus in an amount up to three times his base salary. Mr. McAdams is also subject to a non-compete clause and to mitigate potential conflicts of interest shall have no authority, on behalf of the Company and its affiliates, to enter into any agreement with any entity controlling, controlled by or affiliated with Privileged Access. Prior to forming Privileged Access, Mr. McAdams was a member of the Company’s Board of Directors from January 2004 to October 2005. Simultaneous with his appointment as president of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., Mr. McAdams resigned as Privileged Access’s Chairman, President and CEO. However, he was on the board of PATT Holding Company, LLC (“PATT”), a subsidiary of Privileged Access, until the entity was dissolved in 2008.
 
Mr. Heneghan, the Company’s President and CEO, was a member of the board of PATT, pursuant to the Company’s rights under its resort Property leases with Privileged Access to represent the Company’s interests from April 14, 2006 to August 13, 2008. Mr. Heneghan did not receive compensation in his capacity as a member of such board.
 
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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 12 —Transactions with Related Parties (continued)
 
employees retained by Privileged Access, which were necessary for the transition of the former Privileged Access operations to the Company.
 
Privileged Access had the following substantial business relationships with the Company, which were all terminated with the closing of the PA Transaction on August 14, 2008. As of the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, there were no payments owed to the Company or by the Company with respect to the relationships described below. There was no activity recognized on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.
 
  • Prior to August 14, 2008, the Company was leasing approximately 24,300 sites at 82 resort Properties (which includes 60 Properties operated by a subsidiary of Privileged Access known as the “TT Portfolio”) to Privileged Access or its subsidiaries. For the year ended December 31, 2008 we recognized $15.8 million in rent from these leasing arrangements. The lease income is included in Income from other investments, net in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company reimbursed approximately $2.7 million to Privileged Access for capital improvements.
 
  • Effective January 1, 2008, the leases for these Properties provided for the following significant terms: a) annual fixed rent of approximately $25.5 million, b) annual rent increases at the higher of Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) or a renegotiated amount based upon the fair market value of the Properties, c) expiration date of January 15, 2020, and d) two5-yearextension terms at the option of Privileged Access. The January 1, 2008 lease for the TT Portfolio also included provisions where the Company paid Privileged Access $1 million for entering into the amended lease. The $1 million payment was being amortized on a pro-rata basis over the remaining term of the lease as an offset to the annual lease payments and the remaining balance at August 14, 2008 of $0.9 million was expensed and is included in Income from other investments, net during the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
  • The Company had subordinated its lease payment for the TT Portfolio to a bank that loaned Privileged Access $5 million. The Company acquired this loan as part of the PA Transaction and paid off the loan during the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
  • From June 12, 2006 through July 14, 2008, Privileged Access had leased 130 cottage sites at Tropical Palms, a resort Property located near Orlando, Florida. For the year ended December 31, 2008, we earned approximately $0.8 million in rent from this leasing arrangement. The lease income is included in the Resort base rental income in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Tropical Palms lease expired on July 15, 2008, and the entire property was leased to a new independent operator for 12 years.
 
  • The Company had an option to purchase the subsidiaries of Privileged Access, including TT, beginning on April 14, 2009, at the then fair market value, subject to the satisfaction of a number of significant contingencies (“ELS Option”). The ELS Option terminated with the closing of the PA Transaction on August 14, 2008. The Company had consented to a fixed price option where the Chairman of PATT could acquire the subsidiaries of Privileged Access anytime before December 31, 2011. The fixed price option also terminated on August 14, 2008.
 
  • Privileged Access and the Company previously agreed to certain arrangements in which we utilized each other’s services. Privileged Access assisted the Company with functions such as: call center management, property management, information technology, legal, sales and marketing. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Company incurred approximately $0.6 million for the use of Privileged Access employees. The Company received approximately $0.1 million from Privileged Access for Privileged Access’s use of certain Company information technology resources during the year ended December 31,


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 12 —Transactions with Related Parties (continued)
 
 2008. The Company and Privileged Access engaged a third party to evaluate the fair market value of such employee services.
 
In addition to the arrangements described above, the Company had the following smaller arrangements with Privileged Access. In each arrangement, the amount of income or expense, as applicable, recognized by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $0 and was less than $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. There are no amounts due under these arrangements as of December 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009.
 
  • Since November 1, 2006, the Company leased 41 to 44 sites at 22 resort Properties to Privileged Access (the “Park Pass Lease”). The Park Pass Lease terminated with the closing of the PA Transaction on August 14, 2008.
 
  • The Company and Privileged Access entered into a Site Exchange Agreement beginning September 1, 2007 and ending May 31, 2008. Under the Site Exchange Agreement, the Company allowed Privileged Access to use 20 sites at an Arizona resort Property known as Countryside. In return, Privileged Access allowed the Company to use 20 sites at an Arizona resort Property known as Verde Valley Resort (a property in the TT Portfolio).
 
  • The Company and Privileged Access entered into a Site Exchange Agreement for a one-year period beginning June 1, 2008 and ending May 31, 2009. Under the Site Exchange Agreement, the Company allowed Privileged Access to use 90 sites at six resort Properties. In return, Privileged Access allowed the Company to use 90 sites at six resort Properties leased to Privileged Access. The Site Exchange Agreement was terminated with the closing of the PA Transaction on August 14, 2008.
 
  • The Company previously leased 40 to 160 sites at three resort Properties in Florida to a subsidiary of Privileged Access from October 1, 2007 until August 14, 2008. The sites varied during each month of the lease term due to the seasonality of the resort business in Florida. The lease income is included in the Resort base rental income in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
  • On September 15, 2006, the Company and Privileged Access entered into a Park Model Sales Agreement related to a Texas resort Property in the TT Portfolio known as Lake Conroe. Under the Park Model Sales Agreement, Privileged Access was allowed to sell up to 26 park models at Lake Conroe. Privileged Access was obligated to pay the Company 90% of the site rent collected from the park model buyer. All 26 homes have been sold as of December 31, 2007. The Park Model Sales Agreement terminated with the closing of the PA Transaction on August 14, 2008.
 
  • The Company advertises in Trailblazer magazine which was published by a subsidiary of Privileged Access prior to August 14, 2008. Trailblazer is an award-winning recreational lifestyle magazine for active campers, which is read by more than 65,000 paid subscribers. Beginning on August 14, 2008, the Company began publishing Trailblazer in accordance with the terms of the PA Transaction.
 
  • On July 1, 2008, the Company and Privileged Access entered into an agreement under which Privileged Access sold the Company’s used resort cottages at certain Properties leased to Privileged Access. The Company paid Privileged Access a commission for selling the inventory and the agreement was terminated on August 14, 2008.
 
  • On April 1, 2008, the Company entered into a lease for a corporate apartment located in Chicago, Illinois for use by Mr. McAdams and other employees of the Company and Privileged Access. The Company paid monthly rent payments, plus utilities and housekeeping expenses and Mr. McAdams reimbursed the Company for a portion of the rent. Prior to August 14, 2008, Privileged Access reimbursed the Company


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 12 —Transactions with Related Parties (continued)
 
 for a portion of the rent, utilities and housekeeping expenses. The lease terminated on December 31, 2008.
 
Corporate Headquarters
 
The Company leases office space from Two North Riverside Plaza Joint Venture Limited Partnership, an entity affiliated with Mr. Zell, the Company’s Chairman of the Board. Payments made in accordance with the lease agreement to this entity amounted to approximately $0.5 million, $1.0 million, and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Only seven months of rent was paid during the year ended December 31, 2010 as the first five months of the year were included in the free rent provided by the landlord in connection with a new lease for the office space that commenced December 1, 2009. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately $0.8 million and $60,000, respectively, were accrued with respect to this office lease.
 
Other
 
In January 2009, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with the son of Mr. Howard Walker, to provide assistance with the Company’s internet web marketing strategy. Mr. Walker is Vice-Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. The consulting agreement was for a term of six months at a total cost of no more than $48,000 and expired on June 30, 2009.
 
Note 13 —Stock Option Plan and Stock Grants
 
The Company’s Stock Option and Stock Award Plan (the “Plan”) was adopted in December 1992 and amended and restated from time to time, most recently effective March 23, 2001. Pursuant to the Plan, officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company are offered the opportunity (i) to acquire shares of common stock through the grant of stock options (“Options”), including non-qualified stock options and, for key employees, incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) to be awarded shares of common stock (“Restricted Stock Grants”), subject to conditions and restrictions determined by the Compensation, Nominating, and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”). The Compensation Committee will determine the vesting schedule, if any, of each Option and the term, which term shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant. As to the Options that have been granted through December 31, 2010 to officers, employees and consultants, generally, one-third are exercisable one year after the initial grant, one-third are exercisable two years following the date such Options were granted and the remaining one-third are exercisable three years following the date such Options were granted. Stock Options are awarded at the New York Stock Exchange closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. A maximum of 6,000,000 shares of common stock are available for grant under the Plan and no more than 250,000 shares may be subject to grants to any one individual in any calendar year.
 
Grants under the 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. In addition, the terms of two specific types of awards are contemplated under the Plan:
 
  • The first type of award is a grant of Options or Restricted Stock Grants of common stock made to each member of the Board at the meeting held immediately after each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders. Generally, if the director elects to receive Options, the grant will cover 10,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the date of grant. If the director elects to receive a Restricted Stock Grant of common stock, he or she will receive an award of 2,000 shares of common stock. Exercisability or vesting with respect to either type of award will be one-third of the award after six months, two-thirds of the award after one year, and the full award after two years.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 13 —Stock Option Plan and Stock Grants (continued)
 
 
  • The second type of award is a grant of common stock in lieu of 50% of their bonus otherwise payable to individuals with a title of Vice President or above. A recipient can request that the Compensation Committee pay a greater or lesser portion of the bonus in shares of common stock.
 
The Company adopted FASB ASC 718 on July 1, 2005, which replaced SFAS 123. Since the Company had chosen to use the modified-prospective method for recognizing stock-based compensation and uses the Black-Scholes-Merton Model for valuing the options, the result of the adoption had no material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.
 
Restricted Stock Grants
 
On February 1, 2010, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 74,665 shares of common stock to certain members of senior management of the Company. These Restricted Stock Grants vested on December 31, 2010. The fair market value of these Restricted Stock Grants was approximately $3.7 million as of the date of grant and was recorded as compensation expense and paid in capital over the vesting period.
 
On February 1, 2010, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 31,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $1.5 million to certain members of the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2009. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of December 31, 2010, December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012.
 
On May 11, 2010, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 16,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $0.9 million to the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2009. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of November 11, 2010, May 11, 2011, and May 11, 2012.
 
On February 2, 2009, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 11,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $0.4 million to members of the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2008. One-third of the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of December 31, 2009, December 31, 2010, and December 31, 2011.
 
On May 12, 2009, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 16,000 shares of common stock at a fair market value of approximately $0.6 million to certain members of the Board of Directors for services rendered in 2008. One-third of the Options to purchase common stock and the shares of restricted common stock covered by these awards vests on each of November 12, 2009, May 12, 2010, and May 12, 2011.
 
In 2008, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 30,000 shares of common stock to Joe McAdams in accordance with the terms of his Employment Agreement. These Restricted Stock Grants vest over two years with one-third vesting on January 4, 2008, one-third vesting on January 1, 2009 and one-third vesting on January 1, 2010. The fair market value of these Restricted Stock Grants was approximately $1.3 million as of the date of grant and was recorded as compensation expense and paid in capital over the two-year vesting period.
 
In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Grants for 47,000, 27,000, and 20,000 shares of common stock, respectively, to directors with a fair market value of approximately $2,409,000, $1,025,000, and $929,000 in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
The Company recognized compensation expense of approximately $5.1 million, $4.1 million and $4.6 million related to Restricted Stock Grants in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Compensation expense to be recognized subsequent to December 31, 2010 for Restricted Stock Grants not yet vested was approximately $1.9 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average term of 0.8 years.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 13 —Stock Option Plan and Stock Grants (continued)
 
Stock Options
 
The fair value of each grant is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton model. The following table includes the assumptions that were made and the estimated fair values:
 
             
Assumption 2010(1)  2009  2008 
 
Dividend yield
     2.5%  5.5%
Risk-free interest rate
     2.8%  3.7%
Expected life
     7 years   4 years 
Expected volatility
     21.0%  16.9%
             
Estimated Fair Value of Options Granted
 $  $410,972  $516,904 
 
 
(1) No options were issued during the year ended December 31,2010.
 
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity, and related information for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 follows:
 
             
        Weighted Average
 
        Outstanding
 
  Shares Subject To
  Weighted Average
  Contractual Life (in
 
  Options  Exercise Price Per Share  years) 
 
Balance at December 31, 2007
  988,539  $30.88   5.1 
Options granted
  135,000   44.36     
Options exercised
  (169,367)  45.24     
Options canceled
  (400)  16.38     
             
Balance at December 31, 2008
  953,772   34.92   5.4 
Options granted
  102,800   37.70     
Options exercised
  (213,721)  43.34     
Options canceled
  (1,000)  15.69     
             
Balance at December 31, 2009
  841,851   39.94   6.0 
Options granted
          
Options exercised
  (33,767)  32.77     
Options canceled
  (2,900)        
             
Balance at December 31, 2010
  805,184   40.32   5.1 
             
Exercisable at December 31, 2010
  770,916   40.44   4.9 
             
 
As of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, 851,677 shares, 970,442 shares and 1,099,242 shares remained available for grant, respectively; of these 451,860 shares, 573,525 shares and 600,525 shares, respectively, remained available for Restricted Stock Grants.
 
Note 14 —Preferred Stock
 
The Company’s Board of Directors is authorized under the Company’s charter, without further stockholder approval, to issue, from time to time, in one or more series, 10,000,000 shares of $.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 the Company’s common


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 14 —Preferred Stock (continued)
 
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. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company issued no Preferred Stock.
 
Note 15 —Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan
 
On May 11, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan (the “2010 LTIP”) to provide a long-term cash bonus opportunity to certain members of the Company’s management. Such Board approval was upon recommendation by the Company’s Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”).
 
The total cumulative payment for all participants (the “Eligible Payment”) is based upon certain performance conditions being met.
 
The Committee has responsibility for administering the 2010 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 events. The 2010 LTIP includes 32 participants. The Company’s executive officers are not participants in the 2010 LTIP. The Eligible Payment will be paid in cash upon completion of the Company’s annual audit for the 2012 fiscal year and upon satisfaction of the vesting conditions as outlined in the 2010 LTIP and, including employer costs, is currently estimated to be approximately $2.9 million. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had accrued compensation expense of approximately $0.7 million for the 2010 LTIP.
 
On May 15, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) to provide a long-term cash bonus opportunity to certain members of the Company’s management and executive officers. Such Board approval was upon recommendation of the Committee. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President were not participants in the LTIP. On January 18, 2010, the Committee approved payments under the LTIP of approximately $2.8 million. The approved payments were fully accrued as of December 31, 2009 and were paid in cash on March 3, 2010.
 
The Company is accounting for the LTIPs in accordance with FASB ASC 718. The amount accrued for the 2010 LTIP reflects the Committee’s evaluation of the 2010 LTIP based on forecasts and other information presented to the Committee and are subject to performance in line with forecasts and final evaluation and determination by the Committee. There can be no assurances that the Company’s estimates of the probable outcome will be representative of the actual outcome.
 
Note 16 —Savings Plan
 
The Company has a qualified retirement plan, with a salary deferral feature designed to qualify under Section 401 of the Code (the “401(k) Plan”), to cover its employees and those of its Subsidiaries, if any. The 401(k) Plan permits eligible employees of the Company 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, the Company 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 contributed by the Company will vest, on a prorated basis, according to the participant’s vesting schedule. After five years of employment with the Company, the participants will be 100% vested for all amounts contributed by the Company. 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 determined by the Company. All employee contributions are 100% vested. The Company’s contribution to the 401(k) Plan was approximately $1.0 million, $0.8 million, and $0.5 million, for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 17 —Commitments and Contingencies
 
California Rent Control Litigation
 
The Company sued the City of San Rafael in federal court, challenging its rent control ordinance (the “Ordinance”) on constitutional grounds. The Company believes 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 has been breached. In October 2002, a jury found no breach of the settlement agreement.
 
The Company’s 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 the Company’s favor (the “April 2009 Order”). On June 10, 2009, the Court ordered the City to pay the Company 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 the Company’s Property in San Rafael will be able to continue to pay site rent as if the Ordinance were to remain in effect for a period of ten years, enforcement of the Ordinance was immediately enjoined with respect to new residents of the Property, and the Ordinance will expire entirely ten years from the date of judgment.
 
The City and residents’ association (which intervened in the case) appealed, and the Company cross-appealed. The briefing schedule for the appeal was suspended pending the outcome of mediation and pending ruling by the Court of Appeals in an unrelated case involving a challenge to the rent control ordinance of the City of Goleta, California. The briefing schedule has now been reset to conclude on September 23, 2011.
 
In June 2003, the Company won a judgment against the City of Santee in California Superior Court (Case No. 777094). The effect of the judgment was to invalidate, on state law grounds, two rent control ordinances the City of Santee had enforced against the Company and other property owners. However, the Court allowed the City to continue to enforce a rent control ordinance that predated the two invalid ordinances (the “prior ordinance”). As a result of the judgment the Company was entitled to collect a one-time rent increase based upon the difference in annual adjustments between the invalid ordinance(s) and the prior ordinance and to adjust its base rents to reflect what the Company could have charged had the prior ordinance been continually in effect. The City of Santee appealed the judgment. The City and the tenant association also each sued the Company in separate actions alleging that the rent adjustments pursuant to the judgment violated the prior ordinance (Case Nos. GIE 020887 and GIE 020524), sought to rescind the rent adjustments, and sought refunds of amounts paid, and penalties and damages in these separate actions. As a result of further proceedings and a series of appeals and remands, the Company was required to and did release the additional rents to the tenant association’s counsel for disbursement to the tenants, and the Company has ceased collecting the disputed rent amounts.
 
The tenant association continued to seek damages, penalties and fees in their separate action based on the same claims the City made on the tenants’ behalf in the City’s case. The Company moved for judgment on the pleadings in the tenant association’s case on the ground that the tenant association’s case is moot in light of the result in the City’s case. On November 6, 2008, the Court granted the Company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings without leave to amend. The tenant association appealed. In June 2010, the Court of Appeal remanded the case for further proceedings, ruling that (i) the mootness finding was not correct when entered but could be reasserted after the amounts held in escrow have been disbursed to the residents; (ii) there is no basis for the tenant association’s punitive damage claim or its claim under the California Mobile Home Residency Law; and (3) the trial court should consider certain of the tenant association’s other claims. On remand, at the trial court’s suggestion, the parties have agreed to a trial of the remanded issues based on stipulated written facts. A draft of the parties’ proposed stipulated written facts is due on March 11, 2011.


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 17 —Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
 
In addition, the Company sued the City of Santee in federal court alleging all three of the ordinances are unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. On October 13, 2010, the District Court: (1) dismissed the Company’s claims without prejudice on the ground that they were not ripe because the Company had not filed and received from the City a final decision on a rent increase petition, and (2) found that those claims are not foreclosed by any of the state court rulings. On November 10, 2010, the Company filed a notice of appeal from the District Court’s ruling dismissing the Company’s claims. No briefing schedule is currently set in that appeal while the matter is before the Court of Appeals’ Circuit Mediator. The Company has also filed a rent increase petition with the City in order to ripen its claims, and intends to pursue further adjudication of its rights in federal court.
 
Colony Park
 
On December 1, 2006, a group of tenants at the Company’s Colony Park Property in Ceres, California filed a complaint in the California Superior Court for Stanislaus County alleging that the Company had failed to properly maintain the Property and had improperly reduced the services provided to the tenants, among other allegations. The Company answered the complaint by denying all material allegations and filed a counterclaim for declaratory relief and damages. The case proceeded in Superior Court because the Company’s 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 6 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. The Company has filed a memorandum of costs that seeks a costs award of approximately $0.21 million, and has filed a motion that seeks an attorneys’ fees award of approximately $2.06 million. Despite the jury’s verdict awarding less than $44,000 to only 6 plaintiffs, the plaintiffs have filed a memorandum of costs that seeks a costs award of approximately $56,000, and that indicates an intention to file a motion that seeks an attorneys’ fees award of approximately $1.09 million. The Company intends to vigorously oppose any award of costs or attorneys’ fees to the plaintiffs.
 
California Hawaiian
 
On April 30, 2009, a group of tenants at the Company’s California Hawaiian Property in San Jose, California filed a complaint in the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County alleging that the Company has failed to properly maintain the Property and has improperly reduced the services provided to the tenants, among other allegations. The Company 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 the Company’s motion to compel arbitration and stayed the court proceedings pending the outcome of the arbitration. The plaintiffs filed with the Court of Appeal a petition for a writ seeking to overturn the trial court’s arbitration and stay orders which has been fully briefed and was orally argued on February 22, 2011. The Company believes that the allegations in the complaint are without merit, and intends to vigorously defend the litigation.
 
Hurricane Claim Litigation
 
On June 22, 2007, the Company filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Case No. 07CH16548), against its insurance carriers, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Essex Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, and Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, regarding a coverage dispute arising from losses suffered by the Company as a result of hurricanes that occurred in Florida in 2004 and 2005. The Company also brought claims against Aon Risk Services, Inc. of Illinois (“Aon”), the Company’s


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 17 —Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
 
former insurance broker, regarding the procurement of appropriate insurance coverage for the Company. The Company is seeking declaratory relief establishing the coverage obligations of its carriers, as well as a judgment for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unfair settlement practices and, as to Aon, for failure to provide ordinary care in the selling and procuring of insurance. The claims involved in this action are approximately $11 million.
 
In response to motions to dismiss, the trial court dismissed: (1) the requests for declaratory relief as being duplicative of the claims for breach of contract and (2) certain of the breach of contract claims as being not ripe until the limits of underlying insurance policies have been exhausted. On or about January 28, 2008, the Company filed its Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), which the insurers have answered. In response to the court’s dismissal of the SAC’s claims against Aon, the Company ultimately filed, on February 2, 2009, a new Count VIII against Aon alleging a claim for breach of contract, which Aon answered. In January 2010, the parties engaged in a settlement mediation, which did not result in a settlement. In June 2010, the Company filed motions for partial summary judgment against the insurance companies seeking a finding that our hurricane debris cleanup costs are within the extra expense coverage of our excess insurance policies. On December 13, 2010, the Court granted the motion. Discovery is proceeding with respect to various remaining issues, including the amounts of the debris cleanup costs the Company is entitled to collect pursuant to the Court’s order granting the Company partial summary judgment.
 
Since filing the lawsuit, the Company has received additional payments from Essex Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, and Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company, of approximately $3.7 million. In January 2008 the Company entered a settlement with Hartford Fire Insurance Company pursuant to which Hartford paid the Company the remaining disputed limits of Hartford’s insurance policy, in the amount of approximately $0.5 million, and the Company dismissed and released Hartford from additional claims for interest and bad faith claims handling.
 
California and Washington Wage Claim Class Actions
 
On October 16, 2008, the Company was served with a class action lawsuit in California state court filed by a single named plaintiff. The suit alleges that, at the time of the PA Transaction, the Company and other named defendants willfully failed to pay former California employees of Privileged Access and its affiliates (“PA”) who became employees of the Company all of the wages they earned during their employment with PA, including accrued vacation time. The suit also alleges that the Company improperly “stripped” those employees of their seniority. The suit asserts claims for alleged violation of the California Labor Code; alleged violation of the California Business & Professions Code and for alleged unfair business practices; alleged breach of contract; alleged breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing; and for alleged unjust enrichment. The complaint seeks, among other relief, compensatory and statutory damages; restitution; pre-judgment and post-judgment interest; attorney’s fees, expenses and costs; penalties; and exemplary and punitive damages. The complaint does not specify a dollar amount sought. On December 18, 2008, the Company filed a demurrer seeking dismissal of the complaint in its entirety without leave to amend. On May 14, 2009, the Court granted the Company’s demurrer and dismissed the complaint, in part without leave to amend and in part with leave to amend. On June 2, 2009, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint. On July 6, 2009, the Company filed a demurrer seeking dismissal of the amended complaint in its entirety without leave to amend. On October 20, 2009, the Court granted the Company’s demurrer and dismissed the amended complaint, in part without leave to amend and in part with leave to amend. On November 9, 2009, the plaintiff filed a third amended complaint. On December 11, 2009, the Company filed a demurrer seeking dismissal of the third amended complaint in its entirety without leave to amend. On February 23, 2010, the court dismissed without leave to amend the claim for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealings, and otherwise denied the Company’s demurrer. Discovery is proceeding. On


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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 17 —Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
 
February 15, 2011, the Court granted plaintiff’s motion for class certification. The Company will vigorously defend the lawsuit.
 
On December 16, 2008, the Company was served with a class action lawsuit in Washington state court filed by a single named plaintiff, represented by the same counsel as the plaintiff in the California class action. The complaint asserts on behalf of a putative class of Washington employees of PA who became employees of the Company substantially similar allegations as are alleged in the California class action. The Company moved to dismiss the complaint. On April 3, 2009, the court dismissed: (1) the first cause of action, which alleged a claim under the Washington Labor Code for failure to pay accrued vacation time; (2) the second cause of action, which alleged a claim under the Washington Labor Code for unpaid wages on termination; (3) the third cause of action, which alleged a claim under the Washington Labor Code for payment of wages less than entitled; and (4) the fourth cause of action, which alleged a claim under the Washington Consumer Protection Act. The court did not dismiss the fifth cause of action for breach of contract, the sixth cause of action of the breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing; and the seventh cause of action for unjust enrichment. On May 22, 2009, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment on the causes of action not previously dismissed, which was denied. With leave of court, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint, the material allegations of which the Company denied in an answer filed on September 11, 2009. On July 30, 2010, the named plaintiff died as a result of an unrelated accident. Plaintiff’s counsel may attempt to substitute a new named plaintiff. The Company will vigorously defend the lawsuit.
 
Cascade
 
On December 10, 2008, the King County Hospital District No. 4 (the “Hospital District” or “District”) filed suit against the Company in the Superior Court of King County, Washington, seeking a declaratory judgment that the District had properly rescinded an agreement to acquire the Company’s Thousand Trails — Cascade Property (“Cascade”) located 20 miles east of Seattle, Washington. The Company filed an answer to the Hospital District’s suit and a counterclaim seeking recovery of the amounts owed under the agreement. The agreement was entered into after the Hospital District had passed a resolution authorizing the condemnation of Cascade. Under the agreement, in lieu of a formal condemnation proceeding, the Company agreed to accept from the Hospital District $12.5 million for the Property with an earnest money deposit of approximately $0.4 million. The Company did not include in income the earnest money deposit received. The closing of the transaction was originally scheduled in January 2008, and was extended to April 2009. After finding that the Hospital District had defaulted on the contract and after rejecting all of the Hospital District’s defenses except for its contractual defense under the doctrine of commercial frustration, the Court scheduled a trial to be held on November 8, 2010, to adjudicate that defense.
 
Immediately before commencement of the trial, the parties settled the case. Pursuant to the settlement, among other provisions: (a) the Hospital District will acquire the property and compensate the Company in the amount of $7.05 million (the “Compensation Amount”) in 2015 or sooner; (b) the unpaid balance of the Compensation Amount will be increased at a rate of 5% (or 6% under certain circumstances) per year until closing; (c) the Hospital District will make interim non-refundable payments to the Company of 50% of each payment it receives on its $30 million promissory note from the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (the “Tribe Note”), which currently is paying $50,000 per month; and (d) if the Hospital District defaults in its obligation to acquire the property as provided for by the settlement, the Company will be entitled to collect the remaining Compensation Amount due (including collection expenses) from the Tribe Note and, failing that, will be entitled to have a judgment automatically entered against the Hospital District for $12.15 million less interim payments the Hospital District has made. Due to the anticipated transfer of the Property, the Company closed Cascade in October 2007.


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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Note 17 —Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
 
Other
 
The Company is involved in various other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Such proceedings include, but are not limited to, notices, consent decrees, additional permit requirements and other similar enforcement actions by governmental agencies relating to the Company’s water and wastewater treatment plants and other waste treatment facilities. Additionally, in the ordinary course of business, the Company’s operations are subject to audit by various taxing authorities. Management believes that all proceedings herein described or referred to, taken together, are not expected to have a material adverse impact on the Company. In addition, to the extent any such proceedings or audits relate to newly acquired Properties, the Company considers any potential indemnification obligations of sellers in favor of the Company.
 
Note 18 —Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)
 
The following is unaudited quarterly data for 2010 and 2009 (amounts in thousands, except for per share amounts):
 
                 
  First
  Second
  Third
  Fourth
 
  Quarter
  Quarter
  Quarter
  Quarter
 
2010 3/31  6/30  9/30  12/31 
 
Total revenues(a)
 $132,148  $123,845  $134,195  $121,173 
Income from continuing operations(a)
 $21,704  $11,021  $17,307  $10,596 
(Loss) from discontinued operations(a)
 $(177) $(54) $  $ 
Net income available for Common Shares
 $15,064  $6,000  $11,554  $5,736 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — Basic
  30,304   30,412   30,620   30,728 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — Diluted
  35,465   35,506   35,530   35,597 
Net income per Common Share outstanding — Basic
 $0.50  $0.20  $0.38  $0.19 
Net income per Common Share outstanding — Diluted
 $0.49  $0.20  $0.37  $0.18 
 
                 
  First
  Second
  Third
  Fourth
 
  Quarter
  Quarter
  Quarter
  Quarter
 
2009 3/31  6/30  9/30  12/31 
 
Total revenues(a)
 $130,814  $121,528  $130,985  $119,894 
Income from continuing operations(a)
 $20,365  $7,358  $12,269  $11,403 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations(a)
 $106  $87  $4,689  $(16)
Net income available for Common Shares
 $13,644  $2,904  $11,130  $6,327 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — Basic
  24,945   25,163   29,993   30,145 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding — Diluted
  30,523   30,693   35,242   35,248 
Net income per Common Share outstanding — Basic
 $0.55  $0.12  $0.37  $0.21 
Net income per Common Share outstanding — Diluted
 $0.54  $0.11  $0.37  $0.21 
 
 
(a) Amounts may differ from previously disclosed amounts due to reclassification of discontinued operations.
 


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Schedule II
 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
December 31, 2010
 
                     
     Additions       
  Balance at
  Charged to
  Charged to
     Balance at
 
  Beginning
  Costs and
  Other
     End of
 
  of Period  Expenses  Accounts  Deductions(1)  Period 
 
For the year ended December 31, 2008: Allowance for doubtful accounts
 $1,473,000  $2,189,000  $     —  $(1,776,000) $1,886,000 
For the year ended December 31, 2009: Allowance for doubtful accounts
 $1,886,000  $2,899,000  $  $(2,190,000) $2,595,000 
For the year ended December 31, 2010: Allowance for doubtful accounts
 $2,595,000  $3,062,000  $  $(2,648,000) $3,009,000 
 
 
(1) Deductions represent tenant receivables deemed uncollectible.


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Schedule III
 

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Properties Held for Long Term
                                            
Hidden Cove
 Arley AL $  $212  $610  $  $3  $212  $613  $825  $(103)  2006 
Apollo Village
 Phoenix AZ  (4,688)  932   3,219      1,325   932   4,544   5,476   (2,197)  1994 
Araby
 Yuma AZ  (3,020)  1,440   4,345      393   1,440   4,738   6,178   (1,089)  2003 
Cactus Gardens
 Yuma AZ  (4,399)  1,992   5,984      277   1,992   6,261   8,253   (1,348)  2004 
Capri RV
 Yuma AZ  (4,830)  1,595   4,774      172   1,595   4,946   6,541   (789)  2006 
Carefree Manor
 Phoenix AZ     706   3,040      760   706   3,800   4,506   (1,566)  1998 
Casa del Sol East II
 Glendale AZ  (4,579)  2,103   6,283      2,297   2,103   8,580   10,684   (2,919)  1996 
Casa del Sol East III
 Glendale AZ  (5,882)  2,450   7,452      658   2,450   8,110   10,560   (3,359)  1998 
Casa del Sol West I
 Peoria AZ  (9,803)  2,215   6,467      1,978   2,215   8,445   10,660   (3,117)  1996 
Casita Verde RV
 Casa Grande AZ  (2,174)  719   2,179      63   719   2,242   2,962   (366)  2006 
Central Park
 Phoenix AZ  (12,073)  1,612   3,784      1,379   1,612   5,163   6,775   (4,046)  1983 
Countryside RV
 Apache Junction AZ     2,056   6,241      775   2,056   7,016   9,072   (1,911)  2002 
Desert Paradise
 Yuma AZ  (1,325)  666   2,011      110   666   2,121   2,787   (505)  2004 
Desert Skies
 Phoenix AZ  (4,803)  792   3,126      661   792   3,787   4,579   (1,581)  1998 
Desert Vista
 Salome AZ     66   268         66   268   334   (5)  2010 
Fairview Manor
 Tucson AZ     1,674   4,708      1,646   1,674   6,354   8,028   (2,765)  1998 
Fiesta Grande RV
 Casa Grande AZ  (9,178)  2,869   8,653      348   2,869   9,001   11,871   (1,448)  2006 
Foothill
 Yuma AZ     459   1,402      164   459   1,566   2,025   (369)  2003 
Foothills West RV
 Casa Grande AZ  (2,246)  747   2,261      157   747   2,418   3,165   (372)  2006 
Golden Sun RV
 Apache Junction AZ     1,678   5,049      149   1,678   5,198   6,876   (1,488)  2002 
Hacienda De Valencia
 Mesa AZ  (14,307)  833   2,701      4,427   833   7,128   7,961   (4,126)  1984 
Monte Vista
 Mesa AZ  (23,375)  11,402   34,355      3,275   11,402   37,630   49,031   (8,132)  2004 
Mesa Verde
 Cottonwood AZ     1,387   4,148      333   1,387   4,481   5,868   (608)  2007 
Palm Shadows
 Glendale AZ     1,400   4,218      1,037   1,400   5,255   6,655   (2,915)  1993 
Paradise
 Sun City AZ  (14,931)  6,414   19,263   11   1,667   6,425   20,930   27,355   (4,951)  2004 
Sedona Shadows
 Sedona AZ  (10,964)  1,096   3,431      1,276   1,096   4,707   5,803   (1,946)  1997 
Seyenna Vistas
 Mesa AZ     1,360   4,660      2,324   1,360   6,984   8,344   (3,409)  1994 
Suni Sands
 Yuma AZ  (2,895)  1,249   3,759      258   1,249   4,017   5,266   (929)  2004 
Sunrise Heights
 Phoenix AZ  (5,266)  1,000   3,016      1,393   1,000   4,409   5,409   (2,067)  1994 
The Highlands at Brentwood
 Mesa AZ  (10,386)  1,997   6,024      1,865   1,997   7,889   9,886   (4,181)  1993 
The Meadows
 Tempe AZ     2,613   7,887      3,485   2,613   11,372   13,986   (5,571)  1994 
Valley Vista
 Benson AZ     115   429         115   429   544   (9)  2010 
Verde Valley
 Cottonwood AZ     1,437   3,390   19   789   1,456   4,178   5,635   (807)  2004 


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Schedule III
 

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Venture In
 Show Low AZ  (6,472)  2,050   6,188      281   2,050   6,469   8,519   (1,064)  2006 
Viewpoint
 Mesa AZ  (42,137)  24,890   56,340   15   4,238   24,905   60,578   85,483   (13,671)  2004 
Whispering Palms
 Phoenix AZ  (3,065)  670   2,141      293   670   2,434   3,104   (1,101)  1998 
Cultus Lake
 Lindell Beach BC     410   968   6   164   416   1,132   1,548   (217)  2004 
California Hawaiian
 San Jose CA  (32,384)  5,825   17,755      2,865   5,825   20,620   26,445   (9,033)  1997 
Colony Park
 Ceres CA  (5,443)  890   2,837      666   890   3,503   4,393   (1,626)  1998 
Concord Cascade
 Pacheco CA     985   3,016      1,849   985   4,865   5,850   (3,510)  1983 
Contempo Marin
 San Rafael CA     4,787   16,379      3,059   4,787   19,438   24,226   (10,675)  1994 
Coralwood
 Modesto CA  (5,902)     5,047      465      5,512   5,512   (2,525)  1997 
Date Palm Country Club
 Cathedral City CA     4,138   14,064   (23)  4,404   4,115   18,468   22,583   (10,117)  1994 
Date Palm RV
 Cathedral City CA        216      313      529   529   (299)  1994 
DeAnza Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz CA  (13,239)  2,103   7,201      2,003   2,103   9,204   11,307   (4,693)  1994 
Four Seasons
 Fresno CA     756   2,348      348   756   2,696   3,451   (1,250)  1997 
Idyllwild
 Pine Cove CA     313   737   4   621   317   1,358   1,675   (224)  2004 
Laguna Lake
 San Luis Obispo CA     2,845   6,520      474   2,845   6,994   9,840   (3,130)  1998 
Lake Minden
 Nicolaus CA     961   2,267   13   552   974   2,818   3,792   (561)  2004 
Lake of the Springs
 Oregon House CA     1,062   2,504   14   681   1,076   3,185   4,261   (571)  2004 
Lamplighter
 Spring Valley CA  (23,369)  633   2,201      1,167   633   3,368   4,001   (2,597)  1983 
Las Palmas
 Rialto CA  (3,472)  1,295   3,866      269   1,295   4,135   5,430   (951)  2004 
Meadowbrook
 Santee CA     4,345   12,528      1,895   4,345   14,423   18,768   (6,040)  1998 
Monte del Lago
 Castroville CA  (21,325)  3,150   9,469      2,486   3,150   11,955   15,106   (5,123)  1997 
Morgan Hill
 Morgan Hill CA     1,856   4,378   25   425   1,881   4,803   6,684   (948)  2004 
Nicholson Plaza
 San Jose CA        4,512      261      4,773   4,773   (2,113)  1997 
Oakzanita Springs
 Descanso CA     396   934   5   797   401   1,731   2,132   (301)  2004 
Pacific Dunes Ranch
 Oceana CA  (5,480)  1,940   5,632      131   1,940   5,763   7,702   (1,253)  2004 
Palm Springs
 Palm Desert CA     1,811   4,271   24   503   1,835   4,775   6,610   (927)  2004 
Parque La Quinta
 Rialto CA  (4,656)  1,799   5,450      152   1,799   5,602   7,401   (1,331)  2004 
Pio Pico
 Jamul CA     2,626   6,194   35   1,108   2,661   7,301   9,962   (1,397)  2004 
Ponderosa
 Lotus CA     900   2,100      218   900   2,318   3,218   (371)  2006 
Quail Meadows
 Riverbank CA  (4,933)  1,155   3,469      426   1,155   3,895   5,050   (1,647)  1998 
Rancho Mesa
 El Cajon CA  (9,139)  2,130   6,389      682   2,130   7,071   9,200   (2,922)  1998 
Rancho Oso
 Santa Barbara CA     860   2,029   12   585   872   2,614   3,486   (479)  2004 
Rancho Valley
 El Cajon CA     685   1,902      1,158   685   3,060   3,745   (2,277)  1983 
Royal Holiday
 Hemet CA     778   2,643      2,259   778   4,902   5,680   (1,579)  1998 
Royal Oaks
 Visalia CA     602   1,921      597   602   2,518   3,120   (1,092)  1997 

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Russian River
 Cloverdale CA     368   868   5   136   373   1,005   1,378   (194)  2004 
San Benito
 Paicines CA     1,411   3,328   19   594   1,430   3,922   5,351   (760)  2004 
San Francisco RV
 Pacifica CA     1,660   4,973      421   1,660   5,394   7,054   (985)  2005 
Santa Cruz Ranch RV
 Scotts Valley CA     1,595   3,937      210   1,595   4,147   5,743   (462)  2007 
Santiago Estates
 Sylmar CA  (15,141)  3,562   10,767      1,180   3,562   11,947   15,509   (5,105)  1998 
Sea Oaks
 Los Osos CA     871   2,703      462   871   3,165   4,036   (1,364)  1997 
Snowflower
 Emigrant Gap CA     308   727   4   286   312   1,012   1,325   (180)  2004 
Soledad Canyon
 Acton CA     2,933   6,917   39   1,418   2,972   8,335   11,306   (1,560)  2004 
Sunshadow
 San Jose CA        5,707      269      5,976   5,976   (2,673)  1997 
Tahoe Valley
 Lake Tahoe CA     1,357   4,071      235   1,357   4,306   5,663   (989)  2004 
Turtle Beach
 Manteca CA     268   633   4   49   272   682   954   (140)  2004 
Village of the Four Seasons
 San Jose CA  (13,982)  5,229   15,714      474   5,229   16,188   21,416   (3,572)  2004 
Westwinds (4 properties)
 San Jose CA        17,616      6,596      24,212   24,212   (11,140)  1997 
Wilderness Lake
 Menifee CA     2,157   5,088   29   658   2,186   5,746   7,932   (1,160)  2004 
Yosemite Lakes
 Groveland CA     2,045   4,823   27   1,142   2,072   5,964   8,036   (1,116)  2004 
Bear Creek
 Denver CO  (4,646)  1,100   3,359      434   1,100   3,793   4,893   (1,604)  1998 
Cimarron
 Broomfield CO  (15,332)  863   2,790      828   863   3,618   4,482   (2,987)  1983 
Golden Terrace
 Golden CO  (13,800)  826   2,415      1,464   826   3,879   4,706   (2,595)  1983 
Golden Terrace South
 Golden CO     750   2,265      737   750   3,002   3,752   (1,349)  1997 
Golden Terrace West
 Golden CO  (16,345)  1,694   5,065      1,056   1,694   6,121   7,815   (4,648)  1986 
Hillcrest Village
 Aurora CO  (26,063)  1,912   5,202   289   2,813   2,201   8,015   10,216   (6,554)  1983 
Holiday Hills
 Denver CO  (36,032)  2,159   7,780      4,695   2,159   12,475   14,634   (9,921)  1983 
Holiday Village
 Co. Springs CO  (11,286)  567   1,759      1,191   567   2,950   3,517   (2,284)  1983 
Pueblo Grande
 Pueblo CO  (7,476)  241   1,069      676   241   1,745   1,986   (1,335)  1983 
Woodland Hills
 Thornton CO  (10,437)  1,928   4,408      2,649   1,928   7,057   8,985   (3,960)  1994 
Aspen Meadows
 Rehoboth DE  (5,350)  1,148   3,460      490   1,148   3,950   5,098   (1,723)  1998 
Camelot Meadows
 Rehoboth DE  (12,358)  527   2,058   1,251   4,305   1,778   6,363   8,142   (2,610)  1998 
Mariners Cove
 Millsboro DE  (15,662)  990   2,971      5,613   990   8,584   9,575   (4,695)  1987 
McNicol
 Rehoboth DE  (2,580)  562   1,710      185   562   1,895   2,458   (777)  1998 
Sweetbriar
 Rehoboth DE  (2,894)  498   1,527      419   498   1,946   2,445   (928)  1998 
Waterford
 Bear DE  (29,468)  5,250   16,202      1,385   5,250   17,587   22,837   (5,292)  1996 
Whispering Pines
 Lewes DE  (9,397)  1,536   4,609      1,359   1,536   5,968   7,504   (4,061)  1998 
Barrington Hills
 Hudson FL     1,145   3,437      428   1,145   3,865   5,010   (930)  2004 
Bay Indies
 Venice FL  (37,285)  10,483   31,559   10   5,199   10,493   36,758   47,251   (19,561)  1994 
Bay Lake Estates
 Nokomis FL     990   3,390      1,624   990   5,014   6,004   (2,488)  1994 

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Breezy Hill RV
 Pompano Beach FL     5,424   16,555      1,216   5,424   17,771   23,194   (4,856)  2002 
Buccaneer
 N. Ft. Myers FL  (36,142)  4,207   14,410      2,557   4,207   16,967   21,173   (8,842)  1994 
Bulow Village RV
 Flagler Beach FL        228      811      1,039   1,039   (239)  2001 
Bulow Plantation
 Flagler Beach FL     3,637   949      6,153   3,637   7,102   10,738   (2,844)  1994 
Carefree Cove
 Fort Lauderdale FL  (4,359)  1,741   5,170      526   1,741   5,696   7,437   (1,238)  2004 
Carriage Cove
 Daytona Beach FL  (11,920)  2,914   8,682      1,159   2,914   9,841   12,756   (4,317)  1998 
Clerbrook
 Clermont FL  (10,935)  3,883   11,700      799   3,883   12,499   16,382   (2,029)  2006 
Coachwood
 Leesburg FL  (3,868)  1,602   4,822      228   1,602   5,050   6,652   (1,160)  2004 
Coquina Crossing
 Elkton FL     5,286   5,545   (12)  16,807   5,274   22,352   27,625   (5,860)  1999 
Coral Cay
 Margate FL     5,890   20,211      7,366   5,890   27,577   33,467   (13,499)  1994 
Country Place
 New Port Richey FL  (15,449)  663      18   7,345   681   7,345   8,026   (4,396)  1986 
Countryside
 Vero Beach FL     3,711   11,133      6,574   3,711   17,707   21,418   (6,686)  1998 
Crystal Isles
 Crystal River FL  (2,582)  926   2,787      525   926   3,312   4,238   (716)  2004 
Down Yonder
 Largo FL  (13,199)  2,652   7,981      437   2,652   8,418   11,070   (2,330)  1998 
East Bay Oaks
 Largo FL  (11,581)  1,240   3,322      991   1,240   4,313   5,553   (3,470)  1983 
Eldorado Village
 Largo FL  (7,971)  778   2,341      790   778   3,131   3,909   (2,496)  1983 
Fort Myers Beach Resort
 Fort Myers Beach FL     1,188   3,548      93   1,188   3,641   4,830   (951)  2004 
Glen Ellen
 Clearwater FL     619   1,882      119   619   2,001   2,620   (541)  2002 
Grand Island
 Grand Island FL     1,723   5,208   125   3,782   1,848   8,990   10,838   (2,705)  2001 
Gulf Air Resort
 Fort Myers Beach FL     1,609   4,746      152   1,609   4,898   6,507   (1,122)  2004 
Gulf View
 Punta Gorda FL  (1,360)  717   2,158      878   717   3,036   3,753   (698)  2004 
Hacienda Village
 New Port Richey FL     4,297   13,088      1,992   4,297   15,080   19,377   (3,870)  2002 
Harbor Lakes
 Port Charlotte FL     3,384   10,154      379   3,384   10,533   13,917   (2,426)  2004 
Harbor View
 New Port Richey FL  (7,102)  4,045   12,146   (15)  122   4,030   12,268   16,298   (3,438)  2002 
Heritage Plantation
 Vero Beach FL  (12,632)  2,403   7,259      1,947   2,403   9,206   11,609   (4,746)  1994 
Highland Wood RV
 Pompano Beach FL     1,043   3,130   37   182   1,080   3,312   4,392   (917)  2002 
Hillcrest
 Clearwater FL  (7,469)  1,278   3,928      1,059   1,278   4,987   6,265   (2,253)  1998 
Holiday Ranch
 Clearwater FL  (4,692)  925   2,866      333   925   3,199   4,124   (1,406)  1998 
Holiday Village
 Vero Beach FL     350   1,374      210   350   1,584   1,934   (703)  1998 
Holiday Village
 Ormond Beach FL  (10,002)  2,610   7,837      285   2,610   8,122   10,732   (2,241)  2002 
Indian Oaks
 Rockledge FL  (2,742)  1,089   3,376      935   1,089   4,311   5,400   (1,917)  1998 
Island Vista
 North Ft. Myers FL  (14,800)  5,004   15,066      196   5,004   15,262   20,266   (2,409)  2006 
Lake Fairways
 N. Ft. Myers FL  (28,998)  6,075   18,134   35   2,076   6,110   20,210   26,320   (10,697)  1994 
Lake Haven
 Dunedin FL  (11,017)  1,135   4,047      2,996   1,135   7,043   8,178   (4,765)  1983 
Lake Magic
 Clermont FL     1,595   4,793      215   1,595   5,008   6,603   (1,144)  2004 

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Lakes at Countrywood
 Plant City FL     2,377   7,085      1,631   2,377   8,716   11,093   (2,788)  2001 
Lakewood Village
 Melbourne FL  (9,346)  1,862   5,627      1,508   1,862   7,135   8,997   (3,749)  1994 
Lighthouse Pointe
 Port Orange FL  (13,686)  2,446   7,483   23   1,260   2,469   8,743   11,212   (3,836)  1998 
Manatee
 Bradenton FL     2,300   6,903      363   2,300   7,266   9,566   (1,668)  2004 
Maralago Cay
 Lantana FL  (20,182)  5,325   15,420      4,868   5,325   20,288   25,613   (8,491)  1997 
Meadows at Countrywood
 Plant City FL     4,514   13,175      4,136   4,514   17,311   21,825   (7,193)  1998 
Mid-Florida Lakes
 Leesburg FL     5,997   20,635      8,746   5,997   29,381   35,379   (14,263)  1994 
Oak Bend
 Ocala FL  (5,495)  850   2,572      1,085   850   3,657   4,508   (2,077)  1993 
Oaks at Countrywood
 Plant City FL     1,111   2,513   (265)  2,502   846   5,015   5,861   (1,626)  1998 
Orlando
 Clermont FL     2,975   7,017   40   1,359   3,015   8,376   11,391   (1,600)  2004 
Park City West
 Fort Lauderdale FL  (14,995)  4,184   12,561      590   4,184   13,151   17,335   (2,986)  2004 
Pasco
 Lutz FL     1,494   4,484      323   1,494   4,807   6,301   (1,095)  2004 
Peace River
 Wauchula FL     900   2,100      180   900   2,280   3,180   (337)  2006 
Pickwick
 Port Orange FL  (7,430)  2,803   8,870      1,100   2,803   9,970   12,773   (4,232)  1998 
Pine Lakes
 N. Ft. Myers FL  (37,315)  6,306   14,579   21   6,989   6,327   21,568   27,895   (11,053)  1994 
Pioneer Village
 N. Ft. Myers FL  (9,459)  4,116   12,353      1,327   4,116   13,680   17,796   (3,157)  2004 
Ramblers Rest
 Venice FL  (15,118)  4,646   14,201      2,158   4,646   16,359   21,005   (2,494)  2006 
Royal Coachman
 Nokomis FL     5,321   15,978      873   5,321   16,851   22,172   (3,902)  2004 
Shangri La
 Largo FL  (4,103)  1,722   5,200      92   1,722   5,292   7,015   (1,213)  2004 
Sherwood Forest
 Kissimmee FL  (30,382)  4,852   14,596      5,298   4,852   19,894   24,746   (8,126)  1998 
Sherwood Forest RV
 Kissimmee FL     2,870   3,621   568   2,289   3,438   5,910   9,347   (2,449)  1998 
Silk Oak
 Clearwater FL     1,649   5,028      70   1,649   5,098   6,747   (1,405)  2002 
Silver Dollar
 Odessa FL  (8,344)  4,107   12,431   240   1,252   4,347   13,683   18,030   (3,137)  2004 
Sixth Ave. 
 Zephryhills FL  (2,063)  837   2,518      22   837   2,540   3,377   (606)  2004 
Southern Palms
 Eustis FL     2,169   5,884      2,908   2,169   8,792   10,961   (3,585)  1998 
Southernaire
 Mt. Dora FL  (1,909)  796   2,395      80   796   2,475   3,271   (571)  2004 
Sunshine Holiday MH
 Ormond Beach FL     2,001   6,004      573   2,001   6,577   8,578   (1,494)  2004 
Sunshine Holiday RV
 Fort Lauderdale FL  (7,760)  3,099   9,286      500   3,099   9,786   12,885   (2,132)  2004 
Sunshine Key
 Big Pine Key FL  (15,058)  5,273   15,822      1,759   5,273   17,581   22,854   (3,997)  2004 
Sunshine Travel
 Vero Beach FL     1,603   4,813      200   1,603   5,013   6,617   (1,143)  2004 
Terra Ceia
 Palmetto FL  (2,307)  965   2,905      118   965   3,023   3,988   (697)  2004 
The Heritage
 N. Ft. Myers FL  (12,234)  1,438   4,371   346   4,035   1,784   8,406   10,190   (4,242)  1993 
The Meadows
 Palm Beach Gardens FL  (11,802)  3,229   9,870      2,578   3,229   12,448   15,676   (4,539)  1999 
Three Flags RV Resort
 Wildwood FL     228   684      58   228   742   970   (121)  2006 
Toby’s
 Arcadia FL     1,093   3,280      66   1,093   3,346   4,439   (820)  2003 

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Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Topics
 Spring Hill FL  (2,040)  844   2,568      289   844   2,857   3,702   (687)  2004 
Tropical Palms
 Kissimmee FL     5,677   17,116      5,690   5,677   22,806   28,484   (5,952)  2004 
Tropical Palms
 Punta Gorda FL  (7,246)  2,365   7,286      405   2,365   7,691   10,056   (1,209)  2006 
Vacation Village
 Largo FL     1,315   3,946      161   1,315   4,107   5,422   (932)  2004 
Villas at Spanish Oaks
 Ocala FL  (12,556)  2,250   6,922      1,343   2,250   8,265   10,515   (4,539)  1993 
Windmill Manor
 Bradenton FL  (5,572)  2,153   6,125      1,513   2,153   7,638   9,791   (3,152)  1998 
Windmill Village
 N. Ft. Myers FL  (16,436)  1,417   5,440      1,978   1,417   7,418   8,835   (6,013)  1983 
Winds of St. Armands North
 Sarasota FL  (19,355)  1,523   5,063      2,889   1,523   7,952   9,476   (5,748)  1983 
Winds of St. Armands South
 Sarasota FL  (12,455)  1,106   3,162      1,021   1,106   4,183   5,289   (3,367)  1983 
Winter Garden
 Winter Garden FL     2,321   6,962      167   2,321   7,129   9,450   (856)  2007 
Pine Island Resort
 St. James City FL     1,678   5,044      186   1,678   5,230   6,908   (589)  2007 
Golf Vistas Estates
 Monee IL     2,843   4,719      6,631   2,843   11,350   14,192   (4,487)  1997 
O’Connell’s
 Amboy IL  (4,511)  1,648   4,974      469   1,648   5,443   7,091   (1,385)  2004 
Pine Country
 Belvidere IL     53   166      109   53   275   328   (37)  2006 
Willow Lake Estates
 Elgin IL     6,138   21,033      5,446   6,138   26,479   32,617   (13,401)  1994 
Indian Lakes
 Batesville IN     450   1,061   6   554   456   1,615   2,071   (275)  2004 
Horseshoe Lake
 Clinton IN     155   365   2   318   157   683   840   (95)  2004 
Lakeside
 New Carlisle IN     426   1,281      58   426   1,339   1,765   (321)  2004 
Oak Tree Village
 Portage IN  (9,418)        569   3,860   569   3,860   4,429   (2,589)  1987 
Twin Mills RV
 Howe IN     1,399   4,186      162   1,399   4,348   5,746   (601)  2006 
Diamond Caverns Resort & Golf Club
 Park City KY     530   1,512      22   530   1,534   2,063   (258)  2006 
Gateway to Cape Cod
 Rochester MA     91   288      133   91   421   512   (55)  2006 
Old Chatham RV
 South Dennis MA     1,760   5,293      24   1,760   5,317   7,077   (960)  2005 
Sturbridge
 Sturbridge MA     110   347      214   110   561   671   (72)  2006 
Moody Beach
 Moody ME     93   292      125   93   417   510   (56)  2006 
Pinehirst RV Park
 Old Orchard Beach ME  (5,496)  1,942   5,827      468   1,942   6,295   8,238   (1,089)  2005 
Mt. Desert Narrows
 Bar Harbor ME     1,037   3,127      43   1,037   3,170   4,208   (329)  2007 
Narrows Too
 Trenton ME     1,463   4,408      21   1,463   4,429   5,892   (458)  2007 
Patton Pond
 Ellsworth ME     267   802      73   267   875   1,142   (92)  2007 
Bear Cave Resort
 Buchanan MI     176   516      16   176   532   707   (116)  2006 
St Clair
 St Clair MI     453   1,068   6   244   459   1,311   1,770   (257)  2004 
Forest Lake
 Advance NC     986   2,325   13   460   999   2,785   3,784   (541)  2004 
Goose Creek
 Newport NC  (11,400)  4,612   13,848   750   1,368   5,362   15,216   20,578   (3,451)  2004 
Green Mountain Park
 Lenoir NC     1,037   3,075      99   1,037   3,174   4,212   (491)  2006 

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Schedule III
 

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Lake Gaston
 Littleton NC     130   409      84   130   493   623   (72)  2006 
Lake Myers RV
 Mocksville NC     1,504   4,587      109   1,504   4,696   6,199   (674)  2006 
Scenic
 Asheville NC  (3,649)  1,183   3,511      49   1,183   3,560   4,743   (561)  2006 
Twin Lakes
 Chocowinity NC  (3,450)  1,719   3,361   (10)  319   1,709   3,680   5,388   (831)  2004 
Waterway RV
 Cedar Point NC  (5,682)  2,392   7,185      110   2,392   7,295   9,687   (1,687)  2004 
Sandy Beach RV
 Contoocook NH  (4,944)  1,755   5,265      91   1,755   5,356   7,111   (973)  2005 
Tuxbury Resort
 South Hampton NH     3,557   3,910      201   3,557   4,111   7,667   (438)  2007 
Chestnut Lake
 Port Republic NJ     337   796   5   151   342   946   1,288   (177)  2004 
Lake & Shore
 Ocean View NJ     397   1,192   (19)  628   378   1,820   2,198   (235)  2006 
Sea Pines
 Swainton NJ     208   625   (10)  166   198   791   989   (107)  2006 
Bonanza
 Las Vegas NV  (8,803)  908   2,643      1,617   908   4,260   5,167   (3,115)  1983 
Boulder Cascade
 Las Vegas NV     2,995   9,020      2,364   2,995   11,384   14,379   (4,656)  1998 
Cabana
 Las Vegas NV  (7,474)  2,648   7,989      613   2,648   8,602   11,250   (4,664)  1994 
Flamingo West
 Las Vegas NV  (14,018)  1,730   5,266      1,458   1,730   6,724   8,454   (3,538)  1994 
Las Vegas
 Las Vegas NV     1,049   2,473   14   250   1,063   2,723   3,786   (535)  2004 
Villa Borega
 Las Vegas NV  (9,863)  2,896   8,774      1,026   2,896   9,800   12,696   (4,308)  1997 
Alpine Lake
 Corinth NY  (13,552)  4,783   14,125   153   331   4,936   14,456   19,392   (2,623)  2005 
Brennan Beach
 Pulaski NY  (20,032)  7,325   21,141   0   5,106   7,325   26,247   33,572   (4,108)  2005 
Greenwood Village
 Manorville NY  (25,089)  3,667   9,414   484   4,514   4,151   13,928   18,080   (5,423)  1998 
Lake George Escape
 Lake George NY     3,562   10,708      499   3,562   11,207   14,769   (2,140)  2005 
Lake George Schroon Valley
 Warrensburg NY     540   1,626      17   540   1,643   2,183   (159)  2008 
Rondout Valley Resort
 Accord NY     1,115   3,240      45   1,115   3,285   4,400   (517)  2006 
Kenisee Lake
 Jefferson OH     295   696   4   98   299   793   1,092   (153)  2004 
Wilmington
 Wilmington OH     235   555   3   73   238   628   866   (124)  2004 
Bend
 Bend OR     733   1,729   10   257   743   1,986   2,729   (387)  2004 
Falcon Wood Village
 Eugene OR  (4,950)  1,112   3,426      505   1,112   3,931   5,044   (1,708)  1997 
Mt. Hood
 Welches OR     1,817   5,733      114   1,817   5,847   7,664   (1,770)  2002 
Pacific City
 Cloverdale OR     1,076   2,539   15   710   1,091   3,249   4,340   (628)  2004 
Quail Hollow
 Fairview OR        3,249      434      3,683   3,683   (1,630)  1997 
Seaside
 Seaside OR     891   2,101   12   448   903   2,549   3,452   (483)  2004 
Shadowbrook
 Clackamas OR  (6,017)  1,197   3,693      401   1,197   4,094   5,291   (1,855)  1997 
South Jetty
 Florence OR     678   1,598   9   86   687   1,684   2,371   (337)  2004 
Whalers Rest
 South Beach OR     754   1,777   10   434   764   2,212   2,975   (411)  2004 
Appalachian
 Shartlesville PA     1,666   5,044      362   1,666   5,406   7,073   (721)  2006 
Circle M
 Lancaster PA     347   1,041   (17)  224   330   1,265   1,595   (171)  2006 

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Schedule III
 

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Dutch County
 Manheim PA     88   278      62   88   340   428   (49)  2006 
Gettysburg Farm
 Dover PA     111   350      40   111   390   501   (56)  2006 
Green Acres
 Breinigsville PA  (29,303)  2,680   7,479      3,911   2,680   11,390   14,070   (7,397)  1988 
Hershey
 Lebanon PA     1,284   3,028   17   651   1,301   3,679   4,980   (698)  2004 
Robin Hill
 Lenhartsville PA     1,263   3,786      49   1,263   3,835   5,097   (246)  2009 
Scotrun
 Scotrun PA     153   483      65   153   548   701   (78)  2006 
Spring Gulch
 New Holland PA  (4,320)  1,593   4,795      168   1,593   4,963   6,556   (1,172)  2004 
Sun Valley
 Bowmansville PA     866   2,601      112   866   2,713   3,579   (170)  2009 
Timothy Lake North
 East Stroudsburg PA     311   933   (15)  133   296   1,066   1,362   (201)  2006 
Timothy Lake South
 East Stroudsburg PA     216   649   (10)  13   206   662   868   (93)  2006 
Carolina Landing
 Fair Play SC     457   1,078   6   161   463   1,239   1,703   (238)  2004 
Inlet Oaks
 Murrells Inlet SC  (4,710)  1,546   4,642      135   1,546   4,777   6,323   (745)  2006 
The Oaks at Point South
 Yemassee SC     267   810      30   267   840   1,108   (139)  2006 
Natchez Trace
 Hohenwald TN     533   1,257   7   142   540   1,399   1,939   (274)  2004 
Cherokee Landing
 Middleton TN     118   279   2   13   120   292   412   (60)  2004 
Bay Landing
 Bridgeport TX     438   1,033   6   56   444   1,089   1,533   (220)  2004 
Colorado River
 Columbus TX     466   1,099   6   80   472   1,178   1,651   (240)  2004 
Country Sunshine
 Weslaco TX     627   1,881      778   627   2,659   3,286   (607)  2004 
Fun n Sun RV
 San Benito TX     2,533   5,560   412   5,543   2,945   11,103   14,048   (4,689)  1998 
Lake Conroe
 Willis TX     1,363   3,214   18   1,261   1,381   4,474   5,855   (820)  2004 
Lake Tawakoni
 Point TX     691   1,629   9   163   700   1,792   2,492   (355)  2004 
Lake Texoma
 Gordonville TX     488   1,151   6   503   494   1,653   2,148   (302)  2004 
Lake Whitney
 Whitney TX     679   1,602   10   280   689   1,882   2,571   (362)  2004 
Lakewood
 Harlingen TX     325   979      116   325   1,095   1,421   (276)  2004 
Medina Lake
 Lakehills TX     936   2,208   13   666   949   2,874   3,823   (554)  2004 
Paradise Park RV
 Harlingen TX     1,568   4,705      453   1,568   5,158   6,727   (1,148)  2004 
Paradise South
 Mercedes TX     448   1,345      223   448   1,568   2,015   (349)  2004 
Southern Comfort
 Weslaco TX     1,108   3,323      251   1,108   3,574   4,681   (816)  2004 
Sunshine RV
 Harlingen TX     1,494   4,484      833   1,494   5,317   6,811   (1,142)  2004 
Tropic Winds
 Harlingen TX     1,221   3,809      374   1,221   4,183   5,404   (1,220)  2002 
All Seasons
 Salt Lake City UT  (3,323)  510   1,623      409   510   2,032   2,542   (903)  1997 
St. George
 Hurricane UT     64   264         64   264   327   (5)  2010 
Westwood Village
 Farr West UT  (10,655)  1,346   4,179      1,653   1,346   5,832   7,177   (2,609)  1997 
Chesapeake Bay
 Cloucester VA     1,230   2,900   16   587   1,246   3,487   4,733   (669)  2004 
Harbor View
 Colonial Beach VA     64   202      301   64   503   567   (66)  2006 

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Schedule III
 

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
 
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
December 31, 2010
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
            Costs Capitalized
          
            Subsequent to
  Gross Amount Carried
       
         Initial Cost to
  Acquisition
  at Close of
       
         Company  (Improvements)  Period 12/31/10       
            Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Depreciable
     Accumulated
  Date of
 
Real Estate Location   Encumbrances  Land  Property  Land  Property  Land  Property  Total  Depreciation  Acquisition 
Lynchburg
 Gladys VA     266   627   3   125   269   752   1,021   (141)  2004 
Meadows of Chantilly
 Chantilly VA  (33,344)  5,430   16,440      6,371   5,430   22,811   28,241   (11,354)  1994 
Virginia Landing
 Quinby VA     602   1,419   8   115   610   1,534   2,144   (312)  2004 
Williamsburg
 Williamsburg VA     111   350      41   111   391   501   (58)  2006 
Birch Bay
 Blaine WA     502   1,185   7   30   509   1,215   1,724   (252)  2004 
Cascade
 Snoqualmie WA     822   1,939   11   253   833   2,192   3,025   (427)  2004 
Chehalis
 Chehalis WA     590   1,392   8   302   598   1,694   2,292   (326)  2004 
Crescent Bar
 Quincy WA     314   741   4   146   318   886   1,205   (154)  2004 
Grandy Creek
 Concrete WA     475   1,425   0   80   475   1,505   1,980   (146)  2008 
Kloshe Illahee
 Federal Way WA  (17,166)  2,408   7,286      549   2,408   7,835   10,243   (3,465)  1997 
La Conner
 La Conner WA     600   1,416   8   576   608   1,992   2,600   (368)  2004 
Leavenworth
 Leavenworth WA     786   1,853   10   330   796   2,183   2,980   (418)  2004 
Little Diamond
 Newport WA     353   834   5   406   358   1,239   1,598   (184)  2004 
Long Beach
 Seaview WA     321   758   5   143   326   901   1,226   (167)  2004 
Mount Vernon
 Bow WA     621   1,464   8   451   629   1,915   2,544   (363)  2004 
Oceana
 Oceana City WA     283   668   4   49   287   717   1,004   (139)  2004 
Paradise
 Silver Creek WA     466   1,099   6   138   472   1,237   1,709   (245)  2004 
Tall Chief
 Fall City WA     313   946         313   946   1,260   (22)  2010 
Thunderbird
 Monroe WA     500   1,178   6   127   506   1,305   1,811   (255)  2004 
Arrowhead
 Wisconsin Dells WI     522   1,616      145   522   1,761   2,283   (255)  2006 
Fremont
 Fremont WI  (3,942)  1,437   4,296      277   1,437   4,573   6,010   (969)  2004 
Plymouth Rock
 Elkhart Lake WI  (6,628)  2,293   6,879      41   2,293   6,920   9,214   (446)  2009 
Tranquil Timbers
 Sturgeon Bay WI     714   2,152      158   714   2,310   3,024   (351)  2006 
Yukon Trails
 Lyndon Station WI     556   1,629      127   556   1,756   2,312   (375)  2004 
                                             
Subtotal of Properties Held for Long Term
      (1,412,884)  538,857   1,573,116   5,605   352,297   544,462   1,925,414   2,469,876   (677,602)    
                                             
Realty Systems, Inc. 
      (36)           96,424      96,424   96,424   (9,502)  2002 
Management Business and other
             436      18,252      18,687   18,687   (13,561)  1990 
                                             
      $(1,412,919) $538,857  $1,573,552  $5,605  $466,973  $544,462  $2,040,525  $2,584,987  $(700,665)    
                                             
 
 
NOTES:
 
(1)For depreciable property, the Company uses a30-yearestimated life for buildings acquired and structural and land improvements, aten-to-fifteenyear estimated life for building upgrades and a three-to-seven year estimated life for furniture and fixtures.

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(2)The schedule excludes Properties in which the Company has a non-controlling joint venture interest and accounts for using the equity method of accounting.
 
(3)The aggregate cost of land and depreciable property for federal income tax purposes was approximately $2.6 billion, unaudited, as of December 31, 2010.
 
(4)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, 2010
(amounts in thousands)
 
The changes in total real estate for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 were as follows:
 
             
  2010  2009  2008 
 
Balance, beginning of year
 $2,538,215  $2,491,021  $2,396,115 
Acquisitions
  2,796   18,879   11,540 
Improvements
  48,629   30,114   25,593 
Dispositions and other
  (4,653)  (8,526)  (24)
Inventory reclassification
     6,727   57,797 
             
Balance, end of year
 $2,584,987  $2,538,215  $2,491,021 
             
 
The changes in accumulated depreciation for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 were as follows:
 
             
  2010  2009(a)  2008(b) 
 
Balance, beginning of year
 $629,768  $561,104  $494,211 
Depreciation expense
  72,128   72,419   66,893 
Dispositions and other
  (1,231)  (3,755)   
             
Balance, end of year
 $700,665  $629,768  $561,104 
             
 
 
(a) Includes approximately $2.4 million of depreciation from rental operations included in Ancillary services revenues, net.
 
(b) Depreciation expense excludes approximately $0.8 million of unamortized lease costs expenses related to the termination of the Privileged Access lease and includes approximately $1.2 million of depreciation from rental operations included in Ancillary services revenues, net.

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