<ARTICLE> 5 <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1999 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1999 <CASH> 32,932 <SECURITIES> 27,691 <RECEIVABLES> 39,848 <ALLOWANCES> 2,950 <INVENTORY> 0 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 0 <PP&E> 2,849,838 <DEPRECIATION> 310,840 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 2,913,658 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 0 <BONDS> 1,140,844 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 1,329 <COMMON> 607 <OTHER-SE> 1,603,020 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 2,913,658 <SALES> 324,992 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 324,992 <CGS> 84,692 <TOTAL-COSTS> 84,692 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 62,872 <INCOME-PRETAX> 127,543 <INCOME-TAX> 0 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 127,543 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 127,543 <EPS-BASIC> 1.78 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.77 <FN> Financial Data Schedule information has been extracted from the Registrant's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (non-classified) as of September 30, 1999 and the Consolidated Statement of Income for the nine months then ended. </FN>