<ARTICLE> 5 <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-2000 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-2000 <CASH> 43,790 <SECURITIES> 52,193 <RECEIVABLES> 45,453 <ALLOWANCES> 3,850 <INVENTORY> 0 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 0 <PP&E> 3,083,983 <DEPRECIATION> 376,097 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 3,145,981 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 0 <BONDS> 1,288,266 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 1,318 <COMMON> 630 <OTHER-SE> 1,697,904 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 3,145,981 <SALES> 342,949 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 342,949 <CGS> 83,876 <TOTAL-COSTS> 83,876 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 68,575 <INCOME-PRETAX> 151,167 <INCOME-TAX> 0 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 151,167 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 151,167 <EPS-BASIC> 2.14 <EPS-DILUTED> 2.12 <FN> Financial Data Schedule information has been extracted from the Registrant's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (non-classified) as of September 30, 2000 and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the nine months then ended. </FN>