Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

Declaration of Distributions

The General Partner's board of directors declared the following distributions at its regularly scheduled board meeting held on January 25, 2012:

Class	Quarterly Amount/Unit		Record Date	Payment Date
Common	$	0.170000	February 15, 2012	February 29, 2012
Preferred (per depositary unit):
Series J	$	0.414063	February 15, 2012	February 29, 2012
Series K	$	0.406250	February 15, 2012	February 29, 2012
Series L	$	0.412500	February 15, 2012	February 29, 2012
Series M	$	0.434375	March 21, 2012	April 2, 2012
Series O	$	0.523438	March 21, 2012	April 2, 2012

On February 2, 2012, the General Partner called all of its outstanding 6.95% Series M Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the "Series M Preferred Shares") for redemption. The redemption date is March 5, 2012 and it will pay cash of $168.3 million, plus accrued dividends, to the holders of the Series M Preferred Shares.