Notes Payable and Unsecured Line of Credit Notes Payable and Unsecured Line of Credit (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

The Company’s outstanding debt at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 consists of the following (in thousands):

		2011	2010
Notes payable:
Fixed rate mortgage loans	$	442,860	402,151
Variable rate mortgage loans		12,699	11,189
Fixed rate unsecured loans		1,509,781	1,671,129
Total notes payable		1,965,340	2,084,469
Unsecured line of credit		85,000	10,000
Total	$	2,050,340	2,094,469

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

As of September 30, 2011, scheduled principal payments and maturities on notes payable were as follows (in thousands):

Scheduled Principal Payments and Maturities by Year:		Scheduled Principal Payments	Mortgage Loan Maturities	Unsecured Maturities (1)		Total
2011	$	1,757	—	20,000		21,757
2012		6,998	—	192,377		199,375
2013		6,995	16,340	—		23,335
2014		6,481	29,743	150,000		186,224
2015		5,170	46,313	435,000		486,483
Beyond 5 Years		29,348	302,207	800,000		1,131,555
Unamortized debt (discounts)/premiums, net		—	4,207	(2,596	)	1,611
Total	$	56,749	398,810	1,594,781		2,050,340

⁽¹⁾ Includes unsecured public debt and the Line. The Line is included in 2015 maturities and matures in September 2015.