Note 6 - Stock Transactions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Shareholders' Equity and Share-based Payments [Text Block]	6. Stock Transactions During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, three limited partners exchanged a total of 449,000 O.P. units for 449,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the terms of the Exchange Rights Agreement among the Company and all limited partners of the operating partnerships resulting in a reclassification of approximately $3,266 from noncontrolling interests to stockholders’ equity. Neither the Company nor the operating partnerships received any proceeds from the issuance of the common stock in exchange for O.P. units. Under the limited partnership agreements, each exchange is treated as the purchase of additional O.P. units of the general partner interest by the Company in exchange for stock, and the contribution of additional capital to the partnership by the Company equal in amount to the value of the stock issued in exchange for the limited partnership interests.

Note 6 - Stock Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Shareholders' Equity and Share-based Payments [Text Block]

6. Stock Transactions

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, three limited partners exchanged a total of 449,000 O.P. units for 449,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the terms of the Exchange Rights Agreement among the Company and all limited partners of the operating partnerships resulting in a reclassification of approximately $3,266 from noncontrolling interests to stockholders’ equity. Neither the Company nor the operating partnerships received any proceeds from the issuance of the common stock in exchange for O.P. units. Under the limited partnership agreements, each exchange is treated as the purchase of additional O.P. units of the general partner interest by the Company in exchange for stock, and the contribution of additional capital to the partnership by the Company equal in amount to the value of the stock issued in exchange for the limited partnership interests.