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Amount of other revenues, not previously identified, attributable to the discontinued operation of an entity during the reporting period.

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Amount of property expenses attributable to the discontinued operations of an entity during the reporting period.

No definition available.

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Amount of tenant reimbursement attributable to the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation).

No definition available.

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Element represents income (loss) from discontinued operations of real estate acquired for resale by a subsidiary, net of income tax, as a component of income before extraordinary items and accounting changes before amount of possible allocation to noncontrolling interests. Includes (net of tax): income (loss) from operations for phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, provision (or any reversals of) for loss on disposal, and adjustments of a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of investment properties classified as held for sale.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of properties not previously classified as held for sale and included in income from continuing operations.

No definition available.

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Represent the number of properties previously held for sale and included in income from discontinued operations.

No definition available.

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Amount of expense from discontinued operations, that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible and intangible assets over the assets' useful lives.

No definition available.

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Amount of gain (loss), after tax expense or benefit and not previously recognized, resulting from the sale of a business component.

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Amount of rental income attributable to the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation).

No definition available.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Amount of income (loss) from a disposal group, net of income tax, reported as a separate component of income before extraordinary items after deduction or consideration of the amount allocable to noncontrolling interests. Includes, net of tax, income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, provision (or any reversals of earlier provisions) for loss on disposal, and adjustments of a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Per basic and diluted share amount, after tax, of income (loss) from the day-to-day business activities of the discontinued operation and gain (loss) from the disposal of the discontinued operation, when the per share amount is the same.

No definition available.