Restructuring Costs and Other Items	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Restructuring Costs and Other Items	18. Restructuring Costs and Other Items In 2009, our Board of Trustees completed their review of financial and strategic alternatives. Also during 2009, we resolved a proxy contest. Costs incurred for the strategic review and proxy contest were $3.2 million which included costs for severance and other salary related costs for employees who were terminated for the year ended December 31, 2009. In addition, we abandoned the Northpointe Town Center project in Jackson, Michigan in the fourth quarter of 2009, resulting in a non-recurring charge of $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. There were no similar costs incurred in 2011 or 2010.

Restructuring Costs and Other Items

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

18. Restructuring Costs and Other Items

In 2009, our Board of Trustees completed their review of financial and strategic alternatives. Also during 2009, we resolved a proxy contest. Costs incurred for the strategic review and proxy contest were $3.2 million which included costs for severance and other salary related costs for employees who were terminated for the year ended December 31, 2009. In addition, we abandoned the Northpointe Town Center project in Jackson, Michigan in the fourth quarter of 2009, resulting in a non-recurring charge of $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2009.

There were no similar costs incurred in 2011 or 2010.

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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