Note 21 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Book to Tax Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012			2011
	(Estimated)			(Actual)			(Actual)
GAAP net income attributable to the Company	$	236,281		$	266,073		$	169,051
Less: GAAP net income of taxable REIT subsidiaries		(5,950	)		(5,249	)		(19,572	)
GAAP net income from REIT operations (a)		230,331			260,824			149,479
Net book depreciation in excess of tax depreciation		31,678			37,492			30,603
Deferred/prepaid/above and below market rents, net		(11,731	)		(16,050	)		(16,463	)
Book/tax differences from non-qualified stock options		(255	)		1,774			9,879
Book/tax differences from investments in real estate joint ventures		42,724			44,886			52,564
Book/tax difference on sale of property		(48,296	)		(77,853	)		1,811
Foreign income tax from Mexico capital gains		(42,641	)		-			-
Book adjustment to property carrying values and marketable equity securities		87,218			2,656			8,721
Taxable currency exchange (loss)/gain, net		(27,155	)		(2,620	)		6,502
Book/tax differences on capitalized costs		4,616			(7,205	)		3,228
Dividends from taxable REIT subsidiaries		698			2,304			15,969
Other book/tax differences, net		(4,544	)		(3,416	)		1,016
Adjusted REIT taxable income	$	262,643		$	242,792		$	263,309

Taxable Characteristics of Distributions Paid [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012			2011
Preferred F Dividends
Ordinary income	$	-	-%	$	9,116	94%	$	11,638	100%
Capital gain		-	-%		582	6%		-	-%
	$	-	-%	$	9,698	100%	$	11,638	100%
Preferred G Dividends
Ordinary income	$	-	-%	$	33,046	94%	$	35,650	100%
Capital gain		-	-%		2,109	6%		-	-%
	$	-	-%	$	35,155	100%	$	35,650	100%
Preferred H Dividends
Ordinary income	$	8,694	72%	$	11,351	94%	$	13,584	100%
Capital gain		3,381	28%		725	6%		-	-%
	$	12,075	100%	$	12,076	100%	$	13,584	100%
Preferred I Dividends
Ordinary income	$	17,280	72%	$	12,847	94%	$	-	-%
Capital gain		6,720	28%		820	6%		-	-%
	$	24,000	100%	$	13,667	100%	$	-	-%
Preferred J Dividends
Ordinary income	$	8,910	72%	$	2,585	94%	$	-	-%
Capital gain		3,465	28%		165	6%		-	-%
	$	12,375	100%	$	2,750	100%	$	-	-%
Preferred K Dividends
Ordinary income	$	6,064	72%	$	-	-%	$	-	-%
Capital gain		2,358	28%		-	-%		-	-%
	$	8,422	100%	$	-	-%	$	-	-%
Common Dividends
Ordinary income	$	158,001	46%	$	222,751	72%	$	208,832	71%
Capital Gain		61,827	18%		15,469	5%		-	-%
Return of capital		123,654	36%		71,156	23%		84,060	29%
	$	343,482	100%	$	309,376	100%	$	292,892	100%
Total dividends distributed	$	400,354		$	382,722		$	353,764

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012			2011
Income/(loss) before income taxes – U.S.	$	(4,849	)	$	8,390		$	36,077
(Provision)/benefit for income taxes, net:
Federal :
Current		(1,647	)		(503	)		(2,463	)
Deferred		9,725			(535	)		(10,635	)
Federal tax (provision)/benefit		8,078			(1,038	)		(13,098	)
State and local:
Current		1,159			(1,543	)		(1,343	)
Deferred		1,562			(560	)		(2,064	)
State tax (provision)/benefit		2,721			(2,103	)		(3,407	)
Total tax (provision)/benefit – U.S.		10,799			(3,141	)		(16,505	)
Net income from U.S. taxable REIT subsidiaries	$	5,950		$	5,249		$	19,572
Income before taxes – Non-U.S.	$	188,215		$	33,842		$	63,154
(Provision)/benefit for Non-U.S. income taxes:
Current	$	(30,102	)	$	5,790		$	(4,484	)
Deferred		2,045			1,239			2,784
Non-U.S. tax provision	$	(28,057	)	$	7,029		$	(1,700	)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012
Deferred tax assets:
Tax/GAAP basis differences	$	50,133		$	68,623
Net operating losses		72,716			43,483
Related party deferred losses		6,214			6,214
Tax credit carryforwards		3,773			3,815
Capital loss carryforwards		3,867			647
Charitable contribution carryforwards		-			3
Non-U.S. tax/GAAP basis differences		50,920			62,548
Valuation allowance – U.S.		(25,045	)		(33,783	)
Valuation allowance – Non-U.S.		(38,667	)		(38,129	)
Total deferred tax assets		123,911			113,421
Deferred tax liabilities – U.S.		(21,302	)		(9,933	)
Deferred tax liabilities – Non-U.S.		(11,367	)		(13,263	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	91,242		$	90,225

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012			2011
Federal (benefit)/provision at statutory tax rate (35%)	$	(1,697	)	$	2,936		$	12,627
State and local (benefit)/provision, net of federal benefit		(205	)		230			1,683
Acquisition of FNC		(9,126	)		-			-
Other		229			(25	)		2,195
Total tax (benefit)/provision – U.S.	$	(10,799	)	$	3,141		$	16,505

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012
Balance, beginning of year	$	16,890		$	16,901
Increases for tax positions related to current year		15			3,079
Reductions due to lapsed statute of limitations		-			(3,090	)
Reduction due to adoption of ASU 2013-11(a)		(12,315	)		-
Balance, end of year	$	4,590		$	16,890