Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables) [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	As of December 31, 2014										As of December 31, 2013
Venture	Average Ownership Interest		Number of Properties		GLA		Gross Real Estate		The Company's Investment		Average Ownership Interest		Number of Properties		GLA		Gross Real Estate		The Company's Investment
Prudential Investment Program (“KimPru” and “KimPru II”) (1) (2)		15.0%		60		10.6	$	2,728.9	$	178.6		15.0%		60		10.6	$	2,724.0	$	179.7
Kimco Income Opportunity Portfolio (“KIR”) (2) (3)		48.6%		54		11.5		1,488.2		152.1		48.6%		57		12.0		1,496.0		163.6
Kimstone (2) (5)		33.3%		39		5.6		1,098.7		98.1		33.3%		39		5.6		1,095.3		100.3
BIG Shopping Centers (2) (6) *		50.1%		6		1.0		151.6		-		37.9%		21		3.4		520.1		29.5
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP”) (2) (7)		55.0%		7		2.4		504.0		188.9		55.0%		6		2.4		437.4		144.8
Kimco Income Fund (“KIF”) (2) (8)		-		-		-		-		-		39.5%		12		1.5		288.7		50.6
SEB Immobilien (2) (9)		15.0%		3		0.4		86.0		2.5		15.0%		13		1.8		361.9		0.9
Other Institutional Programs (2) (10) (11)	Various			50		1.4		327.8		8.5	Various			56		2.1		385.3		16.8
RioCan		50.0%		45		9.3		1,205.8		159.8		50.0%		45		9.3		1,314.3		156.3
Latin America (15)	Various			13		0.1		91.2		24.4	Various			28		3.7		313.2		156.7
Other Joint Venture Programs (20) (23)	Various			60		9.5		1,401.2		224.3	Various			75		11.5		1,548.9		257.8
Total				337		51.8	$	9,083.4	$	1,037.2				412		63.9	$	10,485.1	$	1,257.0

Joint Venture Investments Accounted for Under the Equity Method Debt Details [Table Text Block]

	As of December 31, 2014							As of December 31, 2013
Venture	Mortgages and Notes Payable		Average Interest Rate			Average Remaining Term (months)**		Mortgages and Notes Payable		Average Interest Rate			Average Remaining Term (months)**
KimPru and KimPru II	$	920.4		5.53	%		23.0	$	923.4		5.53	%		35.0
KIR		866.4		5.04	%		61.9		889.1		5.05	%		75.1
Kimstone		704.4		4.45	%		28.7		749.9		4.62	%		39.3
BIG Shopping Centers		144.6		5.52	%		22.0		406.5		5.39	%		40.1
CPP		112.1		5.05	%		10.1		138.6		5.23	%		19.0
Kimco Income Fund		-		-			-		158.0		5.45	%		8.7
SEB Immobilien		50.2		4.06	%		35.7		243.8		5.11	%		43.3
RioCan		642.6		4.29	%		39.9		743.7		4.59	%		48.0
Other Institutional Programs		223.1		5.47	%		20.8		272.9		5.32	%		31.0
Other Joint Venture Programs		927.5		5.31	%		58.6		1,063.1		5.53	%		60.6
Total	$	4,591.3						$	5,589.0

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014		2013
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	5,410.3	$	6,601.8
Other assets		208.6		390.1
	$	5,618.9	$	6,991.9
Liabilities and Partners’/Members’ Capital:
Mortgages payable	$	3,061.3	$	3,956.2
Construction loans		21.0		-
Other liabilities		87.6		102.0
Noncontrolling interests		21.4		19.2
Partners’/Members’ capital		2,427.6		2,914.5
	$	5,618.9	$	6,991.9

Schedule of Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Revenues from rental property	$	655.8		$	873.3		$	1,009.2
Operating expenses		(201.2	)		(279.7	)		(330.6	)
Interest expense		(169.3	)		(228.5	)		(281.3	)
Depreciation and amortization		(187.3	)		(224.0	)		(258.4	)
Impairment charges		(20.0	)		(32.3	)		(17.0	)
Other expense, net		(11.6	)		(13.8	)		(19.8	)
		(589.4	)		(778.3	)		(907.1	)
Income from continuing operations		66.4			95.0			102.1
Discontinued Operations:
Income/(loss) from discontinued operations		2.6			12.2			(9.1	)
Impairment on dispositions of properties		0.5			(5.0	)		(21.1	)
Gain on dispositions of properties		466.6			223.4			94.5
Net income	$	536.1		$	325.6		$	166.4

KIR [Member] | Income [Member]

Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables) [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Revenues from rental property	$	201.6		$	197.0		$	190.6
Operating expenses		(57.7	)		(53.7	)		(50.8	)
Interest expense		(46.1	)		(47.8	)		(54.0	)
Depreciation and amortization		(39.2	)		(38.8	)		(38.8	)
Impairment charges		(3.1	)		-			-
Other expense, net		(1.5	)		(0.6	)		(1.3	)
		(147.6	)		(140.9	)		(144.9	)
Income from continuing operations		54.0			56.1			45.7
Discontinued Operations:
Income from discontinued operations		0.2			1.9			2.6
Impairment on dispositions of properties		(4.3	)		(9.8	)		(0.1	)
Gain on dispositions of properties		4.5			6.1			-
Net income	$	54.4		$	54.3		$	48.2

KIR [Member] | Balance Sheet [Member]

Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables) [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014		2013
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	1,024.3	$	1,064.2
Other assets		80.5		81.9
	$	1,104.8	$	1,146.1
Liabilities and Members’ Capital:
Mortgages payable	$	866.4	$	889.1
Other liabilities	19.8			21.8
Members’ capital		218.6		235.2
	$	1,104.8	$	1,146.1

RioCan [Member] | Income [Member]

Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables) [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Revenues from rental properties	$	202.5		$	209.9		$	213.3
Operating expenses		(74.6	)		(76.9	)		(78.1	)
Interest expense		(31.9	)		(40.1	)		(51.9	)
Depreciation and amortization		(33.5	)		(36.0	)		(37.3	)
Other (expense)/income, net		(1.3	)		(1.8	)		14.7
		(141.3	)		(154.8	)		(152.6	)
Net income	$	61.2		$	55.1		$	60.7

RioCan [Member] | Balance Sheet [Member]

Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables) [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014		2013
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	987.4	$	1,106.2
Other assets		40.7		43.8
	$	1,028.1	$	1,150.0
Liabilities and Members' Capital:
Mortgages payable	$	642.6	$	743.7
Other liabilities		13.1		13.0
Members' capital		372.4		393.3
	$	1,028.1	$	1,150.0

Income [Member]

Note 7 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables) [Line Items]

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2014			2013		2012
KimPru and KimPru II (1)	$	8.1		$	9.1	$	7.4
KIR (3)(4)		26.5			25.3		23.4
Kimstone (5)		2.0			3.6		-
BIG Shopping Centers (6)		22.5			3.0		(3.7	)
CPP		7.1			5.8		5.3
KIF (8)		0.9			3.3		1.7
SEB Immobilien (9)		0.8			1.1		0.7
Other Institutional Programs (10-13)		2.6			3.2		5.5
RioCan (14)		30.6			27.6		30.4
Latin America (15- 19)		(3.8	)		103.1		15.8
Other Joint Venture Programs (20- 28)		62.3			23.6		26.4
Total	$	159.6		$	208.7	$	112.9