Interim Financial Statements (Details)	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of urban and suburban shopping centers in the Company's owned portfolio	23
Number of states in which the Company has shopping centers	10
Westfarms [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (in hundredths)	79.00%	79.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 159
-Paragraph 18
-Subparagraph f

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher AICPA
-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)
-Number 18
-Paragraph 20
-Subparagraph a (1)

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