NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]

NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Noncontrolling interests represent the portion of equity in entities consolidated in the accompanying financial statements that the Company does not own. Such noncontrolling interests are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within equity, separately from shareholders' equity.


3.	NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (continued)

Noncontrolling interests include third party interests in the Company’s Opportunity Funds and other entities. It also include interests in the Operating Partnership which represent (i) the limited partners’ 280,349 and 281,294 Common OP Units at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively; (ii) 188 Series A Preferred OP Units at both September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010; and (iii) 1,060,225 and 641,534 LTIP Units at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.