Joint Venture Debt Outstanding - The amount of debt outstanding at each of the unconsolidated joint ventures.

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Area of a real estate property.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)

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Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures (Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Partnership Interest [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Partnership Interest [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Charlotte [Member] sqft	May 30, 2013 Charlotte [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Deer Park [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Deer Park Warehouse [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 Galveston/Houston [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Galveston/Houston [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 National Harbor [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 National Harbor [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 RioCan Canda [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 RioCan Canda [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 Westgate [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Westgate [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 Wisconsin Dells [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Wisconsin Dells [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 Other [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Other [Member] sqft
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership %					50.00%	50.00%	33.30%	33.30%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	58.00%	58.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Square Feet					0		741,981	29,253	347,930	352,705	0	0	434,162	434,562	331,739	332,234	265,086	265,086	0	0
Carrying Value of Investment (in millions)	$ 136.9	$ 126.6	$ 136.9	$ 126.6	$ 5.9		$ 3.0	$ 0	$ 7.7	$ 36.7	$ 17.5	$ 2.6	$ 86.7	$ 62.2	$ 16.4	$ 19.1	$ 2.5	$ 2.8	$ 0.2	$ 0.2
Total Joint Venture Debt (in millions)	$ 179.2	$ 325.2			$ 0		$ 246.9	$ 1.9	$ 65.0	$ 0	$ 28.1	$ 0	$ 18.8	$ 20.1	$ 43.0	$ 32.0	$ 24.3	$ 24.3	$ 0	$ 0