Commitments to Acquire/Dispose of Real Estate Commitments To Acquire/Dispose of Real Estate (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Real Estate To Be Acquired Table Text Block [Table Text Block]

The Company has entered into separate agreements to acquire the following (purchase price in thousands):

	Properties	Apartment Units	Purchase Price
Rental Properties	1	202	$	131,250
Land Parcels (four)	—	—	31,100
Total	1	202	$	162,350

Real Estate To Be Disposed Table Text Block

In addition to the properties that were subsequently disposed of as discussed in Note 18, the Company has entered into separate agreements to dispose of the following (sales price in thousands):

	Properties	Apartment Units	Sales Price
Rental Properties (1)	1	150	$	169,800
Total	1	150	$	169,800

(1) Includes a 193,230 square foot office building under contract to be sold for approximately $123.3 million which is adjacent to our Longfellow Place property located in Boston and acquired in 1999.