Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Schedule of Contractual Obligations [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations for minimum rent payments under operating leases and deferred compensation for the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2015:

(Payments)/Receipts Due by Year (in thousands)
	2016			2017			2018			2019			2020			Thereafter			Total
Operating Leases:
Minimum Rent Payments (a)	$	(15,723	)	$	(15,721	)	$	(15,712	)	$	(15,567	)	$	(15,158	)	$	(839,521	)	$	(917,402	)
Minimum Rent Receipts (b)	70,360			56,759			50,134			45,956			42,050			210,149			475,408
Other Long-Term Liabilities:
Deferred Compensation (c)	(1,387		)	(1,724		)	(1,724		)	(1,130		)	(1,080		)	(4,797		)	(11,842		)

(a) Minimum basic rent due for various office space the Company leases and fixed base rent due on ground leases for 12 properties.

(b) Minimum basic rent receipts due for various retail/commercial space where the Company is the lessor.

(c) Estimated payments to the Company's Chairman, Vice Chairman and one former CEO based on actual and planned retirement dates.