Available-for-Sale Securities Available-for-sale securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]

The contractual maturities of available-for sale securities were as follows, with none held at December 31, 2014:

	December 31, 2015
(in thousands)	Less than 12 months		1-3 Years	Over 3 Years	Total
Certificates of deposit	$	1,251	—	250	1,501
Corporate bonds	251		4,121	2,049	6,421
	$	1,502	4,121	2,299	7,922

During the year ended ended December 31, 2014, the Company acquired shares of AmREIT common stock for a total investment of $14.3 million. Subsequently during the year, Regency liquidated its equity position in AmREIT for total proceeds of $22.1 million and incurred $1.8 million of pursuit costs, which are recognized within other operating expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Available-for-sale Securities [Table Text Block]

Available-for-sale securities consist of investments held by our wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary, which is required to maintain statutory minimum capital and surplus; therefore our access to these securities may be limited. Available-for-sale securities are included in other assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, and consist of the following:

	December 31, 2015
(in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Gains in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Losses in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Estimated Fair Value
Certificates of deposit	$	1,500	1	—		1,501
Corporate bonds	6,465		—	(44	)	6,421
	$	7,965	1	(44	)	7,922