Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Schedule of Contractural 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, 2014:

(Payments)/Receipts Due by Year (in thousands)
	2015			2016			2017			2018			2019			Thereafter			Total
Operating Leases:
Minimum Rent Payments (a)	$	(15,268	)	$	(15,385	)	$	(15,318	)	$	(15,298	)	$	(15,224	)	$	(860,071	)	$	(936,564	)
Minimum Rent Receipts (b)	65,087			58,860			53,448			43,987			37,545			192,455			451,382
Other Long-Term Liabilities:
Deferred Compensation (c)	(1,382		)	(1,714		)	(1,714		)	(1,714		)	(1,120		)	(5,149		)	(12,793		)

(a) Minimum basic rent due for various office space the Company leases and fixed base rent due on ground leases for 14 properties/parcels.

(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.