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Related Party Transactions (UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P.) (United Dominion Reality L.P. [Member])
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
United Dominion Reality L.P. [Member]
  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Receivable due from the General Partner
The Operating Partnership participates in the General Partner’s central cash management program, wherein all the Operating Partnership’s cash receipts are remitted to the General Partner and all cash disbursements are funded by the General Partner. In addition, other miscellaneous costs such as administrative expenses are incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Operating Partnership. As a result of these various transactions between the Operating Partnership and the General Partner, the Operating Partnership had net receivable balances of $56.1 million and $193.6 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, which is reflected as a reduction of capital on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Allocation of General and Administrative Expenses
The General Partner provides various general and administrative and other overhead services for the Operating Partnership including legal assistance, acquisitions analysis, marketing and advertising, and allocates these expenses to the Operating Partnership first on the basis of direct usage when identifiable, with the remainder allocated based on its pro-rata portion of UDR’s total apartment homes. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, the general and administrative expenses allocated to the Operating Partnership by UDR were $7.1 million and $14.6 million and $7.1 million and $13.6 million, respectively, and are included in “General and Administrative” and “Property Management” expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. In the opinion of management, this method of allocation reflects the level of services received by the Operating Partnership from the General Partner.
Management Fee
In 2011, the Operating Partnership entered into a management agreement with the Taxable REIT Subsidiaries ("TRS") of the General Partner. The TRS charges the Operating Partnership 2.75% of gross rental revenues. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 , the Operating Partnership incurred $2.8 million and $5.5 million of related party management fees, and is included in "Other operating expenses" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.


Guaranties by the General Partner
The Operating Partnership provided a “bottom dollar” guaranty to certain limited partners as part of their original contribution to the Operating Partnership. The guaranty protects the tax basis of the underlying contribution and is reflected on the OP unitholder’s Schedule K-1 tax form. The guaranty was made in the form of a note payable issued by the Operating Partnership to the General Partner at an annual interest rate of 1.998% at June 30, 2012 and 1.14% at December 31, 2011. Interest payments are made monthly and the note is due December 31, 2012. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the note payable due to the General Partner was $83.3 million.
In 2011, the Operating Partnership also provided a guaranty in conjunction with 1,802,239 OP Units issued in partial consideration to the seller for the acquisition of an operating community. The guaranty was made in the form of a note payable issued by the Operating Partnership to the General Partner at an annual interest rate of 5.337%. Interest payments are due monthly and the note matures on August 31, 2021. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the note payable due to the General Partner was $5.5 million.