Noncontrolling Interests

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

16. Noncontrolling Interests

The following table summarizes the effect of changes in our ownership interest in subsidiaries on the equity attributable to common shareholders for each of the years ended December 31:

		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2011		2010		2009
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	49,379	$	23,216	$	(50,800	)
Transfers from the noncontrolling interests:
Increase in equity for conversion of operating partnership units		592		3,528		3,761
Increase in equity from purchase of noncontrolling interests		—		—		647

Change in common equity and net transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	49,971	$	26,744	$	(46,392	)

- Definition

The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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