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Description Of Business (Details) | Mar. 31, 2012
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Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Number of multifamily communities comprising of apartment homes | 204
Total number of apartment homes in multifamily communities | 69,111
Number of multifamily properties under development | 7
Total number of apartment homes in multifamily properties upon completion of development | 2,086

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