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Description Of Business | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Description Of Business | 1. Description of Business Business. Formed on May 25, 1993, Camden Property Trust, a Texas real estate investment trust (“REIT”), is primarily engaged in the ownership, management, development, acquisition, and construction of multifamily apartment communities. Our multifamily apartment communities are referred to as “communities,” “multifamily communities,” “properties,” or “multifamily properties” in the following discussion. As of September 30, 2013, we owned interests in, operated, or were developing 192 multifamily properties comprised of 66,278 apartment homes across the United States. Of the 192 properties, 12 properties were under construction, and when completed will consist of a total of 3,644 apartment homes. In addition, we own land holdings we may develop into multifamily apartment communities in the future.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 + Details
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