Noncontrolling Interests

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

15. Non-controlling 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:



	2013		2012			2011
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	336,364	$	283,390		$	49,379
Transfers from the non-controlling interests:
Increase in equity for conversion and redemption of operating partnership units	52		8,994			592
Decrease in additional paid-in-capital for acquisition of remaining non-controlling interests in three consolidated joint ventures (1)	—		(19,549		)	—
Change in common equity and net transfers from non-controlling interests	$	336,416	$	272,835		$	49,971

(1) Refer to Note 7, "Acquisitions and Discontinued Operations" for further discussions of acquisition.

- 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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