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Non-controlling Interests (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Table Text Block]

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:

	2014				2013				2012
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	292,089			$	336,364			$	283,390
Transfers from the non-controlling interests:
Increase in equity for conversion and redemption of operating partnership units	52				52				8,994
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	$	292,141			$	336,416			$	272,835

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2012, we purchased the remaining non-controlling ownership interest in three fully consolidated joint ventures, comprised of 680 units located in Houston, Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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