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Income Taxes: (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Taxes:

Schedule of components of distributions made to common stockholders on a per share basis

		2011						2010						2009
Ordinary income		$	0.85			41.5	%	$	0.57			27.1	%	$	0.09			3.3	%
Capital gains			0.01			0.5	%		0.04			1.9	%		1.12			43.2	%
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain			0.04			2.0	%		—			0.0	%		0.93			35.8	%
Return of capital			1.15			56.0	%		1.49			71.0	%		0.46			17.7	%
Dividends paid		$	2.05			100.0	%	$	2.10			100.0	%	$	2.60			100.0	%

Schedule of income tax benefit (provision) of TRSs

		2011			2010			2009
Current		$	—		$	(11	)	$	(264	)
Deferred			6,110			9,213			5,025
Income tax benefit		$	6,110		$	9,202		$	4,761

Reconciliation of income tax benefit (provision) of the TRSs to the amount computed by applying the federal corporate tax rate

		2011			2010			2009
Book loss for TRSs		$	(19,558	)	$	(19,896	)	$	(15,371	)
Tax at statutory rate on earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		$	6,650		$	6,765		$	5,226
Other			(540	)		2,437			(465	)
Income tax benefit		$	6,110		$	9,202		$	4,761

Schedule of tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards of the TRSs included in net deferred tax assets

		2011			2010
Net operating loss carryforwards		$	29,045		$	20,292
Property, primarily differences in depreciation and amortization, the tax basis of land assets and treatment of certain other costs			(4,442	)		(3,097	)
Other			2,226			2,330
Net deferred tax assets		$	26,829		$	19,525

Reconciliation of the unrecognized tax benefits

		2011			2010			2009
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year		$	—		$	2,420		$	2,201
Gross increases for tax positions of current year			—			—			651
Gross decreases for tax positions of current year			—			(2,420	)		(432	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year		$	—		$	—		$	2,420

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