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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Tax Treatment of Common Dividends Per Share for Federal Tax Purposes | For income tax purposes, distributions paid to the Company's common shareholders consist of ordinary income, capital gains, return of capital or a combination thereof. Dividends per share for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were taxable as follows:
Common dividends per share: |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Ordinary income |  | $ | 0.8293 |  |  | $ | 0.7938 |  |  | $ | 0.5361 |
Return of capital |  | 0.0007 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2364 |
|  | $ | 0.8300 |  |  | $ | 0.7938 |  |  | $ | 0.7725 |
GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income to Taxable Income | The following reconciles net income available to the Company's shareholders to taxable income available to common shareholders for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Net income available to the Company's shareholders |  | $ | 53,228 |  |  | $ | 44,641 |  |  | $ | 34,249 |
Preferred share dividends paid |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (6,219 | )
Book/tax difference on: |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 16,034 |  |  | 16,232 |  |  | 23,469 |
Loss on sale or disposal of real estate |  | (1,543 | ) |  | (3,113 | ) |  | (6,706 | )
Equity in earnings (losses) from unconsolidated joint ventures |  | 5,037 |  |  | 2,482 |  |  | 1,326 |
Share-based payment compensation |  | (6,298 | ) |  | (491 | ) |  | (3,154 | )
Other differences |  | (850 | ) |  | 997 |  |  | (5,169 | )
Taxable income available to common shareholders |  | $ | 65,608 |  |  | $ | 60,748 |  |  | $ | 37,796 |

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