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Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (LP) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (LP) | 10. Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Net income |  | $ | 8,244 |  | $ | 8,788 |  | $ | 35,133 |  | $ | 60,908 |
Other comprehensive income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized gain on tax increment financing bond |  |  | 600 |  |  | 325 |  |  | 129 |  |  | 471 |
Amortization of settled cash-flow hedges |  |  | (30 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | (87 | ) |  | 262 |
Sale of cash-flow hedge related to disposition of investment in unconsolidated affiliate |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 103 |
Total other comprehensive income |  |  | 570 |  |  | 300 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 836 |
Total comprehensive income |  | $ | 8,814 |  | $ | 9,088 |  | $ | 35,175 |  | $ | 61,744 |
The following table sets forth the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”):
|  | September 30, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
Tax increment financing bond |  | $ | 2,413 |  | $ | 2,543 |
Settled cash-flow hedges |  |  | 1,193 |  |  | 1,105 |
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | $ | 3,606 |  | $ | 3,648 |

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