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Disclosure About Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Mortgages and notes receivable | $ 18,600 | $ 19,044
Mortgages and notes payable | 1,903,213 | 1,522,945
Financing obligations | 31,444 | 33,114
Fair value [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Mortgages and notes receivable | 18,990 | 19,093
Mortgages and notes payable | 1,992,937 | 1,581,518
Financing obligations | 18,866 | 23,880
Carrying value [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Mortgages and notes receivable | 18,600 | 19,044
Mortgages and notes payable | 1,903,213 | 1,522,945
Financing obligations | $ 31,444 | $ 33,114

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- Definition Carrying value as of balance sheet date of obligations incurred as part of real estate transactions that are, in substance, a financing arrangement rather than a sale. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The amount of the recorded investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, accounts receivable (with terms exceeding one year), notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Financing Receivable -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6953735 + Details
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- Definition Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of all notes and loans payable (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 20, 22 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 7 -Section 03 -Paragraph 16 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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