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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Change in Noncontrolling Interests [Table Text Block] |
|  | Noncontrolling Interests in Operating Partnership |  | Noncontrolling Interests in Partially-Owned Affiliates
(dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 11,794 |  |  | $ | 435,665 |
Distributions declared of $0.86 per Common OP Unit |  | (1,664 | ) |  | — |
Net income for the period January 1 through December 31, 2013 |  | 492 |  |  | 4,033 |
Conversion of 92,514 OP Units to Common Shares by limited partners of the Operating Partnership |  | (1,548 | ) |  | — |
Consolidation of previously unconsolidated investment |  | — |  |  | (33,949 | )
Issuance of OP Units to acquire real estate |  | 33,300 |  |  | — |
Other comprehensive income - unrealized loss on valuation of swap agreements |  | 23 |  |  | 46 |
Reclassification of realized interest expense on swap agreements |  | 21 |  |  | 973 |
Noncontrolling interest contributions |  | — |  |  | 49,324 |
Noncontrolling interest distributions and other reductions |  | — |  |  | (87,688 | )
Employee Long-term Incentive Plan Unit Awards |  | 6,530 |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 48,948 |  |  | $ | 368,404 |

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