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Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 represented $5,522 and $6,224, respectively, of unrealized loss on interest rate swaps, net. Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
|  | Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedges
Balance December 31, 2012 |  | $ | (6,224 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | 262 |
Amounts of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense |  | 440 |
Balance March 31, 2013 |  | $ | (5,522 | )
Effects of Changes in the Company's Ownership Interests in Noncontrolling Interests [Table Text Block] | The following discloses the effects of changes in the Company's ownership interests in its noncontrolling interests:
| Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Shareholders and Transfers from Noncontrolling Interests
| Three Months ended March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Net income (loss) attributable to Lexington Realty Trust shareholders | $ | (2,620 | ) |  | $ | 3,611 |
Transfers from noncontrolling interests: |  |  |  |
Increase in additional paid-in-capital for redemption of noncontrolling OP units | 458 |  |  | — |
Change from net income (loss) attributable to shareholders and transfers from noncontrolling interests | $ | (2,162 | ) |  | $ | 3,611 |

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- Definition The tabular disclosure of the effects of any changes in a parent's ownership interest in a subsidiary on the equity attributable to the parent if the ownership interests in a subsidiary changes during the period. The changes represented by this element did not result in the deconsolidation of the subsidiary. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 4M -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6922042&loc=SL4591554-111686 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) -Number 51 -Paragraph 38 -Subparagraph d -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) -Number 51 -Paragraph A7 -Appendix A + Details
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