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Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Equity [Abstract] |
Stock Redemptions and Retirements | During the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company repurchased/redeemed and retired the following shares of its preferred stock:
|  | Six months ended June 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
8.05% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock: |  |  |  |
Shares redeemed and retired |  | — |  |  | 2,740,874 |
Redemption cost(1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 69,459 |
Deemed dividend(2) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,346 |
6.50% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock: |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased and retired |  | — |  |  | 34,800 |
Repurchase cost |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,462 |
Discount (Deemed negative dividend)(2) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (229 | )
7.55% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock: |  |  |  |
Shares redeemed and retired |  | 6,200,000 |  |  | — |
Redemption cost(1) |  | $ | 155,621 |  |  | $ | — |
Deemed dividend(2) |  | $ | 5,230 |  |  | $ | — |
(1) Includes accrued and unpaid dividends. (2) Represents the difference between the redemption/repurchase cost and historical GAAP cost.
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 represented $3,912 and $(6,224), respectively, of unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net. Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|  | Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedges
Balance December 31, 2012 |  | $ | (6,224 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  | 8,851 |
Amounts of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense |  | 1,285 |
Balance June 30, 2013 |  | $ | 3,912 |
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 Attributable to Shareholders and Transfers from Noncontrolling Interests
| Six Months ended June 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Net income attributable to Lexington Realty Trust shareholders | $ | 4,112 |  |  | $ | 8,121 |
Transfers from noncontrolling interests: |  |  |  |
Increase in additional paid-in-capital for redemption of noncontrolling OP units | 861 |  |  | 353 |
Change from net income attributable to shareholders and transfers from noncontrolling interests | $ | 4,973 |  |  | $ | 8,474 |

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