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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value Measurement Inputs | The following tables present the Company's assets and liabilities from continuing operations measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall:
| Balance |  | Fair Value Measurements Using
Description | September 30, 2013 |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
Interest rate swap asset | $ | 2,299 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,299 |  |  | $ | — |
Impaired real estate assets* | $ | 4,277 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,277 |
Investment in and advances to non-consolidated entities* | $ | 683 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 683 |
| Balance |  | Fair Value Measurements Using
Description | December 31, 2012 |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
Interest rate swap liability | $ | (6,556 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (6,556 | ) |  | $ | — |
Impaired real estate assets* | $ | 3,327 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,327 |
*Represents a non-recurring fair value measurement.
Schedule of Carrying Amounts and Fair Value of Financial Instruments | The table below sets forth the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.
| As of September 30, 2013 |  | As of December 31, 2012
| Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans Receivable | $ | 93,228 |  |  | $ | 82,601 |  |  | $ | 72,540 |  |  | $ | 61,734 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt | $ | 1,819,971 |  |  | $ | 1,796,706 |  |  | $ | 1,878,208 |  |  | $ | 1,835,157 |

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