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Rentals Under Operating Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Rentals Under Operating Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | on-cancelable commercial operating leases provide for minimum rental income from continuing operations were as follows (in thousands):
2013 |  | $ | 212,828 |
2014 |  | 179,735 |
2015 |  | 152,282 |
2016 |  | 124,434 |
2017 |  | 100,573 |
Thereafter |  | 243,247 |
|  | $ | 1,013,099 |
Percentage Rents From Retail Centers | Percentage rents from retail centers, based on a percentage of tenants’ gross sales, for the three years ended December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Percentage rents | $ | 150 |  |  | $ | 193 |  |  | $ | 140 |
Reimbursement Income | Real estate tax, operating expense and common area maintenance reimbursement income from continuing operations for the three years ended December 31, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Reimbursement income | $ | 29,166 |  |  | $ | 25,680 |  |  | $ | 23,998 |

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