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Unsecured Lines Of Credit Payable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Unsecured Debt [Abstract] |
Lines Of Credit Unused And Available | The amounts of these lines of credit unused and available at December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
| Credit Facility No. 1 |  | Credit Facility No. 2
Committed capacity | $ | 100,000 |  |  | $ | 400,000 |
Borrowings outstanding | — |  |  | — |
Letters of credit issued | (815 | ) |  | — |
Unused and available | $ | 99,185 |  |  | $ | 400,000 |
Repayments And Borrowings On Unsecured Lines Of Credit | We executed borrowings and repayments on the unsecured lines of credit during 2012 as follows (in thousands):
| Credit Facility No. 1 |  | Credit Facility No. 2
Balance at December 31, 2011 | $ | 74,000 |  |  | $ | 25,000 |
Borrowings | — |  |  | 158,000 |
Repayments | (74,000 | ) |  | (183,000 | )
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest Expense, Line of Credit Facilities | For the three years ended December 31, 2012, we recognized interest expense (excluding facility fees) as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Credit Facility No. 1 | $ | 470 |  |  | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | 91 |
Credit Facility No. 2 | 783 |  |  | 2,735 |  |  | 2,684 |
Facility Fees, Line of Credit | For the three years ended December 31, 2012, we incurred facility fees as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Credit Facility No. 1 | $ | 175 |  |  | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 114 |
Credit Facility No. 2 | 887 |  |  | 658 |  |  | 398 |
Schedule of Revolving Credit Facilities Covenant Compliance | Information related to revolving credit facilities for the three years ended December 31, 2012 as follows (in thousands, except percentage amounts):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Total revolving credit facilities at December 31 | $ | 500,000 |  |  | $ | 475,000 |  |  | $ | 337,000 |
Borrowings outstanding at December 31 | — |  |  | 99,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
Weighted average daily borrowings during the year | 108,589 |  |  | 160,090 |  |  | 112,573 |
Maximum daily borrowings during the year | 242,000 |  |  | 281,000 |  |  | 141,000 |
Weighted average interest rate during the year | 1.15 | % |  | 1.90 | % |  | 2.43 | %
Weighted average interest rate on borrowings outstanding at December 31 | n/a |  |  | 0.90 | % |  | 2.53 | %

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