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MORTGAGES PAYABLE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
MORTGAGES PAYABLE [Abstract] |
Aggregate Amount of Required Future Principal Payments on Mortgages Payable | Of the mortgages payable, the balance of fixed rate mortgages totaled $1.0 billion at April 30, 2013 and 2012, and the balances of variable rate mortgages totaled $26.2 million and $16.2 million as of April 30, 2013, and 2012, respectively. The Company does not utilize derivative financial instruments to mitigate its exposure to changes in market interest rates. Most of the fixed rate mortgages have substantial pre-payment penalties. As of April 30, 2013, the weighted-average rate of interest on the Company's mortgage debt was 5.55%, compared to 5.78% on April 30, 2012. The aggregate amount of required future principal payments on mortgages payable as of April 30, 2013, is as follows:
Year Ended April 30, | (in thousands)
2014 | $ | 64,923
2015 |  | 110,972
2016 |  | 92,336
2017 |  | 219,315
2018 |  | 66,944
Thereafter |  | 494,716
Total payments | $ | 1,049,206

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the combined aggregate amount of maturities and sinking fund requirements for all long-term borrowings for each of the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet date presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601 + Details
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