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INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES	NOTE 5—INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES         The Company's five unconsolidated joint ventures each own and operate one property, including a joint venture which was organized to acquire a retail property in March 2011 for a total purchase price of $3,200,000. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company's equity investment in unconsolidated joint ventures totaled $5,093,000 and $4,777,000, respectively. In addition to the gain on disposition of real estate of $107,000 for 2010, the unconsolidated joint ventures contributed $350,000, $446,000 and $559,000 in equity earnings for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.         In April 2010, one of the Company's unconsolidated joint ventures sold its only property for $3,171,000, net of closing costs. The sale resulted in a gain to the Company of $107,000.

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