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Organization, Properties, Basis of Presentation, Financial Instruments and Recent Accounting Standards (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Organization, Properties, Basis of Presentation, Financial Instruments and Recent Accounting Standards |
Summary of the entity's investment in real estate assets, excluding assets held for syndication and assets held for sale |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Commercial real estate: |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of properties |  | 36 |  |  | 35 |
Rentable square feet |  | 7,052,068 |  |  | 6,845,176 |

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