Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Interest and Other Investment (Loss) Income, net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Interest And Other Investment Income Net [Table Text Block]

(Amounts in thousands)		For the Year Ended December 31,
		2014		2013		2012
Dividends and interest on marketable securities		$	12,707	$	11,446	$	11,979
Mark-to-market of investments in our deferred compensation plan (1)			11,557		10,636		6,809
Interest on mezzanine loans receivable			3,920		19,495		13,861
Losses from the disposition of investment in J.C. Penney			-		(72,974)		(300,752)
Other, net			10,603		6,521		6,924
		$	38,787	$	(24,876)	$	(261,179)
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(1)	This income is entirely offset by the expense resulting from the mark-to-market of the deferred compensation plan liability, which is included in "general and administrative" expense.