Organization	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
ORGANIZATION [Abstract]
Organization [Text Block]	ORGANIZATION KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on July 31, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. Substantially all of the Company's business is conducted through KBS Legacy Partners Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership formed on August 4, 2009. The Company is the sole general partner of and owns a 0.1% partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. KBS Legacy Partners Holdings LLC (“REIT Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company formed on August 4, 2009, owns the remaining 99.9% interest in the Operating Partnership and is its sole limited partner. The Company is the sole member and manager of REIT Holdings. Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the business of the Company is externally managed by KBS Capital Advisors LLC (the “Advisor”), an affiliate of the Company, pursuant to an advisory agreement the Company originally entered into with the Advisor on January 25, 2010 and renewed for an additional one-year term on January 25, 2011 (the “Advisory Agreement”). On August 7, 2009, the Company issued 20,000 shares of its common stock to KBS-Legacy Apartment Community REIT Venture, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), an affiliate of the Company, at a purchase price of $10.00 per share. As of June 30, 2011, the Sub-Advisor owns 20,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The Company expects to invest in and manage a diverse portfolio of high quality apartment communities located throughout the United States. The Company expects that its portfolio will include “core” apartment buildings that are already well positioned and producing rental income, as well as more opportunity oriented properties at various phases of leasing, development, redevelopment or repositioning. The Company may make its investments through the acquisition of individual assets or by acquiring portfolios of assets, other REITs or real estate companies. As of June 30, 2011, the Company owned one apartment complex. On August 19, 2009, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer a minimum of 250,000 shares (the “Minimum Number of Shares”) and a maximum of 280,000,000 shares of common stock for sale to the public (the “Offering”), of which 80,000,000 shares would be offered pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan. The SEC declared the Company's registration statement effective on March 12, 2010, and the Company retained KBS Capital Markets Group LLC (the “Dealer Manager”), an affiliate of the Company, to serve as the dealer manager of the Offering. The Dealer Manager will be responsible for marketing the Company's shares being offered pursuant to the Offering. As of June 30, 2011, the Company had sold 1,348,109 shares of common stock in the Offering for gross offering proceeds of $13.4 million, including 7,155 shares of common stock under the dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $68,000.

ORGANIZATION

KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on July 31, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. Substantially all of the Company's business is conducted through KBS Legacy Partners Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership formed on August 4, 2009. The Company is the sole general partner of and owns a 0.1% partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. KBS Legacy Partners Holdings LLC (“REIT Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company formed on August 4, 2009, owns the remaining 99.9% interest in the Operating Partnership and is its sole limited partner. The Company is the sole member and manager of REIT Holdings.

Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the business of the Company is externally managed by KBS Capital Advisors LLC (the “Advisor”), an affiliate of the Company, pursuant to an advisory agreement the Company originally entered into with the Advisor on January 25, 2010 and renewed for an additional one-year term on January 25, 2011 (the “Advisory Agreement”).

On August 7, 2009, the Company issued 20,000 shares of its common stock to KBS-Legacy Apartment Community REIT Venture, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), an affiliate of the Company, at a purchase price of $10.00 per share. As of June 30, 2011, the Sub-Advisor owns 20,000 shares of common stock of the Company.

The Company expects to invest in and manage a diverse portfolio of high quality apartment communities located throughout the United States. The Company expects that its portfolio will include “core” apartment buildings that are already well positioned and producing rental income, as well as more opportunity oriented properties at various phases of leasing, development, redevelopment or repositioning. The Company may make its investments through the acquisition of individual assets or by acquiring portfolios of assets, other REITs or real estate companies. As of June 30, 2011, the Company owned one apartment complex.

On August 19, 2009, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer a minimum of 250,000 shares (the “Minimum Number of Shares”) and a maximum of 280,000,000 shares of common stock for sale to the public (the “Offering”), of which 80,000,000 shares would be offered pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan. The SEC declared the Company's registration statement effective on March 12, 2010, and the Company retained KBS Capital Markets Group LLC (the “Dealer Manager”), an affiliate of the Company, to serve as the dealer manager of the Offering. The Dealer Manager will be responsible for marketing the Company's shares being offered pursuant to the Offering.

As of June 30, 2011, the Company had sold 1,348,109 shares of common stock in the Offering for gross offering proceeds of $13.4 million, including 7,155 shares of common stock under the dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $68,000.