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Restructuring
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Restructuring [Abstract] 
Restructuring
Restructuring

In response to the difficult operating environment due to the downturn in the homebuilding industry, in July of 2011 we undertook a strategic planning effort to improve our market position and to reduce our operating costs.  As a result of this effort, in the third quarter of 2011, we took further steps to reduce staffing, cut salaries, and we negotiated a lease termination associated with the planned closing of our corporate office in Coral Gables, Florida.  Restructuring costs include employee severance benefits, corporate office lease exit costs, and other costs related to the closure of the Coral Gables office, and are summarized below:

 
 
Three and Nine Months
 
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2011
 
Employee severance benefits
 $486 
Lease exit costs
  952 
Other
  59 
Total restructuring charges
 $1,497 

The restructuring costs reflected in the above table are included within general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.  Liabilities for employee severance benefits totaled $245 at September 30, 2011.  Substantially all of these costs will be paid in 2011.