DEBT (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Long term debt, by type [Table Text Block]

In connection with the adoption of ASU 2015-03, which is described in further detail in Note 17, the Company presents debt issuance costs as reductions of Secured debt, Unsecured debt and Unsecured bank credit facilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as detailed below.

	March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
	(In thousands)
Secured debt, carrying amount	$	346,737		351,401
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(1,293		)	(1,116	)
Secured debt	345,444			350,285
Unsecured debt, carrying amount	530,000			530,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(1,688		)	(1,790	)
Unsecured debt	528,312			528,210
Unsecured bank credit facilities, carrying amount	167,173			150,836
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(1,324		)	(1,422	)
Unsecured bank credit facilities	165,849			149,414
Total debt	$	1,039,605		1,027,909

Principal payments due during the next five years

Principal payments on long-term debt, including Secured debt and Unsecured debt (not including Unsecured bank credit facilities), as of March 31, 2016 are as follows: 

Years Ending December 31,	(In thousands)
Remainder of 2016	$	88,142
2017	58,239
2018	141,316
2019	130,569
2020	114,097
2021 and beyond	344,374