Note 8 - Investment and Advances in Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

			As of December 31, 2012						As of December 31, 2011
Venture	Average Ownership Interest		Number of Properties	GLA	Gross Real Estate		The Company's Investment		Number of Properties	GLA	Gross Real Estate		The Company's Investment
Prudential Investment Program (“KimPru” and “KimPru II”) (1) (2)	15.00	%	61	10.7	$	2,744.9	$	170.1	63	10.9	$	2,781.4	$	151.9
Kimco Income Opportunity Portfolio (“KIR”) (2)	45.00	%	58	12.4		1,543.2		140.3	59	12.6		1,556.6		151.4
UBS Programs (2)*	17.90	%	40	5.7		1,260.1		58.4	42	5.9		1,330.5		61.3
BIG Shopping Centers (2)*	37.70	%	22	3.6		547.7		31.3	23	3.7		557.4		41.2
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board     (“CPP”) (2)	55.00	%	6	2.4		436.1		149.5	6	2.4		430.0		140.6
Kimco Income Fund (2)	15.20	%	12	1.5		287.0		12.3	12	1.5		281.1		12.1
SEB Immobilien (2)	15.00	%	13	1.8		361.2		1.5	13	1.8		360.5		2.1
Other Institutional Programs (2)	Various		58	2.6		499.2		21.3	67	4.7		804.4		33.7
RioCan	50.00	%	45	9.3		1,379.3		111.0	45	9.3		1,367.0		62.2
Intown (3)	-		138	N/A		841.0		86.9	138	N/A		829.9		90.8
Latin America	Various		131	18.0		1,198.1		334.2	130	17.9		1,145.8		318.0
Other Joint Venture Programs (4) (5) (7) (8)	Various		87	13.2		1,846.7		311.4	92	13.7		2,016.5		338.9
Total			671	81.2	$	12,944.5	$	1,428.2	690	84.4	$	13,461.1	$	1,404.2

Joint Venture Investments Accounted for Under the Equity Method Debt Details [Table Text Block]

	As of December 31, 2012							As of December 31, 2011
Venture	Mortgages and Notes Payable		Average Interest Rate			Average Remaining Term (months)**		Mortgages and Notes Payable		Average Interest Rate			Average Remaining Term (months)**
KimPru and KimPru II	$	1,010.2		5.54	%		44.5	$	1,185.2		5.59	%		52.6
KIR		914.6		5.22	%		78.6		911.5		5.89	%		75.6
UBS Programs		691.9		5.40	%		39.1		718.9		5.66	%		47.4
BIG Shopping Centers		443.8		5.52	%		45.5		444.5		5.52	%		57.4
CPP		141.5		5.19	%		31.0		166.3		4.45	%		27.0
Kimco Income Fund		161.4		5.45	%		20.7		164.7		5.45	%		32.7
SEB Immobilien		243.8		5.11	%		55.3		243.7		5.34	%		61.9
RioCan		923.2		5.16	%		41.2		925.0		5.66	%		43.3
Intown		614.4		4.46	%		46.1		621.8		5.09	%		39.6
Other Institutional Programs		310.5		5.24	%		39.0		514.4		4.90	%		45.4
Other Joint Venture Programs		1,612.2		5.70	%		57.8		1,804.7		5.60	%		56.9
Total	$	7,067.5						$	7,700.7

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	8,523.3	$	9,158.5
Other assets		507.7		609.3
	$	9,031.0	$	9,767.8
Liabilities and Partners’/Members’ Capital:
Notes payable	$	148.0	$	150.5
Mortgages payable		5,056.5		5,604.3
Construction loans		25.1		109.4
Other liabilities		188.5		216.2
Noncontrolling interests		19.1		25.4
Partners’/Members’ capital		3,593.8		3,662.0
	$	9,031.0	$	9,767.8

Schedule of Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Revenues from rental property	$	1,074.5		$	1,115.4		$	1,028.6
Operating expenses		(350.2	)		(390.5	)		(368.1	)
Interest expense		(311.3	)		(332.7	)		(316.6	)
Depreciation and amortization		(283.3	)		(325.1	)		(313.3	)
Impairment charges		(15.5	)		(20.9	)		(3.1	)
Other (expense)/income, net		(11.2	)		22.9			(18.4	)
		(971.5	)		(1,046.3	)		(1,019.5	)
Income from continuing operations		103.0			69.1			9.1
Discontinued Operations:
Income/(loss) from discontinued operations		0.3			16.6			(12.4	)
Impairment on dispositions of properties		(31.4	)		(68.4	)		(194.3	)
Gain on dispositions of properties		94.5			(0.1	)		3.1
Net income/(loss)	$	166.4		$	17.2		$	(194.5	)

KIR [Member] | Income [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Revenues from rental property	$	197.3		$	195.1		$	193.9
Operating expenses		(53.0	)		(54.3	)		(54.0	)
Interest expense		(54.0	)		(60.2	)		(66.6	)
Depreciation and amortization		(40.7	)		(38.2	)		(38.6	)
Impairment charges		(0.1	)		(0.5	)		(0.5	)
Other expense, net		(1.3	)		(2.5	)		(2.6	)
		(149.1	)		(155.7	)		(162.3	)
Income from continuing operations		48.2			39.4			31.6
Discontinued Operations:
Income/(loss) from discontinued operations		0.1			(0.7	)		8.3
Impairment on dispositions of properties		(0.1	)		(4.6	)		(6.3	)
Gain on dispositions of properties		-			-			5.6
Net income	$	48.2		$	34.1		$	39.2

KIR [Member] | Balance Sheet [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	1,134.2	$	1,177.6
Other assets		87.7		76.4
	$	1,221.9	$	1,254.0
Liabilities and Members’ Capital:
Mortgages payable	$	914.6	$	911.5
Other liabilities		26.8		27.4
Noncontrolling interests		-		10.7
Members’ capital		280.5		304.4
	$	1,221.9	$	1,254.0

RioCan [Member] | Income [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Revenues from rental properties	$	213.3		$	209.2		$	197.1
Operating expenses		(78.1	)		(73.0	)		(70.9	)
Interest expense		(51.9	)		(57.5	)		(52.6	)
Depreciation and amortization		(37.3	)		(36.8	)		(34.4	)
Other income/(expense), net		14.7			(0.2	)		(0.3	)
		(152.6	)		(167.5	)		(158.2	)
Net income	$	60.7		$	41.7		$	38.9

RioCan [Member] | Balance Sheet [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	1,189.9	$	1,143.6
Other assets		43.7		26.6
	$	1,233.6	$	1,170.2
Liabilities and Members' Capital:
Mortgages payable	$	923.2	$	925.0
Other liabilities		18.1		19.7
Members' capital		292.3		225.5
	$	1,233.6	$	1,170.2

Income [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
KimPru and KimPru II (14) (15) (16)	$	7.4		$	(1.6	)	$	(18.4	)
KIR (17) (18)		23.4			17.3			19.8
UBS Programs (19)		0.5			(0.8	)		1.2
BIG Shopping Centers (20)		(3.7	)		(2.9	)		(1.2	)
CPP		5.3			5.2			3.2
Kimco Income Fund		1.7			1.0			1.0
SEB Immobilien		0.7			-			0.8
Other Institutional Programs (6) (10) (13) (21)		19.6			5.5			-
RioCan (9)		30.4			19.7			18.6
Intown		4.0			(1.9	)		(6.0	)
Latin America		15.8			12.5			10.4
Other Joint Venture Programs (11) (12) (22) (23) (24)		23.4			10.0			5.2
Total	$	128.5		$	64.0		$	34.6