Note 7 - Investment In and Advances to Real Estate Joint Ventures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Notes Tables

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

			The Company's Investment
	Ownership		As of December 31,
Joint Venture	Interest		2018		2017
Prudential Investment Program (“KimPru” and “KimPru II”) (1) (2) (3)		15.0%	$	175.2	$	179.5
Kimco Income Opportunity Portfolio (“KIR”) (2)		48.6%		167.2		154.1
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP”) (2)		55.0%		135.0		105.0
Other Joint Venture Programs (3) (4)		Various		93.5		45.3
Total*			$	570.9	$	483.9

Joint Venture Investments Accounted For Under The Equity Method Debt Details [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017
Joint Venture	Mortgages and Notes Payable, Net		Weighted Average Interest Rate			Weighted Average Remaining Term (months)*		Mortgages and Notes Payable , N et		Weighted Average Interest Rate			Weighted Average Remaining Term (months)*
KimPru and KimPru II	$	572.6		4.29	%		49.0	$	625.7		3.59	%		59.8
KIR		651.4		4.43	%		40.4		702.0		4.60	%		47.5
CPP		84.4		3.85	%		54.0		84.9		2.91	%		4.0
Other Joint Venture Programs		474.2		4.26	%		78.6		287.6		4.41	%		27.2
Total	$	1,782.6						$	1,700.2

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	201 8		201 7
Assets:
Real estate, net	$	3,574.1	$	3,402.1
Other assets		227.0		208.9
	$	3,801.1	$	3,611.0
Liabilities and Partners’/Members’ Capital:
Notes payable, net	$	272.7	$	233.1
Mortgages payable, net		1,509.9		1,467.1
Other liabilities		62.4		52.5
Noncontrolling interests		16.8		15.5
Partners’/Members’ capital		1,939.3		1,842.8
	$	3,801.1	$	3,611.0

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

	Year Ended December 31,
	201 8			201 7			201 6
Revenues	$	506.3		$	516.0		$	597.5
Operating expenses		(146.1	)		(150.7	)		(178.1	)
Impairment charges		(20.7	)		(12.9	)		(38.6	)
Depreciation and amortization		(122.5	)		(116.1	)		(138.1	)
Gain on sale of operating properties		60.3			26.0			296.2
Interest expense		(80.1	)		(81.9	)		(117.3	)
Other (expense)/income, net		(4.4	)		(3.0	)		20.1
Net income	$	192.8		$	177.4		$	441.7

Income [Member]

Notes Tables

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	201 8		201 7		2016
KimPru and KimPru II	$	15.2	$	13.0	$	16.4
KIR		38.7		36.7		44.0
CPP		5.1		7.2		7.7
Other Joint Venture Programs (1) (2) (3) (4)		12.6		3.9		150.6
Total	$	71.6	$	60.8	$	218.7