BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS - Unsecured Borrowings - $175 Million 7% Senior Notes due 2016 Tender Offer and Redemption (Narrative) (Detail 4) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Dec. 31, 2012 Unsecured Borrowings 7% Senior Notes due 2016	Mar. 27, 2012 Unsecured Borrowings 7% Senior Notes due 2016	Mar. 19, 2012 Unsecured Borrowings 7% Senior Notes due 2016	Mar. 05, 2012 Unsecured Borrowings 7% Senior Notes due 2016
Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Senior notes, principal amount									$ 168,900,000	$ 175,000,000
Interest rate	10.00%								7.00%	7.00%
Redemption of remaining aggregate principal amount								6,100,000
Redemption price percentage								102.333%
Redemption related costs and write-offs							7,100,000
Payments made to bondholders							4,500,000
Write-offs associated with deferred costs	3,024,000	[1],[2],[3]	3,055,000	[1],[2],[3]	8,231,000	[1],[2],[3]	2,200,000
Expenses associated with the tender and redemption							$ 400,000

[1] In 2010, we wrote-off: (a) $3.5 million associated with the termination of our $200 million 2009 Credit Facility, (b) $2.2 million associated with the termination of a $100 million GECC term loan and (c) $2.6 million associated with the tender offer and retirement of our outstanding $310 million 7% Senior Notes due 2014.

[2] In 2012, we wrote-off: (a) $2.2 million deferred financing costs associated with the tender offer and redemption of our $175 million 7% 2016 Notes; and (b) $2.5 million deferred financing costs associated with the termination of our $475 million 2011 Credit Facility. These costs were offset by a $1.7 million gain resulting from the write-off of unamortized premium on the four HUD loans that were paid off in the second quarter of 2012.

[3] In 2011, we terminated our $320 million 2010 Credit Facility and wrote-off deferred financing costs of $3.1 million.