Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Subsequent Events	18. Subsequent Events Revolving Credit Facilities and Secured Term Loan In January 2013, the Company amended its primary unsecured revolving credit facility arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The $65 million unsecured revolving credit facility provided solely by PNC Bank, National Association was amended to match the terms of the primary facility. The Company also amended its $400 million secured term loan arranged by KeyBanc Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets. The amended $750 million unsecured revolving credit facility maturity date was extended to April 2017, with a borrower option to extend an additional year, and contains an accordion feature that provides for $1.25 billion of potential total capacity. Pricing on both amended revolving credit facilities was reduced and is currently set at LIBOR plus 140 basis points, a decrease of 25 basis points from the previous rate, and is determined based upon DDR’s credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P. Further, the annual facility fee for both revolving credit facilities has been reduced from 35 basis points to 30 basis points. The amended secured term loan was reduced to borrowings of $400 million and extended the maturity date to April 2017, with a borrower option to extend an additional year. Pricing on the amended secured term loan is currently set at LIBOR plus 155 basis points, a decrease of 15 basis points from the previous rate, and is determined based upon DDR’s credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P. Award Plan On December 31, 2012, the Company adopted the 2013 Value Sharing Equity Program (“2013 VSEP”), with awards effective January 1, 2013. The 2013 VSEP awards, if earned, may result in the granting of common shares of the Company to participants on future measurement dates over three years, subject to an additional time-based vesting schedule. As a result, in general, the total compensation available to participants under the 2013 VSEP, if any, will be fully earned only after seven years (the three-year performance period and the final four-year time-based vesting period). The 2013 VSEP is designed to allow DDR to reward participants for superior financial performance and allow them to share in “Value Created” (the increase in DDR’s market capitalization and the number of shares outstanding as of the measurement date), as adjusted for equity issuances and/or equity repurchases, between the start of the 2013 VSEP and the applicable measurement date, based upon (1) increases in DDR’s adjusted market capitalization over pre-established periods and (2) increases in relative total shareholder return of DDR as compared to the performance of the FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Total Return Index for the FTSE International Limited NAREIT U.S. Real Estate Index Series. Under the 2013 VSEP, participants are granted two types of performance-based awards — a “relative performance award” and an “absolute performance award” – that, if earned, are settled with DDR common shares that are generally subject to additional time-based vesting requirements for a period of four years. Contract Termination In January 2008, the Company entered into a Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Oxford Building Services, Inc. (“Oxford”). The Agreement required that Oxford identify and contract directly with various service providers (“Vendors”) to provide maintenance, repairs, supplies and a variety of on-site services to certain properties in the Company’s portfolio, in exchange for which Oxford would pay such Vendors for the services. Under the Agreement, the Company remitted funds to Oxford to pay the Vendors under the Vendors’ contracts with Oxford. On or about January 23, 2013, Oxford advised the Company that approximately $11 million paid by the Company to Oxford for the sole purpose of paying various Vendors had instead been used to repay commercial financing obligations incurred by Oxford and its affiliates to a third-party lender. As a result, Oxford had insufficient funds to pay the Vendors in accordance with the Agreement. On January 28, 2013, the Company terminated the Agreement based upon Oxford’s violations of the Agreement principally due to its insolvency. On February 26, 2013, Oxford and several affiliates filed petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. 13-13821). In their initial filings in the bankruptcy case, Oxford has claimed that the Company refused to pay Oxford approximately $5 million allegedly due and owing to Vendors for work performed at the Company’s properties prior to the termination of the Agreement. Further, Oxford threatened to commence litigation against the Company to recover the alleged amounts owed should a consensual solution not be reached. The Company denies that any sums are due to Oxford, and if any such claim is filed, the Company will vigorously defend against it. Furthermore, as a result of the funds previously paid by the Company to Oxford, the Company also denies that any sums are due from the Company to any Vendors, and if any such claim is made, the Company will vigorously defend against it.

18. Subsequent Events

Revolving Credit Facilities and Secured Term Loan

In January 2013, the Company amended its primary unsecured revolving credit facility arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The $65 million unsecured revolving credit facility provided solely by PNC Bank, National Association was amended to match the terms of the primary facility. The Company also amended its $400 million secured term loan arranged by KeyBanc Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets.

The amended $750 million unsecured revolving credit facility maturity date was extended to April 2017, with a borrower option to extend an additional year, and contains an accordion feature that provides for $1.25 billion of potential total capacity. Pricing on both amended revolving credit facilities was reduced and is currently set at LIBOR plus 140 basis points, a decrease of 25 basis points from the previous rate, and is determined based upon DDR’s credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P. Further, the annual facility fee for both revolving credit facilities has been reduced from 35 basis points to 30 basis points.

The amended secured term loan was reduced to borrowings of $400 million and extended the maturity date to April 2017, with a borrower option to extend an additional year. Pricing on the amended secured term loan is currently set at LIBOR plus 155 basis points, a decrease of 15 basis points from the previous rate, and is determined based upon DDR’s credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P.

Award Plan

On December 31, 2012, the Company adopted the 2013 Value Sharing Equity Program (“2013 VSEP”), with awards effective January 1, 2013. The 2013 VSEP awards, if earned, may result in the granting of common shares of the Company to participants on future measurement dates over three years, subject to an additional time-based vesting schedule. As a result, in general, the total compensation available to participants under the 2013 VSEP, if any, will be fully earned only after seven years (the three-year performance period and the final four-year time-based vesting period).

The 2013 VSEP is designed to allow DDR to reward participants for superior financial performance and allow them to share in “Value Created” (the increase in DDR’s market capitalization and the number of shares outstanding as of the measurement date), as adjusted for equity issuances and/or equity repurchases, between the start of the 2013 VSEP and the applicable measurement date, based upon (1) increases in DDR’s adjusted market capitalization over pre-established periods and (2) increases in relative total shareholder return of DDR as compared to the performance of the FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Total Return Index for the FTSE International Limited NAREIT U.S. Real Estate Index Series. Under the 2013 VSEP, participants are granted two types of performance-based awards — a “relative performance award” and an “absolute performance award” – that, if earned, are settled with DDR common shares that are generally subject to additional time-based vesting requirements for a period of four years.

Contract Termination

In January 2008, the Company entered into a Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Oxford Building Services, Inc. (“Oxford”). The Agreement required that Oxford identify and contract directly with various service providers (“Vendors”) to provide maintenance, repairs, supplies and a variety of on-site services to certain properties in the Company’s portfolio, in exchange for which Oxford would pay such Vendors for the services. Under the Agreement, the Company remitted funds to Oxford to pay the Vendors under the Vendors’ contracts with Oxford.

On or about January 23, 2013, Oxford advised the Company that approximately $11 million paid by the Company to Oxford for the sole purpose of paying various Vendors had instead been used to repay commercial financing obligations incurred by Oxford and its affiliates to a third-party lender. As a result, Oxford had insufficient funds to pay the Vendors in accordance with the Agreement. On January 28, 2013, the Company terminated the Agreement based upon Oxford’s violations of the Agreement principally due to its insolvency. On February 26, 2013, Oxford and several affiliates filed petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. 13-13821).

In their initial filings in the bankruptcy case, Oxford has claimed that the Company refused to pay Oxford approximately $5 million allegedly due and owing to Vendors for work performed at the Company’s properties prior to the termination of the Agreement. Further, Oxford threatened to commence litigation against the Company to recover the alleged amounts owed should a consensual solution not be reached. The Company denies that any sums are due to Oxford, and if any such claim is filed, the Company will vigorously defend against it. Furthermore, as a result of the funds previously paid by the Company to Oxford, the Company also denies that any sums are due from the Company to any Vendors, and if any such claim is made, the Company will vigorously defend against it.