SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests

Shareholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests

Common Shares

During the year ended December 31, 2012, 8,595 employee Restricted Shares were canceled to pay the employees’ income taxes due on the value of the portion of their Restricted Shares that vested. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recognized accrued Common Share and Common OP Unit-based compensation totaling $3.6 million in connection with the vesting of Restricted Shares and Units (Note 15).

During 2012, the Company issued approximately 6.1 million Common Shares from the ATM program generating net proceeds of approximately $140.8 million and completed a public share offering of approximately 3.5 million Common Shares generating net proceeds of approximately $85.9 million.

During 2012, Kenneth Bernstein, President and CEO, converted 250,000 Common OP Units into Common Shares.

During November 2011, the Company issued 2.3 million Common Shares generating net proceeds of approximately $45.0 million.

Noncontrolling Interests

The following table summarizes the change in the noncontrolling interests since December 31, 2011:

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

11. Shareholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests, continued

Noncontrolling Interests, continued

	Noncontrolling Interests in Operating Partnership			Noncontrolling Interests in Partially-Owned Affiliates
(dollars in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	9,992		$	375,203
Distributions declared of $0.72 per Common OP Unit	(1,098		)	—
Net income for the period January 1 through December 31, 2012	528			49,702
Conversion of 334,445 OP Units to Common Shares by limited partners of the Operating Partnership	(5,880		)	—
Issuance of LTIP Unit Awards to employees	2,577			—
Issuance of OP Units to acquire real estate	2,279			—
Other comprehensive income - unrealized loss on valuation of swap agreements	(72		)	(1,632		)
Reclassification of realized interest expense on swap agreements	20			827
Noncontrolling interest contributions	—			172,228
Noncontrolling interest distributions and other reductions	—			(160,663		)
Employee Long-term Incentive Plan Unit Awards	3,448			—
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	11,794		$	435,665

Noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership represents (i) the limited partners’ 284,097 and 279,748 Common OP Units at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, (ii) 188 Series A Preferred OP Units at both December 31, 2012 and 2011, with a stated value of $1,000 per unit, which are entitled to a preferred quarterly distribution of the greater of (a) $22.50 (9% annually) per Series A Preferred OP Unit or (b) the quarterly distribution attributable to a Series A Preferred OP Unit if such unit was converted into a Common OP Unit, and (iii) 1,109,727 and 1,061,564 LTIP units as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, as discussed in Share Incentive Plan (Note 15).

Noncontrolling interests in partially-owned affiliates include third-party interests in Fund I, II, III and IV, and Mervyns I and II, and twelve other entities.

In 2005, the Company issued 250,000 Restricted Common OP Units to Klaff in consideration for an interest in certain management contract rights. During 2010, Klaff converted the 250,000 Restricted Common OP Units into Common Shares.

The Series A Preferred OP Units were issued in 1999 in connection with the acquisition of a property. Through December 31, 2012, 1,392 Series A Preferred OP Units were converted into 185,600 Common OP Units and then into Common Shares. The 188 remaining Series A Preferred OP Units are currently convertible into Common OP Units based on the stated value divided by $7.50. Either the Company or the holders can currently call for the conversion of the Series A Preferred OP Units at the lesser of $7.50 or the market price of the Common Shares as of the conversion date.