NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]	3. NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS Noncontrolling interests represent the portion of equity in entities consolidated in the accompanying financial statements that the Company does not own. Such noncontrolling interests are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within equity, separately from shareholders’ equity. Noncontrolling interests include third party interests in the Company’s Opportunity Funds and other entities. It also include interests in the Operating Partnership which represent (i) the limited partners’ 280,349 and 281,294 Common OP Units at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively; (ii) 188 Series A Preferred OP Units at both June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010; and (iii) 1,060,225 and 641,534 LTIP Units at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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