Shareholder's Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule Of Preferred Units [Table Text Block]

(Amounts in thousands, except share and		Balance as of				Shares Outstanding at		Per Share		Annual
per share amounts)		December 31,				December 31,		Liquidation		Dividend
Preferred Shares		2013		2012		2013	2012	Preference		Rate⁽¹⁾
Convertible Preferred:
	6.5% Series A: authorized 83,977 shares⁽²⁾	$	1,592	$	1,682	32,807	34,609	$	50.00	$	3.25
Cumulative Redeemable:
	6.625% Series G: authorized 8,000,000 shares⁽³⁾		193,135		193,135	8,000,000	8,000,000	$	25.00	$	1.65625
	6.625% Series I: authorized 10,800,000 shares⁽³⁾		262,379		262,379	10,800,000	10,800,000	$	25.00	$	1.65625
	6.875% Series J: authorized 9,850,000 shares⁽³⁾		238,842		238,842	9,850,000	9,850,000	$	25.00	$	1.71875
	5.70% Series K: authorized 12,000,000 shares⁽³⁾		290,971		290,971	12,000,000	12,000,000	$	25.00	$	1.425
	5.40% Series L: authorized 12,000,000 shares⁽³⁾		290,306		-	12,000,000	-	$	25.00	$	1.35
	6.75% Series F: authorized 6,000,000 shares		-		144,720	-	6,000,000	$	25.00	$	1.6875
	6.75% Series H: authorized 4,500,000 shares		-		108,549	-	4,500,000	$	25.00	$	1.6875
		$	1,277,225	$	1,240,278	52,682,807	51,184,609


(1)	Dividends on preferred shares are cumulative and are payable quarterly in arrears.

(2)	Redeemable at our option under certain circumstances, at a redemption price of 1.4334 common shares per Series A Preferred Share plus accrued and unpaid dividends through the date of redemption, or convertible at anytime at the option of the holder for 1.4334 common shares per Series A Preferred Share.

(3)	Redeemable at our option at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends through the date of redemption.

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

			For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
					Securities			Pro rata share of		Interest
					available-			nonconsolidated		rate
(Amounts in thousands)			Total		for-sale			subsidiaries' OCI		swap		Other
Balance as of December 31, 2012			$	(18,946)	$	19,432		$	11,313	$	(50,065)	$	374
	OCI before reclassifications			132,887		142,281			(22,814)		18,183		(4,763)
	Amounts reclassified from AOCI			(42,404)		(42,404)	⁽¹⁾		-		-		-
Net current period OCI				90,483		99,877			(22,814)		18,183		(4,763)
Balance as of December 31, 2013			$	71,537	$	119,309		$	(11,501)	$	(31,882)	$	(4,389)


(1)		Reclassified to "net gain on disposition of wholly owned and partially owned assets" on our consolidated statements of income.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of preferred units of master limited partnerships that have priority over limited partner units in areas including liquidation, redemption, conversion, tax status of distribution or sharing in distributions. This schedule ordinarily includes a description of the preferred units that details various rights including redemption, conversion, liquidation, and sharing in distributions; capital contributed by preferred partners; number of preferred units authorized to be issued, issued, and outstanding; aggregate cumulative cash distributions made to the preferred partners; aggregate cumulative net income earned by the preferred partners; capital account balance of the preferred partners.

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