Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Interest And Other Investment Income Net [Table Text Block]

			For the Three Months				For the Nine Months
(Amounts in thousands)			Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
			2014		2013		2014		2013
Dividends and interest on marketable securities			$	3,200	$	2,804	$	9,504	$	8,344
Mark-to-market of investments in our deferred compensation plan (1)				1,352		269		8,132		6,207
Interest on mezzanine loans receivable				404		4,766		3,524		14,783
Loss from the mark-to-market of J.C. Penney
	derivative position			-		(20,012)		-		(33,487)
Non-cash impairment loss on J.C. Penney common shares				-		-		-		(39,487)
Income from prepayment penalties in connection with the
	repayment of a mezzanine loan receivable			-		-		-		5,267
Other, net				2,646		1,898		7,770		5,438
			$	7,602	$	(10,275)	$	28,930	$	(32,935)
(1)		This income is entirely offset by the expense resulting from the mark-to-market of the deferred compensation plan liability, which is included in "general and administrative" expense.