Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Schedule of Contractual Obligations [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations for minimum rent payments under operating leases and deferred compensation for the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2016:

(Payments)/Receipts Due by Year (in thousands)
	2017			2018			2019			2020			2021			Thereafter			Total
Operating Leases:
Minimum Rent Payments (a)	$	(15,917	)	$	(16,027	)	$	(15,890	)	$	(15,489	)	$	(15,256	)	$	(826,259	)	$	(904,838	)
Minimum Rent Receipts (b)	73,171			60,004			54,486			50,705			46,634			211,853			496,853
Other Long-Term Liabilities:
Deferred Compensation (c)	(1,387		)	(1,723		)	(1,128		)	(1,079		)	(1,079		)	(4,383		)	(10,779		)

(a) Minimum basic rent due for various office space the Company leases and fixed base rent due on ground leases for 11 properties.

(b) Minimum basic rent receipts due for various retail/commercial space where the Company is the lessor.

(c) Estimated payments to the Company's Chairman, Vice Chairman and one former CEO based on actual and planned retirement dates.