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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Certain executive officers of the Company and members of the immediate family of Charles B. Lebovitz, Chairman of the Board of the Company, collectively have a significant noncontrolling interest in EMJ, a construction company that the Company engaged to build substantially all of the Company’s development Properties. The Company paid approximately $27,106, $49,153 and $59,668 to EMJ in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, for construction and development activities. The Company had accounts payable to EMJ of $2,345 and $2,096 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
Certain executive officers of the Company also collectively had a significant noncontrolling interest in Electrical and Mechanical Group, Inc. (“EMG”), a company to which EMJ subcontracted a portion of its services for the Company.  The Company had also engaged EMG directly for certain services. EMJ paid approximately $15 and $981 to EMG in 2012 and 2011, respectively, for such subcontracted services. The Company paid approximately, $0 and $86, respectively, directly to EMG in 2012 and 2011 for services which EMG performed directly for the Company. EMG was dissolved in 2012.

The Management Company provides management, development and leasing services to the Company’s unconsolidated affiliates and other affiliated partnerships. Revenues recognized for these services amounted to $7,886, $7,531 and $4,822 in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.