CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Minimum rents	$ 119,132	$ 108,461	$ 356,551	$ 315,594
Percentage rents	5,415	3,773	11,938	9,376
Tenant recoveries	68,523	63,538	197,924	179,789
Management Companies	9,858	9,759	30,730	28,460
Other	12,741	7,788	33,017	21,676
Total revenues	215,669	193,319	630,160	554,895
Expenses:
Shopping center and operating expenses	67,667	63,087	198,258	179,249
Management Companies' operating expenses	20,706	20,251	66,953	67,030
REIT general and administrative expenses	5,063	4,490	15,235	15,876
Depreciation and amortization	72,220	64,283	217,548	184,918
Total expenses before interest	165,656	152,111	497,994	447,073
Interest expense:
Related parties	3,815	4,081	11,588	12,656
Other	38,807	39,680	116,855	123,771
Total interest expense	42,622	43,761	128,443	136,427
Loss on early extinguishment of debt				9,133
Total expenses	208,278	195,872	626,437	592,633
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures	19,315	20,039	68,624	75,521
Co-venture expense	(2,066)	(1,281)	(4,462)	(3,779)
Income tax benefit	934	1,566	2,159	5,811
Gain on remeasurement, sale or write down of assets, net	21,964	1,041	40,603	4,128
Income from continuing operations	47,538	18,812	110,647	43,943
Discontinued operations:
(Loss) gain on the disposition of assets, net	(253)	342	74,906	(37,648)
Loss from discontinued operations	(10)	(4,898)	(5,459)	(12,860)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations	(263)	(4,556)	69,447	(50,508)
Net income (loss)	47,275	14,256	180,094	(6,565)
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	3,382	1,315	16,915	(324)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company	$ 43,893	$ 12,941	$ 163,179	$ (6,241)
Earnings per common share attributable to Company-basic:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.13	$ 0.74	$ 0.29
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ (0.03)	$ 0.48	$ (0.35)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.10	$ 1.22	$ (0.06)
Earnings per common share attributable to Company-diluted:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.13	$ 0.74	$ 0.29
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ (0.03)	$ 0.48	$ (0.35)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.10	$ 1.22	$ (0.06)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	134,220,000	132,096,000	133,091,000	131,459,000
Diluted (in shares)	134,330,000	132,096,000	133,187,000	131,459,000