Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment, Revenue and Net Operating Income [Table Text Block]

The operating information by reportable segment is as follows (in thousands):

		For the Three Months						For the Nine Months
		Ended September 30						Ended September 30
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Operating revenue
	Carolinas	$	9,479		$	7,626		$	26,282		$	22,213
	Chicago/Milwaukee	8,004			3,067			24,727			9,230
	Houston	12,833			9,481			36,828			26,833
	Lehigh/Central PA	30,034			24,981			87,853			74,339
	Minnesota	13,925			15,591			41,217			46,319
	Orlando	8,463			7,583			24,519			23,156
	Philadelphia	8,303			7,633			26,402			23,027
	Richmond/Hampton Roads	10,358			9,959			30,542			29,899
	South Florida	12,012			8,798			36,028			26,032
	Southeastern PA	36,087			41,251			110,833			122,694
	Tampa	13,597			12,767			40,001			38,849
	United Kingdom	4,111			1,400			12,430			3,620
	Other	31,144			33,100			96,300			93,546
Segment-level operating revenue		198,350			183,237			593,962			539,757
Reconciliation to total operating revenues
	Discontinued operations	(9		)	(28,007		)	(4,728		)	(86,604		)
	Other	15			118			(288		)	345
Total operating revenue		$	198,356		$	155,348		$	588,946		$	453,498
Net operating income
	Carolinas	$	6,570		$	5,182		$	18,006		$	15,035
	Chicago/Milwaukee	5,382			2,163			15,518			6,149
	Houston	7,510			5,426			21,794			15,735
	Lehigh/Central PA	21,634			17,204			60,647			50,422
	Minnesota	6,575			7,289			19,964			22,563
	Orlando	5,411			5,128			16,257			15,504
	Philadelphia	6,736			5,919			20,247			16,869
	Richmond/Hampton Roads	6,144			5,899			18,118			17,978
	South Florida	6,647			4,735			21,066			14,168
	Southeastern PA	20,516			23,754			60,175			68,622
	Tampa	8,213			7,916			25,142			24,522
	United Kingdom	2,468			123			8,716			(331		)
	Other	20,715			18,555			61,614			51,346
Segment-level net operating income		124,521			109,293			367,264			318,582
Reconciliation to income from continuing operations
	Interest expense (1)	(37,958		)	(37,412		)	(116,192		)	(101,632		)
	Depreciation/amortization expense (1) (2)	(44,538		)	(29,963		)	(133,636		)	(88,330		)
	(Loss) gain on property dispositions	(20		)	—			1,879			—
	Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures	1,592			650			7,297			3,973
	General and administrative expense (1) (2)	(8,556		)	(12,394		)	(29,189		)	(35,215		)
	Discontinued operations excluding gain on property dispositions	(98		)	(6,515		)	(1,985		)	(20,641		)
	Income taxes (2)	(821		)	(636		)	(1,966		)	(1,772		)
	Other	1,193			381			(2,084		)	2,874
Income from continuing operations		$	35,315		$	23,404		$	91,388		$	77,839

(1) Includes activity on discontinued operations.

(2) Excludes costs which are included in determining segment-level net operating income.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

The Company's total assets by reportable segment as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):

		September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Total assets
	Carolinas	$	319,083	$	257,230
	Chicago/Milwaukee	417,134		413,585
	Houston	434,835		380,248
	Lehigh/Central PA	993,699		938,824
	Minnesota	352,447		335,613
	Orlando	255,961		253,888
	Philadelphia	350,342		316,810
	Richmond/Hampton Roads	248,186		250,008
	South Florida	393,910		380,138
	Southeastern PA	711,190		695,966
	Tampa	335,229		337,300
	United Kingdom	241,362		247,537
	Other	1,528,019		1,735,393
Segment-level total assets		6,581,397		6,542,540
	Corporate Other	79,445		233,020
Total assets		$	6,660,842	$	6,775,560