| Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust is a fully integrated, self-administered equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company's primary business is the ownership and management of shopping centers located in metropolitan markets in the Eastern and Midwestern United States. At December 31, 2011, the Company owned interests in 83 shopping centers and one office building with approximately 15.2 million square feet of gross leasable area (GLA) owned by the Company and joint ventures. As of December 31, 2011, it also owned interests in various parcels of land held for development or for sale, the majority of which are adjacent to certain of its existing developed properties. In April 2013, it acquired a 106,000 square foot shopping center in Delafield (Milwaukee), Wisconsin. In April 2013, Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust acquired Nagawaukee Center Phase II. |