Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Revenues:
Rental revenue	$ 244,485	$ 207,193
Tenant recoveries	73,170	61,346
Other income	2,484	2,338
Total revenues	320,139	270,877
Expenses:
Rental operations	91,771	77,087
General and administrative	22,421	19,229
Interest	36,915	29,784
Depreciation and amortization	114,219	97,183
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0	670
Total expenses	265,326	223,953
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate joint ventures	1,144	361
Investment income, adoption of new ASU	85,561	0
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate - rental properties	0	270
Net income	141,518	47,555
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(5,888)	(5,844)
Net income attributable to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.’s stockholders	135,630	41,711
Dividends on preferred stock	(1,302)	(3,784)
Preferred stock redemption charge	0	(11,279)
Net income attributable to unvested restricted stock awards	(1,941)	(987)
Net income attributable to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.’s common stockholders	$ 132,387	$ 25,661
Earnings per share attributable to Alexandria’s common stockholders – basic and diluted:
Earnings per share – basic (usd per share)	$ 1.33	$ 0.29
Earnings per shares - diluted (usd per share)	1.32	0.29
Dividends declared per share of common stock (dollar per share)	$ 0.90	$ 0.83