Summary of significant accounting policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Revenues subject to new accounting standards

The table below provides detail of our consolidated total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
Income from rentals:
Revenues subject to the new lease accounting standard:
Operating leases	$	1,465,692
Direct financing lease	2,421
Revenues subject to the new lease accounting standard	1,468,113
Revenues subject to the revenue recognition accounting standard	48,751
Income from rentals	1,516,864
Other income	14,432
Total revenues	$	1,531,296

Reconciliation of prior period presentation of income statement line items

The table below provides a reconciliation of the prior-period presentation of the line items that were reclassified in our consolidated statements of operations to conform to the current-period presentation, pursuant to our adoption of the new lease accounting standard and election of the single component practical expedient (in thousands):

	Year Ended
	2018		2017
Rental revenues (presentation prior to January 1, 2019)	$	1,010,718	$	863,181
Tenant recoveries (presentation prior to January 1, 2019)	304,063		259,144
Income from rentals (presentation effective January 1, 2019)	$	1,314,781	$	1,122,325