Stockholders' Equity / Partners' Capital Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					12 Months Ended
	May 17, 2023 USD ($) yr	Apr. 01, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 02, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares	May 22, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2018 $ / shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding					156,940,866	156,757,867
General Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding (in units)					1,755,150
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units Outstanding (in units)					155,185,716
Options exercised					0	0	(247,920)
Shares of Common Stock issued in connection with redemption of an equal number of OP Units (in shares)					102,699	182,929
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium | $					$ 0	$ 0	$ 6,412
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Forfeitures in Period					103,641
Preferred stock / units, shares / units outstanding (in shares / units)					0	0
ATM Program [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
At The Market Stock Offering Program Aggregate Value Of Common Stock | $	$ 600,000								$ 600,000
At Market Stock Offering Program Maximum Length Of Sale (in years) | yr	3
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock / Unit [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Series B Liquidation Preference Per Share/ Unit | $ / shares								$ 2,500		$ 2,500
Series B, Dividend Rate, Percentage								5.25%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share | $ / shares				$ 2,500
Preferred Stock Redemption Price Per Share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends | $ / shares				$ 2,516.41
Preferred Stock, Redemption Amount | $				$ 201,300
Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends | $				$ 1,300
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium | $			$ 6,400
Preferred Stock, Redemption Date		Apr. 01, 2021
Preferred stock / units, shares / units outstanding (in shares / units)				80,000				80,000
Depository shares of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Series B Liquidation Preference Per Share/ Unit | $ / shares								$ 25.00		$ 25.00
Preferred stock / units, shares / units outstanding (in shares / units)								8,000,000