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Long-term Debt, Percentage Rate, Facility Fee

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Long-term Debt, Percentage Rate, LIBOR Floor

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The carrying amount of deferred costs.

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The interest rate applicable to the portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a set, unchanging rate.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Capital Markets Long Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Nov. 03, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff	$ 0	$ 38,269	$ 820	$ 38,269
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount	2,600		2,600
Deferred Costs	$ 35,100		$ 35,100			$ 37,200
Term loan payable, due February 27, 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	1.35%		1.35%
Long-term Debt, Percentage Rate, LIBOR Floor	0.00%		0.00%
Long-term Debt, Percentage Rate, Facility Fee	0.25%		0.25%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Unsecured Revolving Variable Rate Credit Facility, Variable Rate, Due February 27, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	1.20%		1.20%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| senior unsecured private placement notes payable, 4.35 percent, due August 22, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	4.35%		4.35%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| senior unsecured private placement notes payable, 4.56 percent, due August 22, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	4.56%		4.56%
covenant relief period [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount					$ 3,000
covenant relief period [Member] \| Term loan payable, due February 27, 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	1.75%		1.75%
Long-term Debt, Percentage Rate, LIBOR Floor	0.50%		0.50%
Long-term Debt, Percentage Rate, Facility Fee	0.375%		0.375%
covenant relief period [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred Costs	$ 1,000		$ 1,000
covenant relief period [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Unsecured Revolving Variable Rate Credit Facility, Variable Rate, Due February 27, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	1.375%		1.375%
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount	$ 1,600		$ 1,600
Long-term Debt, Spread Increase, Percentage	0.25%		0.25%
covenant relief period [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Unsecured Revolving Variable Rate Credit Facility, Variable Rate, Due February 27, 2022 [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Spread Increase, Percentage					0.35%
covenant relief period [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| senior unsecured private placement notes payable, 4.35 percent, due August 22, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	5.00%		5.00%
covenant relief period [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| senior unsecured private placement notes payable, 4.56 percent, due August 22, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate	5.21%		5.21%
covenant relief period [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Spread Increase, Percentage	0.60%		0.60%