Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 224,451	$ 170,548	$ 635,730	$ 480,466
Tenant reinsurance	22,727	18,226	64,936	52,076
Management fees and other income	10,005	8,723	30,193	23,969
Total revenues	257,183	197,497	730,859	556,511
Expenses:
Property operations	62,341	48,878	185,883	144,331
Tenant reinsurance	4,093	3,608	12,345	9,819
Acquisition related costs and other	1,933	280	9,124	5,703
General and administrative	19,537	16,716	63,451	49,620
Depreciation and amortization	46,555	30,711	133,402	92,691
Total expenses	134,459	100,193	404,205	302,164
Income from operations	122,724	97,304	326,654	254,347
Gain on real estate transactions and earnout from prior acquisition	0	1,101	9,814	1,501
Interest expense	(33,494)	(20,811)	(97,655)	(65,053)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on equity component of exchangeable senior notes	(1,243)	(805)	(3,716)	(2,198)
Interest income	1,358	356	4,697	1,640
Interest income on note receivable from Preferred Operating Partnership unit holder	1,213	1,213	3,638	3,638
Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures and income tax expense	90,558	78,358	243,432	193,875
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures	3,625	3,403	9,813	9,054
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets and purchase of joint venture partners' interests	37,509	0	64,432	2,857
Income tax expense	(4,466)	(3,561)	(11,004)	(7,994)
Net income	127,226	78,200	306,673	197,792
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(4,144)	(3,112)	(10,758)	(9,045)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(4,994)	(3,370)	(12,191)	(7,948)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 118,088	$ 71,718	$ 283,724	$ 180,799
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.94	$ 0.58	$ 2.26	$ 1.52
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.93	$ 0.58	$ 2.24	$ 1.51
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	125,752,291	122,644,837	125,244,761	118,564,872
Diluted (in shares)	133,763,472	130,398,111	132,476,691	125,406,313
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.78	$ 0.59	$ 2.15	$ 1.65