Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 231,493	$ 199,488
Tenant reinsurance	22,855	20,555
Management fees and other income	8,660	9,360
Total revenues	263,008	229,403
Expenses:
Property operations	66,645	61,112
Tenant reinsurance	3,920	4,311
Acquisition related costs and other	0	4,053
General and administrative	18,808	23,402
Depreciation and amortization	49,432	42,897
Total expenses	138,805	135,775
Income from operations	124,203	93,628
Loss on earnout from prior acquisition	0	(1,544)
Interest expense	(35,970)	(31,359)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on equity component of exchangeable senior notes	(1,269)	(1,233)
Interest income	1,102	1,714
Interest income on note receivable from Preferred Operating Partnership unit holder	1,213	1,213
Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures and income tax expense	89,279	62,419
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures	3,579	2,830
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets and purchase of joint venture partner's interest	0	26,923
Income tax expense	(3,124)	(2,765)
Net income	89,734	89,407
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(3,951)	(3,180)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(3,501)	(3,635)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 82,282	$ 82,592
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.66
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.64	$ 0.66
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	125,605,403	124,754,174
Diluted (in shares)	132,618,644	131,956,094
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.78	$ 0.59