Number of acquired stores.

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Real Estate Property Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred

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The percentage of excess profit participation in unconsolidated joint ventures.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2017 store	Feb. 02, 2018	Dec. 31, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of acquired stores		7
Equity method ownership percentage		25.00%		50.00%
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of acquired stores	5
Real estate asset acquisition, consideration transferred \| $	$ 69,852
Equity method ownership percentage			33.98%
Excess profit participation percentage			49.00%