Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 286,703	$ 271,003
Tenant reinsurance	33,613	29,797
Management fees and other income	12,136	10,746
Total revenues	332,452	311,546
Expenses:
Property operations	90,297	78,765
Tenant reinsurance	6,678	6,967
General and administrative	23,011	22,678
Depreciation and amortization	55,275	54,659
Total expenses	175,261	163,069
Income from operations	157,191	148,477
Interest expense	(44,358)	(47,360)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on equity component of exchangeable senior notes	(1,209)	(1,162)
Interest income	1,674	1,388
Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities and income tax expense	113,298	101,343
Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities	5,043	2,630
Income tax expense	(2,179)	(1,813)
Net income	116,162	102,160
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(3,111)	(3,163)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(4,872)	(4,227)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 108,179	$ 94,770
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.84	$ 0.74
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.83	$ 0.74
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	129,288,629	127,037,247
Diluted (in shares)	137,139,560	134,289,716
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.90	$ 0.86