Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 321,500	$ 279,312	$ 625,093	$ 566,015
Tenant reinsurance	42,334	35,078	81,953	68,691
Management fees and other income	14,796	12,856	30,441	24,992
Total revenues	378,630	327,246	737,487	659,698
Expenses:
Property operations	89,155	89,040	181,522	179,337
Tenant reinsurance	6,735	6,858	13,896	13,536
General and administrative	26,341	25,337	49,881	48,348
Depreciation and amortization	59,570	56,018	118,169	111,293
Total expenses	181,801	177,253	363,468	352,514
Gain on real estate transactions	0	0	63,883	0
Income from operations	196,829	149,993	437,902	307,184
Interest expense	(40,240)	(41,039)	(80,935)	(85,397)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on equity component of exchangeable senior notes	0	(1,233)	0	(2,442)
Interest income	12,838	1,669	25,142	3,343
Income before equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate ventures and income tax expense	169,427	109,390	382,109	222,688
Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities	8,322	5,044	15,278	10,087
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets and purchase of joint venture partner's interest	6,251	0	6,251	0
Income tax expense	(5,421)	(3,177)	(9,558)	(5,356)
Net income	178,579	111,257	394,080	227,419
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(3,438)	(3,139)	(7,118)	(6,250)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(7,193)	(5,207)	(16,016)	(10,079)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 167,948	$ 102,911	$ 370,946	$ 211,090
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.25	$ 0.80	$ 2.79	$ 1.63
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.25	$ 0.80	$ 2.79	$ 1.63
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	133,756,610	128,932,152	132,886,933	129,110,131
Diluted (in shares)	140,407,195	129,082,468	140,428,558	129,285,675
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.00	$ 0.90	$ 2.00	$ 1.80