Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 351,355	$ 290,423	$ 976,448	$ 856,438
Tenant reinsurance	44,258	39,294	126,211	107,985
Management fees and other income	16,879	13,307	47,320	38,299
Total revenues	412,492	343,024	1,149,979	1,002,722
Expenses:
Property operations	92,794	92,322	274,316	271,659
Tenant reinsurance	7,509	7,189	21,405	20,725
General and administrative	24,395	23,894	74,276	72,242
Depreciation and amortization	61,516	56,412	179,685	167,705
Total expenses	186,214	179,817	549,682	532,331
Gain on real estate transactions	0	0	63,883	0
Income from operations	226,278	163,207	664,180	470,391
Interest expense	(39,670)	(42,213)	(120,605)	(127,610)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on equity component of exchangeable senior notes	0	(1,233)	0	(3,675)
Interest income	11,729	3,145	36,871	6,488
Income before equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate ventures and income tax expense	198,337	122,906	580,446	345,594
Equity in earnings and dividend income from unconsolidated real estate entities	8,255	5,605	23,533	15,692
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets and purchase of joint venture partner's interest	0	0	6,251	0
Income tax expense	(6,772)	(4,657)	(16,330)	(10,013)
Net income	199,820	123,854	593,900	351,273
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(3,529)	(3,248)	(10,647)	(9,498)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(8,015)	(5,973)	(24,031)	(16,052)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 188,276	$ 114,633	$ 559,222	$ 325,723
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.41	$ 0.89	$ 4.19	$ 2.52
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.40	$ 0.88	$ 4.19	$ 2.50
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	133,809,750	128,862,341	133,197,903	129,044,954
Diluted (in shares)	140,425,269	129,871,096	139,854,881	130,066,121
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.25	$ 0.90	$ 3.25	$ 2.70