Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	ASU 2016-02 adoption	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	AOCI	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Deficit ASU 2016-02 adoption	Noncontrolling Interests	Noncontrolling Interests ASU 2016-02 adoption
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018			170,215,000
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock (in shares)	75,000		76,000
Issuance of common stock (in shares)	4,900,000		4,932,000
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019			175,223,000
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 3,848,430	$ (2,499)	$ 1,702	$ 3,282,316	$ 53,944	$ (935,630)	$ (2,144)	$ 1,446,098	$ (355)
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock			1	1,222				(1,223)
Issuance of common stock, net	200,982		49	200,933
Repurchase of OP Units with cash	(507)			(291)				(216)
Cash flow hedge adjustments	(114,921)				(79,797)			(35,124)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	72,648					62,667		9,981
Dividends	(89,820)					(89,820)
Contributions	176,000							176,000
Distributions	(43,974)							(43,974)
Stock-based compensation	6,021							6,021
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019	$ 4,052,360		$ 1,752	3,484,180	(25,853)	(964,927)		1,557,208
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Accounting standards update	us-gaap:AccountingStandardsUpdate201602Member
Dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.52
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019			170,237,000
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock (in shares)			54,000
Issuance of common stock (in shares)			4,932,000
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019			175,223,000
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2019	$ 3,788,182	0	$ 1,702	3,282,388	30,943	(953,335)	0	1,426,484	0
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock			1	859				(860)
Issuance of common stock, net	200,982		49	200,933
Repurchase of OP Units with cash	0			0				0
Cash flow hedge adjustments	(81,613)				(56,796)			(24,817)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	39,860					33,966		5,894
Dividends	(45,558)					(45,558)
Contributions	176,000							176,000
Distributions	(28,214)							(28,214)
Stock-based compensation	2,721							2,721
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019	$ 4,052,360		$ 1,752	3,484,180	(25,853)	(964,927)		1,557,208
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.26
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019	175,369,746		175,370,000
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock (in shares)	5,000		5,000
Issuance of common stock (in shares)			0
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020	175,374,886		175,375,000
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 4,370,934	0	$ 1,754	3,486,356	(17,462)	(758,576)	0	1,658,862	0
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock			0	90				(90)
Issuance of common stock, net	0		0	0
Repurchase of OP Units with cash	(7)			(4)				(3)
Cash flow hedge adjustments	(228,254)				(162,009)			(66,245)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	24,242					28,953		(4,711)
Dividends	(98,125)					(98,125)
Contributions	0							0
Distributions	(31,814)							(31,814)
Stock-based compensation	7,363							7,363
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2020	$ 4,044,339		$ 1,754	3,486,442	(179,471)	(827,748)		1,563,362
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.56
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020			175,375,000
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock (in shares)			0
Issuance of common stock (in shares)			0
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020	175,374,886		175,375,000
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2020	$ 4,129,707	$ 0	$ 1,754	3,486,442	(165,872)	(780,562)	$ 0	1,587,945	$ 0
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Exchange of OP Units for common stock			0	0				0
Issuance of common stock, net	0		0	0
Repurchase of OP Units with cash	0			0				0
Cash flow hedge adjustments	(20,795)				(13,599)			(7,196)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	(5,472)					2,030		(7,502)
Dividends	(49,216)					(49,216)
Contributions	0							0
Distributions	(13,448)							(13,448)
Stock-based compensation	3,563							3,563
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2020	$ 4,044,339		$ 1,754	$ 3,486,442	$ (179,471)	$ (827,748)		$ 1,563,362
Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.28