Distribution of earnings in the form of cash, property or capital stock declared by the board of directors to be distributed to shareholders.

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The distributions per share paid to stockholders reported, which consist of ordinary income, capital gains, return of capital or a combuination thereof for income tax purposes.

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of dividends declared but unpaid on equity securities issued by the entity and outstanding.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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-Section 03

-Paragraph 15

-Subparagraph a

-Article 7

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Equity (Narratives) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Distributions declared per share	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.1625cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.6500cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.6500cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare	$ 0.6500cpa17_DistributionsDeclaredPerShare
Annual distribution									$ 0.6500cpa17_DistributionsPaidPerShare	$ 0.6500cpa17_DistributionsPaidPerShare	$ 0.6500cpa17_DistributionsPaidPerShare
Dividends payable date									Jan. 15, 2015
Distributions payable	$ 53,378				$ 51,570				$ 53,378	$ 51,570