Organization (Narratives) (Details) ft² in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 ft² segment property tenant
Real Estate Properties
Capital interest in operating partnership	99.99%
Number of tenants \| tenant	111
Square footage of real estate properties \| ft²	41
Number of real estate properties	377
Number of reportable segments \| segment	2
Operating real estate
Real Estate Properties
Number of real estate properties	72
Square footage of operating properties \| ft²	5
Self storage
Real Estate Properties
Number of real estate properties	71
Hotel
Real Estate Properties
Number of real estate properties	1

The percentage of capital interest in the Operating Partnership by the general partner.

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- Definition

The number of tenants occupying the real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

The total square footage of the operating properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Area of a real estate property.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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