EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of units granted (in shares)	629,667
Discount from market price (as a percent)	20.00%
Forfeiture rate (as a percent)	3.00%
Unrecognized compensation expense on non-vested equity-based awards \| $	$ 152.4
Weighted average period of recognition non-vested equity-based awards (in years)	4 years
Restricted Unit Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average vesting period (in years)	4 years 2 months 12 days
OCGH Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of units granted (in shares)	629,667
Class A Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of units granted (in shares)	830,543

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award Discount Applied to Common Stock Class A Trading Price

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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