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Minimum percentage of adjusted taxable income to be distributed to shareholders as a real estate investment trust

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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The aggregate net change in the difference between the fair value and the carrying value, or in the comparative fair values, of marketable securities categorized as trading held at each balance sheet date, that was included in earnings for the period, which may have arisen from (a) securities classified as trading, (b) the unrealized holding gain (loss) on held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category, and (c) the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) on available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period.

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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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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Marketable securities, shares	10,809,215
Investment in marketable securities, unrealized gain (loss)	$ 20,200	$ 0
Minimum Percentage of Adjusted Taxable Income to be Distributed to Shareholders as a Real Estate Investment Trust	90.00%
Deferred revenues reclassified			$ 7,500
Minimum [Member] \| Land, Buildings and Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life (in years)	10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Furniture Fixtures And Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life (in years)	1 year
Maximum [Member] \| Land, Buildings and Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life (in years)	40 years
Maximum [Member] \| Furniture Fixtures And Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful life (in years)	10 years