TENANT ORIGINATION AND ABSORPTION COSTS AND TENANT RELATIONSHIP ASSETS - Schedule of Tenant Origination and Absorption Costs and Tenant Relationship Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Tenant Origination and Absorption Costs [Member]
Intangible Assets, Net
Cost	$ 24,492	$ 17,621
Accumulated amortization	(4,215)	(1,576)
Net amount	20,277	16,045
Tenant Relationship [Member]
Intangible Assets, Net
Cost	7,269	5,341
Accumulated amortization	(679)	(225)
Net amount	$ 6,590	$ 5,116

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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