Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Class A common shares	Series C Preferred Stock	Common Stock Class A common shares	Common Stock Series C Preferred Stock	Common Stock Class B common shares	Preferred shares	Preferred shares Series C Preferred Stock	Additional paid-in capital	Additional paid-in capital Class A common shares	Additional paid-in capital Series C Preferred Stock	Accumulated deficit	Accumulated deficit Series C Preferred Stock	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) Class A common shares	Shareholders’ equity	Shareholders’ equity Class A common shares	Shareholders’ equity Series C Preferred Stock	Noncontrolling interest	Noncontrolling interest Class A common shares
Beginning balances (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016				242,740,482		635,075	37,010,000
Beginning balances at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 4,937,620			$ 2,427		$ 6	$ 370		$ 4,568,616			$ (378,578)		$ 95		$ 4,192,936			$ 744,684
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Share-based compensation	4,212								4,212							4,212
Common stock issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)				101,174
Common stock issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	800			$ 1					799							800
Issuance of Class A common shares and units (in shares)				30,676,080
Issuance of Class A common shares and units	683,861			$ 307					683,554							683,861
Issuance of perpetual preferred shares, net of offering costs (in shares)							10,800,000
Issuance of perpetual preferred shares, net of offering costs	260,645						$ 108		260,537							260,645
Redemptions of shares/units (in shares)				198,625
Redemptions of shares/units	(169)			$ 2					2,711							2,713			(2,882)
Redemption of series A and B participating preferred shares into class A common shares (in shares)				12,398,276			(9,460,000)
Redemption of Series A and B participating preferred shares into Class A common shares	37,441			$ 124			$ (94)		79,827			(42,416)				37,441
Distributions to equity holders:
Preferred shares	(60,718)											(60,718)				(60,718)
Noncontrolling interests	(11,100)																		(11,100)
Common shares	(53,240)											(53,240)				(53,240)
Net income	76,492											80,999				80,999			(4,507)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(20)													(20)		(20)
Ending balances (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017				286,114,637		635,075	38,350,000
Ending balances at Dec. 31, 2017	5,875,824			$ 2,861		$ 6	$ 384		5,600,256			(453,953)		75		5,149,629			726,195
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Share-based compensation	3,433								3,433							3,433
Common stock issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)				821,918
Common stock issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	11,947			$ 8					11,939							11,947
Issuance of perpetual preferred shares, net of offering costs (in shares)							4,600,000
Issuance of perpetual preferred shares, net of offering costs	110,978						$ 46		110,932							110,978
Redemptions of shares/units (in shares)				33,327	10,848,827			(7,600,000)
Redemptions of shares/units		$ 0	$ 28,258	$ 0	$ 109			$ (76)		$ 515	$ 60,440		$ (32,215)				$ 515	$ 28,258		$ (515)
Reacquisition of equity component upon settlement of exchangeable senior notes	(20,098)								(20,098)							(20,098)
Repurchase of class A units (in shares)				(1,804,163)
Repurchase of Class A common shares	(34,969)			$ (18)					(34,951)							(34,969)
Purchase of outside interests in RJ joint ventures	(241)											(1,849)				(1,849)			1,608
Distributions to equity holders:
Preferred shares	(52,586)											(52,586)				(52,586)
Noncontrolling interests	(11,069)																		(11,069)
Common shares	(58,884)											(58,884)				(58,884)
Net income	112,438											108,273				108,273			4,165
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	8,711													7,318		7,318			1,393
Ending balances (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018				296,014,546		635,075	35,350,000
Ending balances at Dec. 31, 2018	5,973,742			$ 2,960		$ 6	$ 354		5,732,466			(491,214)		7,393		5,251,965			721,777
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Share-based compensation	4,808								4,808							4,808
Common stock issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes (in shares)				803,207
Common stock issued under share-based compensation plans, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	10,690			$ 8					10,682							10,690
Redemptions of shares/units (in shares)				3,289,846
Redemptions of shares/units		$ 0		$ 33						$ 42,819					$ 80		$ 42,932			$ (42,932)
Distributions to equity holders:
Preferred shares	(55,128)											(55,128)				(55,128)
Noncontrolling interests	(10,554)																		(10,554)
Common shares	(60,065)											(60,065)				(60,065)
Net income	156,260											141,039				141,039			15,221
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(963)													(815)		(815)			(148)
Ending balances (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019				300,107,599		635,075	35,350,000
Ending balances at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 6,018,790			$ 3,001		$ 6	$ 354		$ 5,790,775			$ (465,368)		$ 6,658		$ 5,335,426			$ 683,364