Future sale period for properties within completion of the initial public offering and formation transactions.

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Future sale period for properties in limited number of cases.

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Amount of gross profit between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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Represents the period of opportunity to guarantee debt, or enter into a deficit restoration obligation from the closing of the entity's initial public offering.

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Represents the amount of outstanding debt of the entity guaranteed by the related party.

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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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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Related Parties
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=16382449

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6-07.1(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6488393&loc=d3e606610-122999

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	May. 13, 2013	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Construction Contracts
Related Party Transactions
Revenue from contracts with affiliated entities		$ 6.5	$ 1.5
Construction Contracts \| Maximum
Related Party Transactions
Gross profit from related parties		0.3	$ 0.1
Tax Protection Agreements \| Operating Partnership
Related Party Transactions
Period of opportunity to guarantee debt	10 years
Tax Protection Agreements \| Operating Partnership \| Maximum
Related Party Transactions
Future sale period for properties	7 years
Future sale period for properties in limited number of cases	10 years
Tax Protection Agreements \| Executive Officers \| Operating Partnership
Related Party Transactions
Guarantee of debt		$ 0.3