Debt Instrument, Make-whole Premium Charge, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Notice, Period

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Escrow Agent Fees and Expenses

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Other Miscellaneous Expense

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Write off of Charges for Make-whole Premium

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Increase for accrued, but unpaid interest on the debt instrument for the period.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Debt - 8.25% Senior Secured Notes (Details) - Senior Secured Notes - USD ($)					2 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 13, 2015	Mar. 10, 2015	Jul. 01, 2013	Jun. 05, 2013	Jun. 15, 2015	Apr. 13, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Writedown of capitalized debt costs								$ 9,600,000
8.25% Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate				8.25%			8.25%
Aggregate principal amount	$ 305,000,000			$ 305,000,000			$ 305,000,000.0
Escrow agent fees and expenses			$ 3,000,000
Redemption notice, period	30 days
Funds held in escrow	$ 330,200,000					$ 330,200,000
Accrued interest for the period						$ 8,200,000
Make-whole premium percentage						4.125%
Debt make-whole premium					$ 16,500,000		16,500,000
Other miscellaneous charges					$ 400,000
Writedown of capitalized debt costs							$ 8,500,000
8.25% Senior Secured Notes \| Prior to June 15, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage				100.00%
6.875% Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		6.875%					6.875%
Redemption price percentage		106.875%