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Debt (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 22, 2015	Jul. 21, 2015
Debt
Total principal	$ 567,461	$ 216,105
Operating Partnership \| LIBOR \| Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, 35%
Debt
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.90%
Operating Partnership \| LIBOR \| Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >35% and 45%
Debt
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.90%
Operating Partnership \| LIBOR \| Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >45% and 45%
Debt
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Reference rate (as a percent)	1.00%
Operating Partnership \| LIBOR \| Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >45% and 50%
Debt
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Reference rate (as a percent)	1.20%
Operating Partnership \| LIBOR \| Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >50% and 55%
Debt
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Reference rate (as a percent)	1.60%
Operating Partnership \| Base Rate \| Base Rate Loans \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, 35%
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.00%
Operating Partnership \| Base Rate \| Base Rate Loans \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >35% and 45%
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.00%
Operating Partnership \| Base Rate \| Base Rate Loans \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >45% and 45%
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.10%
Operating Partnership \| Base Rate \| Base Rate Loans \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >45% and 50%
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.20%
Operating Partnership \| Base Rate \| Base Rate Loans \| Consolidated Leverage Ratio, >50% and 55%
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	0.60%
Credit Agreement
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 750,000	$ 750,000
Amount outstanding	473,000
Current borrowing capacity	178,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 99,000
Credit Agreement \| LIBOR
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	1.20%	1.20%
Credit Agreement \| Operating Partnership
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 750,000	$ 400,000
Term of extension option	1 year
Increase in maximum borrowing capacity			350,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under accordion feature			$ 1,100,000
Interest rate at end of period (as a percent)	2.05%
Credit Agreement \| Operating Partnership \| Swingline loan
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity as a percentage of maximum principal amount			10.00%
Minimum \| Credit Agreement \| Operating Partnership \| LIBOR
Debt
Reference rate (as a percent)	1.20%
Maximum \| Credit Agreement \| Operating Partnership
Debt
Unused fee (as a percent)	0.25%