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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 02, 2016	Jul. 29, 2016	Jul. 21, 2016	Jul. 07, 2016	Jul. 06, 2016	Aug. 04, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
Subsequent events
Purchase price							$ 679,528	$ 881,900
Subsequent events
Subsequent events
Purchase price						$ 30,486
Subsequent events \| Prairie Care MOB
Subsequent events
Purchase price					$ 4,886
Subsequent events \| Real Estate Loan - Chihuahua Development LLC
Subsequent events
Purchase price				$ 1,300
Subsequent events \| Mezzanine Loan - Hazelwood MOB
Subsequent events
Purchase price		$ 3,375
Subsequent events \| Jackson, Tennessee Land Purchase
Subsequent events
Purchase price	$ 1,000
CHI Portfolio \| Subsequent events \| Springwoods MOB
Subsequent events
Purchase price			$ 19,925
Credit Agreement Amendment [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Subsequent events
Subsequent events
Amount outstanding				$ 250,000
Debt Instrument, Term				7 years
Credit Agreement Amendment [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Subsequent events
Subsequent events
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Swap [Member] \| Subsequent events
Subsequent events
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Swap [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Subsequent events
Subsequent events
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate				1.07%