The number of real estate acquisitions by the entity during the period.

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For a real estate property, the percentage of square feet leased.

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Area of a real estate property.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth; includes real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excludes real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3213-108585

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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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Real Estate Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands							6 Months Ended
Real Estate Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	Jan. 19, 2018 USD ($) ft²	Jun. 16, 2017 USD ($) ft²	May 09, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Mar. 01, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Feb. 27, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Feb. 10, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Real estate acquired, number							1	6
Arlington Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $	$ 18,483
Square footage \| ft²	113,742
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn	92.40%
Herndon Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $						$ 16,934
Square footage \| ft²						95,370
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn						96.10%
Windmill Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $						$ 9,665
Square footage \| ft²						27,486
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn						100.00%
Plaza 23 Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $					$ 52,375
Square footage \| ft²					161,035
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn					95.50%
Bells Fork Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $				$ 9,609
Square footage \| ft²				71,666
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn				91.70%
Evans Towne Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $			$ 12,030
Square footage \| ft²			75,668
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn			92.20%
Riverlakes Station
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price \| $		$ 24,337
Square footage \| ft²		92,212
Leased % of rentable square feet at acquisitionn		95.80%