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Debt Instrument, Weighted Average Maturity Term

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Line Of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt issuance costs.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding calculated at point in time.

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Notes Payable, Net of Deferred Financing Costs (Details) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 07, 2017	Feb. 15, 2017	Feb. 14, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized deferred financing costs				$ 7,000,000		$ 7,000,000		$ 6,100,000
Amortization of financing costs				415,000	$ 398,000	813,000	$ 796,000
Notes Payable to Banks [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable, net of deferred financing costs				$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000
Term Loan [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate				2.80%		2.80%		2.36%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of amount outstanding				$ 0		$ 0		$ 45,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of amount outstanding				0		0		$ 45,000,000
Weighted average interest rate								2.46%
Loan Agreement Amendment [Member] \| Revolving Credit and Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accordion feature, increase limit			$ 50,000,000
Tangible net worth requirement		$ 868,900,000	$ 845,700,000
The Notes [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable, net of deferred financing costs	$ 125,000,000.0			$ 125,000,000.0		$ 125,000,000.0
Weighted average maturity term	8 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted average interest rate	4.83%
The Notes, Seven Year Term [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable, net of deferred financing costs	$ 50,000,000.0
Term	7 years
Interest rate, stated percentage	4.68%
Basis spread on variable rate						2.35%
The Notes, Ten Year Term [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable, net of deferred financing costs	$ 75,000,000.0
Term	10 years
Interest rate, stated percentage	4.93%
Basis spread on variable rate						2.40%