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Scheduled quarterly payments as a percentage of original principal amount.

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Decrease of commitments under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility as a percentage of the reporting entity and its restricted subsidiaries? retained cash flow for each such calendar month.

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Period within which the proceeds must be used to repay debt, fund a capital expenditure or invest in a replacement property.

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Represents the rate of customary documentary and processing fees and charges and a fronting fee per annum on the daily stated amount of each letter of credit.

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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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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Debt (Details) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
Debt (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2016 property	Mar. 31, 2015 property
Long-term Line of Credit			$ 25,000
Period of utilization of proceeds from the sale of property			365 days
Held for sale \| HCRMC Master Lease Non Strategic Properties
Number of properties \| property			7	17	50
Senior secured credit facilities \| Federal funds rate
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percentage)		0.50%
Senior secured credit facilities \| One month adjusted LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percentage)		1.00%
Applicable margin (as a percentage)		5.25%
Senior secured credit facilities \| LIBOR
Floor rate		1.00%
Senior secured credit facilities \| Base rate
Applicable margin (as a percentage)		4.25%
Senior secured term loan
Term		6 years
Debt, face amount		$ 1,000,000
Scheduled quarterly payments as a percent of original principal amount (as a percent)		0.25%
Senior secured revolving credit facility
Term		5 years
Debt, face amount		$ 100,000
Long-term Line of Credit		$ 25,000
Commitment fee percentage (as a percentage)		0.50%
Letter of credit
Rate of customary documentary and processing fees and charges and a fronting fee (as a percentage)		0.125%
Unsecured revolving credit facility
Term	2 years
Debt, face amount	$ 100,000
Term of Facility	$ 36,000
Long-term Line of Credit			$ 0
Scheduled quarterly payments as a percent of original principal amount (as a percent)	0.50%
Floor rate	1.00%
Applicable margin (as a percentage)	6.25%
Monthly decrease of commitments under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility as a percentage of the reporting entity and its restricted subsidiaries? retained cash flow	50.00%
Unsecured revolving credit facility \| One Year Anniversary
Term	1 year
Senior secured notes
Term		7 years
Debt, face amount		$ 750,000
Interest rate		8.125%