Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual, Number Of Individuals

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- Definition

Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Number Of Installments

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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The total fair value of shares issued during the period under a deferred compensation arrangement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Value, before forfeitures, of stock or other type of equity granted of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Equity Awards Narrative (Details) - Subsequent Event	Aug. 01, 2017 installment shares	Jul. 18, 2017 USD ($) person $ / shares shares	Jul. 17, 2017 shares
Trustee \| Long-term incentive partnership units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Deferred compensation arrangement, number of individuals awarded \| person		7
Deferred compensation arrangement, value \| $		$ 250,000
JBG Companies
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Price per share of stock issued for acquisition (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 37.10
Initial Formation Awards
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Equity grants (in shares)		2,700,000
Value of stock granted from share-based compensation plans \| $		$ 100,000,000
Initial Formation Awards \| Vesting period one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of vesting rights for each tranche		25.00%
Initial Formation Awards \| Vesting period two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of vesting rights for each tranche		25.00%
Initial Formation Awards \| Vesting period three
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of vesting rights for each tranche		50.00%
Long-term incentive partnership units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Equity grants (in shares)	303,700
Number of vesting installments under share-based arrangement \| installment	4
Out-performance award units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Equity grants (in shares)	607,000
Vesting period for share-based compensation plans	3 years
Out-performance award units \| Vesting period one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of vesting rights for each tranche	50.00%
Out-performance award units \| Vesting period two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of vesting rights for each tranche	50.00%
2017 Omnibus Share Plan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement, number of shares authorized			10,300,000