Acquired Ground Leases, Weighted Average Useful Life

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Company's equity ownership exchanged

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Company's ownership interest after acquisition

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Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage Prior to Sale

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Gain on change in control of interests, tax

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[Line Items] for Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Table]

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Net proceeds to finance acquisition

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Number of parking facilities

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Number of properties acquired

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Number of properties exchanged

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount after amortization of leases acquired as part of a real property acquisition at below market lease rate with a finite life.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of net gain (loss) recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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Ratio of the net operating income produced by an asset and its capital cost (original prices paid to buy the asset), used as an input to measure fair value.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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This element represents the amount of value allocated by a lessor (acquirer) to lease agreements which exist at acquisition of a leased property. Such amount may include the value assigned to existing tenant relationships and excludes the market adjustment component of the value assigned for above or below-market leases acquired.

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Net long-term land leases which are capitalized as part of real property.

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Net Gain on Change in Control of Interests (Details Textuals)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) properties	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) properties	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) properties	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 properties
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Net gain on change in control of interests		$ 487,684,000	$ 0	$ 487,684,000	$ 2,759,000
University Park at MIT [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Partner's equity ownership acquired	49.00%	49.00%		49.00%
Number of properties acquired \| properties	7	7		7
Company's ownership interest after acquisition	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%
Number of parking facilities	2	2		2
Ownership percentage prior to sale	51.00%	51.00%		51.00%
In-place leases	$ 78,000,000	$ 78,000,000		$ 78,000,000
Below market tenant leases	49,000,000	49,000,000		$ 49,000,000
Weighted-average discount rate applied to cash flows				7.00%
Weighted-average terminal capitalization rate				6.00%
Net gain on change in control of interests				$ 463,643,000
Gain on change in control of interests, tax				$ 179,815,000
University Park at MIT [Member] \| Above Market Leases [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Weighted average life				3 years 7 months
University Park at MIT [Member] \| Below-market tenant leases [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Weighted average life				3 years 7 months
University Park at MIT [Member] \| Below-market ground leases [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Ground leases	20,000,000	20,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Acquired ground leases, weighted average life				60 years
University Park at MIT [Member] \| Above-market ground leases [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Ground leases	24,000,000	$ 24,000,000		$ 24,000,000
Acquired ground leases, weighted average life				58 years
University Park at MIT [Member] \| May 2015 Common Stock Issuance [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Net proceeds to finance acquisition	$ 386,156,000			$ 386,156,000
Apartment Communities transaction [Member]
Net Gain on Change in Control of Interest [Line Items]
Partner's equity ownership acquired						50.00%
Number of properties acquired \| properties						3
Company's equity ownership exchanged						50.00%
Number of properties exchanged \| properties						5
Company's ownership interest after acquisition						100.00%