Aggregate Fair Value Of Restricted Shares Granted To Employees and Trustees On Grant Date

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Restricted Share Units Granted

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The noncash expense that represents the cost of restricted stock or unit distributed to employees as compensation.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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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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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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SHARE BASED COMPENSATION Restricted Share Units Awarded (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value Of Restricted Shares Granted To Employees and Trustees On Grant Date		$ 5.1	$ 4.8	$ 5.1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period		0
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number		621,398	449,422	386,412	342,330
Subsequent Event [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost	420,385
Interest Rate Swap Member Forward Starting [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock or Unit Expense	$ 3.1