Debt (Principal Payments Of Debt) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2015	$ 225,946,000
2016	233,152,000
2017	139,660,000
2018	59,945,000
2019	53,556,000
2020	34,990,000
2021	1,883,000
2022	304,397,000
2023	301,494,000
2024	251,588,000
Thereafter	44,309,000
Total	1,650,920,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Unsecured notes payable under credit facilities	189,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit	0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Capital leases	21,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations	21,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations
Fair value of interest rate contracts	3,900,000
Net premium (discount) on debt	(3,100,000)
Non-cash debt	4,300,000wri_NonCashDebt
Debt service guaranty liability	$ 72,105,000us-gaap_SpecialAssessmentBond	$ 73,740,000us-gaap_SpecialAssessmentBond

Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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