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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended								1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	May 31, 2011 acre Location	Sep. 30, 2011 Property Location	Sep. 30, 2011 MortgageLoan Property Location	Dec. 31, 2010 Property	Sep. 30, 2011 Manufactured homes Property	May 31, 2011 Manufactured homes Investment	Sep. 30, 2011 RV resort Property	May 31, 2011 RV resort Investment	Sep. 30, 2011 Acquired Property Property	Oct. 31, 2011 Acquired Property Acquisition Property	Oct. 31, 2011 Series B Subordinated Non-Voting Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Acquisition	Oct. 31, 2011 Acquisition Property	Sep. 30, 2011 Common Stock	Sep. 30, 2011 Series B Subordinated Non-Voting Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquired portfolio						75		1
Description of acquired property	31,167 sites on approximately 6,500 acres located in 16 states (primarily located in Florida and the northeastern region of the United States)
Number of sites in which properties located	31,167
Acres of land in which properties located	6,500
Number of states in which properties located	16
Purchase price	$ 1,430,000,000	$ 1,062,000,000	$ 1,062,000,000									$ 267,000,000
Acquisition costs		15,216,000	17,333,000
Number of closed acquisition		58										10
Expected number of remaining acquisition properties to be closed on or before November 30, 2011												7
Purchase price		1,047,000,000	1,047,000,000
Stock issued for the Acquisition Properties, share											497,538		1,708,276	1,242,462
Stock issued for the Acquisition Properties, aggregate stated value											29,000,000		99,000,000	72,000,000
Mortgage debt assumed for the acquisition properties, aggregate stated value		328,000,000	328,000,000									132,000,000
Term loan financing proceeds			200,000,000
Proceeds from common stock offering		$ 348,000,000	$ 348,000,000									$ 106,000,000
Number of properties used as a pledge		160	160	129	20		3		18	10