Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income And Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Property revenues
Property revenues	$ 361,716	$ 276,523	$ 673,075	$ 544,091
Property expenses
Property operating and maintenance	79,418	65,544	149,855	129,023
Real estate taxes	48,393	37,427	88,266	74,880
Total property expenses	127,811	102,971	238,121	203,903
Non-property income
Fee and asset management	1,190	2,263	3,640	4,469
Interest and other income	662	257	2,793	589
Income/(loss) on deferred compensation plans	(14,678)	6,400	(22,175)	10,026
Total non-property income/(loss)	(12,826)	8,920	(15,742)	15,084
Other expenses
Property management	7,282	6,436	14,496	12,560
Fee and asset management	359	1,019	1,534	2,151
General and administrative	15,734	15,246	30,524	29,468
Interest	29,022	24,084	53,564	47,728
Depreciation and amortization	157,734	99,586	270,872	192,727
Expense/(benefit) on deferred compensation plans	(14,678)	6,400	(22,175)	10,026
Total other expenses	195,453	152,771	348,815	294,660
Gain on sale of operating property			36,372	0
Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated joint venture interests	474,146		474,146
Equity in income of joint ventures	0	2,198	3,048	4,112
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	499,772	31,899	583,963	64,724
Income tax expense	(886)	(460)	(1,476)	(812)
Net income	498,886	31,439	582,487	63,912
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests	(1,571)	(1,260)	(4,427)	(2,386)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$ 497,315	$ 30,179	$ 578,060	$ 61,526
Earnings per share – basic	$ 4.59	$ 0.30	$ 5.41	$ 0.61
Earnings per share – diluted	$ 4.54	$ 0.30	$ 5.37	$ 0.61
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic	108,106	100,701	106,729	100,127
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – diluted	109,745	100,767	108,393	100,197
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net income	$ 498,886	$ 31,439	$ 582,487	$ 63,912
Other comprehensive income
Reclassification of net loss on cash flow hedging activities, prior service cost and net loss on post retirement obligation	369	372	738	745
Comprehensive income	499,255	31,811	583,225	64,657
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests	(1,571)	(1,260)	(4,427)	(2,386)
Comprehensive income attributable to common shareholders	$ 497,684	$ 30,551	$ 578,798	$ 62,271