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Distributions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2022	Jan. 18, 2022	Jan. 04, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Dividends [Line Items]
Common stock issued, discount rate					3.00%
Common stock distributions (in usd per share)					$ 2.16	$ 2.12	$ 2.12
Dividends declared per common share outstanding (in usd per share)				$ 0.57
Distribution to limited partnership unitholders					$ 17,821	$ 16,751	$ 16,642
Subsequent Event
Dividends [Line Items]
Common stock dividend paid	$ 10,600
Distribution to limited partnership unitholders	$ 5,300
Distributions partnership units (in usd per share)	$ 0.57
Preferred stock distributions		$ 2,800
Dividend Income
Dividends [Line Items]
Common stock distributions (in usd per share)					$ 1.49	$ 1.43	$ 2.00
Return on Invested Capital
Dividends [Line Items]
Return of capital (in usd per share)				$ 0.67	0.67	0.69	0.12
Series C Preferred Stock
Dividends [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend (in usd per share)						1.80
Depositary Shares each representing 1/100th of a share of 6.125% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
Dividends [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend (in usd per share)					1.53	1.53	1.53
Depositary Shares each representing 1/100th of a share of 6.125% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share \| Subsequent Event
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividends declared per preferred share outstanding (in usd per share)			$ 0.3828
Depositary Shares each representing 1/100th of a share of 6.000% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
Dividends [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend (in usd per share)					$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 0.06
Depositary Shares each representing 1/100th of a share of 6.000% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share \| Subsequent Event
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividends declared per preferred share outstanding (in usd per share)			$ 0.3750