Acquisitions and Dispositions (Summary of Significant Assumptions Utilized in Estimates) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014 months
Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	7.38%
Fair Value Inputs, Cap Rate	5.98%
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Lease up Period in Months	12
Minimum [Member] \| Industrial [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Rental Rate Per Square Foot	2.75
Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	9.96%
Fair Value Inputs, Cap Rate	8.36%
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Lease up Period in Months	12
Maximum [Member] \| Industrial [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Rental Rate Per Square Foot	9.36

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Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Rental Rate Per Square Foot

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Ratio of the net operating income produced by an asset and its capital cost (original prices paid to buy the asset), used as an input to measure fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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