Estimated total investment of industrial properties under construction.

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Estimated total investment remaining to be funded of industrial properties under construction.

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Amount of money paid in an insurance claim before the insurance coverage begins to pay.

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Write off of unamortized net book value of building improvements

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Area of a real estate property.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) ft² in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) ft² Property	Apr. 03, 2017 ft²	Dec. 31, 2016 ft²
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of industrial properties \| Property	516
Gross leasable area (GLA) of industrial properties \| ft²	62,800
Insurance deductible \| $	$ 25
Write off of unamortized net book value of building improvements \| $	$ 8,830
Development Activity
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of industrial properties \| Property	9
Gross leasable area (GLA) of industrial properties \| ft²	2,700
Estimated total investment \| $	$ 192,600
Estimated total investment remaining to be funded \| $	$ 120,900
2016 Fire
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of industrial properties \| Property	1
Gross leasable area (GLA) of industrial properties \| ft²			30
2017 Fire
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of industrial properties \| Property	1
Gross leasable area (GLA) of industrial properties \| ft²		80