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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration per Square Foot

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Percentage of Leased Real Estate Properties

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Area of a real estate property.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsequent Event [Member] $ / shares in Units, ft² in Thousands, $ in Millions	Aug. 02, 2016 $ / shares	Aug. 01, 2016 USD ($) building	Jul. 29, 2016 USD ($) ft² $ / squarefeet	Jul. 27, 2016 USD ($) ft² $ / squarefeet
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.21
9221 Corporate Drive [Member] \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Square footage of real estate property \| ft²				115
Gross sales price				$ 12.7
Sales price per square foot \| $ / squarefeet				110
150 West Jefferson building [Member] \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Square footage of real estate property \| ft²			490
Gross sales price			$ 81.5
Sales price per square foot \| $ / squarefeet			166
Percentage leased			88.20%
CNL Tower I and II [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of controlling interest acquired		99.00%
Number of trophy office buildings acquired \| building		2
Amount of acquisition		$ 166.7