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Early Repayment of Senior Secured Notes

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Represents the number of assets encumbered.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Debt (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Debt (Details)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 09, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt
Number of Assets Encumbered \| asset	15	15
Long-term debt, gross	$ 744,423,000	$ 744,423,000
Deferred financing costs	(169,000)	(169,000)
Debt, net	$ 744,254,000	744,254,000			$ 1,300,000,000
Interest Expense		$ 13,100,000
Predecessor
Debt
Long-term debt, gross					1,299,336,000
Deferred financing costs					(231,000)
Debt, net					1,299,105,000
Interest Expense			$ 19,319,000
Interest Costs Capitalized			$ 400,000
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	102.813%
Early Repayment of Senior Secured Notes				$ 12,900,000
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount				$ 539,000,000
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage		103.00%
Unsecured Debt \| 6.00% Percent, Due June 2025
Debt
Number of Assets Encumbered \| asset	0	0
Interest rate	6.00%	6.00%
Long-term debt, gross	$ 508,866,000	$ 508,866,000
Unsecured Debt \| 6.00% Percent, Due June 2025 \| Predecessor
Debt
Long-term debt, gross					510,047,000
Secured Debt \| 5.63 Percent, Due March 2023
Debt
Number of Assets Encumbered \| asset	9	9
Interest rate	5.625%	5.625%
Long-term debt, gross	$ 0	$ 0
Secured Debt \| 5.63 Percent, Due March 2023 \| Predecessor
Debt
Long-term debt, gross					552,669,000
Mortgage loans \| LIBOR Plus Three Point Zero Zero Percent Due November 2018 [Member]
Debt
Number of Assets Encumbered \| asset	1	1
Long-term debt, gross	$ 85,294,000	$ 85,294,000
Mortgage loans \| LIBOR Plus Three Point Zero Zero Percent Due November 2018 [Member] \| Predecessor
Debt
Long-term debt, gross					85,404,000
Mortgage loans \| LIBOR Plus Three Point Zero Zero Percent Due November 2018 [Member] \| LIBOR
Debt
Basis spread		3.00%
Mortgage loans \| 4.95 Percent, Due October 2022
Debt
Number of Assets Encumbered \| asset	4	4
Interest rate	4.95%	4.95%
Long-term debt, gross	$ 120,131,000	$ 120,131,000
Mortgage loans \| 4.95 Percent, Due October 2022 \| Predecessor
Debt
Long-term debt, gross					120,893,000
Mortgage loans \| 4.94 Percent, Due October 2022
Debt
Number of Assets Encumbered \| asset	1	1
Interest rate	4.94%	4.94%
Long-term debt, gross	$ 30,132,000	$ 30,132,000
Mortgage loans \| 4.94 Percent, Due October 2022 \| Predecessor
Debt
Long-term debt, gross					30,323,000
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] \| Unsecured Debt
Debt
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Adjustment, Net	33,866,074	33,866,074			35,100,000.0
Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Secured Debt
Debt
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Adjustment, Net					28,700,000.0
LIBOR Plus Three Point Zero Zero Percent Due November 2018 [Member] \| Secured Debt
Debt
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Adjustment, Net	300,000	300,000			400,000
4.94 Percent, Due October 2022 \| Secured Debt
Debt
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Adjustment, Net	700,000	700,000			700,000
4.95 Percent, Due October 2022 \| Secured Debt
Debt
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Adjustment, Net	$ 2,900,000	$ 2,900,000			$ 3,000,000