Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Revenues:
Property rental	$ 211,791	$ 161,024	$ 411,279	$ 309,918
Tenant reinsurance	21,654	17,340	42,209	33,850
Management fees and other income	10,828	7,496	20,188	15,246
Total revenues	244,273	185,860	473,676	359,014
Expenses:
Property operations	62,430	48,209	123,542	95,453
Tenant reinsurance	3,941	3,283	8,252	6,211
Acquisition related costs and other	3,138	4,554	7,191	5,423
General and administrative	20,512	16,655	43,914	32,904
Depreciation and amortization	43,950	31,552	86,847	61,980
Total expenses	133,971	104,253	269,746	201,971
Income from operations	110,302	81,607	203,930	157,043
Gain on real estate transactions and earnout from prior acquisition	11,358	400	9,814	400
Interest expense	(32,802)	(22,811)	(64,161)	(44,242)
Non-cash interest expense related to amortization of discount on equity component of exchangeable senior notes	(1,240)	(696)	(2,473)	(1,393)
Interest income	1,625	428	3,339	1,284
Interest income on note receivable from Preferred Operating Partnership unit holder	1,212	1,212	2,425	2,425
Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures and income tax expense	90,455	60,140	152,874	115,517
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures	3,358	3,001	6,188	5,651
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate ventures - gain on sale of real estate assets and purchase of joint venture partners' interests	0	0	26,923	2,857
Income tax expense	(3,773)	(2,185)	(6,538)	(4,433)
Net income	90,040	60,956	179,447	119,592
Net income allocated to Preferred Operating Partnership noncontrolling interests	(3,434)	(3,007)	(6,614)	(5,933)
Net income allocated to Operating Partnership and other noncontrolling interests	(3,562)	(2,610)	(7,197)	(4,578)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 83,044	$ 55,339	$ 165,636	$ 109,081
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.66	$ 0.47	$ 1.33	$ 0.93
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.66	$ 0.47	$ 1.32	$ 0.92
Weighted average number of shares
Basic (in shares)	124,914,467	116,861,678	124,678,293	116,491,710
Diluted (in shares)	132,025,915	124,475,890	132,152,519	123,477,241
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.78	$ 0.59	$ 1.37	$ 1.06