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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Ratio of Consolidated Net Indebtedness to Total Assets

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Ratio of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness to Total Assets

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Ratio of Unencumbered Assets to Unsecured Indebtedness

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Debt Instrument, Percent With Floating Rate With Interest Caps

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Debt Instrument, Percent with Fixed Rate

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Debt Instrument, Swap Arrangements, Percentage of Proceeds Converted

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Number of Acquisitions Partially Financed with Mortgages

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Number of Investments Partially Financed With Mortgages

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Number of Investments with Existing Mortgages Refinanced

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount of debt premium that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Maximum amount borrowed under the credit facility at any time during the period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Investment Debt (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Investment Debt (Details) $ in Millions	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Loan Investment acquisition	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2014 GBP (£)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings under line of credit			$ 75.0	$ 90.0
Repayments of lines of credit			$ 200.0	$ 90.0
Number of acquisitions partially financed with mortgages \| acquisition			5
Number of investments partially financed with mortgages \| Investment			5
Number of mortgages consolidated \| Loan			3
Number of investments with existing mortgages refinanced \| Investment			11
KWE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent			17.70%
Japan [Member] \| Multifamily [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment penalty		$ 7.1
Mortgage Loans Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 2,849.7			$ 2,195.9
Debt unamortized premium			$ 1.9			$ 15.4
Weighted average interest rate of debt			3.16%			3.03%
Percent of debt with fixed rate			63.00%			43.00%
Percent of debt with floating interest rate and interest caps			19.00%			38.00%
Percent of debt with floating interest rate, without interest caps			18.00%			19.00%
Investment Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 3,296.6			$ 2,195.9
Debt unamortized premium			1.9
Mortgage Loans Secured by Multi-Family Properties [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Western United States [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			824.7			565.5
Mortgage Loans Secured by Multi-Family Properties [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Japan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			0.0			242.9
Mortgage Loans Secured by Multi-Family Properties [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			192.6			133.6
Mortgage Loans Secured by Multi-Family Properties [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member] \| KWE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			53.0			40.3
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Buildings [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Western United States [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			256.6			131.0
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Buildings [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Japan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			2.1			2.1
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Buildings [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			391.5			412.5
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Buildings [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member] \| KWE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			295.1			323.8
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Buildings [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			1,054.7			569.2
Mortgage Loans Secured by Commercial Buildings [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member] \| KWE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			969.4			483.0
Mortgage Loans Secured by Hotel [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Western United States [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			39.5			37.2
Mortgage Loans Secured by Hotel [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			80.5			72.9
Mortgage Loans Secured by Residential and Other [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			4.0			29.0
Mortgage Loans Secured by Residential and Other [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Ireland [Member] \| KWE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			0.0			14.6
Mortgage Loans Secured by Residential and Other [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Spain [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			3.5			0.0
Mortgage Loans Secured by Residential and Other [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Spain [Member] \| KWE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			3.5			0.0
Mortgage Loans, Unsecured [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 446.9			0.0
Face value		$ 454.0			£ 300,000,000
Interest rate		3.95%			3.95%
Effective interest rate			3.35%
Percentage of proceeds converted to Euros with swaps			50.00%
Maximum percentage of total assets			60.00%
Maximum ratio of consolidated secured indebtedness to total assets			50.00%
Interest coverage ratio			1.50
Maximum ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness			125.00%
Mortgage Loans, Unsecured [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 446.9			$ 0.0
KWE Facility [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Payable [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	3 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 340.5						£ 225,000,000
Borrowings under line of credit			55.7
Repayments of lines of credit			56.0
Maximum amount drawn on the unsecured credit facility at any one point			$ 56.0
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 340.5						£ 225,000,000