Debt (Mortgage Notes Payable) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
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Weighted-Average Interest Rate	3.75%
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	3 years 9 months 18 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Encumbered Properties \| property	654
Gross Carrying Value of Collateralized Properties	$ 6,016,054,000
Outstanding Balance	$ 3,039,882,000	$ 3,689,796,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	5.08%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Ventures [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance	$ 103,300,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	2.95%
Fixed and variable rate, minimum	2.24%
Fixed and variable rate, maximum	5.20%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	5 years 1 month 2 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Ventures [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	1 year 10 months 24 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Fixed-rate debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Encumbered Properties \| property	653
Gross Carrying Value of Collateralized Properties	$ 5,991,403,000
Outstanding Balance	$ 3,031,644,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	5.08%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Fixed-rate debt [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance	$ 248,100,000
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Fixed-rate debt [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	5 years 1 month 6 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Variable-rate debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Encumbered Properties \| property	1
Gross Carrying Value of Collateralized Properties	$ 24,651,000
Outstanding Balance	$ 8,238,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	3.19%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Variable-rate debt [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	8 months 1 day
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Recourse debt [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Ventures [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance	$ 0

Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 20
-Article 5

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 03
-Paragraph 16
-Article 9

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823

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