Debt - Mortgage Notes Payable (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	4.20%
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	4 years 4 months 13 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Encumbered Properties \| property	619
Gross Carrying Value of Collateralized Properties	$ 5,114,251,000
Outstanding Balance	$ 2,629,949,000	$ 3,039,882,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	4.95%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	4 years 7 months 6 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance	$ 20,400,000
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	4 years 6 months
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed and variable rate, maximum	5.20%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Fixed-rate debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Encumbered Properties \| property	618
Gross Carrying Value of Collateralized Properties	$ 5,083,978,000
Outstanding Balance	$ 2,618,652,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	4.95%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Fixed-rate debt [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	4 years 7 months 6 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Fixed-rate debt [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance	$ 242,200,000
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Variable-rate debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Encumbered Properties \| property	1
Gross Carrying Value of Collateralized Properties	$ 30,273,000
Outstanding Balance	$ 11,297,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	3.79%
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Variable-rate debt [Member] \| Weighted-Average [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity	7 months 6 days
Mortgage Notes Payable [Member] \| Recourse debt [Member] \| Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Balance	$ 0

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.

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)
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