Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Schedule Reconciling Dividends Paid and Dividends Applied to Meet REIT Distribution Requirements [Table Text Block]

The following reconciles dividends paid and dividends applied in 2014, 2013, and 2012 to meet REIT distribution requirements (in thousands):

	2014			2013			2012
Common and preferred dividends paid	$	64,510		$	37,200		$	31,655
Dividends treated as taxable compensation	(110		)	(98		)	(147		)
Portion of dividends declared in current year, and paid in current year, which was applied to the prior year distribution requirements	(2,182		)	(470		)	—
Portion of dividends declared in subsequent year, and paid in subsequent year, which apply to current year distribution requirements	—			2,182			470
Dividends applied to meet current year REIT distribution requirements	$	62,218		$	38,814		$	31,978

Schedule of Components of Taxability of Company Dividends [Table Text Block]

The following summarizes the components of the taxability of the Company’s distributions for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012:

	Total  Distributions Per Share		Ordinary Dividends		Long-Term Capital Gain		Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain (A)		Cash Liquidation Distributions
Common:
2014	$	0.300000	$	0.281564	$	0.018436	$	0.018436	$	—
2013	$	0.180000	$	0.170355	$	0.009645	$	0.009457	$	—
2012	$	0.180000	$	0.124724	$	0.055276	$	0.055276	$	—
Series A Preferred:
2014	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
2013	$	0.968750	$	0.966882	$	0.001868	$	—	$	25.000000
2012	$	1.937500	$	1.342220	$	0.595280	$	0.595280	$	—
Series B Preferred:
2014	$	25.776040	$	0.467750	$	0.001000	$	0.001000	$	25.307290
2013	$	1.875000	$	1.774673	$	0.100327	$	0.098519	$	—
2012	$	1.875000	$	1.298222	$	0.576078	$	0.576078	$	—

(A) Represents a portion of the dividend allocated to long-term capital gain.