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Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Net Property.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures (Financial Position of Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 31, 2014
Financial position of the Real Estate Ventures
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Debt	$ 965,077
Company's share of equity (Company's basis)	225,004us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments	180,512us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments	193,555us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
PJP Two [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Nov. 01, 2023
Financial position of the Real Estate Ventures
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Debt	3,492
Company's share of equity (Company's basis)	403
Coppell Associates [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Feb. 01, 2016
Financial position of the Real Estate Ventures
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Debt	15,747
Company's share of equity (Company's basis)	(1,214)
Unconsolidated real estate ventures [Member]
Financial position of the Real Estate Ventures
Net property	1,281,282	965,475
Other Assets	195,121	164,152
Other Liabilities	68,481	49,442
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Debt	965,077	699,860
Equity	442,845	380,325
Company's share of equity (Company's basis)	225,004	180,512
PJP Five [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Aug. 11, 2019
Financial position of the Real Estate Ventures
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Debt	5,242
Company's share of equity (Company's basis)	216
Austin Joint Venture [Member]
Financial position of the Real Estate Ventures
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Debt	382,100			34,500
Company's share of equity (Company's basis)	$ 40,374