Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Segment Information Segment Information Textual (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) property segment	Jun. 22, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) property
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment	7
Other Liabilities \| $	$ 41,630		$ 37,558
Coppell Associates [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other Liabilities \| $	$ 1,100		$ 1,200
Durham, NC [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Properties	1
Assets Held-for-sale [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Properties	6
1000 Atrium Way and Libertyview [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Properties			2
Broadmoor Austin Associates [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interests		50.00%