Debt (Principal Payments Of Debt) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2015 remaining	$ 114,054,000
2016	169,043,000
2017	141,225,000
2018	61,567,000
2019	55,236,000
2020	236,725,000
2021	3,687,000
2022	306,266,000
2023	303,430,000
2024	253,589,000
Thereafter	93,864,000
Total	1,738,686,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Unsecured notes payable under credit facilities	104,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit	189,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Obligations under capital leases	21,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations	21,000,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations
Fair value of interest rate contracts	3,900,000
Net premium/(discount) on debt	(3,000,000)
Non-cash debt	4,200,000wri_NonCashDebt
Debt service guaranty liability	$ 72,105,000us-gaap_SpecialAssessmentBond	$ 72,105,000us-gaap_SpecialAssessmentBond

Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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