Income Taxes - Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss Attributable to Taxable Income (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Percentage of taxable income dividend rate	90.00%

Percentage of distributed taxable income to qualify as REIT.

No definition available.

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