Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income And Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Property revenues
Rental revenues		$ 203,505	$ 188,102
Other property revenues		27,178	31,419
Total property revenues		230,683	219,521
Property expenses
Property operating and maintenance		53,916	51,548
Real estate taxes		30,049	27,920
Total property expenses		83,965	79,468
Non-property income
Fee and asset management		1,998	1,748
Interest and other income		793	634
Income (loss) on deferred compensation plans		(205)	4,617
Total non-property income		2,586	6,999
Other expenses
Property management		6,639	7,027
Fee and asset management		965	884
General and administrative		12,223	12,868
Interest		20,374	22,956
Depreciation and amortization		70,224	63,734
Expense (benefit) on deferred compensation plans		(205)	4,617
Total other expenses		110,220	112,086
Loss on early retirement of debt		0	(323)
Equity in income of joint ventures	[1]	1,829	1,817
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		40,913	36,460
Income tax expense		(388)	(471)
Net income		40,525	35,989
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests from continuing operations		(1,130)	(1,128)
Net income attributable to common shareholders		$ 39,395	$ 34,861
Earnings per share – basic		$ 0.41	$ 0.39
Earnings per share – diluted		0.41	0.39
Distributions declared per common share		$ 0.77	$ 0.75
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic		95,067	89,925
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – diluted		96,046	90,949
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net income		$ 40,525	$ 35,989
Other comprehensive income
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedging activities		3,601	0
Reclassification of net loss on cash flow hedging activities, prior service cost and net loss on post-retirement obligation		35	34
Comprehensive income		44,161	36,023
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests from continuing operations		(1,130)	(1,128)
Comprehensive income attributable to common shareholders		$ 43,031	$ 34,895

[1] Equity in income excludes our ownership interest of fee income from various services provided by us to the Funds.