Consolidated Statements Of Income And Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017		Dec. 31, 2016
Property revenues
Rental revenues	$ 842,047		$ 770,540		$ 750,597
Other property revenues	954,505		900,896		876,447
Property expenses
Property operating and maintenance	220,732		217,817		206,780
Real estate taxes	122,847		110,925		104,575
Non-property income
Interest and other income	2,101		3,011		2,202
Income (loss) on deferred compensation plans	(6,535)		16,608		5,511
Total non-property income	2,797		27,795		14,577
Other expenses
General and administrative	50,735		50,587		47,415
Interest	84,263		86,750		93,145
Depreciation and amortization	300,946		263,974		250,146
Expense (benefit) on deferred compensation plans	(6,535)		16,608		5,511
Total other expenses	459,441		447,595		425,190
Loss on early retirement of debt	0		(323)		0
Gain on sale of operating properties, including land	0		43,231		295,397
Equity in income of joint ventures	7,836		6,822		7,125	[1],[2]
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	162,118		202,084		457,001
Income tax expense	(1,424)		(1,224)		(1,617)
Income from continuing operations	160,694		200,860		455,384
Income from discontinued operations	0		0		7,605
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	0		0		375,237
Net income	160,694		200,860		838,226
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests from continuing operations	(4,566)		(4,438)		(18,403)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$ 156,128		$ 196,422		$ 819,823
Earnings per common share from continuing operations	$ 1.63		$ 2.14		$ 4.81
Earnings per common share from discontinued operations	0.00		0.00		4.27
Total earnings per common share – basic	1.63	[3]	2.14	[3]	9.08
Earnings per common share from continuing operations	1.63		2.13		4.79
Earnings per common share from discontinued operations	0.00		0.00		4.26
Total earnings per common share – diluted	$ 1.63	[3]	$ 2.13	[3]	$ 9.05
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic	95,208		91,499		89,580
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – diluted	95,366		92,515		89,903
Net income attributable to common shareholders
Income from continuing operations	$ 160,694		$ 200,860		$ 455,384
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests from continuing operations	(4,566)		(4,438)		(18,403)
Income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders	156,128		196,422		436,981
Income from discontinued operations, including gain on sale	0		0		382,842
Net income attributable to common shareholders	156,128		196,422		819,823
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income:
Net income	160,694		200,860		838,226
Other comprehensive income
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedging activities	6,782		1,690		0
Unrealized gain (loss) and unamortized prior service cost on post retirement obligation	450		(20)		(80)
Reclassification of net (gain) loss on cash flow hedging activities, prior service cost and net loss on post retirement obligation	(246)		136		130
Comprehensive income	167,680		202,666		838,276
Less income allocated to non-controlling interests from continuing operations	(4,566)		(4,438)		(18,403)
Comprehensive income attributable to common shareholders	163,114		198,228		819,873
Other property revenues
Property revenues
Other property revenues	112,458		130,356		125,850
Total property expenses
Other expenses
Property management	343,579		328,742		311,355
Fee and asset management revenues
Property revenues
Other property revenues	7,231		8,176		6,864
Property management
Other expenses
Property management	25,581		25,773		25,125
Fee and asset management expense
Other expenses
Property management	$ 4,451		$ 3,903		$ 3,848

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

[2] Equity in income for the years ended December 31, 2017 includes our ownership interest of the hurricane related recoveries and expenses of approximately $0.4 million, respectively.

[3] Net income per share is computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of quarterly net income per share amounts may not equal the total computed for the year.