Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Real Estate

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The number of communities sold by the entity during the period.

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The number of units sold by the entity during the period.

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Real Estate Investment, Ownership Sold

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of real estate or properties that were intended to be sold or held for capital appreciation or rental income. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of oil and gas property or timber property.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, including oil and gas property and timber property.

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The cash inflow from sale of buildings.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, including tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value-added and excise.

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Real Estate Investments - Sales of Real Estate Investments (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) unit	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) unit	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) community unit	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) community unit	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) community unit
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues				$ 1,400,053	$ 1,363,899	$ 1,294,001
Deferred tax expense on gain on sale of real estate and land				0	0	4,410
Palo Alto, CA [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of headquarters building	$ 18,000
Gain on sale of corporate headquarters	$ 9,600
Rental and other property [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues				$ 1,390,870	$ 1,354,325	$ 1,285,723
Communities Sold In 2018 [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of communities sold \| community				2
Number of units sold \| unit				669
Gain on sale of properties				$ 61,900
Gain on sale of real estate				61,900
Communities Sold In 2018 [Member] \| Rental and other property [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues				$ 352,000
Domain [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of units sold \| unit			379
Essex Ownership Percentage			100.00%
Gain on sale of real estate			$ 22,300
Domain [Member] \| Rental and other property [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues			$ 132,000
Eighth And Hope [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of units sold \| unit		290
Essex Ownership Percentage		100.00%
Gain on sale of real estate		$ 39,600
Eighth And Hope [Member] \| Rental and other property [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 220,000
Communities Sold In 2017 [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of communities sold \| community					1
Number of units sold \| unit					270
Gain on sale of properties					$ 26,200
Communities Sold In 2017 [Member] \| Rental and other property [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues					$ 132,500
Communities Sold In 2016 [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of communities sold \| community						3
Number of units sold \| unit						323
Gain on sale of properties						$ 14,000
Deferred tax expense on gain on sale of real estate and land						4,400
Communities Sold In 2016 [Member] \| Rental and other property [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Revenues						$ 80,800