Number of Real Estate Properties to be transferred into Real Estate Investment Trust

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Potential Number of Properties

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Event (Details)		12 Months Ended
Subsequent Event (Details)	Jun. 17, 2015 $ / shares	May. 31, 2015 property	Jun. 23, 2015 property
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Sale leaseback transaction, potential number of properties		75
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared date	Jun. 17, 2015
Cash dividend declared, per share (dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.55
Dividend payment date	Aug. 03, 2015
Dividend record date	Jul. 10, 2015
Number of properties to be transferred to REIT			430