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Real Estate Starwood Disposition $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |  |  | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 14, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares | Mar. 10, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) property $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) property $ / shares | Dec. 31, 2014 $ / shares
Disposed Properties |  |  | 99 | 8 |
Disposed Units |  |  | 29,776 | 1,857 |
Proceeds From Sale Of Property |  |  | $ 6,943,458 | $ 513,312 |
Earnest Money Deposits |  |  | 0 | 1,000 |
Land |  |  | 5,899,862 | 5,864,046 |
Depreciable property Abstract |  |  |  |  |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 16,913,430 | 16,346,829 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 1,346,300 | 1,207,098 |
Real estate held for sale before accumulated depreciation |  |  | 25,386,425 | 25,182,352 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (5,360,389) | (4,905,406) |
Real estate held for sale |  |  | $ 0 | $ 2,181,135 |
Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding | $ / shares |  |  | $ 13.015 | $ 2.210 | $ 2.000
Starwood Portfolio [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 72 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 23,262 |  |
Proceeds From Sale Of Property |  |  | $ 5,365,000 |  |
Earnest Money Deposits |  |  |  | $ 250,000 |
Land |  |  |  | 602,737 |
Depreciable property Abstract |  |  |  |  |
Buildings and improvements |  |  |  | 2,386,489 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  |  | 335,565 |
In-Place lease intangibles |  |  |  | 35,554 |
Real estate held for sale before accumulated depreciation |  |  |  | 3,360,345 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  | (1,179,210) |
Real estate held for sale |  |  |  | $ 2,181,135 |
Distributions declared per Common Share outstanding | $ / shares | $ 3 | $ 8 | $ 11.00 |  |
Payments of Dividends | $ 1,100,000 | $ 3,000,000 |  |  |
Starwood Portfolio [Member] | South Florida |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 33 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 10,742 |  |
Starwood Portfolio [Member] | Denver |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 18 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 6,635 |  |
Starwood Portfolio [Member] | Washington D.C. |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 10 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 3,020 |  |
Starwood Portfolio [Member] | Seattle |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 8 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 1,721 |  |
Starwood Portfolio [Member] | Los Angeles |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 3 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 1,144 |  |
Consolidated Rental Properties [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 98 | 8 |
Disposed Units |  |  | 29,440 | 1,857 |
Proceeds From Sale Of Property |  |  | $ 6,811,503 | $ 513,312 |
Consolidated Rental Properties [Member] | Starwood Portfolio [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disposed Properties | property |  |  | 72 |  |
Disposed Units |  |  | 23,262 |  |

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