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Reportable Segments - Additional Information (Details) | Dec. 31, 2018 Property Customer | Dec. 31, 2017 Customer | Dec. 31, 2016 Customer
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Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of customer contributed 10% or more of total revenue | Customer | 0 | 0 | 0
Denver | Non-same store |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of properties acquired | Property | 2 |  |

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- Definition Number of customer. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of properties acquired. + References No definition available. + Details
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Period Type: | instant

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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
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Balance Type: | na
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- Details
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- Details
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Period Type: |