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Secured Debt and Unsecured Debt (Details) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 10,000 | $ 6,700
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 3.74% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 5 years 10 days |
Deferred Finance Costs, Net |  | 0
Borrowings outstanding | $ 2,300 | 1,900
Total Unsecured Debt | 2,193,850 | 2,210,978
Total Debt | 3,570,795 | 3,565,299
Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | $ 952,801 | 963,713
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 4.93% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 3 years 8 months 19 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 26 |
Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | $ 424,144 | 390,608
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 1.53% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 4 years 6 months 10 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 11 |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility due October Two Thousand Fifteen [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 1.19% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 4 years 30 days |
Borrowings outstanding | $ 150,000 | 152,500
Tax Exempt Notes Payable [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 0.75% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 7 years 2 months 8 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 2 |
Line of Credit [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate | 5.23% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 3 years 20 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 18 |
Line of Credit [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate at Period End | 1.71% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 4 years 19 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 8 |
Mortgages [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 4.57% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 4 years 6 months 3 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 8 |
Mortgages [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 2.19% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 1 year 26 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 1 |
Five Point Two Five Percent, Medium Term Notes, Due January 2015 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 0 | 6
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 0.00% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 0 years |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 0 | 325,169
Four Point Two Five Percentage Medium-Term Notes due June 2018 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 1,037 | 1,465
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 4.25% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 2 years 5 months 1 day |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 298,963 | 298,535
ThreePointSevenTermNotesDueOctober2020 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 4 years 9 months 1 day |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 299,962 | 299,954
1.44% Term notes due January 2021 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 1.44% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 5 years 29 days |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 315,000 | 315,000
Three point seven percent medium term note due October 2020 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 38 | 46
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 3.70% |
Secured Debt [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | $ 1,376,945 | 1,354,321
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 3.88% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 3 years 11 months 19 days |
Number of Communities Encumbered | 37 |
Total Debt | $ 1,376,945 |
Secured Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Total Debt | 952,801 |
Secured Debt [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Total Debt | $ 424,144 |
Unsecured Debt [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 3.64% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 5 years 8 months 8 days |
Total Unsecured Debt | $ 2,193,850 | 2,210,978
Total Debt | 2,193,850 |
Four Point Six Three Percent Term Medium Notes Due January Two Thousand Twenty-Two [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 2,164 | 2,523
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 4.63% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 6 years 10 days |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 397,836 | 397,477
3.75 MTN Due July 2024 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 938 | 990
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 3.75% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 8 years 6 months 1 day |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 299,114 | 299,010
Eight Point Five Zero Percent, Debentures, Due September 2024 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 8.50% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 8 years 8 months 15 days |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 15,644 | 15,644
4.00% MTN Due October 2025 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Unamortized discount | $ 671 | 0
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 4.00% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 9 years 9 months 1 day |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 299,329 | 0
Others [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 24 | 27
Unsecured Working Capital Credit Facility due January 2019 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 0.00% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 3 years |
Borrowings outstanding | $ 0 | 0
1.21% Term Loan Facility due January 2021 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 1.21% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 5 years 29 days |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 35,000 | 35,000
Five Point Two Five Percent, Medium Term Notes, Due January 2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 5.25% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 15 days |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 83,260 | 83,260
6.21 Medium Term Note, Due January 2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Weighted Average Interest Rate | 6.21% |
Weighted Average Years to Maturity | 6 months 5 days |
Senior Unsecured Notes | $ 12,091 | 0
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Tax Exempt Notes Payable [Member] | Tax Exempt Notes Payable [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | 94,700 | 94,700
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | 514,462 | 568,086
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | 299,378 | 266,196
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | 442,617 | 401,210
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Principal outstanding | 31,337 | 31,337
Unsecured Debt [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Deferred Finance Costs, Net | (12,373) | (10,598)
Secured Debt [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Deferred Finance Costs, Net |  | (7,208)
Secured Debt [Member] | Variable Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Deferred Finance Costs, Net | (1,271) | (1,625)
Secured Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Deferred Finance Costs, Net | $ (4,278) | $ (5,583)

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