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Shareholders' Equity / Partners' Capital - Conversion of Series C Convertible Units into Class A Units (Details) - AH LLC - Series C Convertible Units - Operating Partnership | Feb. 28, 2016 shares
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Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Units owned (in shares) | 31,085,974
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares, multiplier | 1

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