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Mortgage Notes Payable (Notes)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable [Abstract]
Mortgage Notes Payable Disclosure [Text Block]	5. Mortgage Notes Payable On April 11, 2016, the Company used available cash to repay the mortgage loan collateralized by its Fountain Square property located in Reston, Virginia totaling approximately $211.3 million. The mortgage loan bore interest at a fixed rate of 5.71% per annum and was scheduled to mature on October 11, 2016. There was no prepayment penalty.

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The entire disclosure for mortgage notes payable.

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