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Future Minimum Rents | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Future Minimum Rents [Abstract] |
Future Minimum Rents [Text Block] | 13. Future Minimum Rents The properties are leased to tenants under net operating leases with initial term expiration dates ranging from 2017 to 2046. The future contractual minimum lease payments to be received (excluding operating expense reimbursements) by the Company as of December 31, 2016, under non-cancelable operating leases which expire on various dates through 2046, are as follows:
Years Ending December 31, | (in thousands)
2017 | $ | 1,906,847 |
2018 | 1,903,887 |
2019 | 1,887,137 |
2020 | 1,741,024 |
2021 | 1,553,526 |
Thereafter | 9,367,433 |
No single tenant represented more than 10.0% of the Company’s total rental revenue for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for operating leases of a lessor. This may include a general description of lessor's leasing arrangements for operating leases, including the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453916&loc=d3e41457-112716 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453916&loc=d3e41460-112716 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6452767&loc=d3e37051-112695 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 932 -SubTopic 235 -Section 50 -Paragraph 13 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51678428&loc=d3e61901-109447 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6452767&loc=d3e37045-112695 + Details
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