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Limited partner ownership interest percentage.

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Number of incentive units purchased.

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Area of land held.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of incentive obligation paid in cash or stock during the period to a limited liability corporation managing member or limited partnership general partner.

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Cash payments to lessor's for use of assets under operating leases.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excludes land acquired for use by the owner.

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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.

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Related-Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2013 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Incentive $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
2022 Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate				10.00%
417 Oakbend, LP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments for rent			$ 0.4	$ 0.3	$ 0.3
Registration and legal fees expenses			$ 1.4
417 Oakbend, LP [Member] \| Chief Sales Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General partnership ownership interest in related party, percentage			0.01%
Limited partnership interest in related party, percentage			10.49%
Kilpatrick Partners, L.L.C [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Land purchased \| a	18.3	17.6
Purchase cost of land	$ 4.8	$ 2.3
WCAS Capital Partners IV, L.P., [Member] \| 2022 Note [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate			10.00%
Debt instrument maturity date			Apr. 03, 2022
Former Employee [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of incentive units purchased \| Incentive			2,605
Purchase price per incentive unit \| $ / shares			$ 260.21
Incentive units purchased			$ 0.7