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Minimum Future Rental Payments under Ground Leases Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Ground Leases [Abstract] |
Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Noncancelable Operating Leases [Text Block] | The following table summarizes our minimum future rental payments under our operating leases as of December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):
|  | Total |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | Thereafter
Office Rent Lease |  | $ | 13,692 |  |  | $ | 1,862 |  |  | $ | 1,961 |  |  | $ | 1,993 |  |  | $ | 2,039 |  |  | $ | 1,925 |  |  | $ | 3,912 |
Ground Lease |  | 19,438 |  |  | 1,941 |  |  | 1,948 |  |  | 1,955 |  |  | 1,955 |  |  | 1,963 |  |  | 9,676 |
Total Operating Leases |  | $ | 33,130 |  |  | $ | 3,803 |  |  | $ | 3,909 |  |  | $ | 3,948 |  |  | $ | 3,994 |  |  | $ | 3,888 |  |  | $ | 13,588 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating land leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
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