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Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Fixed Portion of Reference Rate

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Terms, Maximum Annual Capital Expenditures

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Debt Instrument, Fixed Quarterly Amortization of Principal, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Debt Instrument, Optional Annual Principal Payment

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Debt Instrument, Prepayment Fee, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Reference Rate, Minimum

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio Allowed

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio Required

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Allowed Distributions

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Amount of the total principal payments made during the annual reporting period.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Represents the charge against earnings during the period for commitment fees and debt issuance expenses.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings over the life of the debt instruments to which such costs pertain. Such amount is before the consideration of accumulated amortization.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Long-Term Debt (Peninsula Bank Credit Facility Narrative) (Details)		12 Months Ended
	May. 01, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Nov. 14, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2010 USD ($)
For the year ending December 31,
Amortization of debt financing costs		$ 17,415,000	$ 18,698,000	$ 21,381,000
Peninsula
For the year ending December 31,
Debt financing, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 875,000,000.0
Prepayment fee, percentage	1.00%
Fixed quarterly amortization of principal, percentage	0.25%
Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment			8,300,000
Debt Instrument, Optional Annual Principal Payment		78,000,000	42,500,000
Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Amount outstanding		662,750,000	742,400,000
Remaining borrowing capacity		30,000,000
Commitment fee percentage on unused portion of credit facility	0.50%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Allowed Distributions		20,000,000
Minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio required	2.0
Covenant, maximum annual capital expenditures			20,000,000
Deferred finance costs	$ 8,200,000					$ 33,800,000
Debt Related Commitment Fees and Debt Issuance Costs			2,000,000
Amortization of debt financing costs		2,100,000	1,500,000	$ 1,300,000
Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Term Loan
For the year ending December 31,
Debt financing, maximum borrowing capacity					825,000,000.0
Prepayment fee, percentage	1.00%
Debt Instrument, Amendment Fee, Percentage	1.00%
Amount outstanding		647,750,000	734,000,000
Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Revolver
For the year ending December 31,
Debt financing, maximum borrowing capacity					50,000,000.0
Amount outstanding		9,000,000	2,000,000
Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Swing Loan
For the year ending December 31,
Debt financing, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 15,000,000.0
Amount outstanding		6,000,000	$ 6,400,000
Peninsula \| Letter of Credit
For the year ending December 31,
Amount outstanding		$ 5,000,000
Eurodollar Rate \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Term Loan
For the year ending December 31,
Applicable margin	3.25%
Debt instrument, reference rate, minimum	1.00%
Eurodollar Rate \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Revolver
For the year ending December 31,
Applicable margin	4.00%
Base Rate \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Term Loan
For the year ending December 31,
Applicable margin	2.25%
Base Rate \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility \| Revolver
For the year ending December 31,
Applicable margin	3.00%
Federal Funds Rate \| Base Rate \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Interest rate, basis spread on fixed portion of reference rate	0.50%
One-month Eurodollar \| Base Rate \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Interest rate, basis spread on fixed portion of reference rate	1.00%
Trailing Four Quarters Ending March 31, 2016 Through June 30, 2016 \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio allowed		6.00
Trailing Four Quarters Ending September 30, 2016 Through December 31, 2016 \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio allowed		5.75
Trailing Four Quarters Ending March 31, 2017 Through June 30, 2017 \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio allowed		5.50
Trailing Four Quarters Ending September 30, 2017 and Thereafter \| Peninsula \| Bank Credit Facility
For the year ending December 31,
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio allowed		5.25