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Stockholders' Equity of the Company Stockholders' Equity of the Company (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Oct. 23, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jul. 01, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Stock, Shares, Issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,773,766 |
purchase price, value of shares issued to acquire land |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |  | $ 21,631 |  | $ 0 |  |
Aggregate gross proceeds |  |  |  |  | 387,398 |  | 102,229 |  | 349,951 |  |
Aggregate net proceeds after sales agent compensation |  |  | $ 249,600 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividend and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividends and distributions |  |  | $ 34,992 |  | 34,992 |  | 32,899 |  |  |  |
Common Stockholders And Unitholders Dividends And Distributions Declared But Not Paid |  |  |  |  | $ (33,336) |  | $ (31,243) |  | $ (29,378) |  |
Summary of shares and units |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock | [1] |  | 92,258,690 |  | 92,258,690 |  | 86,259,684 |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling common units |  |  | 1,764,775 |  | 1,764,775 |  | 1,804,200 |  |  |  |
Common stockholders and noncontrolling unitholders [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividend and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividends and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 31,243 |  |  |  |
Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Stock, Shares, Issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 86,259,684 |  | 92,258,690
Accrued dividend and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividends and distributions |  |  | $ 32,291 |  | $ 32,291 |  | 30,191 |  |  |  |
Summary of shares and units |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 86,259,684 |  | 92,258,690
Capital Units [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividend and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividends and distributions |  |  | 618 |  | 618 |  | 631 |  |  |  |
Preferred Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividend and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividends and distributions |  |  | $ 1,656 |  | $ 1,656 |  | $ 1,656 |  |  |  |
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of shares and units |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock (in shares) |  |  | 4,000,000 |  | 4,000,000 |  | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |
Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of shares and units |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock (in shares) |  |  | 4,000,000 |  | 4,000,000 |  | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividend and distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued dividends and distributions |  |  | $ 427 | [2] | $ 427 | [2] | $ 421 | [3] |  |  |
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of shares and units |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs | [4] |  | 1,269,809 |  | 1,269,809 |  | 1,248,352 |  |  |  |
Issuance of Equity under ATM Program [Member] | Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share of common stock sold during the period |  |  |  |  | 1,866,267 |  | 1,599,123 |  | 1,040,838 |  |
Aggregate gross proceeds |  |  |  |  | $ 140,100 |  | $ 104,700 |  | $ 55,300 |  |
Aggregate net proceeds after sales agent compensation |  |  |  |  | $ 138,200 |  | $ 103,100 |  | $ 54,400 |  |
SFFGA [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Stock, Shares, Issued |  | 351,476 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
purchase price, value of shares issued to acquire land |  | $ 21,600 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | The amount includes nonvested shares.
[2] | The amount includes the value of the dividend equivalents that will be paid with additional RSUs (see Note 13 “Share-Based Compensation” for additional information).
[3] | The amount includes the value of the dividend equivalents that will be paid with additional RSUs (see Note 13 “Share-Based Compensation” for additional information)
[4] | The amount includes nonvested RSUs. Does not include the 425,452 and 247,089 market measure-based RSUs because not all the necessary performance conditions have been met as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

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