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Tax Treatment of Distributions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Reconciliation of Dividends Declared to Dividends Paid [Table Text Block] | The following table reconciles the dividends declared per share of common stock to the dividends paid per share of common stock during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
Dividends | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Dividends declared per share of common stock | 1.400 |  |  | 1.400 |  |  | 1.400 |
Less: Dividends declared in the current year and paid in the following year | (0.350 | ) |  | (0.350 | ) |  | (0.350 | )
Add: Dividends declared in the prior year and paid in the current year | 0.350 |  |  | 0.350 |  |  | 0.350 |
Dividends paid per share of common stock | 1.400 |  |  | 1.400 |  |  | 1.400 |
Common Stock |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Reconciliation of Dividends Declared to Dividends Paid [Table Text Block] | The unaudited income tax treatment for the dividends to common stockholders reportable for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 as identified in the table above was as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
Shares of Common Stock | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Ordinary income | $ | 0.992 |  |  | 70.86 | % |  | $ | 0.998 |  |  | 71.29 | % |  | $ | 0.756 |  |  | 54.00 | %
Qualified dividend | 0.002 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | 0.002 |  |  | 0.14 |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | 0.21 |
Return of capital | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.398 |  |  | 28.43 |  |  | 0.620 |  |  | 44.29 |
Capital gains (1) | 0.051 |  |  | 3.65 |  |  | 0.002 |  |  | 0.14 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Unrecaptured section 1250 gains | 0.355 |  |  | 25.36 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.021 |  |  | 1.5 |
| $ | 1.400 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 1.400 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 1.400 |  |  | 100.00 | %
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(1) | Capital gains are comprised entirely of 20% rate gains.
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Reconciliation of Dividends Declared to Dividends Paid [Table Text Block] | The 6.875% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock was issued in March 2012. The unaudited income tax treatment for the dividends to Series G preferred stockholders reportable for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 was as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, |
Preferred Shares | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Ordinary income | $ | 1.218 |  |  | 70.86 | % |  | $ | 1.711 |  |  | 99.54 | % |  | $ | 1.668 |  |  | 97.03 | %
Qualified dividend | 0.002 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | 0.17 |  |  | 0.006 |  |  | 0.35 |
Capital gains (1) | 0.063 |  |  | 3.65 |  |  | 0.005 |  |  | 0.29 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Unrecaptured section 1250 gains | 0.436 |  |  | 25.36 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.045 |  |  | 2.62 |
| $ | 1.719 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 1.719 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 1.719 |  |  | 100.00 | %
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(1) | Capital gains are comprised entirely of 20%
Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Reconciliation of Dividends Declared to Dividends Paid [Table Text Block] | The 6.375% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock was issued in August 2012. The unaudited income tax treatment for the dividends to Series H preferred stockholders reportable for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 was as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
Preferred Shares | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Ordinary income | $ | 1.129 |  |  | 70.86 | % |  | $ | 1.587 |  |  | 99.56 | % |  | $ | 1.546 |  |  | 96.99 | %
Qualified dividend | 0.002 |  |  | 0.13 |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | 0.19 |  |  | 0.006 |  |  | 0.38 |
Capital gains (1) | 0.059 |  |  | 3.65 |  |  | 0.004 |  |  | 0.25 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Unrecaptured section 1250 gains | 0.404 |  |  | 25.36 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.042 |  |  | 2.63 |
| $ | 1.594 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 1.594 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 1.594 |  |  | 100.00 | %
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(1) | Capital gains are comprised entirely of 20% rate gains.

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