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Maximum Aggregate Common Stock Offer Price

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Number Of Dividends Declared

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Represents the maximum percentage of commission to each sales agent of the proceeds from sales of common stock.

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Final price paid per share for the purchase of the targeted number of shares, determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time.

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Amount of cash receipt from (payment to) bank; or stock received from (issuance to) bank in the settlement of the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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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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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details)								1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details)	Jul. 11, 2016 shares	May 09, 2016 USD ($) shares	Apr. 19, 2016 shares	Feb. 17, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jan. 19, 2016 shares	Nov. 12, 2015 USD ($) shares	Oct. 30, 2015 dividend $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 11, 2016 $ / shares shares	Apr. 19, 2016 $ / shares shares	Jan. 19, 2016 $ / shares shares	Feb. 12, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 20, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Authorized repurchase amount		$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000						$ 500,000,000
Authorized amount for accelerated stock repurchase program		$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000
Accelerated shares repurchased (shares) \| shares	1,104,162	3,964,812	861,235	4,222,193	970,609	4,140,788			5,068,974.000	5,083,428	5,111,397
Average price per share paid for stock repurchased for accelerated stock repurchases (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares									$ 78.91	$ 78.69	$ 78.26
Total shares acquired \| shares								2,197,879
Total shares acquired								$ 141,102,000
Average cost of shares acquired (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 64.17
Number of dividends declared \| dividend							2
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 2.00
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 0.01					$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Maximum price of common stock available to be issued								$ 500,000,000							$ 500,000,000
Commission to sales agent (as a percent)															2.00%
PPR Portfolio \| Pacific Premier Retail LLC
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Ownership interest						40.00%
2015 Stock Buyback Program
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Authorized repurchase amount														$ 1,200,000,000