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Capital (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure, Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments and Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared | The following table summarizes the distributions paid on our operating partnership units for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015:
Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Amount per Operating Partnership Unit
December 15, 2017 |  | December 29, 2017 |  | $0.105
September 15, 2017 |  | September 29, 2017 |  | $0.105
June 15, 2017 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | $0.105
March 15, 2017 |  | March 31, 2017 |  | $0.105
December 15, 2016 |  | December 29, 2016 |  | $0.105
September 19, 2016 |  | September 30, 2016 |  | $0.105
June 15, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016 |  | $0.105
March 16, 2016 |  | March 31, 2016 |  | $0.085
December 15, 2015 |  | December 31, 2015 |  | $0.085
September 15, 2015 |  | September 30, 2015 |  | $0.085
June 15, 2015 |  | June 30, 2015 |  | $0.085
March 13, 2015 |  | March 31, 2015 |  | $0.085
Summary of Restricted Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan Activity | The following is a summary of ESRT restricted stock and LTIP unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2017:
| ESRT Restricted Stock |  | LTIP Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Fair Value
Unvested balance at December 31, 2016 | 107,793 |  |  | 2,881,629 |  |  | $ | 10.01 |
Vested | (48,900 | ) |  | (588,367 | ) |  | 11.97 |
Granted | 34,407 |  |  | 1,372,574 |  |  | 13.77 |
Forfeited or unearned | (2,509 | ) |  | (77,227 | ) |  | 5.36 |
Unvested balance at December 31, 2017 | 90,791 |  |  | 3,588,609 |  |  | $ | 11.20 |
Schedule of Earnings Per Unit, Basic and Diluted | Earnings per unit for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 is computed as follows (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 118,253 |  |  | $ | 107,250 |  |  | $ | 79,928 |
Private perpetual preferred unit distributions | (936 | ) |  | (936 | ) |  | (936 | )
Earnings allocated to unvested shares | (760 | ) |  | (747 | ) |  | (550 | )
Net income attributable to common unitholders - basic and diluted | $ | 116,557 |  |  | $ | 105,567 |  |  | $ | 78,442 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average units outstanding - basic | 296,455 |  |  | 276,848 |  |  | 265,914 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based compensation plans | 775 |  |  | 454 |  |  | — |
Exchangeable senior notes | 819 |  |  | 266 |  |  | — |
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | 298,049 |  |  | 277,568 |  |  | 265,914 |
Earnings per unit - basic and diluted | $ | 0.39 |  |  | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.29 |

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