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Rental Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Payments Receivable for Operating Leases | As of December 31, 2018, we were entitled to the following future contractual minimum lease payments on non-cancellable operating leases to be received which expire on various dates through 2038 (amounts in thousands):
2019 |  |  | $ | 485,441 |
2020 |  |  | 460,127 |
2021 |  |  | 423,365 |
2022 |  |  | 391,395 |
2023 |  |  | 362,738 |
Thereafter |  |  | 1,536,461 |
|  |  | $ | 3,659,527 |

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