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Long-Term Incentive Plan Units (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Unvested LTIP Units | The below table details on the Company's unvested LTIP Units as of September 30, 2017:
Grant Recipient |  | Number of LTIP Units Granted |  | Grant Date |  | Vesting Date(1)
Independent directors: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 10,002 |  |  | September 12, 2017 |  | September 11, 2018
Partially dedicated employees: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 8,090 |  |  | December 13, 2016 |  | December 13, 2017
|  | 5,583 |  |  | December 13, 2016 |  | December 13, 2018
|  | 5,949 |  |  | December 15, 2015 |  | December 15, 2017
|  | 686 |  |  | December 15, 2015 |  | December 31, 2017
Total unvested LTIP Units at September 30, 2017 |  | 30,310 |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Date at which such LTIP Units will vest and become non-forfeitable.
Roll-Forward of Company's LTIP Units Outstanding | The following table summarizes issuance and exercise activity of the Company's LTIP Units for the three month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:
| Three Month Period Ended September 30, 2017 |  | Three Month Period Ended September 30, 2016
| Manager |  | Director/ Employee |  | Total |  | Manager |  | Director/ Employee |  | Total
LTIP Units Outstanding (6/30/2017 and 6/30/2016, respectively) | 375,000 |  |  | 94,539 |  |  | 469,539 |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | 74,938 |  |  | 449,938 |
Granted | — |  |  | 10,002 |  |  | 10,002 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,403 |  |  | 8,403 |
Exercised | — |  |  | (2,801 | ) |  | (2,801 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,475 | ) |  | (2,475 | )
LTIP Units Outstanding (9/30/2017 and 9/30/2016, respectively) | 375,000 |  |  | 101,740 |  |  | 476,740 |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | 80,866 |  |  | 455,866 |
LTIP Units Vested and Outstanding (9/30/2017 and 9/30/2016, respectively) | 375,000 |  |  | 71,430 |  |  | 446,430 |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | 51,070 |  |  | 426,070 |
The following table summarizes issuance and exercise activity of the Company's LTIP Units for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:
| Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 2017 |  | Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 2016
| Manager |  | Director/ Employee |  | Total |  | Manager |  | Director/ Employee |  | Total
LTIP Units Outstanding (12/31/2016 and 12/31/2015, respectively) | 375,000 |  |  | 94,539 |  |  | 469,539 |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | 74,938 |  |  | 449,938 |
Granted | — |  |  | 10,002 |  |  | 10,002 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,403 |  |  | 8,403 |
Exercised | — |  |  | (2,801 | ) |  | (2,801 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,475 | ) |  | (2,475 | )
LTIP Units Outstanding (9/30/2017 and 9/30/2016, respectively) | 375,000 |  |  | 101,740 |  |  | 476,740 |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | 80,866 |  |  | 455,866 |
LTIP Units Vested and Outstanding (9/30/2017 and 9/30/2016, respectively) | 375,000 |  |  | 71,430 |  |  | 446,430 |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | 51,070 |  |  | 426,070 |

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