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Long-Term Incentive Plan Units (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Unvested LTIP Units | The below table details unvested OP LTIP Units as of March 31, 2019:
Grant Recipient |  | Number of OP LTIP Units Granted |  | Grant Date |  | Vesting Date(1)
Directors: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 14,440 |  |  | September 12, 2018 |  | September 11, 2019
Partially dedicated employees: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 8,692 |  |  | December 11, 2018 |  | December 11, 2019
|  | 8,691 |  |  | December 11, 2018 |  | December 11, 2020
|  | 5,886 |  |  | December 12, 2017 |  | December 12, 2019
Total unvested OP LTIP Units at March 31, 2019 |  | 37,709 |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Date at which such OP LTIP Units will vest and become non-forfeitable.
The below table details unvested OP LTIP Units as of December 31, 2018:
Grant Recipient |  | Number of OP LTIP Units |  | Grant Date |  | Vesting Date(1)
Directors: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 14,440 |  |  | September 12, 2018 |  | September 11, 2019
Partially dedicated employees: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 8,692 |  |  | December 11, 2018 |  | December 11, 2019
|  | 8,691 |  |  | December 11, 2018 |  | December 11, 2020
|  | 1,723 |  |  | March 7, 2018 |  | March 7, 2019
|  | 5,886 |  |  | December 12, 2017 |  | December 12, 2019
Total unvested OP LTIP Units at December 31, 2018 |  | 39,432 |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Date at which such OP 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 OP LTIP Units for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019:
| Manager |  | Director/ Employee |  | Total
OP LTIP Units Outstanding (1/1/19) | 375,000 |  |  | 146,371 |  |  | 521,371 |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Exercised | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
OP LTIP Units Outstanding (3/31/19) | 375,000 |  |  | 146,371 |  |  | 521,371 |
OP LTIP Units Unvested and Outstanding (3/31/19) | — |  |  | 37,709 |  |  | 37,709 |
OP LTIP Units Vested and Outstanding (3/31/19) | 375,000 |  |  | 108,662 |  |  | 483,662 |
The following table summarizes issuance and exercise activity of LTIP Units and OP LTIP Units for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018:
| Manager |  | Director/ Employee |  | Total
LTIP Units and OP LTIP Units Outstanding (12/31/2017) | 375,000 |  |  | 116,159 |  |  | 491,159 |
Granted | — |  |  | 1,723 |  |  | 1,723 |
Exercised | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
LTIP Units and OP LTIP Units Outstanding (3/31/2018) | 375,000 |  |  | 117,882 |  |  | 492,882 |
LTIP Units and OP LTIP Units Vested and Outstanding (3/31/2018) | 375,000 |  |  | 86,155 |  |  | 461,155 |

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