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Net Income Per Unit (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Net Income Per Unit [Abstract] |
Net Income Per Unit Basic and Diluted |
BASIC AND DILUTED |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014
Numerators |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Partnership's net income |  | $ | 52,489 |  |  | $ | 55,410 |  |  | $ | 44,012
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred unit holders' interest in Partnership's net income |  |  | 11,101 |  |  |  | 11,334 |  |  |  | 14,042
General Partner's interest in Partnership's net income |  |  | 818 |  |  |  | 879 |  |  |  | 593
Partnership's net income allocable to unvested units |  |  | 285 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | —
Common unit holders' interest in Partnership's net income |  | $ | 40,285 |  |  | $ | 43,189 |  |  | $ | 29,377
Denominators |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common units outstanding, basic and diluted |  |  | 119,803,329 |  |  |  | 115,030,879 |  |  |  | 93,353,168
Net income per common unit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic and Diluted |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.38 |  |  | $ | 0.31

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