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Derivatives and Hedging (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 1,890,000,000 |  | $ 1,890,000,000 |  | $ 1,792,251,000
Unrealized gains (losses) included in accumulated other comprehensive loss | (32,700,000) |  | (32,700,000) |  | (16,600,000)
Amount of ineffectiveness on hedges | 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 0 |
Net unrealized losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be reclassified into interest expense within the next 12 months | 13,200,000 |  | 13,200,000 |  |
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Derivative at Fair Value, Net | 32,746,000 |  | 32,746,000 |  | 16,602,000
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type one |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | (1,467,000) |  | (1,467,000) |  | (1,014,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 275,000,000 |  | $ 275,000,000 |  | 275,000,000
Interest rate | 1.1175% |  | 1.1175% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type two |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (2,254,000) |  | $ (2,254,000) |  | (2,190,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 175,000,000 |  | $ 175,000,000 |  | 175,000,000
Interest rate | 1.5625% |  | 1.5625% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type three |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (2,447,000) |  | $ (2,447,000) |  | (2,478,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 175,000,000 |  | $ 175,000,000 |  | 175,000,000
Interest rate | 1.635% |  | 1.635% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type four |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (348,000) |  | $ (348,000) |  | (312,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 16,170,000 |  | $ 16,170,000 |  | 16,418,000
Interest rate | 1.825% |  | 1.825% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type five |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (324,000) |  | $ (324,000) |  | (279,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 16,170,000 |  | $ 16,170,000 |  | 16,418,000
Interest rate | 1.751% |  | 1.751% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type six |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (854,000) |  | $ (854,000) |  | (765,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 39,690,000 |  | $ 39,690,000 |  | 40,298,000
Interest rate | 1.825% |  | 1.825% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type seven |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (814,000) |  | $ (814,000) |  | (701,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 40,670,000 |  | $ 40,670,000 |  | 41,292,000
Interest rate | 1.751% |  | 1.751% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type eight |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (380,000) |  | $ (380,000) |  | (340,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 17,640,000 |  | $ 17,640,000 |  | 17,910,000
Interest rate | 1.825% |  | 1.825% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type nine |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (334,000) |  | $ (334,000) |  | (287,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 16,660,000 |  | $ 16,660,000 |  | 16,915,000
Interest rate | 1.751% |  | 1.751% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type ten |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (3,838,000) |  | $ (3,838,000) |  | (3,186,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 125,000,000 |  | $ 125,000,000 |  | 125,000,000
Interest rate | 2.018% |  | 2.018% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type eleven |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (2,884,000) |  | $ (2,884,000) |  | (2,308,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 100,000,000 |  | $ 100,000,000 |  | 100,000,000
Interest rate | 1.944% |  | 1.944% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type twelve |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (1,495,000) |  | $ (1,495,000) |  | (115,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 125,000,000 |  | $ 125,000,000 |  | 125,000,000
Interest rate | 1.2715% |  | 1.2715% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type thirteen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (1,391,000) |  | $ (1,391,000) |  | (321,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 100,000,000 |  | $ 100,000,000 |  | 100,000,000
Interest rate | 1.9615% |  | 1.9615% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type fourteen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (621,000) |  | $ (621,000) |  | (87,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 50,000,000 |  | $ 50,000,000 |  | 50,000,000
Interest rate | 1.85% |  | 1.85% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type fifteen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (596,000) |  | $ (596,000) |  | (62,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 50,000,000 |  | $ 50,000,000 |  | 50,000,000
Interest rate | 1.8115% |  | 1.8115% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type sixteen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (276,000) |  | $ (276,000) |  | (9,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 25,000,000 |  | $ 25,000,000 |  | 25,000,000
Interest rate | 1.7445% |  | 1.7445% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type seventeen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap asset |  |  |  |  | 98,000
Interest rate swap liability | $ (449,000) |  | $ (449,000) |  |
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 33,000,000 |  | $ 33,000,000 |  | 33,000,000
Interest rate | 1.80% |  | 1.80% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type eighteen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap asset |  |  |  |  | 245,000
Interest rate swap liability | $ (1,115,000) |  | $ (1,115,000) |  |
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 82,000,000 |  | $ 82,000,000 |  | 82,000,000
Interest rate | 1.80% |  | 1.80% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type nineteen |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap asset |  |  |  |  | 104,000
Interest rate swap liability | $ (476,000) |  | $ (476,000) |  |
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 35,000,000 |  | $ 35,000,000 |  | 35,000,000
Interest rate | 1.80% |  | 1.80% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type twenty |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (5,306,000) |  | $ (5,306,000) |  | (2,196,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 143,000,000 |  | $ 143,000,000 |  | 143,000,000
Interest rate | 1.80816% |  | 1.80816% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type twenty one |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (1,568,000) |  | $ (1,568,000) |  | (97,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 50,000,000 |  | $ 50,000,000 |  | 50,000,000
Interest rate | 1.6125% |  | 1.6125% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type twenty two |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap asset |  |  |  |  | 59,000
Interest rate swap liability | $ (1,433,000) |  | $ (1,433,000) |  |
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 50,000,000 |  | $ 50,000,000 |  | 50,000,000
Interest rate | 1.5555% |  | 1.5555% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type twenty three |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (1,804,000) |  | $ (1,804,000) |  | (361,000)
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 50,000,000 |  | $ 50,000,000 |  | 50,000,000
Interest rate | 1.7095% |  | 1.7095% |  |
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Swap-cash flow, hedge type twenty four |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap asset |  |  |  |  | 0
Interest rate swap liability | $ (272,000) |  | $ (272,000) |  |
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Notional value | $ 100,000,000 |  | $ 100,000,000 |  | 0
Interest rate | 1.15% |  | 1.15% |  |
Interest Expense |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into interest expense | $ 4,000,000 | $ 5,000,000 | $ 12,300,000 | $ 13,300,000 |
Accounts payable and other liabilities | Interest rate swap |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap liability | $ (32,700,000) |  | $ (32,700,000) |  | (17,100,000)
Prepaid expenses and other assets | Interest rate swap |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives and Hedging |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap asset |  |  |  |  | $ 500,000

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