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Related Person Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended | 2 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 2 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2011 sqft | Dec. 31, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2009 | Jun. 30, 2011 Acquisition MOB Property | Dec. 31, 2011 Acquisition MOB Property | Dec. 31, 2010 Acquisition MOB Property | Feb. 29, 2012 Agreement to acquire sqft | Oct. 31, 2011 RMR | Dec. 31, 2011 RMR agreement Y employee D | Dec. 31, 2010 RMR | Dec. 31, 2009 RMR | Oct. 26, 2011 RMR | Dec. 31, 2011 RMR Restricted shares | Dec. 31, 2010 RMR Restricted shares | Dec. 31, 2009 RMR Restricted shares | Dec. 31, 2011 RMR MOB | Dec. 31, 2011 RMR Regional Offices sqft Property | Jun. 30, 2011 Five Star | Dec. 31, 2011 Five Star Y term | Feb. 17, 2012 Five Star | Feb. 17, 2012 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) | Dec. 31, 2011 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) | May 31, 2008 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) Property | Sep. 30, 2011 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) Acquisition MOB Property sqft | Jan. 31, 2011 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) Acquisition MOB sqft Property | Dec. 31, 2010 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) Acquisition MOB sqft Property | Sep. 30, 2011 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) Agreement to acquire MOB Property sqft | Nov. 30, 2010 CommonWealth REIT (CWH) Agreement to acquire MOB sqft Property | Jun. 30, 2011 AIC Y | Jun. 30, 2010 AIC | Dec. 31, 2011 AIC | Dec. 31, 2010 AIC | Dec. 31, 2009 AIC | Feb. 17, 2012 AIC
Related person transactions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of agreements to avail management and administrative services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of employees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 740 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual rate of compensation payable under business management agreement as a percentage of average book value of the assets owned by the entity or its subsidiaries as of October 12, 1999 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.50% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual rate of compensation payable under business management agreement as a percentage of historical cost of other real estate investments up to the first $250,000 (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.70% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Average historical cost of other real estate investments used to determine the compensation payable to related parties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 250,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual rate of compensation payable under business management agreement as a percentage of historical cost of other real estate investments over $250,000 (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.50% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Incentive fee (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Incentive fee (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.02 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Management fees payable under property management agreement as a percentage of gross rents (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Construction supervision fees payable under property management agreement as a percentage of construction costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate business management and property management fees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25,269 | 19,519 | 17,177 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Incentive fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 449 | 192 | 550 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pro rata share of internal audit costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 240 | 211 | 220 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period by which business management agreement and property management agreement get automatically renewed (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period before which the written notice is required to be given for cancellation of business management agreement and the property management agreement (in days) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of business days before which the notice is required to be given for termination of property management agreement (in days) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Area of real estate properties leased (in square feet) | 575,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,100 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of properties agreed to be acquired, or agreed to be acquired, referred as leased properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rental revenue from related party |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 180 | 169 | 101 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Awards granted (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72,450 | 66,850 | 63,450 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate value of awards granted during the period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,732 | 1,625 | 1,228 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Portion of the awards granted that vested on grant date |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | One-fifth |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Portion of the awards granted which will vest on each of the next four anniversaries of the grant date |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | One-fifth |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in common shares (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,235,000 | 4,235,000 | 250,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional number of common shares acquired (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of total shares outstanding |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.84% | 8.80% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum percentage of any class of equity shares that can be acquired without approval |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.80% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum percentage of ownership of lessee's voting stock above which the entity has the option to cancel all its rights, minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.80% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Management fees as a percentage of gross revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual return as a percentage of invested surplus specified as a base for determining incentive fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Incentive fee as percentage of the annual net operating income after the entity realizes an annual return equal to 8% of invested capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Initial term of the management agreement (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of consecutive renewal terms of agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Renewal period (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of consecutive period during which the entity must not receive the minimum return for the property management agreement to be subject to the pooling agreement (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property management agreement expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 835 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costs reimbursed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19,762 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price of properties acquired, excluding closing costs |  |  |  |  | 991,618 | 433,955 | 144,750 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 167,000 | 95,870 | 374,130 | 167,000 | 470,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of properties acquired or agreed to be acquired |  |  |  | 4 | 28 | 26 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 27 |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum percentage of ownership of entity's common shares which are subject to investment restrictions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum number of additional identified properties that can be purchased |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Area of real estate properties acquired (in square feet) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 514,409 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,300,000 | 737,000 | 2,100,000 | 1,300,000 | 2,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity method investments, ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.29% |  |  |
Amount invested in equity investee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,209
Equity method investments, carrying value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,291 | 5,076 |  |
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee | 139 | (1) | (134) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 139 | (1) | (134) |
Coverage of property insurance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  |
Period for which property insurance program was extended (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Total premiums |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,600 | $ 275 |  |

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