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Mortgage and Other Indebtedness, Net (Schedule of Unsecured Lines of Credit) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Outstanding	$ 1,114,969,000	$ 1,090,810,000
Wells Fargo Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, extension fee	0.15%
Wells Fargo - Facility A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	$ 500,000,000
Total Outstanding	0
First Tennessee
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	100,000,000
Total Outstanding	$ 53,249,000
First Tennessee | Wells Fargo Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, extension fee	0.20%
Wells Fargo - Facility B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	$ 500,000,000
Total Outstanding	62,552,000
Unsecured lines of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	1,100,000,000
Total Outstanding	115,801,000
Wells Fargo Bank | Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	30,000,000
First Tennessee Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Capacity	$ 20,000,000

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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