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Dispositions and Held for Sale - Summary (Details) $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) outparcel | Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gain on sales of real estate assets |  | $ 8,118 | $ 85,521 |
Held for sale | [1] | $ 17,412 |  | $ 0
Real estate held-for-sale relative to total assets (as a percent) |  | 0.31188% |  |
Outparcel Sale |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gain on sales of real estate assets |  | $ 5,882 |  |
Number of properties disposed | outparcel |  | 5 |  |
Gulf Coast Town Center - Phase III |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sales price, gross |  | $ 9,000 |  |
Sales price, net |  | 8,769 |  |
Gain |  | $ 2,236 |  |
[1] | As of June 30, 2018, includes $638,301 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $351,039 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 6.

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