Adjusted Funds from Operations, Percent

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Debt - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 05, 2012 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing availability under revolving credit facility (up to for $175,000)	$ 250,000,000		$ 175,000,000
Adjusted funds from operations (in percentage)	95.00%
Outstanding borrowing under the revolving credit facility	$ 52,500,000	$ 65,580,000
Consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (in percentage)	3.40
Fixed charge coverage ratio (in percentage)	1.5
Fixed Rate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of debt	$ 516,000,000	522,700,000
Variable rate debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of debt	52,500,000	65,600,000
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing availability under revolving credit facility (up to for $175,000)	250,000,000
Outstanding borrowing under the revolving credit facility	$ 52,500,000	$ 65,600,000