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| Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] | |
| Common Shares | 4. Common Shares In January 2026, we repurchased 1,096,807 common shares at an average price of $110.03 per share for approximately $120.7 million under our then-existing share repurchase plan, which authorized up to $500.0 million of common equity securities through open-market purchases, block purchases, and privately negotiated transactions. In February 2026, our Board of Trust Managers authorized a new share repurchase plan of up to $600.0 million of our common shares or equity securities, replacing the $500.0 million share repurchase plan authorized in October 2022, which had approximately $58.6 million remaining upon termination. During February and March 2026, we repurchased an additional 1,536,223 common shares at an average price of $102.91 per share, and a total cost of approximately $158.1 million under the share repurchase plan authorized in February 2026. In the second quarter, we repurchased 1,429,136 common shares at an average price of $100.78 per share for approximately $144.1 million. Through June 30, 2026, we repurchased an aggregate of 2,965,359 common shares under the February 2026 share repurchase plan for approximately $302.1 million. As of the date of this filing, $297.9 million remained available for repurchases under our share repurchase plan. We currently have an automatic shelf registration statement which allows us to offer common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, or warrants, and our Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust provides we may issue up to 185 million shares of beneficial interest, consisting of 175 million common shares and 10 million preferred shares. At June 30, 2026, we had approximately 100.5 million common shares outstanding, net of treasury shares and shares held in our deferred compensation arrangements, and no preferred shares outstanding. In April 2026, we renewed our at-the-market ("ATM") share offering program, which was expiring pursuant to its terms in May 2026, and entered into a replacement ATM share offering program through which we can, but have no obligation to, sell common shares for an aggregate offering amount of up to $500.0 million (the "2026 ATM program"), in amounts and at times as we determine, into the existing trading market at current market prices as well as through negotiated transactions. Actual sales from time to time may depend on a variety of factors including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of our common shares, and determinations by management of the appropriate sources of funding for us. We intend to use the proceeds from any sale of our common shares under the 2026 ATM program for general corporate purposes, which may include reducing future borrowings under our unsecured revolving credit facility or commercial paper program, the repayment of other indebtedness, the redemption or other repurchase of outstanding debt or equity securities, funding for development activities, and financing for acquisitions. The 2026 ATM program also permits the use of forward sale agreements which allows us to lock in a share price on the sale of common shares at the time the agreement is executed, but defer receiving the proceeds from the sale of the applicable shares until a later date. If we enter into a forward sale agreement, we expect the applicable forward purchasers will borrow from third parties and, through the applicable sales agent acting in its role as forward seller, sell a number of common shares equal to the number of shares underlying the applicable agreement. Under this scenario, we would not initially receive any proceeds from any sale of borrowed shares by the forward seller. We expect to physically settle each forward sale agreement with the relevant forward purchaser on or prior to the maturity date of a particular forward sale agreement by issuing our common shares in return for the receipt of aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement equal to the number of common shares underlying the particular forward sale agreement multiplied by the relevant forward sale price. However, at our sole discretion, we may also elect to cash settle or net share settle a particular forward sale agreement, in which case we may not receive any proceeds from the issuance of common shares, and we will instead receive or pay cash (in the case of cash settlement) or receive or deliver common shares (in the case of net share settlement). As of the date of this filing, we have not sold any shares or entered into any forward sales agreement and have common shares having an aggregate offering amount of up to $500.0 million remaining available for sale under the 2026 ATM program. In connection with the creation of the 2026 ATM program, we terminated the ATM program created in May 2023 under which we could, but had no obligation to, sell common shares for an aggregate offering amount of up to $500.0 million (the "2023 ATM program"). We did not sell any shares under the 2023 ATM program.
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