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The area of the building.

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Represents the number of interest rate derivatives containing credit risk related contingent features.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Total amount of new mortgage loans on real estate during the reporting period.

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