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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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Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans, Net of Amortization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 7,526,689	$ 7,760,212
Financing receivable, percent	100.00%	100.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (102,070)	$ (109,579)	$ (96,336)	$ (73,658)
Loans, net	7,424,619	7,650,633
Accrued interest receivable and other assets
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Accrued interest on available for sale securities	46,400	46,000
Construction - C&I (owner occupied)
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	152,240
Commercial
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 1,398,155	$ 1,437,433
Financing receivable, percent	19.00%	19.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (23,701)	$ (26,569)	(27,346)	(18,832)
PPP loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 565,018	$ 454,771
Financing receivable, percent	8.00%	6.00%
Income producing - commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 3,430,077	$ 3,687,000
Financing receivable, percent	45.00%	47.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (51,510)	$ (55,385)	(43,551)	(29,265)
Owner occupied - commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 1,012,457	$ 997,694
Financing receivable, percent	13.00%	13.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (14,315)	$ (14,000)	(9,867)	(5,838)
Real estate mortgage - residential
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 71,209	$ 76,592
Financing receivable, percent	1.00%	1.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (919)	$ (1,020)	(1,369)	(1,557)
Construction - commercial and residential
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	829,481	873,261
Less: allowance for credit losses	(10,683)	(11,529)	(13,341)	(17,485)
Construction - commercial and residential \| Commercial and Residential
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 829,481	$ 873,261
Financing receivable, percent	11.00%	11.00%
Construction - commercial and residential \| Construction - C&I (owner occupied)
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 152,240	$ 158,905
Financing receivable, percent	2.00%	2.00%
Home equity
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 67,167	$ 73,167
Financing receivable, percent	1.00%	1.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (907)	$ (1,039)	(818)	(656)
Other consumer
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 885	$ 1,389
Financing receivable, percent	0.00%	0.00%
Less: allowance for credit losses	$ (35)	$ (37)	$ (44)	$ (25)