Loans Receivable, Net - Schedule Of Current Expected Credit Loss Reserve By Pool (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 326,137	$ 124,679
Increase (decrease) in CECL reserve	10,454	(2,458)
Ending balance	336,591	122,221
US Loans
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	67,880	26,885
Increase (decrease) in CECL reserve	5,314	(644)
Ending balance	73,194	26,241
Non-U.S. Loans
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	22,519	10,263
Increase (decrease) in CECL reserve	(2,823)	(54)
Ending balance	19,696	10,209
Unique Loans
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	45,960	32,657
Increase (decrease) in CECL reserve	483	(1,760)
Ending balance	46,443	30,897
Impaired loans
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	189,778	54,874
Increase (decrease) in CECL reserve	7,480	0
Ending balance	$ 197,258	$ 54,874

Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255206&loc=SL82895884-210446

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919249-210447

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