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Negative investment balance.

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Real Estate Partnerships, Number of Properties

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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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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Investments in Real Estate Partnerships - Schedule of Investments in Real Estate Partnerships (Parenthetical) (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2021 Property	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Property	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Property	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Real Estate Partnerships, Number of Properties \| Property			103	114
Provision for impairment of real estate \| $			$ 84,389	$ 18,536	$ 54,174
US Regency Retail I, LLC (USAA) [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership	80.00%
Real Estate Partnerships, Number of Properties \| Property	7
US Regency Retail I, LLC (USAA) [Member] \| Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Negative Investment Balance \| $		$ 4,400
Country Walk Plaza [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership						70.00%
Other Investments in Real Estate Partnerships [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Additional Ownership Percentage Acquired		16.62%
Ownership Percentage		35.00%