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Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), attributable to noncontrolling interests. Excludes changes in equity resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.

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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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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Noncontrolling Interest (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Noncontrolling Interest (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017 property	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Noncontrolling Interest
Number of properties included in joint venture agreement \| property	1
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		$ (5,146)	$ (5,356)	$ (5,542)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		22,292	$ 21,583	$ 21,022
Carry amount of real estate assets in consolidated VIE		705,096
Secured debt and finance leases, net		$ 620,000
Joint Venture
Noncontrolling Interest
Ownership interest by noncontrolling owners		45.00%
Ownership interest by parent		55.00%
Boston Massachusetts \| Joint Venture \| Life Science
Noncontrolling Interest
Number of properties included in joint venture agreement \| property		1