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Joint Venture, Contributions Received

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Percentage of Joint Venture Sold

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Proceeds from Sale of Interest in Real Estate Held-for-Investment

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Compensation included in proceeds from sale for costs of holding the investment

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Real Estate Held-for-sale, Carrying Value

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Sales Of Real Estate, Contract Price

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Sales of Real Estate, Transaction Costs

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Area of a real estate property.

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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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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Investment in Real Estate - Other 2016 Acquisitions and Disposition Narrative (Details) ft² in Thousands, $ in Thousands	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) ft² property	Jul. 21, 2016
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of interest in joint venture	$ 51,600
Proceeds from sale of interest in real estate held for investment, compensation	$ 194
Gains on sale of investment in real estate		$ 0	$ 0	$ 14,327
Joint venture, contributions received			$ 284,000
Office
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property			1
Sherman Oaks \| Office
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Gains on sale of investment in real estate				$ 12,700
Building square footage \| ft²	168			168
Real estate held for sale, carrying value	$ 42,800			$ 42,800
Contract price in real estate transaction				56,700
Sales of real estate, transaction costs				$ 1,200
Investor
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Joint venture, contributions received	$ 139,800
Investors ownership percentage in joint venture				80.00%
Consolidated JV
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity contributed in joint venture	20.00%			20.00%	55.00%
Percentage of joint venture sold	35.00%			35.00%
Gains on sale of investment in real estate				$ 587
Consolidated JV \| Office
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property			3	2
Consolidated JV \| Secured Debt \| Term Loan With Maturity Date of July 21, 2019
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from non-recourse loan				$ 146,000
Debt instrument, term				3 years
Variable interest rate				LIBOR
Consolidated JV \| Secured Debt \| Term Loan With Maturity Date of July 21, 2019 \| LIBOR
Real Estate Acquisition [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.55%