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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126905981&loc=d3e2443-110228

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3602-108585

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230

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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 cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Dispositions Narrative (Details) ft² in Millions, $ in Millions						3 Months Ended
	Jun. 16, 2022 USD ($) a	Mar. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 22, 2021 USD ($) a building	Sep. 16, 2021 USD ($)	May 07, 2021 USD ($) a	Jun. 30, 2021 ft² building
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of buildings \| building						17
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| 110 North Wacker
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received		$ 208.6
Gain (loss) on disposal		5.0
Transaction costs on sales of investments real estate		$ 17.6
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Monarch City
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received					$ 51.4
Gain (loss) on disposal					21.3
Transaction costs on sales of investments real estate					$ 1.5
Area of land sold \| a					229
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received				$ 252.0
Gain (loss) on disposal				39.1
Transaction costs				2.9
Repayments of debt				$ 132.3
Outlet Collection At Riverwalk \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in sqft) \| a	264,080
Consideration received	$ 34.0
Gain (loss) on disposal	4.0
Transaction costs on sales of investments real estate	$ 0.5
Century Park
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in sqft) \| ft²						1.3
Century Park \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received			$ 25.0
Gain (loss) on disposal			(7.4)
Transaction costs on sales of investments real estate			$ 0.4
Area of land sold \| a			63
Area of real estate property sold \| a			1,302,597
Number of buildings \| building			17