Commitments and Contingencies - Guarantees (Details) - Payment Guarantee $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies
Payment guarantee amount	$ 70,360
Guarantee liability	1,244
Interlock Commercial
Commitments and Contingencies
Payment guarantee amount	37,450
Guarantee liability	1,024
Harbor Point Parcel 4
Commitments and Contingencies
Payment guarantee amount	32,910
Guarantee liability	$ 220

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

+ References

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124440162&loc=d3e12069-110248

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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.

+ References

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