Leases - Additional information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
May 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
PCJW Properties LLC [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial lease term of contract		7 years	5 years
Lease rental expense		$ 20	$ 6
Annual lease escalation percentage		5.00%	4.00%
Whalerock Industries Holding Company, LLC [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial lease term of contract	12 months
Sublease rental expense	$ 140

Annual lease escalation percentage.

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- Definition

Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Section 50
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- Definition

The total amount of sublease rental income recognized during the period that reduces the entity's rent expense incurred under operating leases.

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