Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Description of Business) (Details) - ft² ft² in Thousands		12 Months Ended
Oct. 06, 2016	Dec. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Percentage of partnership units owned by the Company	99.00%
Distribution of taxable income to qualify as REIT, percentage		100.00%
Company's portfolio of real estate assets - Office space (square feet)		21,500
Company's portfolio of real estate assets - Retail space (square feet)		310

Company's portfolio of real estate assets - Total square footage of office portfolio.

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Company's portfolio of real estate assets - Total square footage of retail portfolio.

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Percentage of taxable income that must be distributed annually to qualify as a REIT.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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