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Ownership percentage of partner in Joint Venture.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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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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Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures - 715 Ponce Holdings LLC (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investments	$ 65,077	$ 4,285	$ 23,361
715 Ponce JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest percentage	50.00%
Payments to acquire equity method investments	$ 4,000
Cash balance of joint venture	$ 99
715 Ponce JV \| 715 Ponce Holdings LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage of partner in joint venture	50.00%