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Represents the number of industries in which tenants of the real estate properties acquired during the period operate.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of the real estate properties acquired during the period by the type of real estate.

No definition available.

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Represents the buildings and improvements recorded as part of the real estate acquisition.

No definition available.

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Represents the Intangible and assumed liabilities recorded as part of the real estate acquisition.

No definition available.

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Represents the intangible assets recorded as part of the real estate acquisition.

No definition available.

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Represents the land recorded as part of the real estate acquisition.

No definition available.

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Real Estate Properties Acquired Loan Receivables

No definition available.

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Real Estate Properties Acquired Prepaid Rent

No definition available.

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Represents the number of investments in properties that caused any tenant to be 10 percent or more of total assets.

No definition available.

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Real Estate Property Investments, Value Of Properties Acquired

No definition available.

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Rental Revenue Generated From Acquisitions, Investment Grade Tenants, Percentage

No definition available.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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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.

No definition available.

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