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Impairment Test, Market Capitalization Rate

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Number Of Real Estate Properties Impaired

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Number Of Real Estate Properties Impaired Due Intent To Demolish

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Real Estate Investment Property, Aggregate Carrying Value Before Impairment

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of investments in land and buildings held for sale, excluding real estate considered to be inventory of the entity.

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Real Estate Transactions - Impairments of Real Estate (Details) $ / item in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / item property	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / item property
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairment of real estate	$ 37,000			$ 87,000
Impairments and loan loss reserves (recoveries), net				$ 97,723	$ 115,653
Casualty related gain					$ 5,000
Minimum
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairment calculation, price per unit \| $ / item				33	46
Impairment test, market capitalization rate		4.97%			4.97%
Maximum
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairment calculation, price per unit \| $ / item				300	125
Impairment test, market capitalization rate		8.27%			8.27%
Weighted Average
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairment calculation, price per unit \| $ / item				136	71
Impairment test, market capitalization rate		6.09%			6.09%
Impairments 2020
Real Estate [Line Items]
Real estate investment property, aggregate carrying value before impairment	200,000			$ 200,000
Real estate held-for-sale	163,000			163,000
Impairments 2020
Real Estate [Line Items]
Real estate investment property, aggregate carrying value before impairment	424,000			424,000
Real estate held-for-sale	$ 337,000			$ 337,000
Impairments 2019
Real Estate [Line Items]
Real estate investment property, aggregate carrying value before impairment		$ 288,000			$ 288,000
Seven shop senior housing triplenet asset
Real Estate [Line Items]
Real estate investment property, aggregate carrying value before impairment		124,000			124,000
Real estate held-for-sale		90,000			90,000
Fifteen shop senior housing triplenet asset
Real Estate [Line Items]
Real estate held-for-sale		195,000			195,000
Senior housing Triple Net, SHOP, MOB, and other non-reportable
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairments and loan loss reserves (recoveries), net		$ 34,000			$ 93,000
SHOP
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairments and loan loss reserves (recoveries), net			$ 10,000
Number of real estate properties impaired \| property	9	7		28	15
Senior housing triple-net
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties impaired \| property	1	4		5	4
Medical office
Real Estate [Line Items]
Impairments and loan loss reserves (recoveries), net					$ 9,000
Number of real estate properties impaired \| property	1	2		2	2
Asset impairment charge due to intent to demolish		$ 4,000			$ 4,000
Number of real estate properties impaired due intent to demolish \| property		1			1
Undeveloped MOB land parcel
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties impaired \| property				1
Other Non-reportable Asset [Member]
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties impaired \| property		1			1