Lease Incentives - Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Non-contingent lease incentives	$ 3,578		$ 2,607
Lease incentives funded	(1,395)
Amortization of lease incentives	(233)	$ (209)
Other adjustments	(191)	(9)
Net decrease in non-contingent lease incentives	971	$ (218)
Brookdale
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Lease incentives funded	$ 1,107

Amount of amortization of non contingent lease incentive costs incurred by the lessor for the benefit of the lessee.

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The amount of net increase (decrease) in non contingent lease incentives during the reporting period.

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Amount of adjustment of lease incentives.

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Represents the amount funded into non contingent lease incentive amount funded by the entity during the period.

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This item represents the deferred charge for an non contingent incentive or inducement granted by a lessor to a lessee, in order to motivate the lessee to enter the lease agreement, which incentive or inducement is to be recognized as a reduction of rental revenue over the lease term.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 808
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479402/808-10-50-1

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