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Number Of Build-To-Suit Real Estate Development Projects Under Construction

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Number Of Real Estate Development Projects Under Construction

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Area of land held.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of structure or a modification to a structure under construction. Includes recently completed structures or modifications to structures that have not been placed into service.

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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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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Investments in Real Estate - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021 ft² a	Mar. 31, 2021 a ft²	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) project	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of real estate under construction \| project			3
Number of build-to-suit development projects \| project			1
Investments in real estate under construction			$ 116,207		$ 75,906
Capitalized interest			1,141	$ 325
Real Estate Investment
Real Estate [Line Items]
Investments in real estate under construction			$ 116,207
Central Florida \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate [Line Items]
VIE, ownership percentage		80.00%
Area of land (in acres) \| a		88.8
Estimated Sq. Ft. \| ft²		1,085,280
Indianapolis, IN \| Real Estate Investment
Real Estate [Line Items]
VIE, ownership percentage	80.00%
Area of land (in acres) \| a	108
Estimated Sq. Ft. \| ft²	1,053,360