Real Estate Investments - Schedule of Weighted Average Amortization Period of Intangible Assets and Liabilities (Details) - UBP Acquisition [Member]	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	8 years
Above Market Leases [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	7 years
Below-Market Leases [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Accretion Period of Intangible Liabilities	18 years 6 months

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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