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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Percent Of Amount By Which The Market Price Of Common Stock Exceeds Threshold

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Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Rate Of Return

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Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Term

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Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Value of Shares Issued

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Temporary Equity, Redemption Price Per Share Including Accrued and Unpaid Dividends

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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The number of equity instruments that the holder of the debt instrument would receive if the debt was converted to equity.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount that would be paid, determined under the conditions specified in the contract, if the holder of the share has the right to redeem the shares.

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Number of stock bought back by the entity at the exercise price or redemption price.

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Equity impact of the value of stock bought back by the entity at the exercise price or redemption price.

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Debt And Lines Of Credit , Narrative - Aspen Preferred OP Units and Series B-3 preferred OP units (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares Rate	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Lines of credit				$ 183,898		$ 128,000
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Rate Of Return		6.00%
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Term		7 years
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 250,000	400,000	$ 265,000	21,700	$ 228,000
Preferred Equity, Mandatorily Redeemable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Value of Shares Issued		$ 35,300
Preferred OP units - mandatorily redeemable				35,249		35,277
Aspen Preferred OP Units [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Preferred OP units - mandatorily redeemable				$ 34,663		37,338
Aspen Preferred OP Units [Member] \| Convertible debt - Aspen Preferred OP Units January 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 34,700
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Number of Equity Instruments \| shares			407,190
Conversion Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 68.00
Debt Instrument, Basis Price in Stock Conversion Calculation \| $ / shares				$ 27.00
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Percent Of Amount By Which The Market Price Of Common Stock Exceeds Threshold				25.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period \| Rate				6.50%
Series B-3 Preferred OP Units \| Convertible debt - Aspen Preferred OP Units January 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 2,700
Common OP Units [Member] \| Aspen Preferred OP Units [Member] \| Convertible debt - Aspen Preferred OP Units January 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.397
Series B-3 Preferred OP Units
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stock Redeemed or Called During Period, Shares \| shares	26,750
Temporary Equity, Redemption Price Per Share Including Accrued and Unpaid Dividends \| $ / shares	$ 100.153424
Stock Redeemed or Called During Period, Value	$ 2,700