Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Amortized cost of the investment in available-for-sale debt securities	$ 93.5	$ 93.5	$ 90.0
Derivative strike rate	1.68%	1.68%
Derivative, description of terms	We receive a cash settlement in the future if the prevailing interest rate is higher than the 1.68% strike price. The amount of future cash settlement is limited if the prevailing interest rate exceeds 2.78%. Alternatively, if interest rates were to decrease below the specified strike price, we would not receive a cash settlement.
Derivative strike rate for limited settlement	2.78%	2.78%
Interest Rate Option [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Payments for purchase of swaption	$ 12.1
Available-for-sale Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Face amount of investment in available-for-sale debt securities	$ 100.9	$ 100.9
Expected remaining term of available for sale securities		1 year 1 month 6 days

Available for sale debt securities face value.

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Costs associated with a derivative instrument.

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Derivative cap interest rate for limited settlement.

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Expected Remaining Term Available For Sale Securities

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Amortized cost of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121645371&loc=d3e27161-111563

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121558606&loc=SL82898722-210454

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Cap rate on an interest rate derivative such as an interest rate cap or collar. If market rates exceed the cap rate, a payment or receipt is triggered on the contract.

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Description of the relevant terms of the derivative. Includes the type of instrument, risk being hedged, notional amount, counterparty, inception date, maturity date, relevant interest rates, strike price, cap price, and floor price.

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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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