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Number Of States In Which Property Is Located

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Number of Real Estate Properties To Be Sold Or Rebranded

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Number of Rooms Sold

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Real Estate Investment Property And Real Estate Held-for-sale, At Cost

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of real estate or properties that were intended to be sold or held for capital appreciation or rental income. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Real Estate Properties - Dispositions (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 22, 2017 USD ($) room	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) room	Aug. 01, 2017 USD ($) room	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2020 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) ft² retail_property hotel state property	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) hotel	Feb. 20, 2020 state	Jan. 01, 2020 ft² state	Sep. 20, 2019 state
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of properties \| retail_property						816
Area of real estate \| ft²						14,900,000
Net proceeds from sale of real estate						$ 816,450	$ 0	$ 23,438
Number of properties sold \| property						150
Gain on sale of real estate						$ 159,535	$ 0	$ 9,348
Number of real estate properties to be sold or rebranded \| property						19
Aggregate undepreciated carrying value of real estate						$ 11,472,529
Number of states in which property is located \| state						12					45
Disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of properties \| property						150
Area of real estate \| ft²						3,314,724
Net proceeds from sale of real estate						$ 821,212
Subsequent event
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of states in which property is located \| state									2
Subsequent event \| Disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Area of real estate \| ft²										160,434
Net proceeds from sale of real estate					$ 5,010
Number of properties sold \| property					4
Number of states in which property is located \| state										3
Non-recurring \| Carrying amount
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Investment securities						$ 87,493
Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of properties \| hotel						329
Chandler, AZ \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold \| room			159
Proceeds from sale of property held-for-sale			$ 9,085
Naperville, IL \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold \| room		143
Proceeds from sale of property held-for-sale		$ 6,313
Travel Center In Roanoke Va \| TA No. 1 Lease
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds received from eminent domain proceedings				$ 1,030
Radisson Hotels \| Chandler, AZ, Bloomington, MN, and Naperville, IL \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| hotel								3
Gain on sale of real estate								$ 9,348
Radisson Hotels \| Bloomington, MN \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold \| room	209
Proceeds from sale of property held-for-sale	$ 8,030
Wyndham agreement \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties to be sold or rebranded \| hotel						20
Aggregate undepreciated carrying value of real estate						$ 111,271
Marriott contracts \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of properties \| hotel						122
Number of real estate properties to be sold or rebranded \| hotel						33
Aggregate undepreciated carrying value of real estate						$ 224,895