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Asset Acquisition, Number Of Industries

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Deferred Rent Receivable From Lease Agreement, During The Period

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Deferred Rent Receivable, Quarterly Payments To Be Received

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Increase (Decrease) Operating Leases Annual Rent Fixed Interest Rate

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Represents the number of management agreements or leases under which properties of the entity are operated.

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Number Of Tenants

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Represents the minimum returns and rents payable to the entity.

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Percentage Of Portfolio Leased By Tenants

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Related Party Transactions, Accruals For Unpaid Rent, Including Deferred Rent

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Area of a real estate property.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The cumulative difference between the rental payments required by a lease agreement and the rental income or expense recognized on a straight-line basis, or other systematic and rational basis more representative of the time pattern in which use or benefit is granted or derived from the leased property, expected to be recognized in income or expense over the term of the leased property, by the lessor or lessee, respectively. Such receivable is reduced by allowances attributable to, for instance, credit risk associated with a lessee.

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Management Agreements and Leases - Net Lease Portfolio and TA Leases (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 12, 2020 USD ($) ft²	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft² tenant travel_center agreement retail_property brand industry	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft² tenant travel_center agreement retail_property brand industry	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Management Agreements and Leases [Line Items]
Square feet \| ft²		103,408		103,408
Rental income		$ 97,584	$ 68,217	$ 197,656	$ 136,890
Adjustments necessary to record rent on straight line basis		$ 875	(3,190)	$ (2,669)	(4,322)
Net Lease Property
Management Agreements and Leases [Line Items]
Number of properties owned \| retail_property		809		809
Square feet \| ft²	6,696	13,700,000		13,700,000
Operating agreement annual rent and return	$ 387			$ 369,423
Weighted average remaining lease term		11 years 1 month 9 days		11 years 1 month 9 days
Percentage of portfolio leased by tenants		99.00%		99.00%
Number of tenants \| tenant		180		180
Number of brands \| brand		129		129
Number of industries \| industry		22		22
Travel centers
Management Agreements and Leases [Line Items]
Number of properties owned \| travel_center		179		179
Travel centers \| Travel Centers of America
Management Agreements and Leases [Line Items]
Number of properties owned \| travel_center		179		179
Operating agreement annual rent and return				$ 246,110
Quarterly payments to deferred rent receivable		$ 4,404		8,808
Remaining balance of previously deferred rents		48,440		48,440
Rental income		61,528	62,680	123,055	125,756
Adjustments necessary to record rent on straight line basis		3,236	3,277	6,584	4,491
Accruals for unpaid rent, including deferred rent		60,999		$ 60,999		$ 68,653
Increase in annual rent fixed interest rate				8.50%
Deferred rent receivable from TA agreement, during the period		$ 124	$ 958	$ 849	$ 2,027
Travel centers \| Travel Centers of America \| Annual minimum rents \| Customer concentration risk
Management Agreements and Leases [Line Items]
Percentage of total annual minimum rents				25.60%
Travel centers \| Travel Centers of America \| TA agreements
Management Agreements and Leases [Line Items]
Number of operating agreements \| agreement		5		5