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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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-Topic 230
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-Section 45
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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 number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period.

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Real Estate Properties - Dispositions (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) property unit	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) ft² property room	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) ft² property	Dec. 31, 2021 ft²	Dec. 31, 2021 room	Dec. 31, 2021 hotel	Mar. 12, 2020 ft²
Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Rooms or Suites \| unit	48,346
Net Lease Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Square Feet \| ft²				154,206			6,696
Disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property	18	39	150
Square Feet \| ft²				97,276
Gross Sales Price	$ 52,332	$ 174,172	$ 821,212
Gain/ (Loss) on Sale	$ 11,522	$ 2,261
Disposed of by sale \| Hotel
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property	7	18
Rooms or Suites		2,046			669	669
Gross Sales Price	$ 40,552	$ 85,787
Gain/ (Loss) on Sale	$ 9,590	$ 17,550
Disposed of by sale \| Net Lease Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property	11	21	150
Square Feet \| ft²		1,375,483	3,314,724	97,276
Gross Sales Price	$ 11,780	$ 88,385	$ 821,212
Gain/ (Loss) on Sale	$ 1,932	$ (15,289)	$ 159,535