Disposal Group Including Assets Held for Sale, Not Qualifying as Discontinued Operations, Area of Real Estate

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Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Rental Properties, Net Of Applicable Income Taxes

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Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate (Per RSF)

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Area of a real estate property.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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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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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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Real estate asset sales (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Real estate asset sales (Details)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 ft²
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Gain on sales of real estate – rental properties		$ 474,000	$ 8,704,000	$ 270,000
Assets held for sale - area of real estate \| ft²	526,006	526,006
Impairment of real estate		$ 12,334,000	$ 6,311,000	$ 203,000
6138/6150 Nancy Ridge Drive
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of Real Estate Property \| ft²					56,698
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate	$ 6,600,000
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate (Per RSF)	117
Gain on sales of real estate – rental properties	$ 474,000