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Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation, Ownership Percentage in Disposed Asset

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Carrying amount of the equity interests owned by noncontrolling shareholders, partners, or other equity holders in joint ventures included in the entity's consolidated financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 16
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108774443&loc=SL4568740-111683

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Organization and Basis of Presentation - Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Millions	May 07, 2020 USD ($) ft²	Mar. 31, 2020 ft²
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Approximate Square Feet \| ft²		29,864,846
609 Fifth Avenue \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Sales Price	$ 168.0
National Pension Service of Korea And Hines Interest LP \| One Madison Ave \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in disposed asset	49.50%
Committed aggregate equity to the project	$ 492.2
Co-venturer \| National Pension Service of Korea And Hines Interest LP \| One Madison Ave \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Project value	$ 2,300.0
Approximate Square Feet \| ft²	1,400,000