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Rate of interest on investment.

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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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Debt and Preferred Equity Investments - Debt and Preferred Equity Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 1,088,723	$ 1,076,542
Senior Financing	6,626,950
Senior Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	95,646
Senior Financing	0
Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	720,071
Senior Financing	4,664,200
Preferred Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	273,006
Senior Financing	1,962,750
Total floating rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	294,970
Face Value	296,115
Total floating rate \| Senior Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	22,646
Face Value	22,841
Total floating rate \| Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	272,324
Face Value	273,274
Total floating rate \| Preferred Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	0
Face Value	$ 0
Total floating rate \| LIBOR \| Minimum \| Senior Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.50%
Total floating rate \| LIBOR \| Minimum \| Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
Total floating rate \| LIBOR \| Maximum \| Senior Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.50%
Total floating rate \| LIBOR \| Maximum \| Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	12.57%
Total fixed rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 793,753
Face Value	804,295
Total fixed rate \| Senior Mortgage Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	73,000
Face Value	$ 73,000
Interest rate	3.00%
Total fixed rate \| Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 447,747
Face Value	457,474
Total fixed rate \| Preferred Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value	273,006
Face Value	$ 273,821
Total fixed rate \| Minimum \| Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.90%
Total fixed rate \| Minimum \| Preferred Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.50%
Total fixed rate \| Maximum \| Mezzanine Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	14.30%
Total fixed rate \| Maximum \| Preferred Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	11.00%