The cash paid per share as part of the consideration in a business combination

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Business Combination, Shares Issued in Merger but Forfeited to Pay Taxes

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Business Combinations - Textuals (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2018	Jan. 16, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 29, 2018	Jan. 12, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 0	$ 121,910	$ 0
Share price (in usd per share)				$ 31.80
Number of shares forfeited to pay applicable taxes (in shares)				26,741
Puget Sound
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 68,520
Number of shares issued (in shares)		1.1688
Number of shares issued		4,112,258
Share price (in usd per share)		$ 31.80					$ 31.80
Fair value of shares issued		$ 130,800
Share price paid in cash (in usd per share)		$ 3,000
Total consideration paid		$ 130,773
Total fair value of shares forfeited to pay applicable taxes		$ 851
Number of shares forfeited to pay applicable taxes (in shares)		26,741
Acquisition-related costs			75	$ 5,400	810
Premier Commercial
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 53,390
Number of shares issued (in shares)	0.4863
Number of shares issued	2,848,579
Share price (in usd per share)	$ 34.85					$ 34.85
Fair value of shares issued	$ 99,300
Share price paid in cash (in usd per share)	$ 2,000
Total consideration paid	$ 99,275
Acquisition-related costs			$ 57	$ 4,900	$ 0