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Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Basis Spread on Variable Rate

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Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Interest Rate

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Debt Instrument, Origination Fee Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Upfront Fee Percentage

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Long-Term Debt, Extension Of Maturity

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Number Of Real Estate Properties Released After Agreement Termination

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Number of Real Estate Properties Pledged as Collateral

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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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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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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BORROWINGS (Consolidated Secured Loan Facility) (Details)				6 Months Ended
	Sep. 12, 2018 USD ($) property	Jun. 04, 2018 USD ($) property	Apr. 08, 2016 USD ($) Property	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2019	Mar. 12, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018 USD ($)
Consolidated Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt				$ 23,000,000
Number of real estate properties released after agreement termination \| property		13
Long-term debt, extension of maturity		$ 322,000,000
Debt instrument, fee amount		1,600,000
Secured Loan Facility \| 2016 Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt		$ 186,000,000		67,000,000	$ 238,000,000
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 500,000,000
Number of real estate properties pledged as collateral \| Property			21
Default interest rate in excess of the base interest rate			2.50%
Long-term debt					258,000,000			$ 251,000,000
Secured Loan Facility \| 2016 Secured Loan Facility \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt default, basis spread on variable rate			1.00%
Secured Loan Facility \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Default interest rate in excess of the base interest rate		2.50%
Long-term debt				748,000,000
Secured Loan Facility \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt default, basis spread on variable rate		1.00%
Secured Loan Facility \| Affiliated Entity \| 2016 Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt				$ 33,000,000	84,000,000
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 131,000,000			$ 126,000,000
Scenario, Forecast \| Cascade \| Affiliated Entity \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Upfront fee percentage						2.00%	1.00%
Subsequent Event \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, additional advance, maximum	$ 50,000,000
Origination fee percentage	0.50%
Number of real estate properties pledged as collateral \| property	88
Subsequent Event \| Additional Advance
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 75,000,000
Debt instrument, fee amount	$ 400,000
Number of real estate properties pledged as collateral \| property	20
Subsequent Event \| Secured Loan Facility \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 831,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Cascade \| Secured Loan Facility \| Affiliated Entity \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 108,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Cascade \| Secured Loan Facility \| Affiliated Entity \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	6.50%
Subsequent Event \| JPP LLC and JPP II, LLC \| Secured Loan Facility \| Affiliated Entity \| Consolidated Secured Loan Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	9.00%