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Amount of long-term debt assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of investment in real estate properties acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of other assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of other liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of restricted cash and cash equivalents acquired at the acquisition date.

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Fair value of noncontrolling interest in acquiree at acquisition date when acquirer holds less than 100 percent of equity interest in acquiree.

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Amount of cash and cash equivalent acquired in business combination and recognized at acquisition date.

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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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