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Number Of Assets In Real Estate Joint Venture

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Amount of gain (loss) from deconsolidation of subsidiary and derecognition of group of assets constituting transfer of business or nonprofit activity, excluding conveyance of oil and gas mineral rights and transfer of good or service in contract with customer.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Cash received from the sale of real estate that is held for investment, that is, it is part of an investing activity during the period.

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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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REAL ESTATE AND ACQUIRED IN PLACE LEASE VALUE - Deconsolidation of Previously Consolidated Real Estate (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 18, 2020 industrialAsset
Real Estate [Line Items]
Net proceeds from sale of consolidated real estate	$ 325.9	$ 486.4	$ 827.8
Axa Joint Venture \| Kennedy Wilson Holdings, Inc. and AXS Investment Managers
Real Estate [Line Items]
Deconsolidation, gain (loss)	126.3
MF Portfolio Joint Venture
Real Estate [Line Items]
Deconsolidation, gain (loss)	56.7	332.0
Net proceeds from sale of consolidated real estate	$ 30.2	$ 166.4
Equity interest sold, percentage	49.00%	49.00%
Equity method investment, ownership percentage (as a percent)	51.00%	51.00%
Industrial JV \| United Kingdom
Real Estate [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage (as a percent)				20.00%
Industrial JV \| Industrial JV Investment Managers
Real Estate [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage (as a percent)				80.00%
Industrial JV \| Industrial JV Investment Managers \| Industrial \| United Kingdom
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of assets \| industrialAsset				18