Represents the number of agreements with RMR LLC to provide management services to the company.

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Number Of Joint Ventures

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Amount of expense for incentive fee based on performance under arrangement to manage operations, including, but not limited to, investment.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting 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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Business and Property Management Agreements with RMR (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024 joint_venture	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($) employee joint_venture agreement	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of joint ventures \| joint_venture	2	2
RMR LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of employees \| employee		0
Number of agreements \| agreement		2
Incentive fee		$ 0		$ 0
RMR LLC \| Net Business Management Fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction amount		3,558	$ 3,951
RMR LLC \| Net Property Management and Construction Supervision Fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction amount		4,550	6,319
RMR LLC \| Net Property Management and Construction Supervision Fees \| Buildings and Improvements
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction amount		732	2,586
RMR LLC \| Net Property Management and Construction Supervision Fees \| Other Operating Income (Expense)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction amount		3,818	3,733
RMR LLC \| Property Operating Expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction amount		$ 6,587	$ 6,347