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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Extension Options

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Noncontrolling Interest, Sale Of Investment Interest, Percentage

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Subscription Fund, Term

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

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of cash inflow from a noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, purchase of additional shares or other increase in noncontrolling interest ownership.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 05, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) extension	Jul. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Subsequent Events
Subscription price proceeds					$ 5,590	$ 9,657
LIBOR
Subsequent Events
Pricing margin			2.22%
Subsequent Event \| Affiliated Entity \| Sale of Subscription Interest in Fund
Subsequent Events
Percentage of interest sold	20.60%
Subscription price proceeds	$ 216,000
Fund term	8 years
Secured Borrowings
Subsequent Events
Long term debt, gross					11,587,206		$ 10,233,589
Woodstar I Portfolio
Subsequent Events
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 82,900
Maturity period				7 years
Woodstar I Portfolio \| LIBOR
Subsequent Events
Pricing margin				4.36%
Woodstar I Portfolio \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Events
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 380,000
Maturity period		2 years
Number of extension options \| extension		3
Extension term		1 year
Woodstar I Portfolio \| Subsequent Event \| LIBOR
Subsequent Events
Pricing margin		2.11%
Property Mortgages - Variable rate \| Subsequent Event \| LIBOR
Subsequent Events
Pricing margin		2.71%
Property Mortgages - Variable rate \| Secured Borrowings
Subsequent Events
Long term debt, gross					$ 945,311		$ 960,903
Property Mortgages - Variable rate \| Secured Borrowings \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Events
Long term debt, gross		$ 217,100