Advisory agreement cost of assets maximum.

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Related party transaction asset management fees earned above threshold.

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Related party transaction hurdle amount.

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Related party transaction incentive fee excess of hurdle amount percentage.

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Receivables to be collected from (obligations owed to) related parties, net as of the balance sheet date where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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Related Party Transactions and Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 01, 2017
Winthrop Advisor and its Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fees paid to related parties		$ 350,000	$ 350,000
Liquidation Value [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cost of assets maximum						$ 3,000,000,000
Liquidation Value [Member] \| Advisor [Member] \| Post Liquidation Date Agreement Monthly Supplemental Fee [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fees paid to related parties		100,000
Liquidation Value [Member] \| Advisor [Member] \| Post Liquidation Date Agreement Quarterly Supplemental Fee [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fees paid to related parties		$ 50,000
Liquidation Value [Member] \| Advisor [Member] \| Pre Liquidation Date Agreement Quarterly Supplemental Fee [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fees paid to related parties				$ 25,000
Liquidation Value [Member] \| Service Provider and Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Asset management fees as a percentage of benchmark						0.325%
Cost of assets maximum						$ 3,000,000,000
Asset management fees earned above						0.25%
Incentive fee, percentage of excess of hurdle amount	10.00%
Hurdle amount (in dollars per share)	$ 110.00
Liquidation Value [Member] \| Winthrop Advisor and its Affiliates [Member] \| Asset Management Fees [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Asset management fees					$ 1,400,000