Common share, distribution rate per share per day on annual basis, declared.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

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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 - Distributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	May 01, 2020	Apr. 01, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Distributions declared per share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.149	$ 0.163
Subsequent Event \| Dividend Paid
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends, common stock, cash	$ 9.1	$ 9.1
Distribution rate per share per day, declared (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04983333	$ 0.04983333