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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Merger, Transaction And Other Costs

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Operating Income Before (Loss) Gain On Dispositions Of Real Estate Investments

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Income (Expense)

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Income (Expense), Net

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Property Operating

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Amount before tax of income (loss) from a discontinued operation. Includes, but is not limited to, the income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and adjustments to a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Multi-Tenant Retail Disposition - Multi-Tenant Retail Portfolio (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2025 property	Jun. 18, 2025 property	Jun. 10, 2025 property	Mar. 25, 2025 property	Dec. 31, 2024 property
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Operating (loss) income before (loss) gain on dispositions of real estate investments	$ (8,385)	$ 17,126	$ 6,179	$ 96,134
Number of retail properties \| property	852		852
Multi Tenant Retail Portfolio
Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue from tenants	$ 0	57,898	$ 76,637	173,885
Property operating	0	18,351	26,020	57,984
Impairment charges	0	100	0	100
Merger, transaction and other costs	0	0	83	4
General and administrative	0	1,661	2,651	4,625
Depreciation and amortization	0	32,684	29,762	100,351
Total expenses	0	52,796	58,516	163,064
Operating (loss) income before (loss) gain on dispositions of real estate investments	0	5,102	18,121	10,821
Gain (loss) on dispositions of real estate investments	623	(33)	(51,332)	(76)
Operating income (loss) of discontinued operations	623	5,069	(33,211)	10,745
Interest expense	0	(17,626)	(23,831)	(53,617)
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt	0	0	(15,098)	(1)
Gain (loss) on derivative instruments	1,834	5	(11,934)	26
Other income	7	(125)	42	(137)
Total other expense, net	1,841	(17,746)	(50,821)	(53,729)
Net income (loss) before income tax	2,464	(12,677)	(84,032)	(42,984)
Income tax expense	0	0	0	0
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$ 2,464	$ (12,677)	$ (84,032)	$ (42,984)
RCG Multi Tenant Retail Assets
Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail properties \| property	1		1
RCG Multi Tenant Retail Assets \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-Sale or Disposed of by Sale
Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail properties \| property	100		100
RCG Multi Tenant Retail Assets \| Multi-tenant disposition receivable \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-Sale or Disposed of by Sale
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Number of retail properties \| property						12	28	100
RCG Multi Tenant Retail Assets \| Multi-tenant disposition receivable \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-Sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Mortgage, First Closing
Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail properties \| property								59
RCG Multi Tenant Retail Assets \| Multi-tenant disposition receivable \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-Sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Tenant who exercised right of first refusal
Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail properties \| property					1				1