Real Estate Investments, Net - Properties Classified as Held-for-Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Real estate assets held for sale, at cost	$ 38,705	$ 17,859
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(5,069)	(453)
Real estate assets held for sale, net	33,636	17,406
Below-market leases	63	0
Less: accumulated amortization	(1)	0
Real estate liabilities held for sale, net	62	0
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Real estate assets held for sale, at cost	9,347	4,574
Buildings, fixtures and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Real estate assets held for sale, at cost	23,909	11,658
Acquired intangible lease assets
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Real estate assets held for sale, at cost	5,017	1,627
Above-market leases
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Real estate assets held for sale, at cost	$ 432	$ 0

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Real Estate Investment Property Held For Sale, At Cost

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Real Estate Investment Property Held For Sale, Liabilities, Net

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Amount after amortization of leases acquired as part of a real property acquisition at below market lease rate with a finite life.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7A
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-7A

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