Financial Instruments and Fair Values - Terms of Agreements and Fair Value (Details) - Designated as hedging instrument - Cash flow hedging - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset	$ 13,000	$ 0
Liability	(25,308,000)	(8,849,000)
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Swap, One Month LIBOR, 2.1485%
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 265,000,000
Pay Rate	2.1485%
Asset	$ 0	0
Liability	(3,184,000)	(8,849,000)
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Swap, One Month LIBOR, 2.5000 %, Swap Number 1
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 36,820,000
Receive Rate (as a percent)	70.00%
Pay Rate	2.50%
Asset	$ 0	0
Liability	(4,527,000)	0
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Swap, One Month LIBOR, 2.5000%, Swap Number 2
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 103,790,000
Receive Rate (as a percent)	70.00%
Pay Rate	2.50%
Asset	$ 0	0
Liability	(15,945,000)	0
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Swap, One Month LIBOR, 2.9580%
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 10,710,000
Receive Rate (as a percent)	70.00%
Pay Rate	1.757%
Asset	$ 0	0
Liability	(754,000)	0
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Swap, One Month LIBOR, 2.2540%
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 19,008,000
Pay Rate	2.254%
Asset	$ 0	0
Liability	(898,000)	0
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Cap, One Month LIBOR, 4.5000%
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 6,780,000
Receive Rate (as a percent)	70.00%
Pay Rate	4.50%
Asset	$ 5,000	0
Liability	0	0
LIBOR \| Interest Rate Cap, One Month LIBOR, 5.5000%
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 9,188,000
Pay Rate	5.50%
Asset	$ 8,000	0
Liability	$ 0	$ 0

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