Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Percent , Return on Capital

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Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Percent Taxable as Ordinary Dividends

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Payments of Private Perpetual Preferred Units Distributions

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Aggregate dividends paid 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
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Decrease in noncontrolling interest balance from payment of dividends or other distributions by the non-wholly owned subsidiary or partially owned entity, included in the consolidation of the parent entity, to the noncontrolling interest holders.

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Amount of cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders of the parent entity.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
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Equity - Dividends and Distributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands										12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract]
Partial dividend paid, per common share (in USD per share)	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.035	$ 0.105	$ 0.105
Payments of ordinary dividends, common stock										$ 23,109	$ 18,110	$ 37,181
Distributions paid to OP unitholders										15,500	10,500	23,700
Private perpetual preferred unit distributions										$ 4,201	$ 4,201	$ 4,197
Dividends per share (in USD per share)										$ 0.14	$ 0.105	$ 0.21
Dividends paid, percent taxable as ordinary dividends										10000.00%	16.20%	100.00%
Dividends paid, percent taxable as return of capital										0.00%	83.80%	0.00%