Increase (Decrease) in Tenant Real Estate Tax Recoveries on Net Lease Property

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Transferred to Securitization

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The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 22
-Subparagraph (e)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3602-108585

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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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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Reduction in depreciation and amortization		$ (10,656)		$ (10,125)		$ (21,479)	$ (18,717)
Increase in tenant real estate tax recoveries on net lease property			$ 1,100
Mortgage loans on real estate, transferred to securitization	$ 625,700
Out-of-Period Adjustment Related to Prior Years
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Reduction in depreciation and amortization					$ 800