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Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Individually Impaired Loans

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Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Ownership, Percentage

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Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Ownership, Number Of Properties

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Financing Receivable Recorded Investment, Excluding Accrued Interest, Nonaccrual Loans

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inancing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified, Principal Paydown

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Loans Receivable With Fixed Rates Of Interest, Percentage

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Loans Receivable With Variable Rates Of Interest, Percentage

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Loans Receivable with Variable Rates of Interest, Subject To Interest Rate Floors

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Amount of the contractual principal due as of the balance sheet date of the mortgage loan (face amount).

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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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Amount of accrued interest on financing receivable modified during period for debtor experiencing financial difficulty.

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of increase in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable from recovery. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of credit loss expense (reversal of expense) on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, of financing receivable modified during period for debtor experiencing financial difficulty.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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MORTGAGE LOAN RECEIVABLES - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) property loans	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) loans	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Outstanding face amount	$ 3,195,576	$ 3,938,615
Allowance for current expected credit losses	43,900	21,500
General CECL Reserve	43,165	20,755	$ 31,752	$ 41,507
Increase in reserve of unfunded commitments	700	700
Individually impaired loans	0	26,012
Provision for (release of) loan loss reserves, net	25,096	3,711	(8,713)
Recoveries	0	3,105	0
Increase (decrease) of reserve on unfunded commitments		300
Asset Specific Reserve, Company Loan
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
General CECL Reserve		$ 2,700
Number or loans in default \| loans		2
Provision for (release of) loan loss reserves, net	25,100	$ 6,500
Total mortgage loan receivables held for investment, net, at amortized cost
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Loans receivable with variable rates of interest	$ 2,800,000	$ 3,400,000
Loans receivable with variable rates of interest	87.80%	87.20%
Loans receivable with variable rates of interest, subject to interest rate floors	100.00%	99.20%
Outstanding face amount	$ 3,164,226	$ 3,907,265
General CECL Reserve	43,165	20,755	31,752	$ 41,507
Provision for (release of) loan loss reserves, net	25,110	3,398	$ (8,605)
Total mortgage loan receivables held for investment, net, at amortized cost \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Loans receivable with variable rates of interest		2,300,000
Total mortgage loan receivables held for investment, net, at amortized cost \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Loans receivable with variable rates of interest		1,100,000
Mortgage loan receivables held for sale
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Outstanding face amount	$ 31,350	$ 31,350
Percentage of loans receivable with fixed rates of interest	100.00%	100.00%
First mortgage loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Outstanding face amount	$ 3,131,803	$ 3,841,315
Number of loans modified \| loans	2
Amortized cost basis	$ 106,500
Loans modified, amount of mortgage loan receivable portfolio	3.40%
Weighted-average extension length	2 years 3 months 18 days
Principal paydown	$ 6,000
Reserve funding	$ 6,500
Common equity interest received	15.00%
Equity interest received, number of companies \| property	1
Accrued interest income	$ 2,600