Purchase price.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of cash inflow from capital contributions to an entity associated with a dividend reinvestment plan.

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Number of shares issued during the period from a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP). A dividend reinvestment plan allows the shareholders to reinvest dividends paid to them by the entity on new issues of stock by the entity.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Feb. 27, 2020 USD ($) shares	Feb. 05, 2020 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Purchase price			$ 4,200.0
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Approx. Square Feet (in sqft) \| ft²		526,320
Purchase price		$ 34.9
Follow-on Offering \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (shares) \| shares	2,400,777
Proceeds from issue of common stock	$ 23.1
Distribution Reinvestment Plan \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (shares) \| shares	31,171,505
Proceeds from issue of common stock	$ 302.0