RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Advisory Fee (Details) - Advisory Fees - Related Party - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loss carryforward per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.35	$ 1.38
Ares Commercial Real Estate Management
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction fixed component percentage of advisory fee	0.10417%
Threshold for performance component of advisory fee	12.50%
Threshold of annual total return as % of NAV	5.00%
Performance component earned for excess return over the hurdle amount	100.00%
Maximum performance component limited to % of total annual return	12.50%