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Investments in Real Estate - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 06, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Jun. 06, 2019 USD ($) Story Space	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Property	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Property Investment
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate investments acquired \| Investment				38
Number of real estate properties acquired \| Property			549	549
Gain on disposition of real estate \| $			$ 6,481	$ 36,167
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of stories in property \| Story		4
Number of parking space \| Space		261
Net proceeds from sale of property \| $		$ 44,300
Gain on disposition of real estate \| $		$ 29,700
Canyon Industrial Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Net proceeds from sale of property \| $	$ 30,300
Gain on disposition of real estate \| $	$ 6,500
Area of real estate property sold \| ft²	545,000
In-place Lease Intangibles [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Weighted-average acquired lease intangibles				3 years
Above-market Lease Intangibles [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Weighted-average acquired lease intangibles				5 years
Below-market Lease Intangibles [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Weighted-average acquired lease intangibles				6 years
38 Real Estate Investments [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Payments to acquire real estate \| $				$ 11,100,000
Industrial [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties acquired \| Property			440	440
Multifamily [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties acquired \| Property			61	61
Hotel [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties acquired \| Property			25	25
Retail [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties acquired \| Property			2	2
Self Storage [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties acquired \| Property			21	21