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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Equity and Redeemable Non-controlling Interest - Schedule of Aggregate Distributions Declared for Applicable Class of Common Stock (Detail) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock	$ 0.1594	$ 0.1581	$ 0.4764	$ 0.4699
Class S Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4764
Stockholder servicing fee per share of common stock			(0.0705)
Net distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4059
Class T Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4764
Stockholder servicing fee per share of common stock			(0.0692)
Net distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4072
Class D Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4764
Stockholder servicing fee per share of common stock			(0.0205)
Net distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4559
Class I Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock			0.4764
Net distributions declared per share of common stock			$ 0.4764