Secured Financings on Investments in Real Estate Debt - Summary of Secured Financings on Investments in Real Estate Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date	May 11, 2025	Sep. 21, 2025
Collateral Assets	$ 3,471,732	$ 3,956,882
Outstanding Balance	$ 2,369,685	$ 3,092,137
Barclays MRA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date	Sep. 29, 2021	Sep. 29, 2021
Security Interests	CMBS	CMBS
Collateral Assets	$ 1,088,259	$ 981,652
Outstanding Balance	$ 750,000	$ 750,000
Prepayment Provisions	None	None
RBC MRA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date	Mar. 17, 2021	Jun. 23, 2020
Security Interests	CMBS/Corporate bonds	CMBS/Corporate bonds
Collateral Assets	$ 1,689,690	$ 1,980,951
Outstanding Balance	$ 1,171,687	$ 1,561,642
Prepayment Provisions	None	None
Citi MRA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date	Feb. 23, 2021	Jan. 14, 2020
Security Interests	CMBS/RMBS	CMBS/Corporate bonds
Collateral Assets	$ 300,248	$ 266,406
Outstanding Balance	$ 195,271	$ 205,762
Prepayment Provisions	None	None
DB Secured Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date	Apr. 02, 2022
Security Interests	Term Loan
Collateral Assets	$ 393,535
Outstanding Balance	$ 252,727
Prepayment Provisions	None
MS MRA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date		Feb. 01, 2020
Security Interests		CMBS
Collateral Assets		$ 636,734
Outstanding Balance		$ 508,510
Prepayment Provisions		None
MUFG MRA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date		Apr. 30, 2020
Security Interests		CMBS
Collateral Assets		$ 86,332
Outstanding Balance		$ 62,561
Prepayment Provisions		None
BAML MRA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted Average Maturity Date		Jan. 24, 2020
Security Interests		CMBS/Corporate bonds
Collateral Assets		$ 4,807
Outstanding Balance		$ 3,662
Prepayment Provisions		None

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