Shareholder servicing fee per share of common stock.

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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=120397183&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, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock	$ 0.1586	$ 0.1594	$ 0.4755	$ 0.4764
Class S Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1586		0.4755
Stockholder servicing fee per share of common stock	(0.0233)		(0.0696)
Net distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1353		0.4059
Class I Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1586		0.4755
Net distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1586		0.4755
Class T Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1586		0.4755
Stockholder servicing fee per share of common stock	(0.0230)		(0.0687)
Net distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1356		0.4068
Class D Shares [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Aggregate gross distributions declared per share of common stock	0.1586		0.4755
Stockholder servicing fee per share of common stock	(0.0068)		(0.0203)
Net distributions declared per share of common stock	$ 0.1518		$ 0.4552