Sale of stock number of shares issued.

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Stock repurchase through exercise of options.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from related parties including affiliates, employees, joint ventures, officers and stockholders, immediate families thereof, and pension funds.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Date the subsidiary or equity investee issued or sold stock, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 13, 2018	May 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties			$ 25	$ 29
Underwriting Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock purchased, shares	2,500,000
Sale of stock completion date	Mar. 19, 2018
Underwriting Agreement \| Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock (in shares)	22,250,000
Stock price per share	$ 44.75
BRE Ace LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			25.00%
1776 Holdings LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			50.00%
Cash contributed to an equity method investment		$ 2