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Share Based Payments - 2023 Grants (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2022	Jul. 31, 2021	Feb. 21, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
AO LTIP Units, Time Based LTIP Units, and Time Beef RSUs \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Total grant date fair value			$ 24.2
AO LTIP Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)	1,500,000			1,491,165
Total grant date fair value				$ 6.6
AO LTIP Units \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)			1,700,000
LTIP Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)	15,790
LTIP Units \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Fully vested grants (in shares)			280,342
Total grant date fair value			$ 4.5
Time-Based LTIP Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)		608,325		644,995	498,955	381,504
Time-Based LTIP Units \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)			923,305
Time-Based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)				39,536	22,194
Time-Based RSUs \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Granted (in shares)			78,681