Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Real estate properties
General liability insurance limit	$ 150,000,000.0
Property and rental value insurance coverage limit	1,000,000,000.0
Terrorist acts insurance coverage limit	2,000,000,000.0
Construction commitment	$ 134,400,000
Construction commitment period	2 years
Environmental liabilities included in Other liabilities, net	$ 17,568,000	$ 17,568,000
Tenant-related obligations	33,400,000
Consolidated Properties
Real estate properties
Tenant-related obligations	33,300,000
Principal payment guarantees	8,300,000
Unconsolidated Properties
Real estate properties
Tenant-related obligations	113,000
Additional capital funding committed amount	58,700,000
Principal payment guarantees	$ 0

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General Liability Insurance Coverage Limit, Per Occurrence

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- Definition

Property and Rental Value Insurance Coverage Limit

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- Definition

It represents the information pertaining to the committed tenant-related obligations.

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Terrorist Acts Insurance Coverage Limit, Per Occurrence

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- Definition

Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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- Definition

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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