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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Repurchase Period Following Vesting Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Written Promissory Note Period

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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The total fair value of shares issued during the period under a deferred compensation arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Nov. 30, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2019
Carry Unit Plan \| Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period	60 days
Repurchase period following fourth anniversary	60 days
Carry unit plan, written promissory note period	3 years
Weighted average fair value (in dollars per unit)	$ 3.25	$ 1.95	$ 2.50
Share based compensation expense	$ 54,614	$ 41,321	$ 57,430
Carry Unit Plan \| Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	50.00%
Carry Unit Plan \| Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%
Carry Unit Plan \| Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage		25.00%
2017 LTIP \| Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period	10 years
Share based compensation expense	$ 44,464	$ 18,491	$ 0
Awards authorized (in shares)				19,879,291
Vesting period	4 years
2017 LTIP \| Stock options \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	50.00%
2017 LTIP \| Stock options \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%
2017 LTIP \| Stock options \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%
2019 LTIP [Member] \| Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation expense	$ 6,459
Vesting period	4 years
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Fair Value of Shares Issued	$ 27,013
2019 LTIP [Member] \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	50.00%
2019 LTIP [Member] \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%
2019 LTIP [Member] \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%