CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Net interest income
Interest income	$ 39,508	$ 42,073	$ 85,612	$ 80,482
Interest expense	(16,745)	(21,046)	(37,489)	(40,338)
Interest income on mortgage loans held in securitization trusts	20,539	38,656	41,094	77,132
Interest expense on mortgage obligations issued by securitization trusts	(18,364)	(35,756)	(36,423)	(71,391)
Net interest income	24,938	23,927	52,794	45,885
Property and other income
Property operating income	43,722	64,767	96,235	127,901
Other income (loss)	(8,360)	434	1,049	611
Total property and other income	35,362	65,201	97,284	128,512
Expenses
Management fee expense	7,206	11,357	15,152	22,715
Property operating expense	16,311	28,140	38,842	56,320
Transaction, investment and servicing expense	2,907	1,051	6,041	1,580
Interest expense on real estate	11,818	13,898	24,896	27,505
Depreciation and amortization	14,020	29,257	31,996	56,919
Provision for loan losses	(51)	110,258	69,881	110,258
Impairment of operating real estate	25,935	10,124	30,061	10,124
Administrative expense (including $1,549, $2,713, $1,891 and $4,556 of equity-based compensation expense, respectively)	6,751	8,010	13,789	14,663
Total expenses	84,897	212,095	230,658	300,084
Other income (loss)
Unrealized (gain) loss on mortgage loans and obligations held in securitization trusts, net	(8,975)	5,549	(28,427)	6,578
Realized gain on mortgage loans and obligations held in securitization trusts, net	0	0	0	48
Other loss, net	(119,633)	(6,062)	(139,795)	(11,141)
Loss before equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures and income taxes	(153,205)	(123,480)	(248,802)	(130,202)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures	(85,277)	12,557	(68,110)	33,867
Income tax benefit (expense)	(2,102)	133	(3,813)	502
Net loss	(240,584)	(110,790)	(320,725)	(95,833)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Investment entities	8,107	880	7,584	1,178
Operating Partnership	5,418	2,569	7,310	2,222
Net loss attributable to Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders	$ (227,059)	$ (107,341)	$ (305,831)	$ (92,433)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted (Note 18) (in dollars per share)	$ (1.77)	$ (0.84)	$ (2.38)	$ (0.73)
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic and diluted (Note 18) (in shares)	128,539	128,534	128,513	128,240