Financing Receivable, Allowance For Credit Loss, Transfer To Loans Held For Sale

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Credit Losses, Effect of Current Expected Credit Losses

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Financing Receivable, Credit Loss, Expense (Reversal), Including Held-For-Sale

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Unfunded Commitments, Excluded From Provision for Loan Losses

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount, after recovery, of writeoff of financing receivable, charged against allowance for credit loss.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Amount of expense reversal of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable transferred to held-for-sale classification.

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Amount of credit loss expense (reversal of expense) for financing receivable.

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Loans and Preferred Equity Held for Investment, net and Loans Held for Sale - Changes in Allowance for Loan Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period		$ 272,624		$ 272,624	$ 109,328	$ 109,328
Effect of CECL adoption				21,093	0
Provision for loan losses				75,200	110,258
Charge-off				(15,533)	(46,692)
Transfer to loans held for sale				(300,863)	0
Allowance for loan losses at end of period	$ 52,521		$ 172,894	52,521	172,894	$ 272,624
Provision for loan losses transferred to held for sale	5,200
Provision for loan losses	(51)		$ 110,258	69,881	$ 110,258
Core
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Provision for loan losses	38,000
Northeast Office Portfolio \| Core
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Effect of CECL adoption		8,800
Provision for loan losses		$ 12,100		20,900
PD/LGD model
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Unfunded commitments	$ 100			100
Provision for loan losses				29,300
Midwest hospitality
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Provision for loan losses				$ 2,300