CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Net interest income
Interest income	$ 36,391	$ 46,991	$ 122,003	$ 127,473
Interest expense	(13,426)	(23,167)	(50,915)	(63,505)
Interest income on mortgage loans held in securitization trusts	20,462	22,586	61,556	99,718
Interest expense on mortgage obligations issued by securitization trusts	(18,204)	(20,299)	(54,627)	(91,690)
Net interest income	25,223	26,111	78,017	71,996
Property and other income
Property operating income	41,678	63,492	137,913	191,393
Other income (loss)	30	820	1,079	1,431
Total property and other income	41,708	64,312	138,992	192,824
Expenses
Management fee expense	7,083	11,355	22,235	34,070
Property operating expense	15,277	29,756	54,119	86,076
Transaction, investment and servicing expense	1,627	1,433	7,668	3,013
Interest expense on real estate	12,205	14,281	37,101	41,786
Depreciation and amortization	14,770	25,934	46,766	82,853
Provision for loan losses	10,404	110,314	80,285	220,572
Impairment of operating real estate	3,451	272,722	33,512	282,846
Administrative expense (including $1,376, $2,910, $3,267 and $7,466 of equity-based compensation expense, respectively)	5,780	7,732	19,569	22,395
Total expenses	70,597	473,527	301,255	773,611
Other income (loss)
Unrealized (gain) loss on mortgage loans and obligations held in securitization trusts, net	(13,162)	(1,976)	(41,589)	4,602
Realized gain on mortgage loans and obligations held in securitization trusts, net	0	2,724	0	2,772
Other gain (loss), net	9,680	(2,688)	(130,115)	(13,829)
Loss before equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures and income taxes	(7,148)	(385,044)	(255,950)	(515,246)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures	(1,779)	(15,905)	(69,889)	17,962
Income tax benefit (expense)	15,357	(1,046)	11,544	(544)
Net income (loss)	6,430	(401,995)	(314,295)	(497,828)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Investment entities	(1,222)	37,445	6,362	38,623
Operating Partnership	(201)	8,519	7,109	10,741
Net income (loss) attributable to Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders	$ 5,007	$ (356,031)	$ (300,824)	$ (448,464)
Net income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted (Note 18) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ (2.77)	$ (2.34)	$ (3.51)
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic and diluted (Note 18) (in shares)	128,583	128,541	128,537	128,341